No Joke: Trump is considering making a 51st state and it isn't Canada

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Monday that he’s serious about officially making Venezuela and its massive oil reserves part of the United States. As former alleged President Joe Biden says, "no joke."

The President spoke with Fox News anchor John Roberts,  saying that he is “seriously considering a move to make Venezuela the 51st state.” Trump emphasized Venezuela’s oil reserves and discussed his administration’s focus on the South American country, adding, “Venezuela loves Trump.”

Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s acting president, responded to Trump’s remark and told reporters that Venezuela wants to remain independent.

“That would never have been considered, because if there is one thing we Venezuelan men and women have, it is that we love our independence process, we love our heroes and heroines of independence,” she said. 

Rodríguez added that her government would continue to work with the United States in “a diplomatic cooperation agenda.”

For Venezuela to become a U.S. state, Congress would have to pass a law via the Admissions Clause of the Constitution, which would then require the president’s signature. Former territories, such as Alaska and Hawaii, also held referendums for residents to vote on statehood before they became part of the union.

Trump floated Venezuelan statehood as his administration continues to work with the country’s acting president after dictator Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces and brought back to the United States to stand trial on narco-terrorism charges. Trump suggested in March that he was pleased with Rodríguez as oil flows from Venezuela to the United States and Europe, with the South American country’s exports hitting a seven-year high last month. 

The U.S. Treasury Department is currently managing the proceeds from Venezuelan oil sales in specialized accounts.

Since Trump took major military and economic action on Venezuela in early January, the United States has become the top destination for Venezuelan oil, with around 445,000 barrels per day exported to America in April, Reuters reported. Last month, Chevron said that the increased oil imports from Venezuela are helping mitigate rising fuel costs due to the war in Iran.

Andrew Walz, Chevron’s president of global refining, said the oil imports are helping “bring revenue to Venezuela” and “helping Americans.”

The Trump administration also reopened commercial flights to Venezuela late last month, with direct flights to Caracas set to become available at major airports across the United States in the coming months.

Trump first hinted at making Venezuela the 51st state in a Truth Social post in March when he wrote, “Good things are happening to Venezuela lately! I wonder what this magic is all about? STATEHOOD, #51, ANYONE?”

While Trump claims that Venezuelan statehood is a serious consideration inside the Oval Office, the president has often suggested that the United States would take over foreign countries or territories.

As the president pressured Canada on trade last year, he regularly suggested that America’s neighbor could become the 51st state. He has also pushed for Greenland to become a U.S. territory for national security purposes and suggested that the United States could take over Gaza following the Israel-Hamas war.

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Don't refuse eminent domain if you live in Saudi Arabia--they will kill you if you refuse to leave

Three indigenous Saudi men were told to leave their homes to make way for NEOM, a futuristic city state that’s estimated to cost $500,000,000,000 because the Crown Prince and man who order Jamal Kashogghi to be killed and dismembered, Mohammed bin Salman, had the idea to build it and they will come.

The three men - all members of the Howeitat tribe, also known as al-Huwaitat - were handed death sentences by Saudi Arabia’s special courts on October 2nd.

The Howeitat people reside in towns and villages in the northwest of Saudi Arabia.

Shadli, Attaullah and Ibrahim al-Howeitat were first arrested in 2020 and sentenced to death weeks ago, while a month prior - in September - other Howeiti people were sentenced to 50 years in prison, according to VICE.

Their sentence was handed down by Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court, which is mainly used by the kingdom to charge dissidents and human rights activists and maybe kill them or otherwise mess them up.

In April 2020, Shadli, Attaullah and Ibrahim’s brother - Abdul Rahim - was shot and killed by Saudi special forces after he used his final social media post to criticize the compulsory eviction. They don't like it when you don't go along with the program.

Abdul Rahim said Saudi Arabia was guilty of ‘state terrorism’ and before they killed him, he had become a vocal opponent to NEOM. He is currently enjoying his death with 72 virgins sitting by the banks of a river made of wine.

The government lied that his death was the result of a ‘shootout with security forces’ and insisted Abdul Rahim had to be ‘neutralized,’ also alleging he ‘barricaded himself in his house’ and ‘threw molotov cocktails’ at security forces.

VICE also notes that his body was held for weeks by authorities before being returned to his family and the government closed his case without releasing more details, kind of like what they did with Jamal Kashogghi.

What’s more, the Saudi government offered to pay people in the community to condemn Howeitat’s actions and anyone who spoke out against the move was ‘quickly silenced,' kind of like Kashogghi.

The idea is that NEOM will be ready by 2030, although some have warned that it could take 20 years longer than that and perhaps a thousand or more "Kashogghis."

But they have oil and Biden doesn't want the US to have their own, so he's still pals with bin Salman and will overlook what the Saudis have done to the three men as they did with Kashogghi.

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Biden, a cheerleader for Venezuela: eases sanctions, encourages oil drilling

If you thought President Biden is an ineffective leader you would be mistaken. The problem is, his effectiveness isn't about helping the United States, it's about helping the socialist country of Venezuela. Although the Biden administration is killing America's oil industry, raising prices at the pump, he is hoping to make Venezuela great again.

So Biden is lifting some of the sanctions on Nicolás Maduro, one of the worst socialist tyrants on earth, and Venezuela's oil giant PDVSA, a company which Russia mainly owns. This will allow more oil to flow from Venezuela and be exported globally where energy is depleting at a frightening rate.

