Althouse: Sunrise.

9 అక్టోబర్, 2026

Sunrise.

121 కామెంట్‌లు:

Achilles చెప్పారు...: We saw our last sunrise for a while this morning.

Apparently there is a storm coming for us.; 09-10-26 6:14 PM
tcrosse చెప్పారు...: The British bingo call for the number 22 is Two Little Ducks.; 09-10-26 6:25 PM
imTay చెప్పారు...: OK, I never noticed this before: "I had to get my head examined on this wild, untamed continent."

It seems like, according to Google, that you own that phrase, Grok led me by a circuitous route to this scene from Conrad.

***“The old doctor felt my pulse, evidently thinking of something else the while. ‘Good, good for there,’ he mumbled, and then with a certain eagerness asked me whether I would let him measure my head. Rather surprised, I said Yes, when he produced a thing like calipers and got the dimensions back and front and every way, taking notes carefully. He was an unshaven little man in a threadbare coat like a gaberdine, with his feet in slippers, and I thought him a harmless fool. ‘I always ask leave, in the interests of science, to measure the crania of those going out there,’ he said. ‘And when they come back, too?’ I asked. ‘Oh, I never see them,’ he remarked; ‘and, moreover, the changes take place inside, you know.’ He smiled, as if at some quiet joke.*** —Heart of Darkness; 09-10-26 6:32 PM
HistoryDoc చెప్పారు...: Are all you Wisconsonites ready for the annual Brewer melt down? Hate the Dodgers, but their pitching is historically good. Tall task, good luck.; 09-10-26 7:16 PM
LibertarianLeisure చెప్పారు...: Autumn, my favorite season. So beautiful. Let's remember the good and pure and lovely in life.; 09-10-26 7:25 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Trump says Russia has agreed to deliver millions in diesel fuel after 'highly successful discussion' ~ FOX News

Trump says Russia has agreed to deliver millions of tons of diesel following a “highly successful discussion” with Putin.

Let that sink in. Trump is now turning to Putin for help addressing an energy crisis fueled in part by his own administration’s military actions. A self-inflicted wound—and now, apparently, an opportunity to ease sanctions on Russia.

Trump is helping Putin economically while undermining pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine. And the timing raises an obvious question: Is U.S. support for Ukraine becoming collateral damage in Trump’s desperate effort to save himself and his party in the midterms?

One of the most shameful days in this Republic’s history. Disgraceful. Absolutely abhorrent.; 09-10-26 7:26 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: I agree about Fall. Its my favorite season too. Yes, Winter is just around the corner. But trees are amazing. The weather is great. And Christmas is in December.

Spring is welcome. But there's something about the crisp air and clear skies of Autumn.; 09-10-26 7:36 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: Oh God, Leftwing IEE is giving us his fake "used car salesman" talk about Trump blah blah. If Harris was POTUS you'd be saying zero.

Fuck off.; 09-10-26 7:38 PM
Josephbleau చెప్పారు...: “Trump is helping Putin economically while undermining pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine.“

Russia supplied about 13% of EU gas imports and under 3% of oil imports in 2025, compared with 45% and 27% respectively in 2021. Those are shares of imports, not total consumption. Source, EU Commission on oil and gas.

So IEE loudly denounces Trump for doing something that the EU itself is doing. 10 times more of? Sounds kind of like a severe double standard. But you complain about your enemies and not your pals, Trump is IEE’s enemy, so he is the only one criticized here.; 09-10-26 7:39 PM
Narr చెప్పారు...: "Season of mists, and mellow fruitfulness."

What's not to like?; 09-10-26 7:42 PM
Josephbleau చెప్పారు...: Russian supply to EU

Period

Reported volume

LNG from the Yamal plant alone to EU:

January–June 2026

9.97 million tonnes, roughly 13.6 billion m³ of gas

Russian Crude oil to EU:

June 2026 alone

620,000 tonnes, roughly 151,000 barrels/day; 09-10-26 7:43 PM
Josephbleau చెప్పారు...: But Trump is Satan.; 09-10-26 7:44 PM
Leland చెప్పారు...: The US is a net exporter of diesel. The high price of diesel is because Europe closed most of its refineries because of agreements made at Paris COP 15. Trump even warned Europe during his first administration that they were foolishly making themselves dependent on Russia.

If the US decided to stop exporting diesel, the UK would have 40 days until they ran out of diesel, because that’s the entirety of their potential diesel supply. Along with closing 5 refineries since COP 15, the UK also dismantled storage. Same with France, 5 refineries closed since COP 15, but they have at least 90 days.

These are the omissions IEE excludes so he can tell lies that Trump caused Europe’s problems.; 09-10-26 7:46 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Shush now.

The retard actually thinks the Democrats can use gas prices as an argument.

Let him cook. There are plenty of people below 90 IQ he can work with.; 09-10-26 7:50 PM
West TX Intermediate Crude చెప్పారు...: Christa Pike is talking.
She is talking because her execution was botched- the IV failed.
Failure of an individual IV is indeed common in any hospital, but failure to maintain IV access is extremely rare. The vast majority of patients have adequate peripheral veins, but deeper veins are readily accessible with ultrasound, and central access essentially never fails except in the rarest circumstances. This is especially true in a setting where maintenance of vascular access is required for only a few minutes. Once IV access is present, it is a trivial matter to inject enough medication to cause breathing to cease permanently.

Maintaining an IV requires a certain degree of professional skill, a concept that was sorely lacking in the execution chamber.

Why were no competent professional people involved in this simple procedure?

A primary reason is that leftist physicians have made it difficult to impossible for competent physicians and nurses to participate in executions. Specialty boards, state medical societies, and licensing boards have been staffed with death penalty opponents, resulting in any participation by a competent practitioner amounting to professional suicide.

