I’m not going to explain the oil trade

To someone who works in it and sees the price figures every day?

I would love to see you try

Okay, but a bunch of highly paid lobbyists just showed up to bribe and browbeat us into caving immediately

US oil which costs 25x+ Saudi crude

West Texas Crude does not cost 25x Saudi Crude. Neither is it the primary US importer.

Saudi Arabian imports dropped to roughly 336,000–349,000 barrels per day (bpd) by 2023–2024, down from over one million bpd in previous years. Meanwhile, Canada is the largest supplier, accounting for roughly 55-61% of U.S. imports, followed by Mexico.

MAGA voters are not as numerous as anyone thinks they are.

The way liberals phrase it, MAGA is everyone who doesn’t vote straight ticket Dem after every election

I’m sure a few of them hate watched it.

Although, a big part of Talarico’s appeal is his method of seizing on conservative tulpas and twisting them to progressive ends.

If Talarico has a shot at the general, it’s going to be thanks to some number of MAGA voters buying into left populism. A bunch of the interview is just Talarico sayings he’s Christian and asking WWJD about education, health care, and immigration.

Why even be president if you can’t get weird with it?

It’s been something of a round-robin of oligarch friendly presidents year by year since Park’s assassination in '79.

That might be part of the problem.

So, funny story, this is the sixth South Korean President to come under indictment.

Recent and Notable Imprisonments:

• Yoon Suk Yeol (Served 2022–2025): Sentenced to life in prison in February 2026 for leading an insurrection after briefly imposing martial law in December 2024.
• Park Geun-hye (Served 2013–2017): Impeached, removed from office, and sentenced to 25 years for corruption and abuse of power.
• Lee Myung-bak (Served 2008–2013): Sentenced to 15 years for embezzlement and bribery.
• Chun Doo-hwan (Served 1980–1988): Convicted of mutiny, treason, and corruption in 1996.
• Roh Tae-woo (Served 1988–1993): Convicted of treason, mutiny, and corruption, serving over two years.
• Roh Moo-hyun (Served 2003–2008): Committed suicide while under investigation for corruption.

Almost every living former leader since the 1980s has been jailed, marking a pattern of post-presidential legal proceedings

Cool that these officials do get prosecuted. But maybe we should consider how they get elected to begin with.

Oil companies could actually use a boost right now. And the US is a net exporter.

Something was that the less expensive the car, the better it was on fuel economy, seems logical once you think about it.

Nobody (expecting to win) is street racing a Volt or a Prius, to be sure.

So there’s little incentive to cheat emissions standards in order to juice performance.

While most hybrids are said to use one to two litres of fuel per 100km, a study claims they need six litres on average

I can say from personal experience that my Chevy Volt gets around 40-60mpg when it kicks over to gas. That said, it rarely does, because my daily commute comfortably inside the battery’s range.

Until now it has been claimed by manufacturers that the vehicles used only a little or almost no fuel when in the electric mode. The studies showed that this was not in fact the case.

Again, I’ve got a tank of fuel from… several months ago? Barely 7 gallons and it hasn’t run out. Like, I almost never visit the gas station anymore. So, idk. Maybe the Volt was just built better.

The US positioned the world’s largest warship, the USS Gerald R Ford, in the Middle East to join an earlier aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, that had moved to the region last month.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by threatening to sink the carriers.

They’re using the same strategies. Israel is farther along in the process.

Genocides don’t usually take 80 years

Found the Israeli

That can change quickly once US intervention goes hot

Small Island nation resists the world’s largest and most advanced military for 70 years. Develops state of the art health care system, modernizes energy and transportation, becomes a global tourist hotspot, all under US blockade

Socialism doesn’t work

The fact that there has not been a unified Latin American defence coalition against the US formed is crazy to me.

There has been one. It’s just composed of imperial powers and their corporate proxies.

The defense coalition existed to intercede against slave revolts, anti-colonial nationalism, and Communist uprisings. It has been very successful.

Us in the USA want (and more desperately need) liberation from our leadership.

Join the club

No country has ever had such a massive home market before China

glances at India

But then that’s just the BRICS in a nutshell. Five countries with enormous internal consumer demand, which can afford to develop domestically to meet the needs of their local populations without worrying too much about export markets.

A lot of lefties going to complain about his support for israel, even if modest.

Really depends on who he is running against and how he positions himself along the way. If he’s out saying “Israel is our oldest and dearest friend, they just made a few mistakes” or god forbid “Anyone critical is anti-Semitic” he’s DOA. If he’s out there saying “We spend billions of dollars so Israel can have clean potable water and top tier health care, so it’s time to bring those amenities back to the US”, he can probably hurdle that criticism well enough.

he appeals to the largest swath of moderate America who are tuned out and just want to hear that someone strong and professional will keep them in their comforts

I mean, Biden appealed to these same voters by adopting half of Bernie Sanders’s platform and half of Hillary Clinton’s. Then he spent four years yelling at people for using TikTok and arguing the need to kill more brown people.

Kelly’s fine on paper, but if he opens his mouth and sounds like another “moderate Dem”… I think he’s going to have the same kind of trouble Cuomo did.

For starters, SpaceX, which operates the Starlink satellite network, has purchased over 1,000 Tesla Cybertrucks as of late 2025.

Meanwhile, Police departments across the U.S. - particularly in California - are increasingly adopting Tesla vehicles (Model Y, Model 3, and Cybertruck) for patrol and administrative use. South Pasadena (CA) became the first U.S. city to switch its entire police patrol fleet to electric vehicles. Other departments, including Anaheim and Fremont, are using Tesla Model Ys for patrol. The Las Vegas Metro Police Department is introducing a fleet of 10 Cybertrucks for patrol and tactical use, specifically highlighting their safety features (bullet-resistant). A Texas school district created it’s own police force to be equipped with 9 Tesla cruisers two years back.

The Model Y is the new Crown Vic.