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[Dribble]

2 American hostages have been released by Hamas. A woman and her child.

 

[Rightguide]

Do you actually believe that makes a fucking bit of difference to me. Those families deserve that money. Fuck Iran in spades.

He has no idea that money is fungible.

 

[ll74]

He has no idea that money is fungible.

That money is frozen in Qatar.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Israel IDF gives the Red Crescent notice to "immediately evacuate" Gaza's Al Quds Hospital, which is currently at its maximum capacity of 400 patients and a temporary shelter for 12,000 evacuees.

 

[Dribble]

Israel IDF gives the Red Crescent notice to "immediately evacuate" Gaza's Al Quds Hospital, which is currently at its maximum capacity of 400 patients and a temporary shelter for 12,000 evacuees.

Yep...it will be hit by an "errant" Islamic Jihad missle within days.

 

[ll74]

Yep...it will be hit by an "errant" Islamic Jihad missle within days.

You still believe, in spite of all the evidence, that the.recent explosion was Israel's fault?

Neat.

 

[CenSore]

Israel Evacuates City Near Lebanon As Tension Increase On Northern Border

Gaza Hospital Death Toll Not 471, More Like 10 To 50: Report

Hamas Terrorists Took ‘Poor Man’s Cocaine’ Before Vicious And Depraved Acts On Israelis

 

[Dribble]

You still believe, in spite of all the evidence, that the.recent explosion was Israel's fault?

Neat.

Did you see that video of the missile? How it turned midair? How it blew up in air? Did you see that? Cool huh?

Now...let's have fun...tell me bright one...how can a missile with the capabilities both the IDF and US intelligence says they have...blow up in the air? And still have armament intact that "doesn't leave a crater"?

Answer: It can't. But there are 2 other possibilities...one is their missile capabilities rival the Western World. What do you think? Is that what happened? Or...the Iron Dome blew up the missile mid-air. But that means their missiles are again better than what we knew. Choose. Which is it?

Or...something else happened.

 

[ll74]

Did you see that video of the missile? How it turned midair? How it blew up in air? Did you see that? Cool huh?

Now...let's have fun...tell me bright one...how can a missile with the capabilities both the IDF and US intelligence says they have...blow up in the air? And still have armament intact that "doesn't leave a crater"?

Answer: It can't. But there are 2 other possibilities...one is their missile capabilities rival the Western World. What do you think? Is that what happened? Or...the Iron Dome blew up the missile mid-air. But that means their missiles are again better than what we knew. Choose. Which is it?

Or...something else happened.

I saw the rocket split into pieces in midair...yes.

And as has been explained, faulty rockets do that. (Multiple source links earlier in the thread and US intelligence has confirmed that analysis)

As for "how can a missile from the IDF turn like that in midair" question - since it wasn't a missile launched by the IDF, an answer isn't needed.

There has been no contrary evidence offered.

Except your expert rocket analysis....which is obviously based on years of experience...lol

 

[Buffalogurl]

The article explains things for the children who make stupid and insincere arguments:

Here's some information you might want to read, it's reports the percentage of refined fuel imported from Mexico and South America...https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-fuel-oil-imports-latin-america-jump-ahead-russia-wind-down-2022-04-07/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20imported%204,in%202018%2C%20before%20the%20sanctions.&text=Mexico%2C%20which%20has%20expanded%20fuel,in%202021%2C%20customs%20data%20showed.

 

[ll74]

Here's some information you might want to read, it's reports the percentage of refined fuel imported from Mexico and South America...https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-fuel-oil-imports-latin-america-jump-ahead-russia-wind-down-2022-04-07/#:~:text=The%20United%20States%20imported%204,in%202018%2C%20before%20the%20sanctions.&text=Mexico%2C%20which%20has%20expanded%20fuel,in%202021%2C%20customs%20data%20showed.

Neat.

We're producing more oil in the US than we ever have.

 

[Rightguide]

Neat.

We're producing more oil in the US than we ever have.

I already proved that to be a lie.

 

[ll74]

I already proved that to be a lie.

Yah, you may want to check your notes again.

 

[Dribble]

I am sure Israel's attack on the Greek Orthodox church...was the result of Hamas. You know...those damn Greek Orthodox members are lock step with Hamas...surely they were using them as a shield. And the Greek Orthodox church allowed it. Right Ii74?

 

[ll74]

I am sure Israel's attack on the Greek Orthodox church...was the result of Hamas. You know...those damn Greek Orthodox members are lock step with Hamas...surely they were using them as a shield. And the Greek Orthodox church allowed it. Right Ii74?

If the evidence shows that it was, then it was.

We both know you don't have any and have already decided who was at fault.

And if the evidence shows otherwise, you will ignore it.

 

[RoryN]

Biden is reportedly overjoyed about the release of two American hostages.

Upon hearing this news, Deplorables now wish the hostages had been killed instead.

