Biden Presidency

[Rogue219]

Just want to note.... It was $72 to fill my truck up yesterday.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier...h=40bf616c329c

Good read if you have the time.

https://moneywise.com/a/why-are-gasoline-prices-rising-and-how-high-will-they-go

Here's another diddy from late February as well.

 

[Irish#1]

Putin debate record: 0-0

Not that I'm a fan of Putin, but you can't seriously think Biden could hold his own if they debated, do you?

 

[Blazers46]

Not that I'm a fan of Putin, but you can't seriously think Biden could hold his own if they debated, do you?

Who is moderating?

 

[ulukinatme]

Gotta hand it to Shaun King (What am I saying?). Even as a big Bernie supporter, he's right about this. Where's AOC crying outside the facility? Why did Kamala laugh when asked if she was going to visit the border sometime soon?

 

[Irishize]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier...h=40bf616c329c

Good read if you have the time.

https://moneywise.com/a/why-are-gasoline-prices-rising-and-how-high-will-they-go

Here's another diddy from late February as well.

Good explanation that 75% of Americans bother to consider regardless of their political affiliation. I suspect (& hope) that an additional reason for gas steadily going up is the demand will rise even higher as we get more Americans vaccinated, more states opening up to welcoming interstate travel meaning more folks making up for last spring/summer’s lost vacation. One can hope.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Dafuq. Trump religiously read from teleprompters. The guy forgot his wife's name. Couldn't pronounce Yosemite?. Tim Apple? He forgot his VPs name. Believes in invisible jets. That you should just rake the Forrest to avoid wild fires. And believes that you can nuke a hurricane to stop it. FOH man. Let's be real already.

You're confusing your perception of Trump's intelligence with what most of us can identify as Biden's failing mental capabilities.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Guy has more addy flowing through him than college me did.

Props to you for acknowledging it.

 

[TorontoGold]

Props to you for acknowledging it.

I meant Trump - but Biden should get on the Trump cocktail ASAP. I do know that people with stutters do not traditionally do well with Adderall.

 

[PerthDomer]

I'm just envisioning Kamala vs. A 78 year old DJT hopped up on addy... God help us all.

 

[Irish#1]

I'm just envisioning Kamala vs. A 78 year old DJT hopped up on addy... God help us all.

Keep trying.

 

[arahop]

Wonder where these mass shooters stand as far as their political beliefs. I'm guessing they are anti liberals.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Wonder where these mass shooters stand as far as their political beliefs. I'm guessing they are anti liberals.

Instead of pushing a narrative that fits your worldview, try doing a little homework on your own so Irish#1 and I don't have to educate you.

Perhaps if we pass a law that makes it illegal to be anti liberal in America, mass shootings will stop???

 

[Green Mountains]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier...h=40bf616c329c



Interesting article. Facts are an interesting thing. One fact not discussed - on January 20th, President Biden issued an executive order which revoked the permit of the Keystone Pipeline. Also in that executive order, a temporary moratorium was placed on all Gas Leasing activity in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge.

As a believer in Supply and Demand, the United States announced on January 20th that it was the government's policy to no longer accept oil from several material sources. Not accepting Canadian/Keystone gas doesn't impact overall supply, but now that resource will be shipped to China while the US is left purchasing more Opec oil. And the lack of leasing activity actually reduces total supply. These two actions in the executive order did nothing to reduce demand. What does reduce demand, however, is higher oil/gas prices.

Do we think that when the US announced that it would be sourcing much less of it's oil needs from North American petrolium, that Russia and Opec didn't have a discussion about what that would mean to them? Do we think Russia and Opec didn't discuss how to capitalize on this new opportunity?

It is clear to me that the January 20th executive order has in fact impacted gas/oil prices.

 

[NorthDakota]

Wonder where these mass shooters stand as far as their political beliefs. I'm guessing they are anti liberals.

What is anti-liberal?

 

[drayer54]

What is anti-liberal?

It's 2021- it can be whatever you want it to be.

 

[NorthDakota]

Well, looks like the shooter's name is Ahmad Al
issa(sp?), 21 year old.

guess we'll find out more about the guy.

 

[NorthDakota]

Just looking at alleged Facebook posts on Twitter (we all know how unreliable that can be), the kid looks like a generic woke dude.

His family appears to have commented that he had been having some paranoia or mental issues lately.

 

[longliveautrydenson]

Just looking at alleged Facebook posts on Twitter (we all know how unreliable that can be), the kid looks like a generic woke dude.