Now it's safe to assume that all of the crap Venezuela has pulled for eight years is just water under the bridge and the US will not have to go to the trouble of removing all that filthy oil from beneath our own soil. Get ready for negotiations and for us to draw the short end of the ugly stick.

The Treasury Department is permitting Chevron to resume “limited” energy production in Venezuela after years of sanctions that have dramatically curtailed oil and gas profits that have flowed to Maduro’s government. 

Earlier this year the Treasury Department again allowed the California-based Chevron and other U.S. companies to perform basic upkeep of wells it operates jointly with state-run PDVSA.

Under the new policy, profits from the sale of energy would be directed to paying down debt owed to Chevron, rather than providing profits to PDVSA.

So with all our untapped oil and Biden's refusal to allow the US to drill, we are instead allowing the Maduro dictatorship to cash in big time. It's funny [not] how Biden is making nicey nice to Maduro in spite of our standing with the legitimate president of Venezuela, Juan Guaido who was jailed for having won the presidential election over the current scumcrumpet heading the country. The same scumcrumpet who put many Americans in prison over the years he was in power.

But it's all politics for The Big Guy, just like it was all politics for him with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia who he once called a "pariah" after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Biden pretends to be tough, but he's like the pimply-face kid making internet threats on his keyboard.

Now that we're giving Venezuela the go ahead on oil production, Russia stands to gain and the war in Ukraine will not bode well for the home front.

But it's too late. The Treasury Department already authorized Chevron to increase drilling in Venezuela. 

[H/T Fox Business]

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Joe Biden is not like your grandpa. He isn't the sweet, exaggerating old man who you smile at, wonder where that odor is coming from, and take with a grain of salt. He is a dim witted narcissist who has always wanted to be President and has no idea what he's doing, and even where he's at. He will do anything, say anything and lie with a smile, only to help himself.

He is a danger

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Report: Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman privately mocked Biden and his mental state

"Rock, paper, scissors, match!"

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly commented on U.S. President Joe Biden's obvious mental decline that nobody in the Democratic Party is willing to acknowledge. It has been learned that the 37-year-old prince had mocked Biden in private while questioning his diminished mental state. More importantly, this comes at a time when the relationship between the two countries is being threatened after OPEC+ was asked to increase oil production just until the midterm elections are finished, but the Saudis refused and became the target of harsh criticism by American lawmakers.

According to the Wall Street Journal, a few Saudi government officials said the prince preferred former President Trump over the brain addled Biden, and were unimpressed since he was vice president. They also made fun of his inability to put a cogent sentence together without screwing up with a humorous gaffe or bald-faced lie. 

But when questioned, Prince Faisal denied Prince Mohammed had privately made fun of the old geezer or told his aides he favored Trump.

"These allegations made by anonymous sources are entirely false," Faisal said with a straight face. "The kingdom’s leaders have always held the utmost respect for U.S. presidents, based on the kingdom’s belief in the importance of having a relationship based on mutual respect."

The report didn't specify what gaffes or instances Prince Mohammed allegedly referred to when speaking about Biden, but there is so much to chose from, it basically doesn't matter.

Here's one: "Jackie are you here? Where's Jackie? She must not be here," Biden said, referring to Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) at a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. Unfortunately for Jackie, she was dead--killed in a car crash along with two staffers in August.

During his campaign, Biden refused to mumble to Prince Mohammed for over a year or leave his basement. When they finally met in Jeddah in July, Biden was obviously uncomfortable being there and didn't talk policy, possible due to his lack of cue cards. Saudi officials noticed his discomfort and this came out in the report.

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The White House puppeteers said Biden wants to review whether the Saudi relationship is serving U.S. security interests, WSJ reported. Some want him to reassess the relationship between the two countries and Biden promises to get to it just as soon as his meetings with drag queens come to an end.

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Judge rules Biden's gas and oil order violated the law and issues permanent injunction in states that sued

A federal judge on Thursday disagreed with alleged President Biden's order that banned new gas and oil leases on federal lands and issued a permanent injunction opposing it.

Judge Terry Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana made the ruling just one day after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals kicked back to him the injunction he had issued last year to accomplish the same goal, as reported by The Hill. The ruling permanently blocks Biden's January 2021 executive order that halted lease sales on federal lands.

The order applies [alphabetically] to Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and West Virginia, which sued the brain addled Biden.

Doughty, who was appointed by former President Donald Trump, ruled that Biden’s January 2021 order violated the Mineral Leasing Act and Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act by leaving Congress out of the loop. But that's what dictators often do, and this administration is no exception.

“Both statutes require Government Defendants’ agencies to sell oil and gas leases. The OCSLA has a Five-Year Plan in effect that requires eligible leases to be sold. Government Defendants’ agencies have no authority to make significant revisions in the OCSLA Five-Year Plan without going through the procedure mandated by Congress,” Doughty wrote. 

“The MLA requires the [Interior Department] to hold lease sales, where eligible lands are available at lease quarterly. By stopping the process, the agencies are in effect amending two Congressional statutes. Neither the OCSLA nor the MLA gives the Government Defendants’ agencies the authority to implement a Stop of lease sales,” the judge ruled.

As noted on jurist.org, the appellate court ruling said the initial injunction did not comply with rules requiring very specific terms and reasons for an injunction.

As such, the case was sent back to Doughty on that technicality and Biden symbolically received a bilateral orchiectomy. 