The medical profession is a creation of the state. Medical licenses are granted by the state, state laws and policies regulate everything physicians do, and state laws also protect docs from felony charges when they do things that otherwise would be prosecutable. At some point, the state can make participation in executions mandatory as a condition of licensure.
Nobody should be forced to participate, but nobody should suffer professionally for participating.

Why was this execution botched? Look left, as usual.; 09-10-26 8:06 PM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: I'm starting to wonder if we are possibly in a new political terrain, which will only be confirmed post-election. I'm wondering if the sheer magnitude of the collapse of the Progressive funding megaplex, brought on by the throttling of US A.I.D. by DOGE, hasn't fundamentally altered the ecosystem in a permanent way.

Not just the illegal immigrant industry, but the underwriting of media, from news to entertainment, pop culture, everything in that modern electronic soup that we consume daily, whether we're aware of it or not.

I wonder if the surreal, electric picture of reality that we were presented with, during the Biden years, was kept on juiced-up life support by our tax dollars via US A.I.D. It certainly felt like a 4 year onslaught of perverse culture, an implacable production of bad values and self-destructive enthusiasms. Agendas driven by principles that seemed counter to American culture, to decency even. What if it was all artificially induced and set into motion, tapping on a bottomless cash flow? What if all that has gone away, withered on the vine, now that the money has dried up?

I don't see anything like the brutal, hysterical, shrieking campaigning that I was expecting this season. It all seems pale, colored with a muted palette compared to past campaigns. We have a couple of commies in office, a couple more running for office, but not really on the national stage. And no races are getting coverage of the wattage that I was expecting.

All of the issues that get ginned up, like the Cornell saga, all seem cut-rate, like the budget is a constraint. You have to pay for quality smears, and the Cornell saga is falling apart after just a few days. A few years ago, it would have just been getting started, and the Progressive legal machinery would still be expanding its scope.

I think we're in different political terrain now. I think midterms is going to be a landmark of a new, unvarnished political age, now that the Progressive side has been stripped of its wealth and forced to play on a more level field. Without the money, they can't pay for all their media friends, can't support all that scheming. We'll know in a few weeks I guess.; 09-10-26 8:22 PM
Curious George చెప్పారు...: Mike Ditka, NFL Hall of Fame play and coach, died today. He was 86 years old. He has been in poor health for a while. Ditka was Rookie of the Year for the Bears in 1961, and won an NFL Championship with them in 1963. He also was head coach of the 1985 Bears, who won the Super Bowl. RIP Iron Mike.; 09-10-26 8:24 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: The initial shipment of 300,000 tons of Russian diesel amounts to roughly 2.2 million barrels—only about half a day’s U.S. diesel consumption. And that’s before accounting for how much, if any, will actually reach the U.S. rather than the global market.

Trump seems to think he can fix a global energy market with a handshake and a shipment of Russian diesel.

That’s not how global supply and demand works.; 09-10-26 8:29 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: "Trump is now turning to Putin for help addressing an energy crisis fueled in part by his own administration’s military actions, [to deny Iran a nuclear weapon].

Fine. Works for me.; 09-10-26 8:33 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: Da bears. I can remember the 86 Chicago team. what a great Coach. As a player, Dikta was Czonka before Czonka.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y_uookaw-ds; 09-10-26 8:34 PM
Mason G చెప్పారు...: If Trump was doing the exact opposite of what he's currently doing, IEEEEEE would be here to tell everybody that was the wrong thing to do.; 09-10-26 8:36 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: As a child I was raised on the Lombardi Packers.
Rest in peace, Mike.; 09-10-26 8:40 PM
narciso చెప్పారు...: I think so aggie; 09-10-26 8:45 PM
Leland చెప్పారు...: The initial shipment of 300,000 tons of Russian diesel amounts to roughly 2.2 million barrels, which is 4 days worth of diesel for the UK.; 09-10-26 8:51 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: "Are all you Wisconsonites ready for the annual Brewer melt down?"

Yes.; 09-10-26 8:51 PM
imTay చెప్పారు...: Charlie Kirk talks about Oct 7

It's him, I am not Rickrolling you.; 09-10-26 8:53 PM
Peachy+2 చెప్పారు...: Tucker Carlson link from IM TAY.
Gross.; 09-10-26 8:55 PM
Peachy+2 చెప్పారు...: That looks fake. Really fake.; 09-10-26 8:59 PM
imTay చెప్పారు...: According to Robert Barnes, Trump's offer of $5K to every adult if the Republicans win hurt him in the polls, because everybody knows he's a liar.

Mosaic, a fertilzer manufacturer in Louisiana and Florida is shutting down plants and laying off workers because Trump's war for his master, Bibi, has cut off sulfuric acid supplies from the Persian Gulf. Don't worry though, more expensive fertilizer will not show up in food prices, because... well, reasons.

"Sulfuric acid is often called the “king of chemicals” because so many industrial processes depend on it as a solvent, catalyst, reactant, or electrolyte. Global production is enormous (hundreds of millions of metric tons per year), and its consumption is a traditional indicator of industrial activity." —Grok

Grok has more to say: "The Middle East typically accounts for roughly 20–25% (some estimates higher, up to the low-to-mid 30% range) of global elemental sulfur production.
It supplies nearly half of seaborne/global sulfur trade and exports (often cited at ~45–50%)."

Thanks Donnie! I hope that you will be able to sleep at night now that you started this war because you were afraid that Iran would bomb Los Angeles in an attack that would be suicidal for its 3,000 year old civilization due to our 5,000 nuclear weapons.; 09-10-26 9:06 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: "The high price of diesel is because Europe closed most of its refineries because of agreements made at Paris COP 15."

