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The DUmpster / Re: Let Me Make this Pellucidly Clear
« Last post by CollectivismMustDie on July 23, 2026, 12:58:13 PM »If you refuse to share suspect voter registration data, you're probably covering fraud.
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The DUmpster / Re: Let Me Make this Pellucidly Clear
« Last post by Old n Grumpy on July 23, 2026, 12:26:22 PM »How much time do you have to spend on the dump to have 300,000 posts?
I think that qualifies you as a
I think that qualifies you as a
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 7/23
« Last post by ADsOutburst on July 23, 2026, 12:19:03 PM »That's why Democrats always say things like "We can all agree the most important thing is defeating Donald Trump". The groups that make up the Democrats' voting base aren't unified - not in any profound sense.
Without a common enemy, the big tent is in danger of blowing away.
Without a common enemy, the big tent is in danger of blowing away.
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The DUmpster / Re: Boom
« Last post by Ralph Wiggum on July 23, 2026, 11:11:54 AM »Per https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/ , WTI, West Texas Intermediate (the grade produced in ... western Texas) currently is $92.45. A couple of months ago, it peaked at $115. Brent crude is $100.54 currently. IOW, the NY Slimes selected the price for the grade less relevant to the US because they want Trump to look worse.
The price I paid yesterday for gas - usual station, Regular, credit price - is up 17 cents from a week ago, but still 50 cents lower than its high a month or two ago.
I do not love paying 20 or 30 cents per gallon higher than January this year, and I love even less the deaths of 14 or 15 US service personnel, but those are dwarfed by the prospect of Iran's 47-year war on the US, in which thousands of Americans were killed ending ... and by Iran's ability to threaten most of Europe and much of Africa and Asia with nuclear weapons being crushed.
That is the mission of the legacy media: Spin everything to make President Trump look worse to low information voters.
I don't lose any hair over the price of gas or groceries and don't assign blame other than the 21% "transitory inflation" bump we adjusted to gradually during Sharter Joe's four year disaster. Which the media never cites.
(As a casual aside: Ralphie has a full head of thick dark brown hair, and because at my middle age if I haven't gone bald or gray yet, it isn't happening. My late father and paternal Grandfather had NO gray hair).
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The DUmpster / Re: Boom
« Last post by CC27 on July 23, 2026, 10:59:55 AM »Per https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/ , WTI, West Texas Intermediate (the grade produced in ... western Texas) currently is $92.45. A couple of months ago, it peaked at $115. Brent crude is $100.54 currently. IOW, the NY Slimes selected the price for the grade less relevant to the US because they want Trump to look worse.
The price I paid yesterday for gas - usual station, Regular, credit price - is up 17 cents from a week ago, but still 50 cents lower than its high a month or two ago.
I do not love paying 20 or 30 cents per gallon higher than January this year, and I love even less the deaths of 14 or 15 US service personnel, but those are dwarfed by the prospect of Iran's 47-year war on the US, in which thousands of Americans were killed ending ... and by Iran's ability to threaten most of Europe and much of Africa and Asia with nuclear weapons being crushed.
High five
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The DUmpster / Re: Boom
« Last post by SVPete on July 23, 2026, 10:53:45 AM »Per https://oilprice.com/oil-price-charts/ , WTI, West Texas Intermediate (the grade produced in ... western Texas) currently is $92.45. A couple of months ago, it peaked at $115. Brent crude is $100.54 currently. IOW, the NY Slimes selected the price for the grade less relevant to the US because they want Trump to look worse.
The price I paid yesterday for gas - usual station, Regular, credit price - is up 17 cents from a week ago, but still 50 cents lower than its high a month or two ago.
I do not love paying 20 or 30 cents per gallon higher than January this year, and I love even less the deaths of 14 or 15 US service personnel, but those are dwarfed by the prospect of Iran's 47-year war on the US, in which thousands of Americans were killed ending ... and by Iran's ability to threaten most of Europe and much of Africa and Asia with nuclear weapons being crushed.
The price I paid yesterday for gas - usual station, Regular, credit price - is up 17 cents from a week ago, but still 50 cents lower than its high a month or two ago.
I do not love paying 20 or 30 cents per gallon higher than January this year, and I love even less the deaths of 14 or 15 US service personnel, but those are dwarfed by the prospect of Iran's 47-year war on the US, in which thousands of Americans were killed ending ... and by Iran's ability to threaten most of Europe and much of Africa and Asia with nuclear weapons being crushed.
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The DUmpster / Re: Boom
« Last post by CC27 on July 23, 2026, 10:40:31 AM »It is Brent Crude that hit $100, which is ONLY oil that derives from the North Sea. Crude Oil is indeed at 92+/- at the moment. Jeez people, oil and stock prices fluctuate constantly, most of which has ZERO to do with political issues. The broader stock market is down today mostly because of AI concerns. There is still 4 1/2 hours left in the trading day, so no one knows what is going to happen or how it might transpire by the close.
Airport loser won't understand
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The DUmpster / Re: Boom
« Last post by Ralph Wiggum on July 23, 2026, 10:32:30 AM »DUmmies all of a sudden care about oil prices
It is Brent Crude that hit $100, which is ONLY oil that derives from the North Sea. Crude Oil is indeed at 92+/- at the moment. Jeez people, oil and stock prices fluctuate constantly, most of which has ZERO to do with political issues. The broader stock market is down today mostly because of AI concerns. There is still 4 1/2 hours left in the trading day, so no one knows what is going to happen or how it might transpire by the close.
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The DUmpster / Re: Boom
« Last post by SSG Snuggle Bunny on July 23, 2026, 10:32:24 AM »Quote
Inflation: We've chastised President Obama many times for failing to live up to promises he made when running for the office. So in fairness, we want to credit him for fulfilling one of them: his pledge to raise energy costs.
In early 2008, candidate Obama told the San Francisco Chronicle that "under my plan ... electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket."
Obama was referring to his plan to cap greenhouse-gas emissions, which would, among other things, effectively choke off coal as an energy source. He was just as fond of high gasoline prices, telling CNBC in June 2008 — as gas prices shot up to $4 a gallon — that he "would have preferred a gradual adjustment."
Six years later, and Obama has succeeded.
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/energy-prices-are-historically-higher-under-obama/
Only Obama wasn't operating to keep an intractable death cult from acquiring nuclear weapons. He was doing it in service to companies like Solandra (SP?).
To be honest, if Iran did acquire a nuke, they would likely use it on some high-value target like NY and at this point, I don't care. My biggest regret wouldn't be the Mamdani-voting NYers killed, it'd be the innocent Iranians killed in the retaliatory strikes.
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The DUmpster / Re: Boom
« Last post by CC27 on July 23, 2026, 10:14:47 AM »Umm, just saw on Fox Business that Crude Oil is up about five bucks to $92/barrel. The NY Slimes furiously sent out an e-mail that it hit $100, but that shit ain't true. (Didn't see Brent Crude's price, so that could be what they were referring to).
DUmmies all of a sudden care about oil prices