We shall see how this plays out but for now, the Biden administration must reinstate $192,000,000 in leases for the Gulf of Mexico. In addition, the law requires two lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one in Alaska before October 2023.

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The law also links renewable energy leases from wind or solar projects to a requirement that the Department of Interior offer oil and gas leases for a minimum of 60 million offshore acres and 2 million onshore acres, just in case the wind dies down and clouds cover the sun--like what are the chances of that?

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Biden mocked as Saudis destroy his claims

Alleged President Joe Biden went to Saudi Arabia, head bowed, hat in hand, begging like a squeegee guy on Canal Street for a little taste of their oil. But Biden may have forgotten that he recently referred the kingdom as a "pariah" nation after Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman [aka Mohammed bone Sawman] had a journalist killed, then dismembered and stuffed in suitcases for the bad press he wrote about him.

After the meeting ended and Biden emerged, it was obvious he got zilch from MBS, but tried to appear that he did.

After going to Saudi Arabia to beg them for more oil, Joe Biden says it will "begin shortly."
Not a word about American energy production. pic.twitter.com/cIH9fcRSrr
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch)

“We had a good discussion on ensuring global energy security and adequate oil supplies to support global economic growth,” Biden mush-mouthed. “That will begin shortly. And…I’m doing all I can to increase the supply for the United States of America, which I expect to happen. The Saudis share that urgency and based on our discussions today, I expect we’ll see further steps in the coming weeks.”

If Biden did all he can to increase the supply of oil for the USA, we would be drilling for our oil now and the Keystone Pipeline would be operating.

Biden's response was empty, like what's happening to our oil reserves. He isn't saying anything significant, and while his brain has morphed into oatmeal without raisins, his political brain cell is still functioning enough to evade the issue. He hopes there will be "further steps" and he has his fingers crossed.

Well, he might hope for further steps, but the Saudis stuck a pin in the hope balloon as they made it clear that there were no "further steps," meaning that Biden is like a used adult Depends.

After the event ended, a joint statement was issued and released by the Saudis. It never said anything about oil supply increases. All it said was that Saudi Arabia and the United States “renewed their commitment towards the stability of global energy markets” and that the US “welcomed the kingdom’s commitment to support balance in the global oil market.”

The Saudi reading of the Biden-MbS meeting is more circumspect. Adel Al-Jubeir, a top Saudi diplomat briefing afterward, said that Riyadh will produce more oil **if it sees a shortage** (that’s a long standing Saudi policy). And he indicated Riyadh will work via OPEC+ | #OOTT

— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) July 15, 2022

It's sad when Americans believe the Saudis over our own so-called president.

Basically, all that Biden was doing was play acting in order to convince us that he was on the case and was willing to walk back everything negative he said about the Saudis after they killed Jamal Khashoggi.

In other words, this was largely just a performance by Biden to convince us he was doing something, and he was willing to throw all his prior words about Saudi Arabia and MBS away in the process. He was even mocked by the fiancee of the late Jamal Kashoggi, but his widow had something to say about that:

Jamal Khashoggi’s fiancé reacts to Biden’s meeting with MBS. https://t.co/UJi7AA1iTd
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 15, 2022

Saudi Prince Turki Al-Faisal — who previously served as head of Saudi intelligence and an ambassador to the U.S. — told CNBC that President Biden was a “much-diminished president” compared with when he was inaugurated in January 2021.

“As an example, on energy issues, he came in with a policy to stop completely fossil fuel usage not only in the United States, but worldwide,” Prince Turki said. Now, Biden has a need for fossil fuel, “not only because of the Ukraine war, but also because of U.S. policy itself that shut down pipelines and stopped issuing….discovery of oil on U.S. soil,” Turki said.

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Wow! It looks like Joe Biden isn't getting the respect the Democrats used to think he deserves. Let's face it--he's no Donald Trump, and not certainly no Ron DeSantis.

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Report: Biden begging to foreign oil company totally rejected

"Where in G_d's name am I?"

Gas prices hit an historic high averaging $4.37 a gallon and is expected to climb higher as the global market is in chaos. The Biden administration has called on oil producers and begged them for help.

The administration officials called on Brazil's state-run company, Petrobas, to please, please increase their crude output after Russia invaded Ukraine and oil prices became almost as expensive as Perrier bottled water.

Reuters reported, however, that Petrobus said no, nada, to Biden in March. They explained to our brain addled alleged POTUS that their output levels of crude were part of their business strategy and diplomacy had nothing to do with their decisions. A temporary production output was only temporary and not a logical possibility, Brazilian officials said.

The Biden administration is still trying to figure out what to do about gas prices aside from blaming it on Putin, Trump and the GOP.

“We are … doing everything possible with our allies and partners to mitigate the economic impacts of Russian actions on other economies like Brazil,” a U.S. State Department spokesperson said in a statement to Reuters.

“We are working with energy companies to surge their capacity to supply energy to the market, particularly as prices increase,” the spokesperson added.

As these bozos talk about solutions, oil prices are still way above $100 per barrel and don't look like they're coming down anytime soon. 

The Biden administration has not been shy about asking foreign governments for help, including scummy governments like Venezuela. It's really kind of disgusting, but the U.S. paused talks with them because of the backlash they faced for trying to negotiate with the oppressive, autocratic scumcrumpet President Nicolas Maduro.

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Just as embarrassing was our administration's attempt to negotiate with the Saudis for oil after we called the kingdom a "pariah" and isolated them during Biden's basement campaign. They didn't even answer his calls just like the United Arab Emirates.

