Joe Biden 2024 thread - Dark Brandon Where Art Thou?

[YGIFS 19449]

15 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Yep. CNN jumps on every poll that shows Donnie winning, no matter how shitty it is.

Csb/ the director of UT’s controversial right wing think tank/center made a funny quip about presidential polling from obscure corners.  Iona, Quinnipac, Suffolk, and Monmouth.  You won’t know if you’re reading reliable polling or the four auto berth play in games for March Madness. 

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[C-Man 27172]

Yep. CNN jumps on every poll that shows Donnie winning, no matter how shitty it is.

Perhaps they’re doing that to make sure nobody gets comfortable here.

[Brisketexan 104924]

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The unemployment rate has now come in below 4% for two straight years, the longest such streak since the 1960s.

NYT: Biden's failure to get unemployment below 3% is a huge weakness for Trump to exploit

[jimmyjazz 45828]

2 hours ago, bolverk said:

Go post this in the oil baron thread where they like to talk shit about Biden killing the energy industry.

Wait, there are surly political posts outside of the CR?  No way.

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[Biff Tannen 45647]

2 hours ago, Snake Diggity said:

It’s the clearest anecdote I have seen of how fucking stupid those people are.  I know several people who did it.  And these are people who also believe anyone disfiguring a private business with graffiti and shit should be shot.

But it really is amazing to me how every major policy complaint about Biden from those fuckers has been addressed.  Inflation.  Boom, fixed.  Dependence on foreign oil.  Boom, fixed.  Economic growth.  Boom, fixed.  And now he’s got congress agreed to a deal to address the border.

It's almost like Dems always come in to clean up the shit that Republicans break every single time they are in charge.  Every.   Single.  Time.

[StassneyHorn 6575]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Press A to add this weapon

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[Dutchrudder 11129]

54 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

I don't think I ever heard the term "black unemployment" and stats prior to Trumps team trying to use it as a campaign talking point. Do they provide other demographics statistics too? How are the Cubans doing? Maybe pacific Islanders are at their apex of employment? Might as well take the idea and run with it, "jobs jobs jobs" always makes voters happy. 

[Brisketexan 104924]

I don't think I ever heard the term "black unemployment" and stats prior to Trumps team trying to use it as a campaign talking point. Do they provide other demographics statistics too? How are the Cubans doing? Maybe pacific Islanders are at their apex of employment? Might as well take the idea and run with it, "jobs jobs jobs" always makes voters happy. 

The Pacific Islanders would be doing a lot better but for a few bad apples from the Marshall Islands. Bastards.

[YGIFS 19449]

North Mariana pisses in your general direction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TeeDubya 3361]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

The Pacific Islanders would be doing a lot better but for a few bad apples from the Marshall Islands. Bastards.

Guam With The Wind?

[TwiceHorn 31414]

On 2/1/2024 at 6:44 AM, Goofyboy said:

Why do you get to decide what is and is not a national emergency? Three soldiers were killed on American soil by a foreign entity. That needs to be dealt with swiftly before it becomes an all out war. I’d say avoiding another all out war IS an emergency.

He's right though that the War Powers Resolution is a gigantic punt by Congress so they can let the President wage war without having to declare an unpopular war.

There's a tension, probably deliberate, between Congress' power to declare war and the President's CINC power to order troops into places and into action.  Checks and balances and shit, but congressional punt.

Edited February 3 by TwiceHorn

[Gil Bang 25906]

It was terrific that Jordan participated in today's action against those Iranian fucks.  I assume that Biden invited them to the party.  

[Goofyboy 3260]

He's right though that the War Powers Resolution is a gigantic punt by Congress so they can let the President wage war without having to declare an unpopular war.
There's a tension, probably deliberate, between Congress' power to declare war and the President's CINC power to order troops into places and into action.  Checks and balances and shit, but congressional punt.

Yes, it was.

[bolverk 29628]

The handwringing over the pause in permitting new LNG export facilities while we still double our capacity in the next few years seems even more like an overreaction now, AND new projects that will also export from Mexico won't be affected. All the while, our NATO/EU allies look to be set. So, again, depending on the length of this pause, I don't see this as being that big of a problem. 

How the U.S. Became the World’s Biggest Gas Supplier

In just eight years, the United States has rocketed from barely selling any gas overseas to becoming the world’s No. 1 supplier, a remarkable shift that has profited oil and gas companies and strengthened American influence abroad. But climate activists worry that soaring exports of liquefied natural gas could make global warming worse.

Last month, the Biden administration said it would pause the permitting process for new facilities that export liquefied natural gas in order to study their impact on climate change, the economy and national security. Even with the pause, the United States is still on track to nearly double its export capacity by 2027 because of projects already permitted and under construction. But any expansions beyond that are now in doubt.

At the core of the debate over whether to allow more exports is a thorny question: With governments across the globe pledging to transition away from fossil fuels, how much more natural gas does the world need?

