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4 hours ago, Beerman said:

"In the third presidential debate between the two candidates in October 2012, Obama went directly after Romney for that remark. "When you were asked, 'What's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America,' you said 'Russia.' Not al Qaeda; you said Russia," Obama said. "And, the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back, because the Cold War's been over for 20 years."

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/politics/mitt-romney-russia-ukraine/index.html

Okay but maybe Obama was talking about what the biggest threat was 10 years ago not "what's the biggest threat going to be in 2022".   

Really, I'm still of the mindset America doesn't really have any outside threats. We can't control the world outside but we don't have many threats.  We're our own worst enemy and our biggest threats are found within our border.

 

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4 hours ago, Beerman said:

Don't totally agree with that.  Yes, low demand during covid brought them down.  But a administration more friendly to the industry helped.  Prices were bound to go up at some point.  But the progressive anti-oil agenda has exasperated the situation.

Okay so we don't agree.   

I don't think the progressive anti-oil agenda has anything to do with the rising gas prices of today.  There hasn't been enough time for that to show effect.

 As was noted in the article I posted about George Bush it took many years of a pro-oil agenda to take effect.  So how could the opposite have that quick of an effect.

The rhetoric from the oil companies makes it sound like Biden et al want to destroy oil.  I don't think that's true, but I do not agree with what he's doing either.   So we might find some common ground.

Unfortunately we are addicted to oil and we still need oil and if America is sitting on top of a lot of oil that is unexplored and unused, we need to get at it in some way that doesn't destroy the environment while moving towards policy that lessens our dependence on oil.

That might sound a bit schizo but being a somewhat middle of the road liberal I understand we need oil and we don't need to wage a war on oil.  But also really need to pursue a policy to get rid of our dependence on fossil fuels for the planet.  Big coal and big oil are only after their own immediate interests.

 Biden needs to seriously reconsider his moratorium on drilling.  OPEC made it loud and clear they weren't helping the us.  We need to increase oil and gas output ourselves.  Unfortunately that will take a while for us to feel it at the gas pump.  Releasing oil reserves isn't the answer, and was a band aid on a mortal wound at best that was purely political in design to say 'well at least he did something',  but I don't totally disagree with that move.  It's American oil after all. 

 

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11 minutes ago, Tweety said:

 I don't think the progressive anti-oil agenda has anything to do with the rising gas prices of today.  There hasn't been enough time for that to show effect.

 As was noted in the article I posted about George Bush it took many years of a pro-oil agenda to take effect.  So how could the opposite have that quick of an effect.

I wasn't going to get into it, but Bush also had some of the lowest gas prices too, at the beginning and end of his term. Much of it, at both extremes,  was outside his control.  That doesn't mean policies can't have a effect, imo.

19 minutes ago, Tweety said:

The rhetoric from the oil companies makes it sound like Biden et al want to destroy oil.

OK, maybe I'm not convinced he wants to.  I guess there is no telling what he actually wants.  Hes pretty much a empty suit, with others who have agendas pullung the strings.  That being said, there is definitely a large faction of Democrats who want to destroy oil.  That's obvious.

 

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11 minutes ago, Beerman said:

hat being said, there is definitely a large faction of Democrats who want to destroy oil.  That's obvious.

"Destroy oil" sounds too dramatic and like right wing rhetoric. In my opinion.  I can't tell you how to think.

I will agree that there are democrats that do not want any more oil expansion and want to see our dependence on oil stop.  That doesn't mean they want to "destroy oil".  

Last year lawmakers were vocal about not oil drilling in the gulf.  It's obvious it's Democrats that are anti-oil.  

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-oil-environment-gas-drilling-gulf-mexico-climate-change-1650202

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33 minutes ago, Tweety said:

 we are addicted to oil and we still need oil and if America is sitting on top of a lot of oil that is unexplored and unused, we need to get at it in some way that doesn't destroy the environment while moving towards policy that lessens our dependence on oil.

