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10-08-23, 05:21 PM | #6826 | |
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America is now paying more in interest on its record $33 trillion debt than on national defense — here's who holds the IOUs
Serah Louis Fri, October 6, 2023 at 7:30 AM EDT·5 min read https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ameri...113000593.html Quote:
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10-08-23, 10:47 PM | #6827 |
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Damn, If we could,we would.
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10-09-23, 06:16 AM | #6828 | |
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Not sure where this best fits, the Ukraine, Israel, Politics or even the Joke thread...
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10-09-23, 10:37 AM | #6829 |
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Just thought that the info was good, nothing personal
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10-09-23, 10:45 AM | #6830 |
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Conflict in the Middle East has caused oil prices to spike prior to the opening of markets on Monday morning, which will inevitably lead to an increase in gas prices that are already choking Americans. Bidenomics trashing the economy even further draining the strategic petroleum reserves for political clout. Which now has only give even more leverage to OPEC countries to take advantage of the Israel/Palestine conflict.
Some places in the US are already suffering from gas prices that are over $7 PER GALLON, and that number will do nothing but go up. No more drilling, he says! Any bets that statement is going to bite him in the arse like ‘not another foot’ did?
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10-10-23, 05:59 AM | #6831 |
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For the trolls out there. I don’t know if Trump could have prevented this new war. Frankly I think it’s safe to say it’s almost impossible even for him to know, but his comments now are a start, because at least we now have an idea what his goals would be be.
What I do know is this, in four years; 1. We moved our embassy to Jerusalem. No war. 2. We withdrew from the JCPOA. No war. 3. We undertook the maximum economic pressure campaign and crippling, historic sanctions on Iran. No war and they stayed below 4% enrichment. 4. We recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. No war. 5. We eliminated Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al Muhandis (and Abu Bakr al Baghdadi). No war. 6. The results? Iran isolated under crippling sanctions reducing their capacity to threaten the region, and historic peace brokered between Israel and its neighbors via the Abraham Accords. 7. Two years after Biden took office Iran is enriching over 60%, they’re two weeks from sufficient material for a nuclear weapon, Sudan fell into a civil war, and Israel just experienced the greatest loss of life in a single day since the holocaust. 8. In seeking to avoid conflict, it is upon us. By embracing our enemy and spurning our friends it will not be easily contained. (hat tip: Robert Greenway) —————- Biden has been in office for three years now anyone have a clue what his goals are and what may have lead to this predicament? I’ll start with the following Biden appointments. 1. Reema Dodin as Deputy Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. She will be the most senior Palestinian-American woman ever serving in the executive branch. Her past involvement as a Palestinian student activist alarmed some Israel supporters. 2. Hady Amr as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. He served as a Fellow at the Brookings’ Doha Center for Qatar. Robert Malley as U.S. Special Envoy on Iran. He has been a frequent critic of Israel and a vocal supporter of the Iran nuclear deal. In 2023, he was suspended and investigated for misuse of classified documents. 3. Colin Kahl was appointed Undersecretary of Defense. He is another supporter of the Iran deal. 4. Samantha Power as head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Power was President Barack Obama’s ambassador to the UN and a harsh critic of Israel. 5. Wendy Sherman as Deputy Secretary of State. Sherman negotiated and continues to support the Iran deal. 6. Jake Sullivan as National Security Adviser. Sullivan was involved in initiating secret talks with the Iranians. 7. Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence. She signed a letter urging the Democratic Party to change its platform to include language opposing settlement expansion and occupation and supporting Palestinian rights. 8. Maher Bitar as senior director for intelligence at the National Security Council. Bitar, a Palestinian American, was on the board of the anti-Zionist group Students for Justice for Palestine. 9. Former Secretary of State John Kerry as White House special envoy on climate. Though not directly involved in Israel-related issues, he was a vitriolic critic of Israel and negotiator of the Iran deal in the Obama administration. 10. In May 2022, Karine Jean-Pierre was appointed as press secretary. She raised concerns because of her 2019 call for Democratic Party presidential candidates to boycott the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). It does appear the joke is on you again.
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10-10-23, 06:18 AM | #6832 | |
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10-10-23, 04:51 PM | #6833 | |
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Before Biden there was no war in the middle east because the Iranian regime had been brought to its knees. After only two years since Trump reinstated sanctions Iran was down to a meager $4 billion in reserves. U.S. energy sanctions cut Iran’s oil exports by more than 2 million barrels per day, depriving the regime of $70 billion that typically funds its budget.. Iran’s central bank controlled more than $120 billion in foreign exchange reserves. U.S. sanctions locked tens of those billions away in escrow accounts, and financial pressure forced Iran to draw down the accounts that remained open.
