Phil1111

A similar concept of human psychology has been studied and known for a long time. Lawyers are taught this in a fourth year 1/2 class called "Jury manipulation for massive verdicts". .Or what is commonly refereed to as "How to fund your multigenerational inheritance with one winning case". In essence you prime a group of people and challenge them to show how outraged they are over some situation. That they will individually show their human compassion by suggesting verdicts that are bigger than the last suggestion.Each person in the jury trying to outdo the last person, the last $$$ verdict suggestion. Here is a story in Nature on how Brent and Slim developed their anti science internalized beliefs. "How Trump damaged science — and why it could take decades to recover The US president’s actions have exacerbated the pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people in the United States, rolled back environmental and public-health regulations and undermined science and scientific institutions. Some of the harm could be permanent. "

Perhaps. But its heads and tails above a Wharton degree.

BBC was reporting that on many call in radio programs BJ supporters were calling in by the hundreds. In other news: "UK credit score outlook revised to negative by Moody's on political drama" The downgrade this week is on top of several other rating agencies over the last month.

Republicans in Ron's church are automatically forgiven of all sins.

Does this mean that you and Slim have finally found a home? To voice your opinions unhindered by "time outs" from overbearing moderators? We will all miss you both.

BJ is only seven members behind Rishi Sunak. According to rumors he will cancel his Caribbean vacation. Private jet it to London and save Britannia. To be welcomed by his loyalist back benchers. Sorry jakee.

Anything to save the environment. After all look what they are doing in New Zealand. Outright discrimination! New Zealand's plan to tax cow burps condemned by farmers Where will the steaks for the barbie come from?

FIFY. Poor Liz. No wonder she looks worn out. She is busier than a Russian undertaker.

Its looking more and more likely that Boris Johnson will be the next PM. Conservative backbenchers have come to realize that his personal leadership. Is what the party needs. Sorry jakee. BBC was just reporting that BJ was among TWO front runners according to backbenchers. The Italian parliament had a standing ovation now that the UK has outdone Italy. That the UK is now number one in providing humor for the world in difficult times.

The GOP is planning a nation wide gun control program to protect children just like Texas. aka "Millions of Texas children will get identification kits designed for parents to collect fingerprints and DNA to be used in case their kids are in an emergency such as a school shooting. Nearly 4 million Texans from kindergarten through grade eight will bring home a tri-fold pamphlet this month in which parents can place their children’s fingerprints, photo and a DNA sample, according to ABC13." Gotta give it to the GOP when it concerns gun control they are always on target. There has to be money making opportunities here somewhere.Naturally the concepts of privacy. Not giving anything of a personal nature to the evil, not to be trusted government. Are completely irrelevant when the republicans are concerned. Send your children's DNA, photo and fingerprints to a big government database. Great idea.

Nah, just classic trolling at work. With success.

Are only 19 days away. Over $1.3 billion dollars in "dark money" has already been spent.With conservatives alone flush with $1.6 billion in dark money. Republicans are polling ahead although they are .4% behind in overall support. The advantage that the USSC threw into the equation in the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Has apparently vanished. IS SC going to have to put up with the gloating of Slim and Brent twenty days from now?

It was interesting. You obviously have to take with a grain of salt any media documentary. But the first minute of the program confirmed what I had previously thought about Flynn. Describing his reputation as a "traitor, criminal, christian nationalist". Just using his own words is enough to understand what he is all about. Proud Boys, Alex Jones and Flynn all wrapped up in the flag while hugging the cross of Jesus. Is all you need to know about him and his politics. In another thread a post about seeking compromise, a middle ground, etc. With republicans received many likes.Even applause. This program lays out the current agenda of the republican party in America. What? Blasphemy! Shouts those who live in the past. Flynn, the christian right describe the situation as "war". The two dozen companies, "charitable' enterprises Flynn is involved with all have a common purpose. Defeat "liberal communists" i.e. democrats. They will and are, nominating election deniers. Placing hacks in positions of controlling election results. Bowing to the Marjorie Taylor Greene and trump endorsed concepts that they hold. As one might imagine, Yale University’s recent conference on White Christian nationalism and the midterm elections was full of sobering information. And yet, two conclusions managed to stand apart from the rest. First, that the phenomenon is firmly anchored within the Republican and conservative mainstream; and second, that its most fanatical proponents keep moving further and further to the Right. " Above story from "Religion Dispatches is a daily non-profit online magazine covering religion, politics, and culture. RD covers topics of religious thought, past and present, that underwrite social structures, aimed at providing a nonsectarian platform for writers representing all religious traditions, including those who identify as "spiritual, but not religious"

It worked up until MAGA-trump moved into the discourse. It moved out with the exit of John McCain, John Kasich, Adam Kinzinger, Jeff Flake. With the defeat of Liz Cheney. Up until four years ago there was discourse.The discussion of facts and compromise in public by political leaders. Public and private. The democratic party has no had a purge of any sort like the republican party has. The result has been a dramatic swing to the right for republicans. and the facts bear this out. But as you state, fact matters little. Facts are boring.

