So when Trump was president before covid and the whole world was going full steam gas prices were lower than they are now. And now with the economy not yet back to where it was gas prices are >25% higher than they were during Trump's presidency? That doesn't seem like only a supply/demand issue to me, if it was, why weren't gas prices higher previously?

On "let's go Brandon", I've listened to 4 years of Trump being called the orange (whatever), rump, etc., and put up with it. Now it's Biden's turn, and he can put up with it, too. Given what he's doing to the country, he actually *deserves* it.

LOL, the new funny about Biden is how he's having the taxpayer build an almost $500,000 fence around his delaware house for his protection. So.... walls don't work for the border, but for HIS house? Walls are great! Stuff like that is where "let's go Brandon" comes in. Even Trump didn't use taxpayer money to build walls around his properties!

 

Meh, that's what the new standard of discourse is these days. We live in a time when activists charge after a Senator in a bathroom (and film her) and the President doesn't even condemn them or ask for their prosecution. When in Rome, and all that.

 

Oh, please. Biden's administration WANTS high gas prices! They WANT you not to drive your gas-guzzling car and causing climate change. Trump would not have wanted to see this and would have tried to do something to bring them down. That's the difference an administration brings.

 

What is the first incident you refer to?

On that second one are you talking about Pelosi? I really didn't expect to see that!

I assume the last two are about the peaceful protest at the Capitol.

 

Marjorie Greene is crazy. In a rational country she wouldn't even be in office, and I don't think her actions are representative of anything but her. I assume she was yelling at the student Hogg, a Greta Thurnburg of school shootings. Arguing with an activist is not the same thing as "verbally attacking a student", but in Greene's case... it wouldn't surprise me at all if she was the one at fault, LOL!

I'm surprised about Loeffler. Congress has "wisely" exempted themselves from most insider trading laws, she's got to be pretty stupid to get caught over the line.

3. Rep. Boebart didn't text to some hidden anonymous number, she posted on Twitter for everyone to see on her congressional account. She texted that she was locked in the chamber but the speaker was removed from the floor. She subsequently denied attempting to tell anyone Pelosi's location and has unequivocally renounced the actions of the Capitol protestors and called for them to be prosecuted. I'd give her a pass on this one on the assumption that she was afraid and did something perhaps unwise but without ill intent.

4. Ehhh, I don't like political prosecution. I think as much effort should have been made against the capitol protestors as was previously made against the BLM/Antifa protestors. What I see is the latter people being given a pass and the former being tacked to the wall. That goes against what I see as the fundamental fairness of America.

 

China and Russia have joined together to sail their fleets around Japan, making Japan nervous - with good reason.

"A joint Chinese and Russian naval exercise, in which a flotilla of 10 warships completed a near circle around Japan's main island, has been touted by the two countries as a means of ensuring stability in a volatile region.

But analysts say the drills are likely to have the opposite effect, potentially reigniting regional tensions and enhancing claims by the Japanese government that it needs to increase military spending to counter Chinese aggression."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...cle-japan-is-a-big-deal/ar-AAPVre7?li=BBnb7Kz

 

I disagree with what the author is saying. If there's a problem with oil elsewhere in the world, the price of gas increases *that day*. Why? The oil from those other countries won't even get here for *months*. Some of the price of today's gas is what the actual cost is, and some of the price is based on what the anticipated cost will be tomorrow. Therefore, if a president goes out and day one signs a bunch of anti-oil executive orders (like Biden did) it's entirely reasonable to see that result in gas prices elevating 10 Months later.

On the electric cars, I don't foresee improvements in cost savings any time soon. California, for example is pushing electric cars and will be mandating them within the next decade. OTOH, they are NOT building any new electrical power plants as that isn't "green". They are already having periodic blackouts, which I haven't seen since the 1970's.

So on your supply and demand idea, if that's what it's like now, what do you think will happen to the price of electricity when 100% of vehicles (and small engines, given Calif's new ban) instead of 5% depend on electricity and there are no new power plants to supply it? Sounds like a nightmare to me, and I doubt I'm the only one who can see the crash coming.

In part that's why I believe their actions are deliberate: the elected officials know the situation now and must know it'll only get worse and they are doing nothing about it. They WANT it to get worse, for what reason, I can't say.

 

He is well-educated and has his opinion. That doesn't mean it's the *correct* opinion. Here's an article showing exactly the opposite. They point out that the reality is Saudi Arabia controls the price of gas to a good degree, and by deliberately setting out to alienate them to appease our left wing gas prices would rise. Also, in trying to undo Trump's mideast accords and by freezing arms sales, etc., Biden showed he did not WANT to work with the oil producers the result would be higher gas prices.

This article was written back in March, and gas was $2.40 a gallon, up from the year before when it was $1.79 a gallon. They prediceted in March that gasoline might hit $3.00 a gallon because of Biden's attitude and actions towards the mideast. LOL! Would that we could go back to gas that cheap! Add in the real cost of inflation from Biden's give aways and the price is even higher than what you see at the pump (which is about $3.50 here, and was about $4.30-$4.50 in Calif).

Nope, people predicted Biden's policies would raise gas prices significantly *before* they actually did, even if some appeaser with a degree comes out and says he's not responsible.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/as-gas-prices-soar-americans-can-blame-joe-biden/ar-BB1ehNtJ

 

You should read the article.