American Politics VIII: Dancin' with Manchin

[The Jamesian Republic]

My question is why do we need to supply them with weapons to balance the energy crisis.

They control like 11% of global oil production. If you add in the rest of OPEC, it goes up to a bit under 40%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/04/opec-agrees-to-stick-to-oil-production-plan-defying-us-pressure.html

Right now they seem like they're looking after their own interests first.

Couldn’t we force them to fix the prices?

[Genivaria]

They control like 11% of global oil production. If you add in the rest of OPEC, it goes up to a bit under 40%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/04/opec-agrees-to-stick-to-oil-production-plan-defying-us-pressure.html

Right now they seem like they're looking after their own interests first.

Couldn’t we force them to fix the prices?

With what leverage?

[Antipatros]

They control like 11% of global oil production. If you add in the rest of OPEC, it goes up to a bit under 40%.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/04/opec-agrees-to-stick-to-oil-production-plan-defying-us-pressure.html

Right now they seem like they're looking after their own interests first.

Couldn’t we force them to fix the prices?

We could put some extreme pressure on them. Trump piled on some serious pressure after he imposed sanctions on Iran, and then did it again when the Saudis and Russians couldn't agree to production cuts in the early days of the pandemic.

[Deblar]

Couldn’t we force them to fix the prices?

With what leverage?

A threatened dose of F R E E D O M. /s

[Antipatros]

Couldn’t we force them to fix the prices?

We could put some extreme pressure on them. Trump piled on some serious pressure after he imposed sanctions on Iran, and then did it again when the Saudis and Russians couldn't agree to production cuts in the early days of the pandemic.

And then when it came to carrots, he sold them billions of dollars worth of advanced weaponry, and didn't make a huge deal out of Khashoggi getting murdered.

[Senkaku]

We could put some extreme pressure on them. Trump piled on some serious pressure after he imposed sanctions on Iran, and then did it again when the Saudis and Russians couldn't agree to production cuts in the early days of the pandemic.

And then when it came to carrots, he sold them billions of dollars worth of advanced weaponry, and didn't make a huge deal out of Khashoggi getting murdered.

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[Antipatros]

And then when it came to carrots, he sold them billions of dollars worth of advanced weaponry, and didn't make a huge deal out of Khashoggi getting murdered.

the edit button is right there

[Great Algerstonia]

And then when it came to carrots, he sold them billions of dollars worth of advanced weaponry, and didn't make a huge deal out of Khashoggi getting murdered.

the edit button is right there

Where is it?

Edit: Found it

[The Two Jerseys]

No one pays more than they have to for something unless the product is better than a cheaper option. If most people can fill the jobs Amazon has available, is it truly worth a higher wage? If not, then cheaper wages will win out if the market will bear it.

Not true. People buy brand name breakfast cereal, for example.

To be fair, Sai did say that people would buy a more expensive product if it's better than the cheaper option, and lots of off-brand breakfast cereal is definitely an inferior product.

[Lady Victory]

Not true. People buy brand name breakfast cereal, for example.

To be fair, Sai did say that people would buy a more expensive product if it's better than the cheaper option, and lots of off-brand breakfast cereal is definitely an inferior product.

Off-brand anything is almost always worse than name brand.

Source: am poor, have had both, I'd rather spend more on name brand.

[The Jamesian Republic]

With what leverage?

A threatened dose of F R E E D O M. /s

Yes, or threaten to have the Crown Prince arrested for killing Jamal Khashoggi.

[Soviet Socialist Kazakhstan]

A threatened dose of F R E E D O M. /s

Yes, or threaten to have the Crown Prince arrested for killing Jamal Khashoggi.

The Crown Prince should be killed, but not for that. He should be killed because pretty much all royals are parasites leeching off the proletariat. The Bolsheviks were right to kill the whole Romanov family.

[Kowani]

Rules committee to meet and report a rule tonight-votes on the Rule, Build Back Better, and Bipartisan Infrastructure framework to come tomorrow

[Shrillland]

i am once again asking everyone blaming the democrats or republicans for the result of off-year elections as an out party to expand your vision a bit more

Didn't McAulliffe's win in 2013 buck the trend of the Presidential Party losing the Governor's mansion the following year?

Personally, Youngkin's win follows the trend. Normally, the President's party loses the Governor's mansion.

Also, McAulliffe, and Joe Biden, have tried to skate by on the excuse that they're not as bad as Donald Trump.

Being better than The Donald is not any sort of standard by which we should hold our leaders. While a C- is better than an F, most of us would prefer an A.

One of those "Exception that proves the rule" situations. McAuliffe only won because of a strong siphoning Libertarian candidate, he would've lost in a TPP situation.

