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Locked. No further comments permitted.Biden fail again..
Jul 18 2022 11:23PM more by Angler1
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Saudis will not be pumping more oil for beggin joe.

How long before joe begs China for gas?

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Jul 19 2022 03:12PM     link to this

he said he didn't go there for that

pretty much a waste of time...biden team should have known that


putin and mbs are pretty tight
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Jul 19 2022 03:18PM     link to this

As long as Joe and jill provide all Americans with free tacos he can fall all he wants.
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Jul 19 2022 03:34PM     link to this

I heard Pornhub has a video of Manchin banging Joe's asshole with a gas nozzle.
Not linking it, so you're on your own if you just gotta scratch that itch!

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Jul 19 2022 03:44PM     link to this

Well, gee, perhaps Brain Dead Biden needs to reconsider his actions on his first day in office.

He shut down USA production of Oil.

What the fuck did he think would happen?
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Jul 19 2022 03:54PM     link to this

Did you know what octane the gas was? Thanks
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Jul 19 2022 04:25PM     link to this

I don't have a problem with him shutting down keystone - 2+ years ago it leaked 350k gallons on to a Sioux reservation and surrounding areas. Ruined watershed, soil etc etc. 4 states got their water from that source. All the oil company had to say was 'It's not that bad'.

If you want to run a pipeline great - take EVERY precaution you can so that won't happen again - line the pipe with an oil proof bladder etc. Cause the proposed route ran directly over the Oglala aquifer which supplies water to 8 different states and stretches from South Dakota to Texas.

So no, I have no problem shutting that down if the oil company didn't do EVERYTHING in their power to make sure a spill wouldn't happen.
They didn't.

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Jul 19 2022 06:12PM     link to this

Howard Stern wants Bradley Cooper as 2024 presidential running mate.

They can't be any worse than anyone else.
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Jul 19 2022 09:01PM     link to this

no
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Jul 20 2022 05:10AM     link to this

Whatever on Stern........ but why can't we have an all woman guvmint?
Just super-hot, hottest of the hot types with very little clothing on
I'd be way moire interested in voting then
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Jul 20 2022 06:07AM     link to this

Instead of Primaries, the Hot FEMALE candidates could mud wrestle in the nude.
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Jul 20 2022 06:34AM     link to this

AOC got arrested yesterday. I volunteer to strip search her
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Jul 20 2022 04:00PM     link to this

"Instead of Primaries, the Hot FEMALE candidates could mud wrestle in the nude."

Great idea but would never work!
The Progressives would nominate a dood with a dick who's in transition and would try to literally fuck all the other candidates
Unfair!!!

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Jul 20 2022 05:08PM     link to this

^ aka Cori Bush
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Jul 20 2022 09:37PM     link to this

^ Is that AOC's daddy?
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Jul 20 2022 11:45PM     link to this

^ most likely


The latest challenge in Delaware is people riding their bike to where Biden fell and having pics taken while sprawled out on the cross walk.

#BidenBikeChallenge
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Jul 21 2022 09:33AM     link to this

I like this one a lot!
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Jul 21 2022 10:16AM     link to this

Poor Joe has COVID now.
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Jul 21 2022 12:14PM     link to this

I saw he got COVID - that's unfortunate, all politics aside, I hope he recovers quickly.

Now back to political bickering - during the campaign, he promised to end COVID.
I wouldn't count it as a campaign promise broken, but does show the gullibility (willing or otherwise) of those that felt Trump wasn't doing enough.
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Jul 21 2022 12:30PM     link to this

Yes, people actually believed that a politician could cause a virus to depart.

Joe should have thanked Trump for Operation Warp Speed to get the vaccinations moving very quickly or Joey would have more deaths on his hands right now.
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Jul 21 2022 12:38PM     link to this

Joe is taking good care of inflation and gas prices, just like he did Covid....
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Jul 21 2022 01:24PM     link to this

Joe Biden: "I have cancer. No wait, I have COVID."
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Jul 21 2022 01:55PM     link to this

"Poor Joe has COVID now."

How about poor Country because of joe?
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Jul 21 2022 02:08PM     link to this

Joey can't possibly have Covid. He's quadruple vaxxed.

He told us that if we get vaxxed we won't get Covid.