His family appears to have commented that he had been having some paranoia or mental issues lately.

Stop spreading nonsense. The suspect called people f*ggots in his social media posts. That’s not the behavior of a ‘generic woke dude.’ Early reports suggest that he’s a conservative Muslim with a criminal record and a persecution complex. In other words. the exact type of person who shouldn’t have access to assault weapons.

 

[NorthDakota]

Stop spreading nonsense. The suspect called people f*ggots in his social media posts. That’s not the behavior of a ‘generic woke dude.’ Early reports suggest that he’s a conservative Muslim with a criminal record and a persecution complex. In other words. the exact type of person who shouldn’t have access to assault weapons.

Lololol if you are remotely active on social media:
A.) You'd know that word is used across the political spectrum. The last week has been full of woke journos tatting on each other by digging up tasteless old social media posts.

B.) Feel free to share the posts if you are confident. I'm content to wait until more reliable information is out to share the posts.

C.) There is no such thing as assault weapons...its literally a made up term because gun control nuts found out assault rifles have been largely banned for decades.

D.) If you want to suggest he shouldn't have had access to guns in general, that's another debate entirely.

 

[longliveautrydenson]

Lololol if you are remotely active on social media:
A.) You'd know that word is used across the political spectrum. The last week has been full of woke journos tatting on each other by digging up tasteless old social media posts.

B.) Feel free to share the posts if you are confident. I'm content to wait until more reliable information is out to share the posts.

C.) There is no such thing as assault weapons...its literally a made up term because gun control nuts found out assault rifles have been largely banned for decades.

D.) If you want to suggest he shouldn't have had access to guns in general, that's another debate entirely.

First, congrats on being active on social media. That’s pretty sick bro.

Second, there’s no definition of ‘wokeness’ that is inclusive of homophobia. In fact, people who espouse homophobic views are favorite targets of the woke crowd.

Third, there are plenty of screenshots floating around from this guy’s Facebook where he expresses views on homosexuality that do not fit the woke worldview. Here’s one example: https://twitter.com/bigappleinfidel/status/1374384294815178759?s=21

Fourth, I don’t give a flying f*ck what you want to call it. This guy shouldn’t have had access to guns. Period.

 

[NorthDakota]

First, congrats on being active on social media. That’s pretty sick bro.

Second, there’s no definition of ‘wokeness’ that is inclusive of homophobia. In fact, people who espouse homophobic views are favorite targets of the woke crowd.

Third, there are plenty of screenshots floating around from this guy’s Facebook where he expresses views on homosexuality that do not fit the woke worldview. Here’s one example: https://twitter.com/bigappleinfidel/status/1374384294815178759?s=21

Fourth, I don’t give a flying f*ck what you want to call it. This guy shouldn’t have had access to guns. Period.

1.) Wokeness would not generally be inclusive of homophobia. But woke people generally aren't going to check all the boxes, (see rampant anti-semitism) but I digress. The first batch of posts I saw were all the typical pro-refugee, complaints about racism, and Islamophobia. If someone walked up to you and said "I support refugees, I hate racism, Islamophobia, and Trump", there is a decent chance you'd get a milktoast woke vibe.

2.) Assuming these posts we are seeing are legit (i think we are seeing the same ones at this point), it looks like he is indeed a pretty conservative muslim guy like you were saying. I guess we'll see if there was any radicalization there or if the fam is right about him being a loon, or both.

Also saw some #NeedAGirlfriend post...thats doesnt seem good. From his posts he looks like a sad lonely kid who kinda sucks.

3.) Lol someone is hostile about guns. We'll see what comes out about his record, how he got the gun, all that jazz.

 

[longliveautrydenson]

1.) Wokeness would not generally be inclusive of homophobia. But woke people generally aren't going to check all the boxes, (see rampant anti-semitism) but I digress. The first batch of posts I saw were all the typical pro-refugee, complaints about racism, and Islamophobia. If someone walked up to you and said "I support refugees, I hate racism, Islamophobia, and Trump", there is a decent chance you'd get a milktoast woke vibe.

2.) Assuming these posts we are seeing are legit (i think we are seeing the same ones at this point), it looks like he is indeed a pretty conservative muslim guy like you were saying. I guess we'll see if there was any radicalization there or if the fam is right about him being a loon, or both.

Also saw some #NeedAGirlfriend post...thats doesnt seem good. From his posts he looks like a sad lonely kid who kinda sucks.

3.) Lol someone is hostile about guns. We'll see what comes out about his record, how he got the gun, all that jazz.