I was in Australia last spring when the Iran war started and they were freaking out. Why? Because they had closed all their refineries save two over the last ten or twenty years. They got most of their supply from foreign refiners who were restricting exports. They've apparently muddled through (I've stopped paying attention) but what were they thinking? These geniuses can't see past the nose on their face.; 09-10-26 9:09 PM
imTay చెప్పారు...: "That looks fake. Really fake."

What Charlie Kirk Said About Israel —Newsweek Sept 2025.

Israel sure turned on him.

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-wrong-kind-of-friend-rethinking-charlie-kirks-support-for-israel/; 09-10-26 9:13 PM
imTay చెప్పారు...: The US does export diesel, but it refines it from imported oil, from the Persian Gulf.; 09-10-26 9:15 PM
imTay చెప్పారు...: That being said, it has become blindingly obvious that maintaining overcapacity in refining is a national security issue, even if it cuts into refinery profits, or more likely, raises the price of gas.; 09-10-26 9:17 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 300,000 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 2.2 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 4 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒.

The initial shipment: 300,000 metric tons, equivalent to approximately 2.25 million barrels. That’s roughly one and a half days of U.S. diesel exports and only a fraction of the country’s overall consumption for a month.

Meanwhile, the United States already exports approximately 1.5 million barrels of diesel daily. Russia has restricted exports amid domestic supply pressures and Ukrainian attacks on its refineries.

The deal covers the American AND global markets, so there’s no guarantee how much of the fuel will actually reach the U.S.

Could it provide some relief? Possibly. Is it likely to solve the underlying supply problem or deliver the dramatic price reductions Trump promises? There’s little evidence to support that claim.

And the political irony is hard to miss: Trump is easing sanctions on Russia, potentially providing revenue to Putin’s government, while Ukraine continues fighting the Russian invasion.

A relatively small addition to global diesel supplies is not a solution to a global energy crisis. And a handshake with Putin is no substitute for sound energy policy.

Why announce the deal in tons rather than barrels, the standard measure Americans use to understand petroleum supplies?

Metric tons are a legitimate international trading unit, of course. But converting the initial 300,000 tons into roughly 2.25 million barrels puts the announcement in perspective: it’s equivalent to only about 13–14 hours of U.S. diesel consumption.

The question isn’t whether the number sounds impressive. It’s how much fuel will actually reach the U.S., how much it will affect global supply, and whether it will meaningfully lower prices.

And of course, Trump’s supporters are literally racing to congratulate him on this wonderful deal that will do nothing but annoy Vladimir Zelensky, who could destroy the whole deal with a single drone.; 09-10-26 9:18 PM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: "it has become blindingly obvious that maintaining overcapacity in refining is a national security issue, even if it cuts into refinery profits, or more likely, raises the price of gas."

It has *always* been blindingly obvious. Just like it has always been blindingly obvious they we should keep our critical industries on shore if at all possible.; 09-10-26 9:26 PM
rehajm చెప్పారు...: good nytol; 09-10-26 9:27 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘭, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘪𝘭, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘎𝘶𝘭𝘧.

The U.S. imported approximately 6.2 million barrels of crude oil per day. Only about 490,000 barrels per day, 8% of those imports came from Persian Gulf countries.
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67407

Canada is by far the largest foreign supplier of U.S. crude oil.

The U.S. exports diesel, but that doesn’t mean it has an unlimited domestic surplus. American refineries process both domestic and imported crude, and U.S. fuel prices are tied to global markets.

That’s precisely the point: importing a relatively small shipment of Russian diesel won’t magically solve a global supply shortage. The real question is whether it adds enough supply to make a meaningful difference to prices.; 09-10-26 9:27 PM
Two-eyed Jack చెప్పారు...: Don't you think that the Nobel prize given to Anna Carson rather cheapens the one they gave to Bob Dylan? Idiot wind.; 09-10-26 9:27 PM
Dr Weevil చెప్పారు...: Not a football fun, so I'm most familiar with Mike Ditka as the owner of Ditka's Restaurant, across the street from the front entrance of the high-rise my late sister lived in. I figured it probably had good steaks and potatoes and such, but relatives figured we'd be paying mostly for hardcore Bears-fan atmosphere, so we went elsewhere.; 09-10-26 9:30 PM
Peachy+2 చెప్పారు...: Charlie Kirk - not everything was about Israel with Charlie Kirk.
The left are re-writing the narrative.; 09-10-26 9:33 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢'𝘴 𝘕𝘡𝘕𝘗 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘷𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘷-𝘰𝘯-𝘋𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬.
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2108744116008087987?s=20

𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜.𝘚. 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘜𝘬𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘡𝘕𝘗 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘷𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘷-𝘰𝘯-𝘋𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦.
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/2108718531726524685?s=20; 09-10-26 9:56 PM
lonejustice చెప్పారు...: Hegseth masturbates while watching snuff films.; 09-10-26 10:10 PM
rhhardin చెప్పారు...: Weather following channels seem to be finding disappointingly small amounts of hurricane Izzy damage so far.; 09-10-26 10:13 PM
Eva Marie చెప్పారు...: via CFP:
“If you were looking for evidence that the United States was seriously considering revaluing its gold reserves, or potentially moving toward some form of gold-linked monetary system, the appointment of Judy Shelton to advise Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is almost exactly what you would expect to see . . . Shelton has spent years questioning the monetary system we’ve built since abandoning gold convertibility, advocating for a more stable dollar and proposing ways to bring gold back into government finance.”
https://quoththeraven.substack.com/p/judy-shelton-scott-bessent-and-the?r=294ks&utm_medium=ios; 09-10-26 10:16 PM
Peachy+2 చెప్పారు...: lone Juice Box - did you hear that on Tucker Carlson?; 09-10-26 10:18 PM
Dr Weevil చెప్పారు...: Infants have been known to take off their diapers and smear shit all over the walls while giggling. Some of them, like 'lonejustice', never grow up. He needs to take his sick perversion somewhere else.; 09-10-26 10:19 PM
Peachy+2 చెప్పారు...: The vile Candy Tuq'r left celebrate "Kirkversary" and then blame the Joooos and Israel.
There is zero evidence Tyler Robinson had any connection to Israel. Strange how the left celebrate Kirk's murder - but then blame Israel. So you leftists are pro-Israel?; 09-10-26 10:24 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: Wow, they made a movie about Netenyahu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACTkVM6t_bo; 09-10-26 11:02 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: All that's missing is Trump giving him a blowjob.; 09-10-26 11:03 PM
RCOCEAN II చెప్పారు...: And more Netenyahu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITs-YX1yQ7o; 09-10-26 11:06 PM
Peachy+2 చెప్పారు...: IM Tuq'r's obsession with blaming all the things on Israel - including Hamas' Oct 7th rage-fueled torture - violently gruesome murders and kidnappings - filmed with pride... Is all the Jews fault. All the way up to the top!
Reminds me of Inga's non stop obsession over Mueller-as-savior and the Russia Russia Russia hoax.; 09-10-26 11:13 PM
Peachy+2 చెప్పారు...: Court Jester RC Cola - arrives right on Q.; 09-10-26 11:14 PM
Dr Weevil చెప్పారు...: I'm still trying to get RC COLON to give a single example of someone cussing white people up and down without any blowback, as he claimed on the Nobel Peace Prize thread happens all the time. Perhaps he could answer the question here.; 09-10-26 11:24 PM
Jim at చెప్పారు...: *Hegseth masturbates while watching snuff films.*

This is - allegedly - a former prosecutor and paid political consultant for Iowa Republicans.

And you wonder why Trump voters are telling you to go fuck yourselves.; 09-10-26 11:25 PM
Aggie చెప్పారు...: So, Talerico finally made a public appearance today at the Austin City Limits festival. Campaign is back on.; 10-10-26 12:36 AM
chickelit చెప్పారు...: lonejustice said…”Hegseth masturbates while watching snuff films.“

Really? And may we suppose that you masturbate to videos obese Army Generals signing off on sex change operations?; 10-10-26 12:41 AM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: “Canada is by far the largest foreign supplier of U.S. crude oil.”

Am I the only Althouse commentator who remembers Joe Biden personally shutting down the Keystone Pipeline among his actions in the fist days of his administration? Democrats celebrated it at the time.

@Indefinitely Extended Excursion, point of information on your 9:27 comment. Per USAFacts.org the United States imports 8 5 million barrels per day, mostly from Canada and Mexico, but we EXPORT roughly 10.15 million barrels per day, making us a net exporter. These calculations do not distinguish between crude oil and refined petroleum products.

I have also read that the only refineries in the world capable of processing Canadian high sulphur crude are in the US.; 10-10-26 5:06 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Canada doesn't "supply" the US with crude. Canada can't refine its own tar sands crude, so sends it to the US for refining. As Big Mike notes, Democrats made it more difficult for them by blocking the Keystone Pipeline. Canada has closed 3 refineries since 2006 while its crude production has been relatively flat over the last 10 years. In that same time, US production has increased by over 50%.

The point is Canada is dependent on the US but likes to pretend that it is not. The UK is also very dependent on the US, and pretty much every other country in the world, because without them, their economy would collapse within a quarter.; 10-10-26 6:18 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: I dubbed the canadian menace when the huntress was in negotiation for that other pipeline with exxon; 10-10-26 6:46 AM
narciso చెప్పారు...: The Week in Pictures: Electile Dysfunction Edition | Power Line https://share.google/bh1jrcbFWSMhkLhls; 10-10-26 7:01 AM
boatbuilder చెప్పారు...: There is no "energy crisis" in the US. There are zero shortages of gasoline. There are higher prices. It's not a crisis. Get a grip.; 10-10-26 7:07 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: RCOCEAN II said...

All that's missing is Trump giving him a blowjob.

You are a pathetic infant.

When people are completely out of arguments and they know they look stupid they descend into juvenile hysteria.; 10-10-26 7:51 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Canada is by far the largest foreign supplier of U.S. crude oil.

Soon it will be Alberta and quite possibly wont be considered an import.; 10-10-26 7:53 AM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: @Achilles, why bother? Anyone who thinks Donald Trump is anyone’s puppet does not reside on planet earth.; 10-10-26 8:08 AM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: The other day I topped up the gas tank and the price was $4.19 a gallon. An interesting experiment is to ask Google what $4.19 is in constant 2030 dollars. Thanks to Bidenomics a 2026 dollar is worth less than 80 2020 cents.; 10-10-26 8:19 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: And people say there's no evidence Trump is a Russian asset.

A year ago he told Kyiv to hit the refineries harder.

Now he threatens to cut its intelligence unless it stops, lifts sanctions on Russian diesel, and asks nothing of Moscow in return.

In the same week, Russian strikes killed more than 70 Ukrainians.

Asset or not, Putin could not have drafted it better. And the diesel shortage being fixed at Ukraine's expense comes from Trump's own war in Iran.; 10-10-26 8:22 AM
Humperdink చెప్పారు...: Which country is more of a threat to the U.S., Iran or Israel? That question was asked of AbdulRahman Mohammed al-Sayed in the recent debate. Twice. And he refused to answer. Twice.

