It could very well be that that “State” money is money collected from NYC residents.

Generally, I was working for the boss’s boss’s boss.

I will happily donate to your defense fund.

I made a ton of money building reporting systems which made it simple to identify this form of gaming sales numbers to fit targets.

Thank you.

And when they need to justify the war they claim we’ve been at war with Iran for 47 years.

Each lie is made for each argument or question they are addressing and does not need to be consistent with prior lies.

Yeah a friend of mine was shocked when she asked me about my position on data centers and I basically told her IDGAF. I then had to remind her that I have a 21KW solar array and 45kwh of battery storage. My carbon usage is net negative.

USA didn’t do that, because USA has/had plenty oil to support itself

Only 60% of the oil produced in the US is used by the refineries in the US. But even if it were 100%, oil is still globally traded and thus the price is tied to global availability.

When I talk to MAGA types who say we should only be using our own oil, they don’t realize they are endorsing an anti-capitalistic solution to gas prices. They resist this knowledge when I point it out to them.

What you’re experiencing is why most other nations in the world are stepping up their adoption of renewable energy and electric vehicles. You can’t plan effectively with this kind of volatility in your energy costs.

But here in the US it’s far more important for fossil fuel companies to make profits, even if doing so causes a recession.

We can’t give country folk easy access to cities, they might become more tolerant.

Yeah he really made my BYD and CATL investments take off.

Trump loves it when multiple people pay bribe him for the same action.

They wanted it open until Trump learned that Iran was charging a toll. Then he was like, “They should be paying me, not Iran!”

And since he’s so demented he goes back and forth until he’s distracted by his biggest priority, his fucking ballroom.

We’re not at war, unless they need that to win a different argument then it’s “we’ve been at war with Iran for 47 years!” As always, they have no consistent ethical or moral framework and always argue in bad faith.

Also, don’t fall for the pearl clutching about the “death to America” chants. “Death to …” is their version of “fuck …”. When someone says fuck the US, they don’t literally mean have sex with the US.

And for stealing TS-SCI classified documents

Ironically, starting a war with Iran seems to be quickening the global pace of EV sales and renewable energy adoption.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZRTntfabOA

He got half a billion dollars from the oil industry. It was a good investment for them. Sure, it fucked over farmers, truckers and working class people but rich people got to get a lot richer and that’s the most important thing.

No one was making excuses. It’s weird that you would think that.

Someone paid him and flattered him, obviously.

Did you reply to the wrong comment?

Right. The oil we produce is not suitable for the refineries we have. Most people don’t understand this at all.

One thing I find funny is when “conservatives” say that we should not import or export oil, but only use our own. They don’t realize that this is a very anti-capitalistic idea. It also flies in the face of their laissez faire capitalistic notions.