 

[dmallord]

And yet so many of them served...

Funny that.

Yes, they did, first as servicemen. They saw what went on and vowed to make a difference as elected officials as a result of their military services.

It hasn't happened the other way around. I don't recall any elected official who stepped into a uniform and went into a fray to make that kind of difference.

Edited note: Pew reports: Among all 97 House and Senate veterans in Congress, 31 are in their 50s, 21 are in their 40s, and nine are in their 30s; post-Vietnam veterans. Eighty are in Congress (18.4%), and seventeen are in the Senate.

I appreciate their time served and take comfort in knowing they have a better sense of what dangers we face than those who have not - regardless of political points of view.

 

[RobDownSouth]

I already proved that to be a lie.

You did?

 

[zipman]

I already proved that to be a lie.

Our exports are up. In fact, we are expiring more than we're importing.

If you have to lie, you should rethink your position.

 

[Chobham]

I already proved that to be a lie.

That's a truth RG. Production is up, that's the good news. The bad news is that in many cases the administration is restricting even more production and the fact that we're exporting to try to pick up the slack due to the Russian sanctions isn't picking up the slack.

What oil the Russians are producing is going to start diminishing as winter sets in. They don't have sufficient technical expertise to keep the wells in production and once those wells go off line it will take 10 yrs +/- to bring them back. Those wells were kept in production by various Western contractors who are now all gone. This will cause the Chinese to import even more from other sources which in turn will put even more pressure on the market.

 

[Chobham]

A sea change is in the works. Hamas seems to have pushed public US opinion over the edge. The age of tolerance is coming to an end, more rapidly than many would expect. Premier law firms and corporations are demanding the names of the pro-Hamas demonstrators for the sole purpose of NOT hiring them.

The left political elite initially were calling for Israeli restraint, now they're trying to pick around the edges.

Our current administration is reacting to events as they unfold, not leading. As a matter of fact we have in fact become a junior ally to Israel.

The era of DEI and ESG are coming to an end, rapidly. The handwriting was on the wall with the Budweiser/Disney debacles. That is now transitioning to the universities. Hamas's actions may have very well been the final straw.

As I posted earlier, Israel is NOT going to show any restraint regardless of world opinion. The US is now forced into the position of having to support Israel no matter how brutal this becomes. And quite frankly the American public is going to support the eradication of ALL radical Islamists.
The American public is highly tolerant. As long as it doesn't effect us we tend to just shrug it off and go about our business. In a very real sense it is a failing and a strength. The strength is that we want to go about our business while the fringes rant. The failing is that when a threshold is reached we turn on a dime and with a vengeance. All it takes is a single event, Fort Sumter, the Maine, the sinking of the Lusitainia, Pearl Harbor, and to a lesser extent 9-11.

The atrocities perpetrated by Hamas may well be another one of those turning points in American history.

 

[RobDownSouth]

That's a truth RG. Production is up, that's the good news. The bad news is that in many cases the administration is restricting even more production and the fact that we're exporting to try to pick up the slack due to the Russian sanctions isn't picking up the slack.

What oil the Russians are producing is going to start diminishing as winter sets in. They don't have sufficient technical expertise to keep the wells in production and once those wells go off line it will take 10 yrs +/- to bring them back. Those wells were kept in production by various Western contractors who are now all gone. This will cause the Chinese to import even more from other sources which in turn will put even more pressure on the market.

oh look, Ishmael had to really twist himself into a pretzel to turn record production into something bad.

He's upset that President Joe Biden won and won't grant oil leases on public lands in return for campaign contributions like his predecessor did.

What he doesn't mention is that the oil company still have thousands of idle leases on oil wells where they have chosen not to bring back into production until certain price points are hit. These public land leases he is squealing about would take years to bring online after being bought, he seems to believe you can buy a lease on Friday and have a functioning oil well the following week.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

I’m watching the news and I hear this phrase repeated mindlessly in various forms, They have/need to follow the “Rules of War.”

There are no rules of war. Even civil war is never “civil” war. There is only what you do and what happens to you when you lose.

“Just win baby!”
Al Davis



I enjoy being lectured to by the people who know Big Oil so well that they turned themselves into self-made millionaires (I learn so much.)...

... and yet they still have ample leisure time to post at Lit with a 20-20 hindsight that is so keen as to stir the red-hot coal of jealousy and the cool, iceberg-like pangs of resentful admiration.

The self-owned legends of the mind and gadflies of the board who flit from topic to topic searching for specific posters who must be rebutted even as they are dismissed as idiots. Who the fuck needs to rebut an idiot unless they are a jealous, admiring idiot themselves?

 

[Fuzzy1975]

I hear the CCP has control of it. Joe earning his millions form China.

You need to seek help, those voices in your head are becoming a problem now.

 

[icanhelp1]

I already proved that to be a lie.

Producing more is not the same as producing at full capacity which is what we need. We’re not refilling the SPR.