America’s gas export boom initially caught many policymakers by surprise. In the early 2000s, natural gas was relatively scarce at home, and companies were spending billions of dollars to build terminals to import gas from places like Qatar and Australia.

Fracking changed all that. In the mid-2000s, U.S. drillers perfected methods to unlock vast reserves of cheap natural gas from shale rock. At the same time, natural gas prices began spiking elsewhere in the world, especially after Japan shut down its nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima reactor meltdown in 2011 and began demanding more fuel.

That led to a stunning reversal. American companies, led by Cheniere Energy, began spending billions more to convert import terminals into export terminals, and shipments of U.S. gas to other countries began to surge.

‘Major demand growth’
Natural gas is most easily transported by pipeline. To send it across oceans, the gas must be chilled to 260 degrees Fahrenheit below zero, turning it into a liquid. The process of making and shipping liquefied natural gas adds complexity and cost, but if the difference between U.S. natural gas prices and overseas prices is big enough, it is profitable.

“It comes down to economics,” said Kenneth Medlock, senior director at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University. “Production just keeps growing in the United States, which keeps prices low. And then we keep seeing major demand growth in the rest of the world.”

The export boom has transformed America’s role in energy geopolitics.

Europe has become the biggest importer of American gas in recent years, enabling the continent to slash by more than half its reliance on Russian gas since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

In the future, Europe is expected to curb its appetite for gas by adding more renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. The main growth markets for natural gas are expected to be fast-growing Asian countries such as China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam that want to use the fuel for electricity, heating or industrial purposes.

But as U.S. exports keep skyrocketing, critics have raised concerns about the climate change impact of transporting and selling more gas around the world.

A complex climate question
The last time the Energy Department studied this issue, in 2019, it concluded that U.S. liquefied natural gas often produced fewer greenhouse gas emissions than other types of coal or gas used around the world. That meant that more exports could actually be beneficial for climate change if U.S. gas replaced those other fossil fuels. (When gas is scarce, some countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh have recently opted to burn more coal instead.)

But some environmentalists have disputed those conclusions, arguing that the analysis didn’t fully account for all the planet-warming methane leaks that can accompany natural gas production, and that it didn’t study whether a glut of gas might displace cleaner renewable energy rather than coal. The Energy Department is expected to study these questions while it puts permits for new projects on hold.

In the meantime, the U.S. gas boom is far from over, even with the permitting pause.

Since 2016, U.S. energy companies have built seven large facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Maryland and Georgia that can export around 11.4 billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas per day, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Another five projects along the Gulf Coast are already permitted and under construction and will be able to export an additional 9.7 billion cubic feet per day by 2027 — nearly doubling America’s export capacity. Three more facilities are currently being built in Mexico that will receive U.S. gas by pipeline and then ship it abroad.

The pause, however, could affect nearly a dozen proposed projects in the United States and Mexico that, if built, could boost export capacity by another 10 billion cubic feet per day, according to research by Clearview Energy Partners, a consulting firm. Whether those projects ultimately go forward remains to be seen.

With so many projects locked in, experts say it will be crucial to ensure that methane leaks from gas production are kept as low as possible. (The Biden administration has put forward several new regulations on methane.) “This is an area where we can actually deliver an emissions win, maybe more so than delaying or even killing a future supply project,” said Ben Cahill, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “Because it’s what we do with the emissions on the projects that we know are with us today.”

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54 minutes ago, bolverk said:

The handwringing over the pause in permitting new LNG export facilities while we still double our capacity in the next few years seems even more like an overreaction now, AND new projects that will also export from Mexico won't be affected. All the while, our NATO/EU allies look to be set. So, again, depending on the length of this pause, I don't see this as being that big of a problem. 

How the U.S. Became the World’s Biggest Gas Supplier

In just eight years, the United States has rocketed from barely selling any gas overseas to becoming the world’s No. 1 supplier, a remarkable shift that has profited oil and gas companies and strengthened American influence abroad. But climate activists worry that soaring exports of liquefied natural gas could make global warming worse.

Last month, the Biden administration said it would pause the permitting process for new facilities that export liquefied natural gas in order to study their impact on climate change, the economy and national security. Even with the pause, the United States is still on track to nearly double its export capacity by 2027 because of projects already permitted and under construction. But any expansions beyond that are now in doubt.

At the core of the debate over whether to allow more exports is a thorny question: With governments across the globe pledging to transition away from fossil fuels, how much more natural gas does the world need?

America’s gas export boom initially caught many policymakers by surprise. In the early 2000s, natural gas was relatively scarce at home, and companies were spending billions of dollars to build terminals to import gas from places like Qatar and Australia.

