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Christi Craddick, a regulator with the Texas Railroad Commission—which regulates oil in the U.S.’ largest oil-producing state—said Mr. Trump’s “aggressive actions and continued engagement to bring Saudi Arabia and Russia to the table to reduce global oil production was crucial to defending the domestic energy industry” and avoiding a downward spiral in oil prices.
Investors remain concerned that the cuts might not be enough to support higher prices in the coming weeks as worldwide lockdowns pummel demand for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-saudi-arabia-russia-agree-to-lead-unpr
ecedented-oil-output-deal/ar-BB12w3YY
Trump is the oil industry's best friend ever. But the industry is not a friend to American drivers and voters. Too bad voters don't understand how Trump and the industry are cheating them out of money. Mr. Trump, on Twitter, said the deal will “save hundreds of thousands of energy jobs in the United States” but what he really meant was jobs in Texas. Without Texas, Trump loses in November.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Trump joined OPEC to raise the price of Texas oil and the price of gasoline that voters will be buying between now and November. Too bad voters won't understand that. He certainly did NOT do it to help oil exporting countries that depend on petroleum to keep their central governments from collapsing. It is bullshit, 6ix, when you suggest Trump did care about crashing prices "destabilizing countries worldwide". He does NOT care beyond making sure the majority of Texans votes for him in November.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
There's a lot more to this than simply "raising prices". Few might understand how the price is set, but even fewer understand what a crashing oil price could do to destabilize countries worldwide... particularly those who aren't very friendly with us even during good times.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
Texas was never up in the air. Not even close. He sure as shit didn't do it for the reasons your suggesting.
I can't tell from day to day whether you're an idiot or a liar.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:“If Texas turns back to a Democratic state, which it used to be, then we’ll never elect another Republican [president] in my lifetime,” U.S. Senator John Cornyn said earlier this year.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Texas was never up in the air. Not even close. He sure as shit didn't do it for the reasons your suggesting.
I can't tell from day to day whether you're an idiot or a liar.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
The conservative case for why the GOP will continue to run Texas comes down to this: the state is becoming increasingly competitive, but Democrats are foolish to think the parties have reached parity. Republicans will win in 2020 because they still have the numbers.
It’s a powerful argument, and one with plenty of empirical evidence. But even if Trump wins Texas, victory could come at a terrible cost, and not just in terms of collateral damage to his allies in Congress and the statehouse. For decades, the GOP presidential nominee has been able to take Texas for granted. Not so this time. Trump may have to spend heavily, in time and money, to ensure a win here. That’s time and money he won’t have in swing states that he must also hold to win reelection, such as Michigan and Wisconsin. Even if Texas goes for Trump in 2020, a competitive race here could cost him the election.
www.texasmonthly.com/politics/how-win-texas-2020/
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:“If Texas turns back to a Democratic state, which it used to be, then we’ll never elect another Republican [president] in my lifetime,” John Cornyn said earlier this year.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Texas was never up in the air. Not even close. He sure as shit didn't do it for the reasons your suggesting.
I can't tell from day to day whether you're an idiot or a liar.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
The conservative case for why the GOP will continue to run Texas comes down to this: the state is becoming increasingly competitive, but Democrats are foolish to think the parties have reached parity. Republicans will win in 2020 because they still have the numbers.
You can end it right there, because that's where it ends.
You're changing the subject again.
You said that Trump was buying Texas in 2020.
No. He's not. It's not even on sale. There is zero doubt in anyone's mind that Trump is taking Texas in 2020.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:By the way, Trump victory is still 50/50 if you are betting, NOT 100%.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by second:Quote:“If Texas turns back to a Democratic state, which it used to be, then we’ll never elect another Republican [president] in my lifetime,” John Cornyn said earlier this year.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Texas was never up in the air. Not even close. He sure as shit didn't do it for the reasons your suggesting.
I can't tell from day to day whether you're an idiot or a liar.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
The conservative case for why the GOP will continue to run Texas comes down to this: the state is becoming increasingly competitive, but Democrats are foolish to think the parties have reached parity. Republicans will win in 2020 because they still have the numbers.
You can end it right there, because that's where it ends.
You're changing the subject again.
You said that Trump was buying Texas in 2020.
No. He's not. It's not even on sale. There is zero doubt in anyone's mind that Trump is taking Texas in 2020.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
https://odds.watch/trump-2020
Trump is trying to buy Texas by siding with OPEC.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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I can see the logic in that SECOND. Regular oil production in the US might survive $20, but shale (fracking) oil for sure wouldn't. If shale oil craters, people will blame Trump (and not the fact that's its high production costs are only supportable with both near-zero interest rates and high oil prices at the same time). And that might cost him Texas. I know how unstable the Texas economy is, since it's been balanced on oil for many decades - 40 that I know of personally. As oil goes, so goes the Texas economy.
California is already gone. If Texas goes, it could cost Trump the electoral college.
Trump HAS to make the OPEC+ production cut work, even if it means guaranteeing that the cuts Mexico refused to make will be made by the US instead.
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No.
Second is a dummy and his only answer for anything that happens is "Trump".
Don't feed into his delusions.
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Has anybody who posts anything of substance replied???
Looks around ...
... it's empty.
Closes door while leaving.
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You need to devise a system with less friction when returning stolen wealth. Since Firefly is science fiction, can America do away with money completely to make that happen? I think it could be done, but the cheaters would fight that change even harder than they fight to hold on to money they steal under the present system, the one they have been building all their lives.
He's talking about Socialism.
Funny how rich people always talk about how bad they want it.
Super easy to virtue signal about it when they know it will never happen. It allows them to hold on to their riches and live with themselves at the same time.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:The Vietnam War was fought because Republicans (and Democrats who would eventually switch to being Republicans) were fiercely against Communism. How did that war end for the U.S., 6ix? Just how Commie is Vietnam today? My answers are 1) Badly and 2) You wouldn't know they were Commies today. All it took to turn Vietnam around was for Republicans to get their dumb asses kicked out of Vietnam.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
You need to devise a system with less friction when returning stolen wealth. Since Firefly is science fiction, can America do away with money completely to make that happen? I think it could be done, but the cheaters would fight that change even harder than they fight to hold on to money they steal under the present system, the one they have been building all their lives.
He's talking about Socialism.
Funny how rich people always talk about how bad they want it.
Super easy to virtue signal about it when they know it will never happen. It allows them to hold on to their riches and live with themselves at the same time.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=qIsN
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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