With barely any economic options, the regime was forced to cut payments to its regional terror proxies. While Iran fended off collapse, much of the rest of the Middle East breathed a sigh of relief. Several countries in the region made historic peace with one another. Progress was made by the Abraham Accords which were struck in August 2020 by Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States But when Biden took office Iran fortunes changed and with an influx of cash again threatens to undo much of the progress made. How could this happen, just look at the list of Biden appointments I posted above. How Biden’s Policy Enriched Iran Failure to enforce oil sanctions has helped Tehran finance Hamas. https://archive.ph/zMW8r Quote:
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10-10-23, 05:03 PM | #6834 | |
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10-10-23, 06:29 PM | #6835 |
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Seems to me there are too many chiefs and not enough indians in the White House. Why we have no continuity in our foreign policy is because the guy elected to be in charge can barely string two words together or find his way off a stage. Leaving unelected bureaucrats running the show. Who really appointed those clowns I listed above that changed tack and gave Iran what they wanted. It pretty much destroyed the Abraham Accords.
On the other hand I did say years ago here I thought a good way for the west to remain relevant in the Middle East is to keep them fighting each other. Who knows, it’s a mess that’s for sure and there stands a damn good chance it will spread. As General Butler said: “War is a racket” Here is every US politician in Congress who currently holds stock positions that directly benefit from war in the Middle East: Alan Lowenthal Andrew Garbarino Bill Hagerty Blake Moore Bob Gibbs Carol Miller Christopher Jacobs Daniel Goldman David McKinley Dean Phillips Debbie Schultz Deborah Ross Diana Harshbarger Donald McEachin Dwight Evans Earl Blumenauer Fred Upton Garret Graves Jerry Moran Jerry Moran John Curtis John Yarmuth Josh Gottheimer Katherine Clark Kathy Manning Kevin Hern Kurt Schrader Lois Frankel Maria Salazar Marjorie Greene Mark Green Michael Guest Michael McCaul Mike Kelly Mike Simpson Mo Brooks Patrick Fallon Rick Allen Ro Khanna Robert Wittman Roger Marshall Scott Franklin Shelley Capito Steve Cohen Susie Lee Thomas Carper Thomas Suozzi Tommy Tuberville Trey Hollingsworth Virginia Foxx William Keating Zoe Lofgren A bloody reminder. Well, with things heating up with Islamic murderers & terrorism again. I’m going out on the limb and say we should be prepared for Islamic terrorism & violence in our own countries. Looking over the the latest Customs & Border Patrol statistics on Apprehensions by Citizenship. Seems there are more than just Central Americans trying to gain access. Keep in mind too the list only covers those that have been apprehended not the so called gottaways. https://www.cbp.gov/document/stats/n...ide-encounters https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/fi...0FY07-FY18.pdf
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10-11-23, 12:11 PM | #6836 |
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Donald Trump unleashed on the Forbes editor who he believes made the decision that he was not rich enough to make the annual list of richest Americans — and the ex-president demanded a full apology, RadarOnline.com has learned.
On Tuesday night, Trump continued his attack on the magazine over the list they released earlier this month. Trump had been on the list for years but has been removed at times in the past. He made the list last year due to the estimated valuation of his social media company, Truth Social. Trump has a 90% stake in the app but Truth Social’s parent company, once valued at $730 million, is only worth around an estimated $100 million currently. Forbes estimated Trump was worth $2.6 billion but that was $300 million short of what was required to make the list. After the list was released, Trump took to his social media account to trash the magazine. He accused the magazine of conspiring with the New York Attorney General Letitia James. Trump told his followers, “China owned (China Investment Corp, the Country’s Sovereign wealth Fund!), and very badly failing, Forbes ‘Magazine,’ which lost most of its relevance long ago, and which knows less about me than Stormy Daniels (who doesn’t know me at all!) or Rosie O’Donnell, took me off their Fake Forbes 400 list, just by a ‘whisker,’ even though they know that I should be high up on that now very dated and discredited ‘antique.’ They are working with the Racist and highly incompetent, job killing Attorney General of New York, Letitia ‘Peekaboo’ James, who has allowed Murder and Violent Crime in the State to hit epidemic levels.” Last night, he decided to attack Forbes' editor personally. “I hereby demand a full apology from the failing Forbes Magazine, and their third-rate psycho writer, Dan Alexander, for the many false and libelous articles they have written about me, and for the cooperation they have given to the Racist and Incompetent A.G. of New York State, Peekaboo James.” “You see, Forbes is owned by the Communist Chinese Government, and China will do anything to stop MAGA. Forbes, a Globalist “Rag,” is a propaganda play against TRUMP. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...8eee363b&ei=11
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10-12-23, 05:16 AM | #6837 | |
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^ In response to the above.
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10-12-23, 06:46 AM | #6838 |
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Stolen elections have a price to pay apparently. Biden et al is wrong at every turn. From now on whatever "they" plan to do, they should just do the opposite. He has so much in common with George Costanza.
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10-12-23, 12:29 PM | #6839 |
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10-12-23, 05:16 PM | #6840 |
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Like mentioned before education is not free. One way or another someone is going to pay for it. Unfortunately it turns the ones paying for it arenÂ’t in school and can least afford too.
Democrats have alienated most of the population in a bud light moment with their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion woke agenda, accusing and categorizing white male population and majority of opposition voters as extremists and racists. Now itÂ’s back to Duty Honor Country because it looks like they need fighters, US Army and US Marines are running ads featuring white males again all of a sudden. Anyone want to bet this means weÂ’re going to war?
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