Biden is an embarrassment to our country and if he is ever to be seen as a patriotic American, he would resign. Instead, he blames everyone but himself for his incompetence, but of course, it's also possible he isn't aware of what's going on around him.

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AOC refuses to talk about skyrocketing gas prices

A representative of many New Yorkers refused to talk to reporters about the skyrocketing gas prices that affect her constituents, and they want answers with solutions.

Rep. Alexandria Obviously-Comatose (Socialist-NY) was seen in a video obtained by Fox News showing her rudely walking away when questioned about the record high prices at the pump. 

Specifically, she, as well as Energy Secretary Victoria Nuland, refused to answer when asked what she would say to Americans who are facing record high prices mainly because she isn't very bright when she didn't rehearse the script she prepared for the media, and the truth is, there are no good answers when the truth is obvious: prices will continue to rise if we refuse to use our own natural resources and drill for oil and natural gas like we did when Trump was President.

It is not very inspiring to see our so-called leaders refuse to answer to the public they are supposed to represent. But people still vote for them or those who put them in power.

So the video shows AOC ignoring questions on her take with PINO Biden's sanctions against Russia and his ban on Russian oil. She just continued with her dinner at a restaurant half-correctly named, Bullfeathers, just across from the U.S. Capitol building where AOC nearly lost her life on January 6, several blocks away from a protest where the only death resulting from it was that of a protester shot by a trigger-happy Capital Police officer, Michael Byrd.

The price for a gallon of gasoline hit a record high on Wednesday for the second day in a row, according to AAA, not to be confused with AA, a group that many on Capitol Hill need to attend.

Fox News' Hillary Vaughn spoke with Obviously-Comatose on Tuesday about the so-called Biden Administrations' ban on Russian oil. When asked if the U.S. should buy oil from Iran and Venezuela, the not so gifted AOC said that, "None of these options are good ones."

"It's very alarming that many people are pushing to increase either imports or production of oil," she added. "What we really need to be doing is rapidly investing in solar and wind."

And hope for sunny, windy days and shorter nights.

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What we should be doing, in this writer's humble opinion, is drill for oil here at home. Become energy independent, stop buying our pharmaceuticals from China, and vote all of these progressives, Democrats and RINOs out of office in November. Then vote out that house plant who cannot string a coherent thought together even when he reads it off a Teleprompter. 

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Stephen Colbert: kind of a snobbish dickweed

Snobs are not usually aware of how obnoxious they are to others and former comedian Stephen Colbert definitely falls into that repugnant category.

In his CBS "Late Show" monologue Monday, explained to his low information audience  that “[S]ince the invasion [of Ukraine by Russia], oil prices have skyrocketed.” 

“Today, the average gas price in America hit an all-time record high of over $4 per gallon. Okay, that stings, but a clear conscience is worth a buck or two,” said Colbert, who rakes in a cool $15 million per year with CBS and a "buck or two" is of no consequence to him.

But rather than commiserating with the audience, he pompously joked, “I’m willing to pay. I’m willing to pay $4 a gallon. Hell, I’ll pay $15 a gallon because I drive a Tesla.”

The former comedian then attempted to tell a joke about the US refusing to buy Russian oil and instead turning to another source.

“Take that, Putin! We’re not gonna buy our gas from a war criminal,” Colbert said. “We’re gonna buy it from the good guys, Saudi Arabia!”

Colbert is the oblivious guy you see at funerals in jeans telling crappy jokes and asking women to dance.

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“‘I don’t mind paying $15 a gallon, cause I drive a Tesla’ is a joke that falls short and can only be appreciated by the upper class--especially the a-holes who made their money via capitalism but shun it because 'socialism is cool'. Colbert and his ilk are totally disconnected to those of us who must drive to work each day in our vehicles that cost a lot less than the $75,000 Tesla he drives.

Colbert used to be funny.

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Biden refuses to allow US to drill but bans Russian oil

"Where am I?"

PINO Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that the US will ban the importing of Russian oil and natural gas and claims to be "targeting the main artery of Russia's economy."

“Russian oil will no longer be accepted at U.S. ports,” the alleged president mumbled. “We will not be part of subsidizing Putin’s war,” he yelled angrily.

Biden said his alleged decision comes after consulting with European allies, although he said some are not able to join the U.S. in banning Russian oil. However, the EU does plan to reduce Russian imports of energy by over 65%, even though it gets 40% of it from Russia. England plans to phase out all Russian oil imports by the end of 2022 and possibly the end of Ukraine, as the war escalates.

Biden is cutting energy imports from Russia mostly because of the intense pressure he is getting from Americans. 

Russia is the world's third-largest oil producer and second-largest natural gas producer followed by Eric Swalwell (D-CA).

Biden levied sanctions against the evil country of Russia before they invaded Ukraine, but they had less effect than a child peeing in the ocean and a change in its temperature. His addled brain struggled to come up with a better way to hurt Putin.

On Monday, he mumbled with the leaders of Britain, France and Germany by video, and the three leaders and Biden “affirmed their determination to continue raising the costs on Russia for its unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine,” according to a White House propaganda statement.

Since becoming our PINO, so-called President Biden did all he could to end the United States' energy independence by interfering with oil production at home. Instead, since last fall, the U.S. imported approximately 700,000 barrels of dirty oil per day from Russia, helping them now fund their barbaric war against Ukraine. While our Russian oil amounts to about 10% of our total oil imports, Europe imports 4.5 million barrels per day, or about a third of its oil imports.