That might sound a bit schizo but being a somewhat middle of the road liberal I understand we need oil and we don't need to wage a war on oil.  But also really need to pursue a policy to get rid of our dependence on fossil fuels for the planet.  Big coal and big oil are only after their own immediate interests.

 Biden needs to seriously reconsider his moratorium on drilling.  OPEC made it loud and clear they weren't helping the us.  We need to increase oil and gas output ourselves.  Unfortunately that will take a while for us to feel it at the gas pump.  Releasing oil reserves isn't the answer, and was a band aid on a mortal wound at best that was purely political in design to say 'well at least he did something',  but I don't totally disagree with that move.  It's American oil after all. 

I can pretty much go along with all that.  Although I believe we still need oil, and will have it for a long time.  I don't see a need to not have a heavy dependance on it.  So, why are we making it hard on ourselves?

I'm also for developing new energy options. And to keep making fossil fuels cleaner.  We really have made huge strides in both of those the last 30 years or so.  

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2 minutes ago, Beerman said:

I can pretty much go along with all that.  Although I believe we still need oil, and will have it for a long time.  I don't see a need to not have a heavy dependance on it.  So, why are we making it hard on ourselves?

I'm also for developing new energy options. And to keep making fossil fuels cleaner.  We really have made huge strides in both of those the last 30 years or so.  

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On 6/13/2021 at 5:45 PM, subee said:

There may be as many as 35,760 to 150,000 Somalis living in Minnesota with 80% residing in Minneapolis, likely the highest concentration of Somalis in the U.S. The majority of Somalis live in the Cedar Riverside, Phillips, and Elliot Park neighborhoods of South Minneapolis.

Somalis - International Institute of Minnesota

iimn.org/publication/finding-common-ground/minnesotas-refugees/africa/somalis/

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Jul 23, 2019 · MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Recent political attacks have shined a spotlight on Minnesota’s immigrant communities. Our state has the country’s largest Somali-American population – 69,000 …

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Which state has the largest Somali population?

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Recent political attacks have shined a spotlight on Minnesota’ s immigrant communities. Our state has the country’s largest Somali-American population – 69,000 people. That’s about 40% of everyone reporting Somali ancestry in the United States and more than four times the Somali-American population of the next largest state, ...

What are the Minnesota refugee resettlement agencies?

The first is the support from local, volunteer resettlement agencies that work with governments to help refugees find housing, schooling and jobs. Minnesota’s agencies, including Lutheran Social Services , Arrive Ministries, International Institute of Minnesota and Minnesota Council of Churches, have a long history of successful refugee ...

When did Somali refugees come to Minnesota?

According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, 13,582 Somali refugees came to Minnesota between 2005 and 2018. When a refugee arrives in the U.S., the State Department works with private, local volunteer resettlement agencies to determine where they’ll live.

Where did Somali refugees go?

Many were sent to other countries all over the world. Tens of thousands would eventually come to the United States as refugees. According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, 13,582 Somali refugees came to Minnesota between 2005 and 2018.

Who is the founder of Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship?

Good Question. “There’s a special story to be told about Minnesota,” says Ahmed Samatar, the founding dean of the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College. Dr. Samatar arrived in the U.S. in 1974 as a student at the University of Wisconsin.

Is Minnesota a good place to live for Somali Americans?

Dr. Samatar also cited Minnesota’s strong economy, which gave Somali-Americans job opportunities (many in western Minnesota), schooling options, health care and a safe place to live. “And the state of Minnesota has always been considered a kind and successful place,” he said.

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Somali population - Cultural communities - Minnesota Compass

https://www.mncompass.org/topics/demographics/cultural-communities/somali

Population (25 years and older) 31,543: ±2799: Less than high school: 43%: ±4.7%: High school diploma or GED: 20.7%: ±3.4%: Some college or associate's degree: 23.5%: ±3.4%: Bachelor's degree: 10.3%: ±2.7%: Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%: ±1%: High school graduate or higher: 57%: ±4.7%: Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%: ±2.7%

Somalis have Changed Minneapolis - American Thinker

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/06/...