[New Tryphalia]

McAuliffe's rise was nothing but the triumph of mediocrity. He is mediocre in the extreme. He has all of the personality and substance of a corpse.

[Giovenith]

Yes, or threaten to have the Crown Prince arrested for killing Jamal Khashoggi.

The Crown Prince should be killed, but not for that. He should be killed because pretty much all royals are parasites leeching off the proletariat. The Bolsheviks were right to kill the whole Romanov family.

*** Warning for Trolling/Advocating Death ***

Saying this person or that should be killed is a no-no, please don't do that.

[Soviet Socialist Kazakhstan]

The Crown Prince should be killed, but not for that. He should be killed because pretty much all royals are parasites leeching off the proletariat. The Bolsheviks were right to kill the whole Romanov family.

*** Warning for Trolling/Advocating Death ***

Saying this person or that should be killed is a no-no, please don't do that.

Geez, I was speaking in vague, philosophical terms, but okay, duly noted. No advocacy of death. We should all live forever. All of us. Even royals. You might want to write a complaint to the Cosmos about that one if you feel that way. Of course, we'll all run out of natural resources eventually, but that's the sort of practical consideration that your sentimental ilk never wants to accept.

Noteworthy that a far more specific remark to that effect didn't attract a warning, but mine did. Gee, I wonder why. Favoritism much?

Also, if you're that concerned with feelings and death, you might not want to watch any comedians. That George Carlin guy might really upset you, especially for having the gall to be dead.

[Kowani]

This looks to be the final SALT plan...?
raising the cap to $80k for nine years

[New Tryphalia]

This looks to be the final SALT plan...?
raising the cap to $80k for nine years

What they really need to do is abolish the states entirely, replace them with far less autonomous provinces, districts, and regions, and impose a national VAT as well as sumptuary taxes meant to be impossible for the rich corporate welfare cases to escape. And replace the democratic system with a military junta. Yeah, constitutionalists in America would hate me on several issues, progressives on certain other ones.

[Eahland]

This looks to be the final SALT plan...?
raising the cap to $80k for nine years

It always takes me a second to figure out that that acronym doesn't mean "Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty".

[San Lumen]

Didn't McAulliffe's win in 2013 buck the trend of the Presidential Party losing the Governor's mansion the following year?

Personally, Youngkin's win follows the trend. Normally, the President's party loses the Governor's mansion.

Also, McAulliffe, and Joe Biden, have tried to skate by on the excuse that they're not as bad as Donald Trump.

Being better than The Donald is not any sort of standard by which we should hold our leaders. While a C- is better than an F, most of us would prefer an A.

One of those "Exception that proves the rule" situations. McAuliffe only won because of a strong siphoning Libertarian candidate, he would've lost in a TPP situation.

I wonder if Northam would have won if he could have run for re-election.

[Galactic Transylvania]

This looks to be the final SALT plan...?
raising the cap to $80k for nine years

What they really need to do is abolish the states entirely, replace them with far less autonomous provinces, districts, and regions, and impose a national VAT as well as sumptuary taxes meant to be impossible for the rich corporate welfare cases to escape. And replace the democratic system with a military junta. Yeah, constitutionalists in America would hate me on several issues, progressives on certain other ones.

That's an objectively horrible idea unless you want to kill a whole lot of people for minimal benefit.

[New Tryphalia]

One of those "Exception that proves the rule" situations. McAuliffe only won because of a strong siphoning Libertarian candidate, he would've lost in a TPP situation.

I wonder if Northam would have won if he could have run for re-election.

Mr. Blackface? Yeah, right. Virginia's voters are burnt out on Team Blue. Why not? What do they really have to show for it? Gentrification, wokeness, gun control, more income inequality, and constant lectures on lack of wokeness.

[Kowani]

This looks to be the final SALT plan...?
raising the cap to $80k for nine years

What they really need to do is abolish the states entirely, replace them with far less autonomous provinces, districts, and regions, and impose a national VAT as well as sumptuary taxes meant to be impossible for the rich corporate welfare cases to escape. And replace the democratic system with a military junta. Yeah, constitutionalists in America would hate me on several issues, progressives on certain other ones.

We don’t hate you, we just think your ideas are dumb and have no chance of being enacted
Kinda sad, really

[New Tryphalia]

What they really need to do is abolish the states entirely, replace them with far less autonomous provinces, districts, and regions, and impose a national VAT as well as sumptuary taxes meant to be impossible for the rich corporate welfare cases to escape. And replace the democratic system with a military junta. Yeah, constitutionalists in America would hate me on several issues, progressives on certain other ones.

We don’t hate you, we just think your ideas are dumb and have no chance of being enacted
Kinda sad, really

The feeling is mutual. The normies are out in force, and no, they're not okay.