To which I would suggest Liz Cheney is dead. Marjorie Taylor Greene is the new GOP. Think about that when you think about US domestic political thinking.

Russian disinformation has a deep reach inside of the US right social media. American discourse of politics is limited to domestic because its so polarized. Also Americans mostly don't care about the rest of the world unless the issue is painted as security. As far as inflation is concerned. Imagine if the US had no domestic oil. Imagine the inflation if the US dollar was not the world de facto reserve currency.

Agree, she is like a first grader compared to trump. But defiantly from the same school.

and I thought Slim needed help.

FIFY

The other side is Iranian production. Every increase in the price of oil is more money in Iranian pockets. So MBS is shooting himself in the foot. Sort of like the UK Tories like to do. Iran Crude Oil Production in Iran decreased to 2557 BBL/D/1K in September from 2571 BBL/D/1K in August of 2022. The larger picture that Brent and Biden critics miss with regards to oil. Is that the US is generally producing enough oil for total domestic consumption. So it could legislate lower gasoline and diesel prices. If it either chose to subsidize the difference in world prices. Or restrict exports so oil companies had to sell exclusivity domestically.

Underlying fearful interpersonal feelings about the subject matter of this play? A complete personal absence of understanding of the fine arts. A knuckle dragging attitude about live art in general. All of which he tries in vain to conceal by wrapping a slow live play launch in personal politics. Very sad when you think about it all. The beautiful things in life all colored by tribal politics. Get help Brent.

Many countries refineries are designed to refine crude only from local supply. Because there are many US refiners who use the Cushing oil pipeline hub for supply. They are engineered to take supply from Canada and many other fields(grades), The second big hub is in the Houston area where tankers bring oil from Venezuela and everywhere else. US refiners also benefit from US engineering talent in the design of refineries. Its more expensive to build refineries with multiple grade inputs. I'm not speaking from any engineering background. But instead from a market analysis background. Low quality oil is usually not brought in by tanker. But instead by rail and pipeline from Canada. Refined products exported mainly from central Texas ports. IMO the Saudi government is free to make production cuts as they see fit. But the latest cuts were purely to appease the Putin government. Since oil is priced in US dollars and the greenback has risen about 28% in seven years. v the US dollar index. When you throw in weaker currencies the ratio is dramatically stronger. Many poorer countries that need petroleum are really really suffering. Having said that MBS and the Saudi's seem to have a foolish idea that Putin will be their friend. AKA Iran. It could also be that MBS likes Putin's brutal imperial style. Either way. International relations is a two way street. Not a one way camel track.

US refiners maximize profits by blending oil based upon opportunistic price spreads. US oil consumption peaked in 2005. "Evaluating the economic performance of the petroleum refining industry iscomplicated by the fact that many refineries can use crude oil of lower quality as aninput, while others cannot. Crude oil can be of lighter or heavier density, as well as having a higher or lower sulfur content. The density of the crude oil is important because, in general, a lighter crude oil input yields a lighter product mix. A lighter product mix is important because lighter products are generally in higher demand, and yield higher prices for the refiner."

Not unexpected, sort of old news:

The trust that republicans have in science has dropped from 72% to 46% over the last 46 years."Republicans' lack of trust in science opens up the possibility of their being more vulnerable to influence by ideas that lack scientific support, especially if those ideas are advanced by political conservatives they implicitly trust." The Reason Some Republicans Mistrust Science: Their Leaders Tell Them To “One of the things we know from studies about how people respond to news is that nobody likes science or empiricism when it conflicts with their deeply held views. " Not everybody gets a vote on how to fly the plane,” said Nichols, who wrote about the trend in a 2017 book, “The Death of Expertise.” In the pandemic, “This rejection of science and of expertise [has] become [a] demonstration of political loyalty. That’s the part I didn’t expect — that there would be an entire political movement, led by the president of the United "States, to basically disavow science.” So for those who disavow science. Its just a matter of being loyal. To the tribe. Its been going on in America since the 70's. So arguing fact, will most likely be unsuccessful.