You could say I’m “hostile about guns,” or you could say I’m not a complete f*cking moron. This dude had a criminal conviction for assault, thought the government was wiretapping his phone, and repeatedly expressed anger about the U.S. government’s treatment of Muslims. If wanting to keep guns out of the hands of self-radicalizing religious zealots with a history of violence and psychosis makes me “hostile about guns,” so be it.

 

[drayer54]

Rule 1 on mass shootings- wait until you have the full picture before sticking your ass out there. Twitter blue checks spent the night bashing "NRA white males" and expressing anger over the racist arrest (because they would have shot a minority supposedly?) and now they are pivoting away quickly. Wait until we know how many gun control laws failed here before we draft new ones that also would have failed.

 

[longliveautrydenson]

Rule 1 on mass shootings- wait until you have the full picture before sticking your ass out there. Twitter blue checks spent the night bashing "NRA white males" and expressing anger over the racist arrest (because they would have shot a minority supposedly?) and now they are pivoting away quickly. Wait until we know how many gun control laws failed here before we draft new ones that also would have failed.

You stick your ass out there with every single one of your posts in this thread. The gunman had a history of violence and mental illness yet he was able to purchase a firearm six days ago. He killed a police officer with 7 young children. It’s maddening hearing the same tired excuses that nothing can be done to prevent this type of tragedy. We haven’t been given a chance to try because our country is held hostage by nihilist, culture warrior politicians who’d rather demagogue the issue than enact common sense reforms to address gun violence.

 

[ab2cmiller]

You stick your ass out there with every single one of your posts in this thread. The gunman had a history of violence and mental illness yet he was able to purchase a firearm six days ago. He killed a police officer with 7 young children. It’s maddening hearing the same tired excuses that nothing can be done to prevent this type of tragedy. We haven’t been given a chance to try because our country is held hostage by nihilist, culture warrior politicians who’d rather demagogue the issue than enact common sense reforms to address gun violence.

Ultimately I think there are a couple of issues at play.

1. Neither side trusts the other. Sure I can work with someone on reasonable legislation, but will the other side use this as a stepping stone to legislation that I would deeply oppose. In fear of the slippery slope, both sides just dig in.

2. If I actually compromise and come to agreement with the evil other side, it will be used against me and I will get primaried. I love power and will do whatever I can to maintain my power regardless of what is right and wrong.

It's a problem with both sides. Our democracy is pretty broken.

 

[NorthDakota]

You stick your ass out there with every single one of your posts in this thread. The gunman had a history of violence and mental illness yet he was able to purchase a firearm six days ago. He killed a police officer with 7 young children. It’s maddening hearing the same tired excuses that nothing can be done to prevent this type of tragedy. We haven’t been given a chance to try because our country is held hostage by nihilist, culture warrior politicians who’d rather demagogue the issue than enact common sense reforms to address gun violence.

I see he plead guilty to an assault. The source said third degree. I think that's "knowingly or recklessly injuring another person" and injury includes "pain." The Denver Post said it resulted from punching a kid at school. If that's accurate, I'm not sure that should preclude him from purchasing a gun.

I'm sure we'll get a more clear picture of mental issues that exist/ don't exist. But a guy who got in/started a fight at school, and who has indulged some conspiracy theories probably shouldn't be barred from owning a gun.

- low level assault (years prior)
- thinks the government has bad policies
- temper (from article)
- has some conspiracy theories

Idk, that would seem like a low bar to deprive people of their right to own a gun. Call it nihilist or whatever. But 99% of the "common sense reforms" proposed by liberal or moderates involve a non-starter, going after semiautomatic rifles.

 

[PerthDomer]

Why exactly do you need to own a semi auto that has no use in hunting?

 

[PerthDomer]

It seems that if the argument is you want arms to deter a government incursion you'd want to legalize full automatic tank helicopter etc. Ownership. Stopping at large clip semi autos seems like an odd compromise.

Also, we likely see a lot more of this than usual this summer. A lot more mental instability coming out of lockdown with mass groups gathering presenting targets.

 

[NorthDakota]

Why exactly do you need to own a semi auto that has no use in hunting?

Odd, friends take pictures with their dead animals quite regularly.

I have little idea what "hunting" or "need" have to do with it though.

 

[Polish Leppy 22]

Wonder where these mass shooters stand as far as their political beliefs. I'm guessing they are anti liberals.

Since you see the world only through the prism of race, I'll be interested to see how you label this mass shooting where the gunman was Syrian and all the victims were white. Hate crime, or nah?