But I thought Trump was the liar.
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Jul 21 2022 02:27PM     link to this

You THOUGHT Trump was a LIAR? We ALL know that Trump is a habitual LIAR! From the first week he was in office, he lied about crowd size! That is the problem with Trump Sheeples, they want to act as if Trump is a Saint and they know that he is LIAR, GRIFTER, Twice-Impeached Former Fake President who played golf and never did anything for Americans, Wannabe Dictator, and Insurrectionist and Seditionist. He has to be held accountable for his many crimes upon the American people and the Constitution!

WAKE UP SHEEPLES!!
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Jul 21 2022 02:49PM     link to this

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Jul 21 2022 02:55PM     link to this

Hey jimbo, how about you list joe's accomplishments he has done for AMERICAN people.

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Jul 21 2022 03:20PM     link to this

Too bad there's no vax for TDS.
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Jul 21 2022 04:03PM     link to this

New flash to all on HX!!! Joe is the current President!! Donald may be a LIAR!! BUT JOE IS STILL THE PRESIDENT!!! So it may be time for you to reorder your Prozac.
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Jul 21 2022 04:12PM     link to this

Obama went to Saudi 6 months into his presidency.

The first country Trump stepped foot in as president was Saudi Arabia 4 months after being inaugurated.

Biden went over a year into his presidency.

Every president has to make this trip early in their presidency because relations in the Middle East are like a garden and if you don't pay diplomatic service to the region it will be overcome with weeds. Plus, there were probably a lot of defense industry sales cleared during this trip.
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Jul 21 2022 04:41PM     link to this

But PSQ1, by the time we got to the end of Trump's presidency, we didn't need to Saudis or OPEC because we had moved much closer to energy independence. We could tell them to drink their oil and eat their sand, since we were not held hostage by their oil supplies.

Now we have to kiss their asses once again because Joe decided to kick our oil industry in the balls and tell them, NO MORE OIL. So, guess what, no push to pursue existing leases, no new permits, no capital expenditures for new or increased capacity refineries. Joey effectively slammed the door. And now we all get to pay for his stupidity.
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Jul 21 2022 05:53PM     link to this

Instead of listening to right wing media, listen to energy corporation earnings reports instead. The last few quarters they have been clear profits outlooks are good because they are not going to increase production - OPEC nations are not either - and they are going to continue to export US produced oil to the highest bidder.

If you think Biden or anyone in the government can control what US energy companies do, you do not have a clue. If you want Biden to do something, he could nationalize US oil production and then the government will control production (i.e. price) and also control how much gets exported.
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Jul 21 2022 05:58PM     link to this

Oil demand/price was low for Trump's last couple years because of the pandemic, so not sure there is anything you can draw about who is sucking off who for oil in the world market.

Also, US energy companies have 9,137 approved permits to drill on federal and Indian land, and the oil industry could use those permits and drill, but they are not drilling because low production and high demand (post pandemic spike) means tasty profits.

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Jul 21 2022 07:46PM     link to this

And how will the oil be transported maybe through your anal glands. Leases are one thing did you still have to get permits so save me the b******* a******
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Jul 21 2022 07:48PM     link to this

And why would you invest tens of millions of dollars and then endeavor that Joe says he wishes to destroy in the next 10 years. Again save me the b*******. Joe is an incompetent boob you voted for the a******. Live with it and shut the f******
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Jul 21 2022 07:49PM     link to this

Hey Snowflakes!

Facts don't have feelings.

Trumpanzees are toxic lil apes.
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Jul 21 2022 08:05PM     link to this

President Biden would have a lot more accomplishments if not for the cock-blocking wimpy ass Republicans! President Biden was stupid to believe that there was any chance of bipartisanship! Those weak ass Republicans are the traitors and can’t even stand up to a con man who thinks that he is a despot!

Trump is a f*cking LIAR and you weak ass Mofos fell for his lies and still sending him money! Damn sheeples! Liz Cheney has more balls than all of you weak ass men who support him!!

You all knew that the election was NOT stolen but you let a NY grifter and con man fool you!

Shame on you all! The Constitution is more important than a liar, con man and grifter!

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Jul 21 2022 08:28PM     link to this

Did you all see Josh Hawley running in slow motion away from the mob that he incited earlier? That was funny as hell!! All the Republicans want to do is stir up cultural BS and not legislate! CRT, Sesame Street, Dr. Seuss books, trans-issues, and other conspiracy crap! They need to do their jobs instead of trying to score political points!!
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Jul 21 2022 08:30PM     link to this

Biden told his biggest donors when he launched his presidential campaign that nothing will fundamentally change. It was crystal clear that taxes on corporations and the 1% will not change, regulations will not change or increase, social programs will not be getting extra funding, etc, etc.