Due to his inability to ever accept responsibility for his history of failure and the ongoing increase in gas prices, Biden blamed the Russian-Ukraine war for the rising prices. “Putin’s war is already hurting Americans at the pump,” the house plant mush-mouthed.

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On Monday, the average price for a gallon of gasoline hit an all-time high of $4.104, beating out the 2008 high of $4.103. Not a big difference but this isn't over by a long shot.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden is still our alleged president and Vice President Kamala Hahaharris is still waiting.

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Russian oil and gas emit 30% more methane than American producers including Eric Swalwell

Our alleged President Biden refuses to use domestic oil and gas production while there is a global energy crisis, but he's super peachy about importing Russian crude as the Left pretends to be concerned about green energy and the environment.

White House Press Secretary and paid liar Jen Psaki went over the same old talking points that the solution to our decade-high power prices is to put more money into "clean energy" at the same time the Biden administration refuses to sanction Russian dirty energy producers and help fund their military efforts to overthrow the government of Ukraine and replace him with a Russian puppet. This may be due to the Left's love of puppets, like the old one they put in the White House.

Whoever is the real person in charge of the Biden wet sock puppet has no regard for the Russian warcrime engine and religiously believes green energy is the only choice for America and then the world.

“If we do more to invest in clean energy, more to invest in other sources of energy, that’s exactly what we can do to prevent this from happening in the future,” Psaki pontificated. Is she intentionally blinding us to the implications of our reliance on Russia and their dirty fuel? Is she and the administration okay with Russia being our energy source and thus having control over that, just like we have been dependent upon China for our medications source?

Both avenues are stupid and potentially suicidal. 

And looking at the decision to leave us dependent on Russian oil is by no means "green." According to the International Energy Agency’s global methane tracker, Russia was the world’s leading producer of methane emissions last year with its oil and gas operations producing 30 percent more per unit of production than the United States. 

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Iranian producers emitted 85 percent more methane per unit of production when compared to U.S. operators.

Such differences are likely higher given the fact that Iran is deceptive regarding their data.

We can continue along this pathway to our own extinction or vote these jokers out of office in November.

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Translating the Buttigieg word salad

Transportation Secretary in absentia, and Alfred E. Newman lookalike, Peter Buttigieg, was asked a question that should have had an obvious answer, but it didn't.

MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle, on Wednesday night's "The 11th Hour," asked the gay Transportation Secretary, “Could the president possibly consider authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline, working something out with Iran?” 

His answer seemed to baffle the minds of English speaking Americans:

“Look, the president has said that all options are on the table. But we also need to make sure we’re not galloping after permanent solutions to immediate short-term problems,” the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana said, referring to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and the deaths of thousands as a short-term problem. The more important thing for liberals is to make sure the U.S. energy sector stops using dependable energy and instead relies on wind and clear sunny days to generate electricity.

For now, the Biden administration and the idiots who stand behind their solutions have suggested we should defund Russia's energy industry by buying our oil from good ole friendly Iran, a country that openly wishes us, along with Israel, "death," rather than re-opening the Keystone XL Pipeline because of the bad orange man who was responsible for lowering a barrel of oil to around $50.

We know, however, that if we buy our oil from Iran, they will spend the money wisely.

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) on Twitter, blasted Buttigieg’s response as “a word salad of bureaucratic BS. The left wing in Washington is doubling down on energy illiteracy instead of learning more about real energy security solutions.”

What a word salad of bureaucratic BS. The left wing in Washington is doubling down on energy illiteracy instead of learning more about real energy security solutions. https://t.co/qJhBKuOrXb

— Claudia Tenney (@claudiatenney)

On Thursday, Ruhle’s MSNBC colleague, the androgynous Chris Hayes, and host[ess?] of “All In” repeated the idea.

Hayes retweeted a message from Ryan Cooper, editor of the leftist magazine The American Prospect, who said, “Iran has 103 million barrels of oil loaded up on tankers and ready to go.” Cooper then tagged President Joe Biden. Hayes amplified the message, adding, “If you’re a) devoted to cutting off Russia’s oil revenues and b) worried about inflation and spiking oil prices, this is one possible solution…”

Cooper later replied to Hayes by saying his plan would see Iran “sticking it to the [U.S.-based] private equity frackers who are raking in fat profits!” Because leftists would rather see America's enemies profit than Americans they envy. 

These were the like-minded A-holes who stood up and chanted "USA. USA," when our brain addled president gave the SOTU on Tuesday. They were quietly mumbling "down with the" before shouting "USA." Anyway, buying oil from enemy nations, oil that we already have here, is a good indication the left hates America.

If you’re a) devoted to cutting off Russia’s oil revenues and b) worried about inflation and spiking oil prices, this is one possible solution… https://t.co/kmgIGFBQs5

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) March 3, 2022

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded to this lunacy with a tweet of his own:

Actually, giving billions to American-murdering terrorists is a really bad idea. https://t.co/zzUuaHN5wP

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) March 3, 2022

The left would have the taxpayers purchase oil from Iran while they sit across the table from them and the Russians with the idea of trusting Iranian terrorists to halt production of their nuclear ambitions when they proved they could not be trusted the first time a nuclear deal was being considered.

“Energy security is national security,” said Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Fox News this week. “We should be ramping it up here, and ratcheting down on President Putin and Russia, and yet this administration refuses to do that.”