Fracking changed all that. In the mid-2000s, U.S. drillers perfected methods to unlock vast reserves of cheap natural gas from shale rock. At the same time, natural gas prices began spiking elsewhere in the world, especially after Japan shut down its nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima reactor meltdown in 2011 and began demanding more fuel.

That led to a stunning reversal. American companies, led by Cheniere Energy, began spending billions more to convert import terminals into export terminals, and shipments of U.S. gas to other countries began to surge.

‘Major demand growth’
Natural gas is most easily transported by pipeline. To send it across oceans, the gas must be chilled to 260 degrees Fahrenheit below zero, turning it into a liquid. The process of making and shipping liquefied natural gas adds complexity and cost, but if the difference between U.S. natural gas prices and overseas prices is big enough, it is profitable.

“It comes down to economics,” said Kenneth Medlock, senior director at the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University. “Production just keeps growing in the United States, which keeps prices low. And then we keep seeing major demand growth in the rest of the world.”

The export boom has transformed America’s role in energy geopolitics.

Europe has become the biggest importer of American gas in recent years, enabling the continent to slash by more than half its reliance on Russian gas since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

In the future, Europe is expected to curb its appetite for gas by adding more renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. The main growth markets for natural gas are expected to be fast-growing Asian countries such as China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam that want to use the fuel for electricity, heating or industrial purposes.

But as U.S. exports keep skyrocketing, critics have raised concerns about the climate change impact of transporting and selling more gas around the world.

A complex climate question
The last time the Energy Department studied this issue, in 2019, it concluded that U.S. liquefied natural gas often produced fewer greenhouse gas emissions than other types of coal or gas used around the world. That meant that more exports could actually be beneficial for climate change if U.S. gas replaced those other fossil fuels. (When gas is scarce, some countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh have recently opted to burn more coal instead.)

But some environmentalists have disputed those conclusions, arguing that the analysis didn’t fully account for all the planet-warming methane leaks that can accompany natural gas production, and that it didn’t study whether a glut of gas might displace cleaner renewable energy rather than coal. The Energy Department is expected to study these questions while it puts permits for new projects on hold.

In the meantime, the U.S. gas boom is far from over, even with the permitting pause.

Since 2016, U.S. energy companies have built seven large facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Maryland and Georgia that can export around 11.4 billion cubic feet of liquefied natural gas per day, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Another five projects along the Gulf Coast are already permitted and under construction and will be able to export an additional 9.7 billion cubic feet per day by 2027 — nearly doubling America’s export capacity. Three more facilities are currently being built in Mexico that will receive U.S. gas by pipeline and then ship it abroad.

The pause, however, could affect nearly a dozen proposed projects in the United States and Mexico that, if built, could boost export capacity by another 10 billion cubic feet per day, according to research by Clearview Energy Partners, a consulting firm. Whether those projects ultimately go forward remains to be seen.

With so many projects locked in, experts say it will be crucial to ensure that methane leaks from gas production are kept as low as possible. (The Biden administration has put forward several new regulations on methane.) “This is an area where we can actually deliver an emissions win, maybe more so than delaying or even killing a future supply project,” said Ben Cahill, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “Because it’s what we do with the emissions on the projects that we know are with us today.”

The hand wringing started with a poster that recently changed jobs into the LNG industry.  I can see how that would skew one’s perception on things.

[Neonmoon 38129]

It's the same 3 posters that yell Democrats are killing the energy industry in the O&G thread with zero evidence. One poster gets so upset by the internets, they have a meltdown and demand their account be deleted, only to come back a week later and pretend nothing happened. These are not serious people. Put them all on ignore. 

 

[YGIFS 19449]

Yeah, I don't get it.  I was assured by the smartest people that we shut down all O&G production in this country and then threatened ERCOT with a literal gun to their heads to rely solely on unreliable Sun & Wind for power?  

I must have missed have missed the carrier pigeon memo.  

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[Longhorn_Fan68 33857]

On 2/2/2024 at 9:49 PM, TeeDubya said:

Guam With The Wind?

[Boss Hogg 808]

Good thing he has capable people running the country under him. He can’t be too involved at this point. 

[David Dennison 18824]

Just now, Boss Hogg said:

Good thing he has capable people running the country under him. He can’t be too involved at this point. 

Not sure if serious.

[jimmyjazz 45828]

Yeah, that's a Grade A Gotcha.  Two guys in the same position, both of whom he has presumably met during his time in service, and whose last names start with "M".

SENILE!!! DEMENTIA!!!  Woman, squirrel, camera, tits, window!

[Red Five 40777]

6 minutes ago, Boss Hogg said:

Good thing he has capable people running the country under him. He can’t be too involved at this point. 

Wait until you hear about how Nikki Haley caused 1/6.

[David Dennison 18824]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

Yeah, that's a Grade A Gotcha.  Two guys in the same position, both of whom he has presumably met during his time in service, and whose last names start with "M".