Jun 03, 2019 · Now, due to continuing refugee placements as well as chain migration there are an estimated 80,000 Somalis living in the Twin Cities metro area, …

History of Somalis in Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Somalis_in_Minneapolis–Saint_Paul

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History

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Commerce

Community organizations

Politics

Notable residents

1. ^ "B05006 Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in the United States - Minnesota - 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license

Somalis - International Institute of Minnesota

https://iimn.org/.../africa/somalis

Minnesota Population There may be as many as 35,760 to 150,000 Somalis living in Minnesota with 80% residing in Minneapolis, likely the highest concentration of Somalis in the U.S. The majority of Somalis live in the Cedar Riverside, Phillips, and Elliot Park neighborhoods of South Minneapolis.

There may be as many as 35,760 to 150,000 Somalis living in Minnesota with 80% residing in Minneapolis, likely the highest concentration of Somalis in the U.S. The majority of Somalis live in the Cedar Riverside, Phillips, and Elliot Park neighborhoods of South Minneapolis.

Somalis - International Institute of Minnesota

iimn.org/publication/finding-common-ground/minnesotas-refugees/africa/somalis/

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What Is The History Behind Minnesota’s Somali-American ...

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Jul 23, 2019 · MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Recent political attacks have shined a spotlight on Minnesota’s immigrant communities. Our state has the country’s largest Somali-American population – 69,000 …

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Which state has the largest Somali population?

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Recent political attacks have shined a spotlight on Minnesota’ s immigrant communities. Our state has the country’s largest Somali-American population – 69,000 people. That’s about 40% of everyone reporting Somali ancestry in the United States and more than four times the Somali-American population of the next largest state, ...

What are the Minnesota refugee resettlement agencies?

The first is the support from local, volunteer resettlement agencies that work with governments to help refugees find housing, schooling and jobs. Minnesota’s agencies, including Lutheran Social Services , Arrive Ministries, International Institute of Minnesota and Minnesota Council of Churches, have a long history of successful refugee ...

When did Somali refugees come to Minnesota?

According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, 13,582 Somali refugees came to Minnesota between 2005 and 2018. When a refugee arrives in the U.S., the State Department works with private, local volunteer resettlement agencies to determine where they’ll live.

Where did Somali refugees go?

Many were sent to other countries all over the world. Tens of thousands would eventually come to the United States as refugees. According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, 13,582 Somali refugees came to Minnesota between 2005 and 2018.

Who is the founder of Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship?

Good Question. “There’s a special story to be told about Minnesota,” says Ahmed Samatar, the founding dean of the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College. Dr. Samatar arrived in the U.S. in 1974 as a student at the University of Wisconsin.

Is Minnesota a good place to live for Somali Americans?

Dr. Samatar also cited Minnesota’s strong economy, which gave Somali-Americans job opportunities (many in western Minnesota), schooling options, health care and a safe place to live. “And the state of Minnesota has always been considered a kind and successful place,” he said.

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Somali population - Cultural communities - Minnesota Compass

https://www.mncompass.org/topics/demographics/cultural-communities/somali

Population (25 years and older) 31,543: ±2799: Less than high school: 43%: ±4.7%: High school diploma or GED: 20.7%: ±3.4%: Some college or associate's degree: 23.5%: ±3.4%: Bachelor's degree: 10.3%: ±2.7%: Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%: ±1%: High school graduate or higher: 57%: ±4.7%: Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%: ±2.7%

Somalis have Changed Minneapolis - American Thinker

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/06/...

Jun 03, 2019 · Now, due to continuing refugee placements as well as chain migration there are an estimated 80,000 Somalis living in the Twin Cities metro area, …

History of Somalis in Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Somalis_in_Minneapolis–Saint_Paul

Overview

Notes

History

Demographics

Commerce

Community organizations

Politics

Notable residents

1. ^ "B05006 Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in the United States - Minnesota - 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license

Somalis - International Institute of Minnesota

https://iimn.org/.../africa/somalis

Minnesota Population There may be as many as 35,760 to 150,000 Somalis living in Minnesota with 80% residing in Minneapolis, likely the highest concentration of Somalis in the U.S. The majority of Somalis live in the Cedar Riverside, Phillips, and Elliot Park neighborhoods of South Minneapolis.