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A permanent solution is for us to use fracking and the Keystone XL Pipeline along with fracking for energy independence and end our relying on countries that can hold this over us whenever they want to gain that power.

When it comes to energy independence in the USA, the left takes a knee.

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BP refuses to remain with Russian energy company; Biden, not so much

While alleged President Joseph Robinette Biden (D) continues to buy oil from Russia, British Petroleum (BP) has exited its partnership with the Russian energy company Rosneft because the British, at least, have the integrity and morality to refuse to do business with a bloody dictator who invaded Ukraine. Joe Biden, not so much--perhaps he would lose too much money if he had the country go elsewhere for our oil and gas.

Red Apple Group Chairman and CEO John Catsimatidis argues that Biden releasing oil from reserves is the ‘dumbest thing’ he’s ever heard. 

Are you surprised?

Oil giant BP announced Sunday that it's dropping its stake in Russian government owned Rosneft. This is the latest in private companies cutting ties with Russia as the tyrannical nation led by dictator Vladimir Putin, invades nearby Ukraine without provocation.

BP holds a 19.75% stake in Rosneft since 2013. The company also said its chief executive, Bernard Looney will resign from the Rosneft's board, effective immediately and Bob Dudley, a former BP executive, will also resign.

"I am convinced that the decisions we have taken as a board are not only the right thing to do, but are also in the long-term interests of bp," Looney said in a serious statement. "Our immediate priority is caring for our great people in the region and we will do our utmost to support them."

The company unequivocally cited the ongoing Russian attack on Ukraine as the reason for the severance.

"Russia’s attack on Ukraine is an act of aggression which is having tragic consequences across the region," BP chairman Helge Lund said. "BP has operated in Russia for over 30 years, working with brilliant Russian colleagues. However, this military action represents a fundamental change."

Hopefully tomorrow, when Russian citizens go to their ATMs and the banks to draw out money, they will realize how inflated their currency has become.

"We can no longer support BP representatives holding a role on the Rosneft board," Lund said. "The Rosneft holding is no longer aligned with BP’s business and strategy and it is now the board’s decision to exit BP’s shareholding in Rosneft. The BP board believes these decisions are in the best long-term interests of all our shareholders."

BP thus acknowledged that relations with Rosneft, a government-run company, directly benefited the Russian government and they want no part of that.

Kwasi Kwarteng, the U.K.'s business and energy secretary, praised the move by BP in a tweet on Sunday.

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"Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine must be a wake up call for British businesses with commercial interests in Putin’s Russia," he said.

Kwasi got lots of "likes" for that one and a bunch of new follows.

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Federal judge stops Biden administration from blocking new oil and gas drilling leases

A federal judge in Louisiana, Terry A. Doughty has stopped the socialist Biden administration on Tuesday from blocking new gas and oil drilling leases on federal land, thus putting a damper on Biden's extreme left environmental agenda that would obviously harm American energy workers. Doughty issued a preliminary injunction in the case.

“Judge Terry A. Doughty of the U.S. District Court in Monroe said the administration doesn’t have the legal right to stop leasing federal territory for oil-and-gas production without approval from Congress,” The Wall Street Journal reported. The WSJ added that Doughty noted that “states suing the federal government—largely southern and coastal states—will be harmed immediately as the pause prevents them from collecting lease bids and bonuses from oil-and-gas prospectors.”

Thirteen states in all sued the Biden administration over its radical and anti-American proposal: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah and West Virginia.

The court's decision was a clear setback for Biden, who in his total lack of wisdom ordered suspension of new leases for fossil fuel development on public lands and waters in January while a review of the permitting process was carried out. He also halted work on the Keystone Pipeline, which put thousands of American workers out of a job while allowing Russia to be the sole providers of energy to Germany with their Nord Stream 2 pipeline. 

Biden has never once gotten a foreign policy idea correct and he isn't planning on ruining his record of incompetence.

The suspension — which did not affect existing drilling permits — fulfilled an election pledge and marked the president’s most significant move against the energy sector after he campaigned on a “transition away from oil.”

“The omission of any rational explanation in cancelling the lease sales, and in enacting the Pause, results in this Court ruling that Plaintiff States also have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of this claim,” Doughty wrote. “Millions and possibly billions of dollars are at stake. Plaintiff states have a reliance interest in the proceeds derived from offshore and on land oil and gas lease sales.

Judge Doughty added, “Local government funding, jobs for Plaintiff State workers, and funds for the restoration of Louisiana’s Coastline are at stake.”

Officials who support American energy praised the decision as a victory for the rule of law, workers, and American citizens.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said the ruling was “great news for Louisiana energy workers and their families!”

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry said the ruling was “a major win for the Constitution, for workers employed in the oil and gas industry and for all Americans who have felt pain at the pump.”

Rep. Jody Arrington (R-TX) responded to the news by saying that the ruling could “save a million jobs and preserve a safe and affordable supply of energy for all Americans.”

The left is coming for your money, your jobs and your preferred transportation.

Joke of the Day: California is considering a $500 to $1000 tax on the purchases of new, gas-driven vehicles to dissuade their purchase in lieu of electric cars. And if you think it will stop there and not affect older vehicles in the future, you're smoking something skunky.

