Generally speaking, I'm fine with Venezuela taking portions of the US, especially the states closest and most convenient to them. It remains a mystery how "our" oil ended up in the ground under Venezuela, but I'm sure Trump will explain that tonight.
Venezuela stealing OUR oil and land and assets? That oil is from Venezuela land.
Absolute total bullshit.
The core of this is to see how Trump disposes of the oil in the tanker he seized , how it is sold and who gets the money.
Hegseth has the best Fascist job ever. He gets to make his own snuff films, he gets to kill people with impunity. he gets to conduct his own violent Christian crusade.
"Um, has somebody lied to Grandpa and told him Venezuela has seized Alabama? Because we are here to say that most Americans probably would … be generally fine with that?"
I can think of several other states that I would be fine with Venezuela seizing ( including the one I currently live in - Florida )
"The Trump administration is threatening to sanction the International Criminal Court if the ICC doesn’t promise it won’t prosecute Trump regime people for all their crimes against humanity"
And Trump and those administration lackeys SHOULD be afraid of being prosecuted!
[ BTW - when did "prosecution" come to mean "convicted"? I know in the US, prosecution can bankrupt a person - but if they can afford it, they may get the case dismissed or be found not guilty - but does this apply worldwide? ]
Chris Murphy is MY senator. As in: voted for him every time I could, and several times I really shouldn't have*--in these days when you Dems are going steady with Mark Kelly (no shade his way), I remind you that Murphy's been standing up to this bullshit from the damn start.
*That's a joke. I wasn't in his congressional district. Don't tell the rabid Rs.
Can I sanction the International Criminal Court if they won't keep bringing up that time in eighth-
grade health class when Mr. Shearer made me stand in front of the whole class holding dictionaries out to my side at arms' length and every time they'd droop just a little bit he'd smack me in the ass?
Someone already pointed this out, I'm sure, but the whole 'they seized our oil' thing has a little kernel of truth. It wasn't Maduro, it was Chavez - he 'nationalized' holdings by Exxon, Chevron & Conoco. But these were international corporations. While one can say that Venezuela owes these companies compensation, it's quite a stretch to say they 'stole' these assets directly from the U.S.
This is indeed the source of Prezident Poopypants' rant. Someone carefully explained this to him, but he wasn't listening and his addled brain couldn't keep the story straight even if he was ... but it also suggests that he thinks Exxon, Chevron and Conoco are American Companies (i.e. "his" because he is king and is entitled to everything he sees).
And he likely expects to be handsomely rewarded (i.e. bribed) by the executives of those companies if he already hasn't been.
Ya know, if the Dems want to put their own distraction on the table, one of theirs in the House can put Articles of Impeachment on the table over this. And keep pounding the table.
This is Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo, the center of that country's oil production, showing the effects of oil extraction. Venezuela has prolific amounts of oil, although it is some of the dirtiest oil on the planet. That lake is essentially dead from pollution. That dirty oil is not only a pollutant when burned but is also dirty to extract and refine. Trump wants it because there's money involved that he feels should be in his and his pals' pockets, the environment be damned.
I bet we learn absolutely zero new things from his speech tonight.
It will be just his typical stump speech bullshit and basically a rehash of the post on Venezuela that he sent out.
Then Van Jones will say how presidential he sounded and how he’s on the upswing now and Democrats probably aren’t feeling as good about their chances in 2026 anymore.
Then NYT headline
“Is War coming? How the Biden administration failures over 4 years brought us here.”
He might stick to the talking points for 3 or 4 minutes, then it will be the airing of the usual grievances and probably more nastiness about the death of Rob Reiner.
True story: I have never seen Idiocracy. I bought the DVD just before the 2016 election, but then the Nappy Grampy (he wears nappies and takes nappies) won and I've never taken the DVD out of the packaging. I figured why bother? I'm living it.
Generally speaking, I'm fine with Venezuela taking portions of the US, especially the states closest and most convenient to them. It remains a mystery how "our" oil ended up in the ground under Venezuela, but I'm sure Trump will explain that tonight.
Remember, Donald Trump has saved 258 million American lives from the scourge of fentanyl.
https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/user-clip-trump-saves-258-million-lives/5162180
What the fuck is he talking about?
Venezuela stealing OUR oil and land and assets? That oil is from Venezuela land.
Absolute total bullshit.
The core of this is to see how Trump disposes of the oil in the tanker he seized , how it is sold and who gets the money.
Hegseth has the best Fascist job ever. He gets to make his own snuff films, he gets to kill people with impunity. he gets to conduct his own violent Christian crusade.