Biden is GOP-lIte and so is all the leadership in their party. Media are cheerleaders for both parties from full on propaganda on the right to false deity BS like Pelosi is a master legislator because she got the Affordable Care Act passed when her party had a Congress super majority and the presidency. The ACA was a gift for health insurance companies and private hospitals cooked up at a conservative think tank (Heritage Foundation) and trial run in Massachusetts by Mitt Romney when he was governor of the state. If McCain won, ACA (McCainCare) would have been the same law with a few tweaks for GOP culture wars (less women's reproductive health) in it. And right wing media and every Trumpanzee in the country would be saying it is awesome as we pay more for health care than any other developed country in the world and have millions with no insurance or are under-insured.

We're all pawns in the game where the people on the very top always wins.
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Jul 21 2022 09:01PM     link to this

PSQ1 wrote:
Biden to do something, he could nationalize US oil production and then the government will control production (i.e. price) and also control how much gets exported.

My God, I dearly hope you are kidding.

But since you are a lefty, I'll bet you are serious.

Expropriation of PDVSA has NOT worked so well for Venezuela.
Oh, and Venezuela has the worlds LARGEST oil reserves. Yes, larger than Saudi.

Would be even worse here. I don't want to see the US suffer the same economic disaster as Venezuela.

That in a nutshell is the difference between progressives & conservatives.

Emotional decisions vs. rational, factual thinkers

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Jul 21 2022 09:21PM     link to this

I stated what Biden could do something to impact energy costs (nationalize the energy sector) as an extreme example for you right wing big thinkers that can't figure out that Biden doesn't control the price of gas. Regardless how many times you're fed that myth by right wing media.

Going to a "... but Venezuela blah blah blah..." is so lazy. Reality is that there are over a dozen countries that have some form of nationalization in their energy resources including Canada, Mexico, Argentina, and Tucker's favorite Russia. Obviously, the countries that the USA government meddled in the most on behalf of our energy sector corporations (Venezuela, Iraq, Iran, Libya, etc) have the most issues.



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Jul 21 2022 09:28PM     link to this

Who poked the dumbase bear?
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Jul 21 2022 09:32PM     link to this

It's a convenient misinterpretation to say that the president has no power to ....you name it.

The President has the ability to set the stage and agenda of government and that has real influence on the economy and markets. You know this but since the tone he is setting is one you approve of in your opinion the rest of us who don't approve can suck it.

I get it ...you are horrible people... but the real fact is it's not Joe doing this it's a cabal of unelected influencers and grifters....Joe is just the puppet thrown out their to take the blame ... the perfect patsy.

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Jul 21 2022 09:33PM     link to this

Hey Remo,

If you are going to quote me, do it correctly like a man of substance would do.

I said, " If you want Biden to do something, he could nationalize US oil production..."

You conveniently left out the "If you want..." part to fit your narrative. Just like a right wing cretin would. Congrats!
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Jul 21 2022 09:35PM     link to this

I get that it is a hard night to be a Trumpanzee with all the incriminating information coming out tonight about your King, but you'll get through it.
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Jul 21 2022 10:32PM     link to this

Biden could do something productive for sure.
Enter into a mutual suicide pact with Trump!
Both are worthless lying fucks.

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Jul 22 2022 07:29AM     link to this

"I get that it is a hard night to be a Trumpanzee with all the incriminating information coming out tonight about your King, but you'll get through it."


And what info is that exactly?... more one sided BS from then Jan 6th hearings pretending to be legal proceedings?



What is more clear day by day from investigations by DOJ and FBI is that Hunter is in deep shit for his international dealings and the "big guy" was involved.

Then there's the treasonous activities of Hillary, Obama, and Biden back in 2016 going into 2017 but let's not complicate the blog for the blind...


But as they say "you'll get through it".


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Jul 22 2022 07:33AM     link to this

Biden warned in his campaign that he "might catch something" and have to hand things over to....




Kamala


🤦‍♂️



Another Deep state puppet
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Jul 22 2022 01:20PM     link to this

Post office can't deliver my mails on time and you fuckers are worried about the "deep state "? GTFO. Love that all the maga heads bitching about how crappy and ineffective the government being run then turns around and are scares to death about some covert government entities. Last I read it's a global economy if y'all are bitching about 6 dollars a gallon the British are paying 3 times what we're paying.
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Jul 22 2022 01:21PM     link to this

Used to be a registered republican now I'm their worst nightmare. I'm a never Trumper lol
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