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Scientific method deniers march to protest climate policies

(Photo: Washington Post)

The scientific method is something almost all school kids are taught. Science Buddies, a website for science-inspired youth, defines the scientific method thus:

The scientific method is a process for experimentation that is used to explore observations and answers questions. Does this mean all scientists follow exactly this process? No. Some area of science can be more easily tested than others. For example, scientists studying how stars change as they age or how dinosaurs digested their food cannot fast forward a star's life by a million years or run medical exams on feeding dinosaurs to test their hypotheses. When direct experimentation is not possible, scientists modify the scientific method. In fact, there are probably as many versions of the scientific method as there are scientists! But even when modified, the goal remains the same: to discover cause and effect relationships by asking questions, carefully gathering and examining the evidence, and seeing if all the available information can be combined in to a logical answer.

Even though we show the scientific method as a series of steps, keep in mind that new information or thinking might cause a scientist to back up and repeat steps at any point during the process. A process like the scientific method that involves such backing up and repeating is called an iterative process.

Except if you're a liberal  demanding action on climate change. Then scientific method, not so much. In fact, if you question the left's take on climate change (which used to be called 'global warming' but then the earth stopped warming) they will refer to you as a 'science denier.'

Scientists cannot fast forward the future to determine what the earth's climate will be, although there is evidence that the earth is warming very slowly.

What scientists cannot know at this time is how much human beings contribute to climate, and even if we do, will anything within our power be able to have an effect on climate change.

The hypocrisy within the climate change movement is palpable as the limousine liberals fly to protest demonstrations in their private fuel-guzzling jets, burning more fossil fuel in one flight than the average person burns in a year. (You know who you are, Mr. DiCaprio.)

In Washington D.C., thousands of scientifically challenged protesters are marching Saturday on President Trump's 100th day in office. The are demanding action on climate change and they plan to encircle the White House.

Even former President Obama, a person who told us that generations from his election that "this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal," ended up not changing anything but race relations.

In Boston Common, people gathered to challenge Trump's first 100 days in office by protesting his agenda.

Socialist organizers say about 300 protest marches are expected to take place around the country.

The Peoples Climate March, a name reminiscent of Communist-style regimes, object to President Trump's relaxed restrictions on oil drilling, mining and greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants. 

None of the protesters actually works in any capacity at a job these industries produce but they sure as day use what they produce.


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Travel Ban: But what about Saudi Arabia?

The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that they plan to continue to "enforce all the president's executive orders in a manner that ensures the safety and security of the American people."

The decision by the U.S. Eastern District Court, in Brooklyn, will not change the overall implementation of President Trump's executive order and said that it will " . . .  remain in place--prohibited travel will remain prohibited, and the U.S. government retains its right to revoke visas at any time if required for national security or public safety."

The Obama-appointed federal judge's emergency order, issued Saturday night, temporarily barred the U.S. from deporting people from the seven terrorist-spawning nations that are subject to Trump's travel ban. The order said that travelers who have been detained had a strong argument that their legal rights have been violated.

I might agree with the decision that U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly ruled, but only for those travelers who are citizens or permanent residents. 

Coming into the U.S. is otherwise not a right and we can limit or stop whoever we want.

Stuck at airport

Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to the White House said, 'Nothing in the Brooklyn judge's order in anyway impedes or prevents the implementation of the president's executive order which remains in full, complete and total effect."

The emergency order was issued after the ACLU filed a court petition on behalf  of travelers from the seven countries that Trump's executive order temporarily barred from entering the U.S.: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. 

But why not also ban Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia has been associated with terrorism and religious extremism for centuries.

Fact: fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers were Saudi citizens. An independent U.S. commission that investigated the attacks found nothing to prove the Saudi government or any Saudi officials financed the terrorists and the Saudi government vigorously denied any involvement. 

But WikiLeaks released US diplomatic cables revealing that private Saudis and other Gulf states "friendly" to the US, are the chief source of funding al Qaeda, the Taliban and other terrorist groups. The documents show the deep frustration in Washington with the level of cooperation from governments in the region. 

"It has been an ongoing challenge to persuade Saudi officials to treat terrorist financing emanating from Saudi Arabia as a strategic priority," a then-secretary of state Hillary Clinton cable read--it was dated Dec. 30, 2009.

"Donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide," the Clinton document added.

Even Saudi officials recently admitted to misleading the US on funding extremism, according to Politico.

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

Saudi Arabia is also the hub of Wahhabism, a fundamentalist form of Islam that has inspired terrorists worldwide. To learn more about this ultraconservative, often violent form of Islam, click here.

Interestingly, in spite of Saudi Arabia's extremely religious holdings, the government has not said anything about President Trump's remarks about violent extremist Muslims. In fact, Trump has been welcomed by the Saudis who share his strong opposition to Iran, their Shia and geopolitical rivals.

After Trump's inauguration, the Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir told Al Arabiya "We are very optimistic about the Trump Administration. The positions that President Trump has articulate are ones that we are completely in accordance with. Restoring America's presence in the world is something we, and all of the Americans, welcome because the lack of an American engagement leads to a vacuum."

President Obama's relationship was not as strong as it appears to be with President Trump because of the Iran deal and the frustration it caused with the Saudis and conservative Americans.

But let's face it. The main reason it seems to be that Saudi Arabia was not put on Trump's list has a lot to do with the Kingdom's strategic importance, particularly for oil, that has been recognized by us as far back as Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Jimmy Carter and his Carter Doctrine of 1980 solidified this relationship when he promised to use our military to protect its interest in the Persian Gulf.

