US Erection 12 *AND* 16 *AND* 20 *AND* 22 *AND* 24 *AND* Beyond

[Per]

Yeah, I saw word that Trump has resorted to buying peace. Memories of the Obama nuclear deal. Send cash.

That’s Trump’s problem. It’ll be hard to get as good a deal as Obama did, and settling for less would be highly embarrassing.
That’s why they still haven’t signed anything.

[Meds]

Bomb it.

Level it.

Pave it.

[Tciso]

Bomb it.

Level it.

Pave it.

Yeah. Joni Mitchell the hell out of that place.

[5thhorseman]

Bomb it.

Level it.

Pave it.

Haven't they already bombed the top 10,000 priority targets?

So now they'd be bombing targets 10,001 to 20,000. What's that, all the kebab shops?

[Ronning's Ghost]

Bomb it.

Level it.

Pave it.

Haven't they already bombed the top 10,000 priority targets?

So now they'd be bombing targets 10,001 to 20,000. What's that, all the kebab shops?

Since the end of Second World War, the various military adventures of the United States have provided multiple examples of exactly what a wealthy military (and sometimes, industrial) super-power, usually with some degree of technological advantage, but with a nominal degree of democracy constraining government options, can and cannot do at various levels of commitment, against various types of opponents, on multiple types of terrain.

I have to believe that enough of the Pentagon has picked up on the pattern, and Kegsbreath can't fire all of them. So someone must have gotten over to Trump that they are at the limits of what conventional air strikes alone can do to an opponent like the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. I don't think he wants to go nuclear, (I like to hope that the order wouldn't be carried out), and I don't think he wants to commit ground forces. His ego won't let him accept a deal that he doesn't believe he can spin as better than what Obama previously had.

Thus the only option for Trump that I can see is to try to out-wait them, and hope that their domestic pressure rises faster than his. He may have already written off the mid-terms, and no longer care what happens.

From my perspective, this is all working out quite well. Trump has done more to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels than the greenest Democrat could have dared hope -- even with paying foreign companies not to build wind turbines. And in the mean time, Canada can extract maximum value for the hydrocarbons she sells to the world -- and the uranium she sells to replace them.

(Carney's plan to "make Canada an energy super-power" is politically slick. We already are, so it's going to be pretty tough not to succeed.)

[5thhorseman]

[5thhorseman]

Prediction: Oil to hit $150 per barrel in the near future as current prices are depressed due to countries dipping into their strategic petroleum reserves. Once those run out though ...

https://www.indexbox.io/blog/exxonmobil ... -hit-lows/

[Per]

In 2025 Elon Musk, as head of DOGE, cancelled a USD 15 million USAID programme monitoring flesh eating screwworms in Central America.

In 2026 the flesh eating screwworms reached the USA, attacking livestock in the southern states.
The cost to eliminate them is estimated at roughly USD 1 billion.

I say Elon Musk should foot the bill for this.

[2Fingers]

In 2025 Elon Musk, as head of DOGE, cancelled a USD 15 million USAID programme monitoring flesh eating screwworms in Central America.

In 2026 the flesh eating screwworms reached the USA, attacking livestock in the southern states.
The cost to eliminate them is estimated at roughly USD 1 billion.

I say Elon Musk should foot the bill for this.

They will blame it on Biden.

[Tciso]

(Carney's plan to "make Canada an energy super-power" is politically slick. We already are, so it's going to be pretty tough not to succeed.)

Trudeau and Carney should both be ostracized by the EU. Canada had a great opportunity to expand its oil and gas over the past 12 years, and has done close to nothing. Bullshit about not having an economic case and their green fucking bullshit. Had Canada stepped up, as we should have, Europe would have been able to switch away from Russian energy much much faster, making Russia a lot worse off economically, and Europe's support of Ukraine would have been stronger without the threat of freezing in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 winters due to their reliance on Russian energy. We would have also been in a stronger position to squeeze out Russian, Iranian and Venesualan oil on the World Market, enriching Canada, and costing 3 dictatorships some of the cash they need to survive and spread their terrorism against the West.

Canada's Holier-that-thou approach the past 12 years has imo hurt the entire West's economy, and sovereignty while enriching our collective enemies. Hell, Canada could actually afford the Military we need, and funded the Green virtue signalling vanity projects if we had expanded our oil and gas properly instead of folding to Quebec, BC, the Greenies and a few First Nations.

So, Canadians, hold your heads up high as you relish in knowing you could have enriched your country and helped your neighbors but decided to stand on your Liberal principles and sit back and idley watch much of the world suffer while we hoard the resources the World needs.

Btw, what exactly has Carney done towards improving our Energy sector, beyond giving Alberta a Promise Ring while still fucking her on the bench seat of an '83 F150. Oops, I mean signing a MOU with Alberta.

[Topper]

(Carney's plan to "make Canada an energy super-power" is politically slick. We already are, so it's going to be pretty tough not to succeed.)

Trudeau and Carney should both be ostracized by the EU. Canada had a great opportunity to expand its oil and gas over the past 12 years, and has done close to nothing. Bullshit about not having an economic case and their green fucking bullshit. Had Canada stepped up, as we should have, Europe would have been able to switch away from Russian energy much much faster, making Russia a lot worse off economically, and Europe's support of Ukraine would have been stronger without the threat of freezing in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 winters due to their reliance on Russian energy. We would have also been in a stronger position to squeeze out Russian, Iranian and Venesualan oil on the World Market, enriching Canada, and costing 3 dictatorships some of the cash they need to survive and spread their terrorism against the West.

Canada's Holier-that-thou approach the past 12 years has imo hurt the entire West's economy, and sovereignty while enriching our collective enemies. Hell, Canada could actually afford the Military we need, and funded the Green virtue signalling vanity projects if we had expanded our oil and gas properly instead of folding to Quebec, BC, the Greenies and a few First Nations.

So, Canadians, hold your heads up high as you relish in knowing you could have enriched your country and helped your neighbors but decided to stand on your Liberal principles and sit back and idley watch much of the world suffer while we hoard the resources the World needs.

Btw, what exactly has Carney done towards improving our Energy sector, beyond giving Alberta a Promise Ring while still fucking her on the bench seat of an '83 F150. Oops, I mean signing a MOU with Alberta.

remember - "there is no business argument for natural gas"

[5thhorseman]

If the gross ineptitude over the repair of the reflecting pool wasn't funny enough, it turns out that the contractor is Greenwater Services.