Should be an eye-opener for some voters in MI. I said should be.; 10-10-26 8:23 AM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: 2020 dollarrs!; 10-10-26 8:23 AM
john mosby చెప్పారు...: Weevil: “ a single example of someone cussing white people up and down without any blowback”

Al Sharpton. Joy Reid. Tennessee Tuxedo Coates. CC, JSM; 10-10-26 8:28 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Russia has supplied Iran the intelligence on our military bases that were destroyed. Russia was behind the Havana syndrome attacks which targeted and disabled hundreds of CIA and intelligence personnel. Russia is aligned with Iran North Korea and China. Russia took multiple Americans captives to use as hostages. They have killed thousands of Ukrainians in an unprovoked invasion of their country. What the hell are we doing supporting this regime?; 10-10-26 8:32 AM
Peachy+2 చెప్పారు...: Democrats have made the work of refining too expensive. So they close down in places like CA. The left's goal is to have water without dams and energy without energy.
To make green energy - you need oil.; 10-10-26 8:37 AM
Josephbleau చెప్పారు...: IEE has finally lost all hope and is just spewing random vitriol. A week or so ago he was trying to make rational arguments.; 10-10-26 8:38 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Less than a month ago, Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act into law.

At the signing, Senator Darline Graham praised Trump’s commitment to the legislation, saying her brother believed it would help end the war by “squeezing Putin economically and forcing his customers to reevaluate their relationship with Russia.”

Less than a month later—Trump announces a deal with Putin to bring hundreds of thousands of tons of Russian diesel into the market, with additional shipments planned and a temporary easing of U.S. sanctions to facilitate the arrangement.

So much for squeezing Putin economically.

This has to be one of Trump’s fastest TACOs on record. He signs legislation designed to increase economic pressure on Russia, then turns around and eases sanctions to facilitate a deal with the very man those sanctions were supposed to pressure.

And there’s another problem: Russia has extended its own diesel export restrictions through the end of October amid domestic supply pressures and refinery disruptions.

Where, exactly, is all this diesel coming from, and how much can Russia realistically deliver?

Perhaps the deal will materialize. But the policy reversal is already real. And if the objective was to pressure Putin into ending his war against Ukraine, what exactly has Trump gained by giving him an economic reprieve?

This might be amusing in retrospect. Right now, it’s anything but.; 10-10-26 8:43 AM
DINKY DAU 45 చెప్పారు...: Oh my Lord the man child cant stop whining about the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, not a joke to him. He has been begging for years and this War monger will never get a peace prize c'mon man, quit whining if its not that important. 'have you no decency man"; 10-10-26 8:45 AM
Josephbleau చెప్పారు...: IEE, think for a moment, you have pilloried Trump for the past two months because oil is up, knowing that inflation adjusted dollars oil is cheaper than it was during the previous Democrat administration of Biden. And when he listens to you and buys from Russia, which the EU is buying 10 times as much from Russia you blame him for funding Russia. The EU is paying Russia more for oil and gas than it is giving Ukraine for the war.

Done be a stooge, don’t be a hypocrite.; 10-10-26 8:47 AM
Josephbleau చెప్పారు...: “Perhaps the deal will materialize. But the policy reversal is already real. And if the objective was to pressure Putin into ending his war against Ukraine, what exactly has Trump gained by giving him an economic reprieve?“

IEE, it is the EU that is supporting Putin, Ut if you blamed them that would not help you yell loudly that Trump is bad, so hypocrisy and double standards are necessary to help you cope.; 10-10-26 8:52 AM
n.n చెప్పారు...: Abort the Green blight, reopen the refineries. As for consumer good prices, imports through arbitrage will become less attractive.; 10-10-26 8:57 AM
n.n చెప్పారు...: The EU is funding the Ukraine left directly, and the right indirectly, in the Obama-era Slavic Spring. Iran, too, while Obama's Iran-Hamas Affair is unwinding, Hamas is aborted and rendered a nonviable threat to Israelis and people in Gaza, and Iranian governance is returned to its people, which will hopefully not be sabotaged a la Iraq with Obama, or Afghanistan with Biden.; 10-10-26 9:06 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: I suspect the more consequential phenomenon isn’t widespread affection for Russia among MAGA voters. It’s the willingness of some Trump supporters to subordinate traditional American strategic interests to their loyalty to Trump.

That creates an opportunity for Russia, whether or not Trump’s supporters recognize it.

And it raises a more fundamental question: Are these still principles, or have they become whatever Trump needs them to be?

If they oppose foreign intervention, do they also oppose Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? If they believe in American strength, do they support policies that preserve U.S. alliances? If they distrust authoritarian governments, do they apply that skepticism to Putin as readily as they do to America’s other adversaries?

When those principles suddenly change to accommodate Trump’s preferences, it’s reasonable to ask whether the principles were ever as important as the political allegiance.

That’s what I find more troubling than the question of whether MAGA voters are actually sympathetic to Russia. You don’t need to be pro-Russian to consistently defend policies that benefit Russia. You only need to be unwilling to question Trump.

That, to me, is the more disturbing question.; 10-10-26 9:12 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Josephbleau said...

“Perhaps the deal will materialize. But the policy reversal is already real. And if the objective was to pressure Putin into ending his war against Ukraine, what exactly has Trump gained by giving him an economic reprieve?“

IEE, it is the EU that is supporting Putin, Ut if you blamed them that would not help you yell loudly that Trump is bad, so hypocrisy and double standards are necessary to help you cope.

You all are missing what is really going on.

Russia, China and the US came to an agreement months ago. That is why BRICS fell apart completely. That is why China agreed to rejoin the petro-dollar.

Our real enemy has been Chatham House/EUrocrats from the start.

Trump told Zelensky to stop blowing up refineries. Zelensky continued to blow up refineries.

Canada is breaking up. France is burning. Britain is arresting people who are trying to stop the boat invasion and protecting terrorists. Spain is burning and having snap elections. AfD is winning any election they are allowed to be in.

The midterm elections will change none of this. The best thing that could happen is for the Democrats to win the house and start passing DOA bills for their insane traitorous agenda.

But that is unlikely to happen. Democrats are talking about elections being stolen and Musk hacking election machines.