"Everything is fucking stupid"
Yup.
Sums it up exactly.
"Um, has somebody lied to Grandpa and told him Venezuela has seized Alabama? Because we are here to say that most Americans probably would … be generally fine with that?"
I can think of several other states that I would be fine with Venezuela seizing ( including the one I currently live in - Florida )
"The Trump administration is threatening to sanction the International Criminal Court if the ICC doesn’t promise it won’t prosecute Trump regime people for all their crimes against humanity"
And Trump and those administration lackeys SHOULD be afraid of being prosecuted!
[ BTW - when did "prosecution" come to mean "convicted"? I know in the US, prosecution can bankrupt a person - but if they can afford it, they may get the case dismissed or be found not guilty - but does this apply worldwide? ]
Chris Murphy is MY senator. As in: voted for him every time I could, and several times I really shouldn't have*--in these days when you Dems are going steady with Mark Kelly (no shade his way), I remind you that Murphy's been standing up to this bullshit from the damn start.
*That's a joke. I wasn't in his congressional district. Don't tell the rabid Rs.
Can I sanction the International Criminal Court if they won't keep bringing up that time in eighth-
grade health class when Mr. Shearer made me stand in front of the whole class holding dictionaries out to my side at arms' length and every time they'd droop just a little bit he'd smack me in the ass?
Someone already pointed this out, I'm sure, but the whole 'they seized our oil' thing has a little kernel of truth. It wasn't Maduro, it was Chavez - he 'nationalized' holdings by Exxon, Chevron & Conoco. But these were international corporations. While one can say that Venezuela owes these companies compensation, it's quite a stretch to say they 'stole' these assets directly from the U.S.
This is indeed the source of Prezident Poopypants' rant. Someone carefully explained this to him, but he wasn't listening and his addled brain couldn't keep the story straight even if he was ... but it also suggests that he thinks Exxon, Chevron and Conoco are American Companies (i.e. "his" because he is king and is entitled to everything he sees).
And he likely expects to be handsomely rewarded (i.e. bribed) by the executives of those companies if he already hasn't been.
I fear he's going to declare war, in an attempt to postpone the 26 elections. (After all, Roosevelt did it during WW II!) This man is the worst.
The oranged fuckface will say: Merry Christmas
Ya know, if the Dems want to put their own distraction on the table, one of theirs in the House can put Articles of Impeachment on the table over this. And keep pounding the table.
"he’s just going to copy/paste whatever made-up justifications the Bush administration used to lie us into Iraq"
Except this group of morons would eat the yellow cake
Even if it were yellowcake uranium.
What, Pete, you're not gonna put it on Signal?
This is Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo, the center of that country's oil production, showing the effects of oil extraction. Venezuela has prolific amounts of oil, although it is some of the dirtiest oil on the planet. That lake is essentially dead from pollution. That dirty oil is not only a pollutant when burned but is also dirty to extract and refine. Trump wants it because there's money involved that he feels should be in his and his pals' pockets, the environment be damned.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/A7CS7WWF65HQXJAIDG4YSRG7H4.jpg&w=1440&impolicy=high_res
It's no fun to talk about South American lakes if we can't bring up Lake Titicaca.
Tee hee.
I bet we learn absolutely zero new things from his speech tonight.
It will be just his typical stump speech bullshit and basically a rehash of the post on Venezuela that he sent out.
Then Van Jones will say how presidential he sounded and how he’s on the upswing now and Democrats probably aren’t feeling as good about their chances in 2026 anymore.
Then NYT headline
“Is War coming? How the Biden administration failures over 4 years brought us here.”
Did I forget anything?
He might stick to the talking points for 3 or 4 minutes, then it will be the airing of the usual grievances and probably more nastiness about the death of Rob Reiner.
“I stopped 15 wars and we have 30 trillion dollars coming in from new investment”
I'm so tired of effing snakes on the effing agenda!
I expect to learn more about the deficiencies of modern plumbing.
"Van Jones will say how presidential he sounded" At which point Van Jones should be slapped on his bald ass head.
"Idiocracy" has arrived way sooner than predicted
True story: I have never seen Idiocracy. I bought the DVD just before the 2016 election, but then the Nappy Grampy (he wears nappies and takes nappies) won and I've never taken the DVD out of the packaging. I figured why bother? I'm living it.
I was just a second ago thinking that at least in "Idiocracy" the people running the country were no less qualified than the rest of the idiots.
In our timeline, the least qualified, most ignorant, most criminally insane have *intentionally* been put in charge.