So in spite of the potential for terrorists coming in from Saudi Arabia, it's all about the oil and our special interests in the region.

And if you see something, say something. 

Or if you hear someone screaming: "Allahu Akbar!" .  .  .  run away from the voice.


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ISIS holds its remaining hand out

In a heart felt plea for help, ISIS is asking for donations as its revenue has fallen 30 percent from last year. Worse, the number of religious ISIS jihadis has dropped by a full third, a new report revealed.

The IHS consulting firm stated that as of last month, the monthly revenue taken in by ISIS was only $56 million. Last year at the same time, the Islamic extremist group raked in $80 million and of course, they are quite upset about it.

"Heads will roll," said Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head Heat-remover of the terrorist organization. "We cannot allow this disgraceful monetary situation to continue, and I, for one, hear the voice of Mohammad (Peace be upon Him) calling me to reach out to our brothers and sisters within the Islamic community to contribute to our noble cause."

Abu promises to pray hard for Allah's intervention.

The decrease revenue is partly due to a decrease in oil production in their cozy caliphate. Last year about 33 thousand barrels of oil was produced daily, but now it's down to only 21 thousand barrels. IHS said that this is due to airstrikes by Russia and U.S.-led coalition fighters. However, the report states that ISIS was able to make hasty repairs quickly.

The fighting scumcrumpets lost around 22% of its territory (or terrortory, if you prefer) in the last 15 months. Columb Strack an IHS senior analyst told The Telegraph, "Its population has declined from around nine million to around six million. There are fewer people and business activities to tax; the same applies to properties and land to confiscate." 

Taking a cue from US liberals, ISIS is attempting to collect revenue by fining people for driving on the wrong side of the road, not being able to correctly answer questions on the Koran. 

Some of the questions ISIS will ask: "Which religions are composed of pigs and apes?" "If a woman leaves her home without being accompanied by a man, or not completely covered in cloth to hide all exposed skin, should she be stoned, beheaded, or all of the above?"

In an effort to improve their image, ISIS is accepting money in lieu of removing body parts for those who wish to leave cities under their control.

They are also requiring families of the 9-year-old children they abducted for marriage to pay a larger dowry which then goes directly into the coffers of ISIS.


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The Stink Beneath Their Wings

Kuwait Airlines has banned Israeli nationals from flying on their magnificent luxurious planes. Most Israeli nationals are Jews but the company says that it will not ban "regular Jews" from flying with them for now.

The Stink Beneath Their Wings

My guess is, however, that if you're an Israeli national with a last name prefaced with "bin" or "al" or have a first name that either is, or rhymes with Muhammed, you're good to go.

So it starts with one kind of Jew being banned, eventually goes to another kind (none-Israeli type) and soon goes to Christians and so on--you get the picture. This is Kuwait, a country made rich by the West because all it has is oil and no brains. But we don't need them for oil, unless you're an Obama fan.

This is nothing more than blatant anti-Semitism perpetrated by a religion that preaches it. Worse, it's also anti-Christian and anti-everything not Islamic. 

"And the Jews say: Ezra is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away!" (Koran, sura 9:30).

This is the religion of peace, they say because to them, black is white, down is up, and bull crap smells like roses.

I will never fly Kuwait Airlines, not that this will bankrupt them, but I hope all decent Americans (like those guys who fought against Hitler, not like the mufti Hassan al Banna who sat with Hitler and started the Muslim Brotherhood in 1928) will boycott these dickweeds.                              

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Iran: A Chihuahua or Great Dane?

Iran reminds me of a chihuahua--its bark is annoying and shrill when it's scared, but it can still bite.  Actually, I would say that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reminds me more of a little barking chihuahua than the country of Iran does, and I don't know if Ahmadinejad is scared of the US, but he sure is doing a lot of barking. 

Iran's Adm. Habibollah Sayyari told state-run TV that closing the strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf is as easy as drinking a glass of water. Note that he did not say that it is as easy as taking a bath or shower, which he evidently finds more difficult. This came after Iran began to feel the pinch from sanctions imposed by the US and this strait is the only outlet for the oil fields in and around this area. Being that this was the second chihuahua warning in two days, coming from the Islamic nation, it shows that the Iranians are worried about new sanctions in the oil sector.


Countering Iran's muscle-mouthing, Navy spokeswoman, Lt. Rebecca Rebarich let it be known that the United States Navy is "always ready to counter malevolent actions to ensure freedom of navigation." Let's face it, Islamists like Mahmoud and Habibollah do not like taking lip from a woman. They are of a religion that consider women to be lesser in every way than a man, and all that women are good for are as "fields to be plowed." I suspect, that in a fight, mano a chica, Becky would kick Mahmoud's scrawny butt all over the poop deck.

Smelling his own fear?

But this is really not a laughing matter--it's as serious as nuclear war--and we need to watch how our illustrious leader, Barack Hussein Obama, handles it. Will he lead from behind, as is his wont, or will he back off altogether as is his other wont? You might say he killed bin Laden, but it took him weeks to decide what to do--any patriotic American citizen would have made the decision to kill that bastard in a heartbeat--patriots would respond that way after all the heartbeats bin Laden stopped.


We pulled out of Iraq--in my opinion, it meant that the lives lost there were lost for nothing more than political reasons--but it may be a blessing in disguise to have these troops home and available for what may happen with Iran. But again, who knows what Obama will do if Iran moons him?

Oh, and Iran is no great Dane. Just saying.

 

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