Talarico checked himself into a mental hospital. Probably because he looked at the real polls not the fake BS the media always puts out a month before an election.

The EU was always the real enemy.; 10-10-26 9:26 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Trump says he controls the Hormuz Strait and Venezuela, yet he needs to buy oil from Russia.; 10-10-26 9:30 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

I suspect the more consequential phenomenon isn’t widespread affection for Russia among MAGA voters. It’s the willingness of some Trump supporters to subordinate traditional American strategic interests to their loyalty to Trump.

The EU will lose.

Carney is going to go down in history as the traitor that broke up Canada.

Merz will resign soon. Macron will move out of France for his own safety. Most of the socialist regime in Spain will end up in jail. Labour can hold on to power for a few years in Britain but the UK is finished. Ireland and Scotland will be their own countries soon which means the end of Chatham house.

Trump is making America Great again. We are going to be making our own steel. We are going to be building new refineries. We are going to be building massive data center and electrical generation capabilities. We will dominate space launch capability.

Nobody wants what you are selling. You are a globalist traitor and a Chatham House toad.; 10-10-26 9:34 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Trump says he controls the Hormuz Strait and Venezuela, yet he needs to buy oil from Russia.

Because democrats keep shutting down and blocking the construction of refineries.; 10-10-26 9:35 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: I guess I’m in the minority focusing on how Trump’s oil deal helps Putin, while most Americans are focused on how little it helps U.S. fuel prices. Then again, I suppose both can be true.; 10-10-26 9:46 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Well, I guess IEE is a Yandex bot. Too bad.; 10-10-26 9:53 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 10-10-26 10:00 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Isn’t… he is still here; 10-10-26 10:08 AM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi చెప్పారు...: Still waiting on the Democrats plan to lower fuel prices.; 10-10-26 10:42 AM
Rustygrommet చెప్పారు...: DD45 @ 8:45
What's worse is you come here every day and whine about Trump.; 10-10-26 10:43 AM
Peaceful warrior చెప్పారు...: Both IEE and Josephbleau raise worthwhile but different points about Russian energy.

Josephbleau is right that Europe continues buying Russian energy, although those purchases have fallen substantially since Russia invaded Ukraine. But IEE raises a separate question: Why did Trump agree to ease sanctions on Russian diesel exports just three weeks after signing legislation intended to increase economic pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine?
There may be a reasonable economic argument for this decision. Even relatively small additions to global diesel supplies could help lower prices when markets are tight. But how much relief can we realistically expect, and would it justify providing Russia with additional revenue while weakening economic pressure on Moscow?

Rather than focusing on whether Trump or European leaders are being inconsistent, I'd be more interested in what the United States and Russia each stand to gain from the arrangement, and whether the tradeoff serves American interests. That seems more useful than debating the personalities involved.; 10-10-26 10:47 AM
Dr Weevil చెప్పారు...: Gina Milan on Twitter has words for IEE and his like (link):

"To my friends across the aisle on the short bus, listen up…

"Biden spent his first year importing about 672,000 barrels of Russian oil a day, totaling roughly 245 million barrels. That was the highest annual total in the modern EIA series.

"And even after Putin invaded Ukraine, Russian oil kept flowing into the U.S. Biden didn’t ban Russian oil imports until March 8, 2022.

"His administration kept buying Russian oil while Putin’s war was underway. The volume Biden imported dwarfs what Trump just announced.

So sit down and shut up."; 10-10-26 11:06 AM
Bushman of the Kohlrabi చెప్పారు...: Unlike the western liberal media, Putin was never under the obligation to pretend Biden was a functional, competent adversary. He could plainly see Biden’s weakness and acted accordingly. No one should have been surprised that Russia would take advantage of the situation to act in their own interests. We can only be thankful that China didn’t make the same calculation, with Taiwan, as they were obviously considering it.; 10-10-26 11:17 AM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: Rich must have finished reading the Epstein files.; 10-10-26 11:21 AM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: @Bushman, no, the problem is that some commentators, like imTay and RCOCEAN. let their antisemitism put themselves on the side of our adversary in the present war. Others, like gadfly, Dd Driver, and Indefinitely Extended Excursion, let their TDS put them on Iran’s side too. Once upon a time ordinary citizens dealt with traitors using tall trees and ropes, but we’re sort of wusses in the 21st century.; 10-10-26 11:25 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: The irony is that Trump is turning to Putin for help mitigating an energy crisis exacerbated by his own war with Iran and potentially weakening the economic pressure Washington has spent years building against Moscow.

I think the real issue may be Trump’s war with Iran and the Russian diesel deal is a symptom of the economic and political consequences.; 10-10-26 11:26 AM
Original Mike చెప్పారు...: "the amount of Russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center"

I guess that's not the one Rich is operating out of.
Hit another one.; 10-10-26 11:31 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: As Dr. Weevil noted, Biden turned to Putin for oil. We all remember that oil was plentiful in the US at the end of the first Trump Administration. In fact, the IEE troll, when going by the moniker Rich, claimed in April 2025 that Trump would tank oil prices again to the $20/bbl range. Yep, same guy.

If he's going to make the claim now that Washington was putting economic pressure on Moscow, he needs to explain how that happened? Buying Soyuz flights to ISS? Monetary sanctions that were bypassed by shadow fleet sales and cryptocurrency? Supporting Europe's dependency on Russia? Keeping the US economy shutdown 2 extra years for covid? What was the pressure?; 10-10-26 11:32 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

The irony is that Trump is turning to Putin for help mitigating an energy crisis exacerbated by his own war with Iran and potentially weakening the economic pressure Washington has spent years building against Moscow.

I think the real issue may be Trump’s war with Iran and the Russian diesel deal is a symptom of the economic and political consequences.

LOL. The retard continues to make up his own reality despite being wrong about everything for the last 5 years.