SENILE!!! DEMENTIA!!!  Woman, squirrel, camera, tits, window!

#covfeve

[Guest]

Y'all are weird. That video is bad. I'd rather have Joe Biden entombed like Lenin running the country than the other guy, but I'm not going to try to deflect or make excuses.

Newflash: Joe Biden is old. He's still kicked ass so far and I'm happy to vote for him.

[David Dennison 18824]

2 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

Y'all are weird. That video is bad. I'd rather have Joe Biden entombed like Lenin running the country than the other guy, but I'm not going to try to deflect or make excuses.

Newflash: Joe Biden is old. He's still kicked ass so far and I'm happy to vote for him.

Newsflash: the other guy's old man gaffes are worse.

[Incredulity 11619]

4 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Newsflash: the other guy's old man gaffes are worse.

[David Dennison 18824]

3 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

Whose are worse? Biden's or Trump's?

Be honest.

[Incredulity 11619]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Whose are worse? Biden's or Trump's?

Be honest.

Do you really think anything is going to be accomplished arguing this point?

It is fucking hilarious you desperately want to argue it, and quite telling.

[Guest]

Just now, David Dennison said:

Whose are worse? Biden's or Trump's?

Be honest.

If we're talking about mental stuff (and not gaffes as in "I'll be a dictator" and other insane shit Trump spouts), then I think the actual gaffes are equal. Biden sounds worse, however, as Trump just spits out whatever comes to mind instead of actually stopping to think.

[Js1 85223]

2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Whose are worse? Biden's or Trump's?

Be honest.

LOL he is never ever going to acknowledge Trump's

"What's the point of arguing? YOU'RE SO DESPERATE FOR A GOTCHA" 

[David Dennison 18824]

1 minute ago, Incredulity said:

Do you really think anything is going to be accomplished arguing this point?

It is fucking hilarious you desperately want to argue it, and quite telling.

If you don't, why are you arguing it?

[elguapo 4583]

@Incredulity is correct that it is pointless to argue with authoritarian loving bootlickers about their orange god.

[Incredulity 11619]

Just now, David Dennison said:

If you don't, why are you arguing it?

[Doc Sam Beckett 5791]

2 minutes ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

then I think the actual gaffes are equal. 

Lol Jesus christ 

[South Austin 52374]

2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

If you don't, why are you arguing it?

[David Dennison 18824]

1 minute ago, Incredulity said:

[Fudge Nuggets 19169]

5 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

Be better, dumbass.

[Incredulity 11619]

Just now, Fudge Nuggets said:

Be better, dumbass.

[Fudge Nuggets 19169]

1 minute ago, Incredulity said:

That's better.  Way to go little guy; we knew you could do it.

[atomheartbevo 89589]

14 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Whose are worse? Biden's or Trump's?

Be honest.

Trump gets played by dictators, so his is worse.  For somebody who loves a good con, he can’t recognize when he’s being played.

[aggie08 21481]

9 minutes ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

Lol Jesus christ 

In his defense, how do do you separate a true Trump gaffe from his usual incoherent rambling? It's his gift.

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

330,000,000 people in this country and we're somehow stuck with 'my retard is better than your retard.'

[Chuckie Finster 22688]

27 minutes ago, Incredulity said:

Do you really think anything is going to be accomplished arguing this point?

It is fucking hilarious you desperately want to argue it, and quite telling.

Old fuck vs old fuck that tried to overthrow our democracy.  

You guys are running possibly the only man on the planet who could lose to Biden.  This is your Hillary 2016 moment, and every Biden gaffe for the next four years will be your team's fault for refusing to provide sane Americans with a logical alternative.

[Js1 85223]

Just now, Chuckie Finster said:

Old fuck vs old fuck that tried to overthrow our democracy.  

You guys are running possibly the only man on the planet who could lose to Biden.  This is your Hillary 2016 moment, and every Biden gaffe for the next four years will be your team's fault for refusing to provide sane Americans with a logical alternative.

Don’t forget, the incumbent old fuck doesn’t go around bragging about taking cognitive tests while declaring Nikki Haley was responsible for security on Jan 6

Biden makes gaffes and confuses names. He doesn’t go around telling everyone he’s in perfect health and perfect mental acuity while speaking nonsense and gibberish at the same time 

[Incredulity 11619]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

He doesn’t go around telling everyone he’s in perfect health and perfect mental acuity while speaking nonsense and gibberish at the same time 

When would he do that?  There are numerous occasions over the last 4 years where he shuffles off the stage after blabbering something incoherent, then complains about "they are going to be mad at me".

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4446630-biden-wont-sit-for-interview-with-cbs-before-super-bowl/

Biden won’t sit for interview with CBS before Super Bowl

[elguapo 4583]

Biden won’t sit for an interview before the SB?!?!?!

I guess we should vote for the orange rapist who tried to overthrow the last election results then