Sophie is hilarious, though she is more of a 1-hit wonder but she does have some popularity

Of course, I am being facetious that this is piggy's fault, but the timing is REALLY odd
28 years of no parades, suddenly with the world as it is the parade commission approves this parade, knowing the trouble it would cause? Hardly coincidental

Ireland has been taking a strong stand against Israel including protests in a match between Ireland and Israel

Ireland has been having some difficulty assimilating some immigrants, like everywhere.

Just really really strange timing.

Thats why I like Iluka, she rocks some serious rebellion songs. Every young generation should have a rebel streak

You'll note a bagpiper got 1.4 million views, a gaelic song got 34 million views

A music revolution is out there to discover

Then there is my current interest Viking Rock

For our President

Wait an old man is criticizing what the youth are listening to?!

That is UNPOSSIBLE!

Not to say they weren't doing an operation landing, just not definite.

Probably were and this DOD messed it up

That may just be their unit designation not necessarily an operation designation

So, it takes 2 weeks for an anonymous leak that a ship carrying US marines was struck by an Iranian missile

This begs MANY questions

Why were marines on a non-naval ship?

Is the administration aware that putting fighting soldiers on a commercial vessel for military operations is illegal?

Do they care?

Note that this certainly was a fairly large ship since an anti-ship missile would blow a smaller vessel to smithereens

Thanks magat scum

For the uninformed

Crude oil is pumped from the ground and transported to a refinery.

Refineries have a maximum capacity that they can refine the crude oil into useable product-bunker oil, gasoline, kerosene, diesel, etc.

Our refineries are working at maximum capacity

We have limited storage capacity for this oil like those big tanks you see near highways

So that refined product has to be distributed

We export around 1/4 of that capacity or around 1.5 million barrels per day

If piggy says no exporting oil (which would be socialism btw), then the 1.5 million barrels per day has to go somewhere.

Pipeline distribution is maxed out.

So, if it isn't exported and cannot be put into the overland distribution network, where does it go?

Strategic petroleum reserve? Well, that sort of defeats the purpose of the export ban doesn't it. And filling the SPR when prices are high is well dumb

It can be put on ships and shipped to NYC and Boston and Maine and Seattle and San Fran etc

Yes, but switching to that model will take time as ships need to be rerouted, ports have to have shipping capacity, oil storage and trucking needs to be available.

That sort of distribution will take time

And what is the incentive to the oil companies? This is price control, hitting their profits

They will, of course, slow down refining so the oil can meet distribution, with that reduction goes gasoline, kerosene etc.

So, does piggy order the oil companies to keep their refining capacity up? Now that is serious socialism

Export ban is a moron's solution.

It will solve nothing.

The issue is distribution, getting the diesel and heating oil where it is needed.

There are no pipelines from the fields to the west coast and the pipeline to the northeast is running at full capacity.

Meaning maybe rerouting shipping (against the law btw), but that will cause a disruption itself as the new routes are planned, shipping is diverted etc.

Will the ban be lifted by the time that all gets worked out? Probably

So, the refineries will have this excess capacity that they can't ship to other countries and can't distribute quickly enough to where it is needed in the US, so they will slow production

Which will slow production of gasoline and other petroleum products from the refinery process.

the basic law of supply and demand means rising prices

To say nothing of the retaliation from other countries due to the harm we will cause them

so, yeah, really bad idea.

Hamas intentionally builds bases under civilian structures to specifically prevent them from being bombed.
Everywhere else in the world, civilian communities naturally form around military bases.
#11 | Posted by sitzkrieg

And America posted soldiers in Qatari apartment buildings

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CLAIMED THAT THE OPPOSING PARTY CONSPIRED TO MURDER HIM

Is easy to understand if you realize magat scum are evil

It strikes me that the carrier couldn't leave station as it was the only carrier, meanwhile the escorts could take turns (and probably had to) return to base for refueling and replenishing, thus giving sailors brief and needed breaks

v

-That woman would need to acquire a birth certificate that may not exist
LMAO Now that's some serious stretching....

#71 | Posted by lfthndthrds a

the argument is confirming citizenship

At least 3.8 million adult American citizens do not have a birth certificate or other citizenship documents (like a passport or naturalization papers) at all. Additionally, over 21.3 million voting-age Americans (about 9.1%) do not have these documents readily available.

You're an idiot

Here's clue number 2:
Go back home and apply to come here legally.

#70 | Posted by lfthndthrds

how does not giving them a license achieve that end?

Truth,
How has the elderly black woman been voting without an ID up to now?
I think you believe Democrats are too dumb to take care of themselves.
People can get absentee ballots if they are immobile.
You think I'm too dumb to see through your nonsense.

#63 | Posted by BillJohnson

You are simply not responding to my point.

That woman would need to prove her citizenship.

That woman would need to acquire a birth certificate that may not exist

These are irrefutable facts

These are irrefutable hurdles to voting

You refuse to acknowledge them

You refuse to argue how the legal votes prevented will be less then the fraudulent voters

Face it you are not a good person

Here's a ------' clue, quit handing out driver's licenses to people who are in the country illegally.

By all means more unqualified drivers without insurance!

Piggy already is a communist
Government Ownership of Companies
Critics point out that the Trump administration has taken partial ownership or financial stakes in various private corporations.
Taking partial ownership in chipmaker Intel.
Acquiring stakes tied to U.S. Steel.
Investing in rare-earth materials firm MP Materials.
Acquiring partial control in companies like Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Market Intervention and Price Controls
Commentators note that federal involvement in private business decisions mirrors centralized economic management.
Implementing guaranteed price floors for output at a California rare-earth mine.
Exercising veto power over specific corporate activities.
Using chaotic market interference to guide private sector behavior.

Why do some people have to be pandered to like a child all their life?
Grow up or at least find someone to help you.
#34 | Posted by BillJohnson

Why do you have to put hurdles in the way of people exercising their vote?

Oh, right, because you are a ------ human being.

Truth,
It's called growing up.
Unfortunately, a lot of people never do, usually because they were never expected to.
If you want to vote, you'll have to work through the system like everyone else.
Who ever said it was the government's job to treat grown adults like helpless children?

#33 | Posted by BillJohnson

Christ what a vile attitude you have

You are talking about as an example a poor elderly black woman in Louisiana who would have zero resources to obtain some ID.

Or a disabled veteran where travel is a massive burden

Or a poor single mother who has to work 3 jobs to keep a roof over their family's head

You are a ------- vile human being