Russia isn't our enemy.

The EU and the rulers of Europe are our enemy. Carney decided to go down with them.

The strait of Hormuz will remain closed until the rulers of Europe fall.

Wont be long now by the looks of it. No midterm result will save them. Chatham House is finished.

Cry more.; 10-10-26 11:33 AM
Leland చెప్పారు...: Yep Original Mike, I thought the same, but you called it out better. Hopefully they'll take out the other half.; 10-10-26 11:33 AM
Vance చెప్పారు...: IEEE has repeatedly been challenged to explain what the Democrat plan is to lower energy costs. He has repeatedly ignored that challenge, just whining about Trump.

That's all the left has. "OrangeManBad!" That's it. They have no plan. Nothing to offer America. Just OrangeManBad and let's kill Jews!; 10-10-26 11:36 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Dr Weevil writes: 𝘎𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘐𝘌𝘌 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦

The problem with this argument is that the numbers are being presented without understanding what they actually represent.

Yes, the U.S. imported roughly 672,000 barrels a day of Russian oil and petroleum products in 2021. That was before Russia invaded Ukraine. Biden banned Russian energy imports on March 8, 2022.

So comparing a full year of pre-invasion U.S. imports with Trump’s newly announced 300,000 metric tons of Russian diesel is not a meaningful comparison. It’s comparing apples to oranges and apparently assuming the bigger number automatically wins the argument.

The relevant question isn’t simply “How much Russian oil did Biden buy?” It’s “What was the policy, when did it happen, and what changed after Russia invaded Ukraine?”

Biden: pre-invasion trade → ban after the invasion.

Trump: sanctions against Russia → deal with Putin that involves easing those sanctions.

Those are rather important details to leave out if your goal is to make the two situations look identical.; 10-10-26 11:42 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: The globalist effort to import foreign soldiers into western countries is going to be put down hard.

Our battle isn't with nations that have their own borders and manage their own people.

Our battle is against the globalist left that is trying to erase borders and destroy all national identities.; 10-10-26 11:43 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: ఈ కామెంట్‌ను రచయిత తీసివేశారు.; 10-10-26 11:44 AM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: I’ll dumb it down even further for Dr Weevil.

The EIA statistic is real. The argument being built from it isn’t.; 10-10-26 11:44 AM
Dr Weevil చెప్పారు...: I'll dumb it down even furtherer so IEE can maybe, eventually, if he strains his tiny mind to the utmost, figure it out: Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014: 2022 was just a massive expansion of an ongoing invasion and brutal occupation.

He continues to ignore the problem of closing US (and European) refineries. Here's the far more knowledgeable John Konrad on the diesel deal (link):

"Why are we importing ANY petroleum products?

"BUILD MORE DIESEL REFINERIES AND 🇺🇸 SHIPS TO MOVE IT

"This is a military priority. If Cali and Mass refuse then build DoW refineries on federal land.

If Delta Airlines can own and run a refinery then the USAF can too."

Did you know Delta Airlines has their own refinery? I didn't.

Finally, someone who has so very much to say on so many subjects really should start his own blog. I'm sure our hosts wouldn't mind if he posted an occasional announcement and invitation in the comment section urging us all to come on over. Of course, no one would, and he knows it, so he continues to hang out here like a squatter in one of those uncivilized countries and states that allow squatters to take over legitimate owners' properties and never leave.; 10-10-26 11:54 AM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: The only reason Democrats win any elections in the US is because of voter fraud and imported voters.

The same is true in Europe and Canada.

It is time for the west to deport 3rd world voters.; 10-10-26 12:08 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: The only native Americans that vote for Democrats are descendants of Slave owning Democrats.

The Democrat party hasn't changed significantly since they were founded. They are the same slave owning elite that want to import cheap slave labor and keep the working class poor.; 10-10-26 12:11 PM
Peachy+2 చెప్పారు...: democraps killed all our refineries. Chi coms smile.; 10-10-26 12:20 PM
Dr Weevil చెప్పారు...: John Mosby (8:28pm):
RC OCEAN was specifically complaining about this site, where supposedly every mild criticism of Israel causes an uproar (lie #1) and vicious criticisms of whites or other gentile groups never arouse any criticism at all (lie #2).

In any case, Al Sharpton and the like get plenty of criticism in the outside world, even if not as much as they deserve.; 10-10-26 12:58 PM
Peaceful warrior చెప్పారు...: Dr Weevil is right that Russia's aggression against Ukraine began in 2014, not 2022. That makes U.S. purchases of Russian petroleum in 2021 worth examining, regardless of who was president. In fact, those purchases continued under both Trump and Biden before the 2022 ban.

As IEE points out, though, historical context matters. Biden banned Russian petroleum imports in March 2022 following the full-scale invasion. Trump is now temporarily easing restrictions on Russian diesel. These are different policy decisions, and both deserve evaluation on their own terms.

I also agree that maintaining adequate U.S. refining capacity is an important national security concern. But expanding that capacity takes time, while the Russian diesel agreement is intended to provide more immediate relief.

So, how much of this diesel represents genuinely additional global supply rather than shipments redirected from other buyers? How much might it realistically lower prices, and for how long? And what does Moscow stand to gain from the sanctions relief?

Those seem like reasonable questions for both supporters and critics of the agreement. They might tell us more about the merits of the decision than simply comparing which administration imported more Russian oil.; 10-10-26 2:05 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: How NAZA lays bare Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza ~ FT
https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/a3c38bc2-a88a-4f74-8cb1-1ee81dd73a12

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘐𝘋𝘍 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘩𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘊𝘰-𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘠𝘶𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 ‘𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭’

𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘕𝘈𝘡𝘈, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘺 which they picked who lived and who died in Gaza, Yuval Abraham wants you to know why he chose that title.

Indeed the charge of "antisemitism" once carried a lot of weight. But its abuse and overuse since October 7 has made it an almost meaningless term of abuse, like labelling anyone a "fascist" who disagrees with you.; 10-10-26 2:08 PM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: The EIA data is only current through 2023, however the USAFacts.org data I quoted is current through June 2026.

Things that do not change: (1) in the absence of Joe Biden’s 20% net inflation the gasoline I bought at $4.19 per gallon would cost $3.25, (2) Joe Biden personally canceled the Keystone Pipeline, (3) the Biden administration —Gavin Newsom has arranged the closure of two more in the name of junk science — persuaded 5 refineries to convert from petroleum-based diesel to much more expensive biodiesel while overseeing the closure of 6 more refineries (Gavin Newsom arranged the closure of 2 more), and (4) we do not now nor have we in the recent past imported any large quantity of crude oil that came via the Strait of Hormuz.. The impact of the war on US gasoline prices is practically negligible.; 10-10-26 2:11 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Zelensky makes it official.

Ukraine is bombing terminals and trying to block diesel shipments to the US.

Zelensky was always a globalist tool. But it is too little too late.; 10-10-26 2:12 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Peaceful warrior said...

Dr Weevil is right that Russia's aggression against Ukraine began in 2014, not 2022. That makes U.S. purchases of Russian petroleum in 2021 worth examining, regardless of who was president. In fact, those purchases continued under both Trump and Biden before the 2022 ban.

Russia objected to the coup that took out the legally elected leadership of Ukraine and installed a European lapdog and Zelenksy sending the Azov battalion into the regions that voted for Yanukovich and killing thousands of people.; 10-10-26 2:15 PM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: There is no such thing as a civilian in Gaza, except for very young children.; 10-10-26 2:36 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea is not in dispute, but it does not answer the central point: comparing Biden’s 2021 imports with Trump’s newly announced diesel deal is a false equivalence that obscures Trump’s current policy choice.

Delta’s Pennsylvania refinery, acquired in 2012 to manage its own fuel costs and supply, is likewise not a model for national energy policy. Expanding U.S. refining capacity is a legitimate long-term strategy, but it does not explain why Trump is turning to Putin for diesel while easing pressure on Russia amid an energy-price crisis intensified by his own war with Iran.

Supporting greater domestic refining while opposing Trump’s deal is not contradictory. Building American capacity is a long-term investment in energy security; importing diesel from Putin is an immediate policy decision. Confusing the two does not make Trump’s choice any less reckless or more defensible.; 10-10-26 3:04 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: This is Tom Luongo explaining at length what is actually happening right now.

Anyone remember when they unwound the Yen Carry trade? Takaichi did that after they removed all of the globalist influence from Japan politically.

Right now Bessent is buying million dollar 2.5% bonds at large discount to reconcile the balance sheets.

And Europe is being knelt.

It is fun to watch the sock muppet flounder. The Eurocrats have been completely surrounded and no midterm result is going to save them.

By 2028 the economy is going to be booming and we will have rebuilt the refining deficit that the democrat party caused.

Without Tillis and McConnell the uniparty wont be able to block the SAVE act.

Everything is going in the right direction for the United States.; 10-10-26 3:17 PM
Big Mike చెప్పారు...: “Supporting greater domestic refining while opposing Trump’s deal is not contradictory.”

@ Indefinitely Extended Excursion, of course it is! Do you imagine thst if you write in an erudite, nose in the air style tgst you can get away with writing ridiculous things?; 10-10-26 4:09 PM
Rustygrommet చెప్పారు...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...
I guess I’m in the minority focusing on how Trump’s oil deal helps Putin, while most Americans are focused on how little it helps U.S. fuel prices. Then again, I suppose both can be true.

If you hadn't voted for Biden all of this wouldn't have become necessary.
The good news is that a lot of these closed refineries can be opened again.; 10-10-26 4:49 PM
Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ చెప్పారు...: Achilles writes: 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 2.5% 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴.

Unfortunately, I think Bessent’s loss of credibility reflects the deeper incoherence of the policies he is expected to defend. He has become the clean-up man for Trump and Netanyahu, each pursuing his own political priorities with insufficient regard for the economic consequences.

Trump demands lower borrowing costs while promising further fiscal giveaways. The war with Iran compounds the problem through higher energy costs and renewed inflation pressure. Bessent is then expected to persuade markets that these decisions are compatible with lower inflation, lower yields and fiscal credibility. That is an increasingly difficult position for any Treasury secretary to sustain.

His own responsibility lies in how he has responded. By rationalizing these contradictions and challenging markets to disregard their consequences, he is making an already incoherent policy mix harder to defend. Each unsuccessful intervention then creates pressure for another explanation or gesture, further eroding his credibility.

Markets need a credible change in the policies producing these pressures. Unfortunately, Bessent increasingly appears to be spending his reputation defending the very decisions whose consequences he is supposed to contain.; 10-10-26 5:48 PM
Achilles చెప్పారు...: Indefinitely Extended Excursion™️ said...

Achilles writes: 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 2.5% 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴.

Unfortunately, I think Bessent’s loss of credibility reflects the deeper incoherence of the policies he is expected to defend. He has become the clean-up man for Trump and Netanyahu, each pursuing his own political priorities with insufficient regard for the economic consequences.

I don't expect someone as stupid as you to understand what buying at a discount means. I am just reposting your stupidity to make fun of you.

You are just a retard who is going to resort to posting about tha joooooos.

We picked the place. We picked the time. We told the people we have been arming to carry their own weight.

Notably the rulers of Europe are the true resistance and the countries they control are burning. If you want to know what happens next you watch the German-French-Italian bond spreads and you watch to see if London is going to bail them out.

You can't even understand the most basic effects of what Trump has done much less acknowledge the truth.; 10-10-26 7:20 PM

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