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Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN - WI

3,640,043

64,800

1.8%

No one knows what the Somali population is in Minneapolis but if you take the lowest number it pretty much equates with the Jewish population.  According to the Minneapolis Star (which I can't cut and paste here), the Jewish population increased by 23%.  Minneapolis has always been Jewish welcoming as well as welcoming a variety of immigrants (many Russian Jews there).  So it's really disappointing that Omar, who received around 80% of the Jewish vote would turn around and spread slurs - to which she has to do another turn around and apologize.  IMHO, she has a failed belief system but the smarts to let her true feelings out and then take it back as standard operating procedure.  It would never occur to me to cast aspersions on anyone for the way they were born, especially since they came out to vote for you in such large numbers.  It's such an ahole thing to do.

 

 

On 6/13/2021 at 5:45 PM, subee said:

There may be as many as 35,760 to 150,000 Somalis living in Minnesota with 80% residing in Minneapolis, likely the highest concentration of Somalis in the U.S. The majority of Somalis live in the Cedar Riverside, Phillips, and Elliot Park neighborhoods of South Minneapolis.

Somalis - International Institute of Minnesota

iimn.org/publication/finding-common-ground/minnesotas-refugees/africa/somalis/

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What Is The History Behind Minnesota’s Somali-American ...

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/07/23/...

Jul 23, 2019 · MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Recent political attacks have shined a spotlight on Minnesota’s immigrant communities. Our state has the country’s largest Somali-American population – 69,000 …

Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins

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Which state has the largest Somali population?

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Recent political attacks have shined a spotlight on Minnesota’ s immigrant communities. Our state has the country’s largest Somali-American population – 69,000 people. That’s about 40% of everyone reporting Somali ancestry in the United States and more than four times the Somali-American population of the next largest state, ...

What are the Minnesota refugee resettlement agencies?

The first is the support from local, volunteer resettlement agencies that work with governments to help refugees find housing, schooling and jobs. Minnesota’s agencies, including Lutheran Social Services , Arrive Ministries, International Institute of Minnesota and Minnesota Council of Churches, have a long history of successful refugee ...

When did Somali refugees come to Minnesota?

According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, 13,582 Somali refugees came to Minnesota between 2005 and 2018. When a refugee arrives in the U.S., the State Department works with private, local volunteer resettlement agencies to determine where they’ll live.

Where did Somali refugees go?

Many were sent to other countries all over the world. Tens of thousands would eventually come to the United States as refugees. According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, 13,582 Somali refugees came to Minnesota between 2005 and 2018.

Who is the founder of Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship?

Good Question. “There’s a special story to be told about Minnesota,” says Ahmed Samatar, the founding dean of the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College. Dr. Samatar arrived in the U.S. in 1974 as a student at the University of Wisconsin.

Is Minnesota a good place to live for Somali Americans?

Dr. Samatar also cited Minnesota’s strong economy, which gave Somali-Americans job opportunities (many in western Minnesota), schooling options, health care and a safe place to live. “And the state of Minnesota has always been considered a kind and successful place,” he said.

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Somali population - Cultural communities - Minnesota Compass

https://www.mncompass.org/topics/demographics/cultural-communities/somali

Population (25 years and older) 31,543: ±2799: Less than high school: 43%: ±4.7%: High school diploma or GED: 20.7%: ±3.4%: Some college or associate's degree: 23.5%: ±3.4%: Bachelor's degree: 10.3%: ±2.7%: Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%: ±1%: High school graduate or higher: 57%: ±4.7%: Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%: ±2.7%

Somalis have Changed Minneapolis - American Thinker

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/06/...

Jun 03, 2019 · Now, due to continuing refugee placements as well as chain migration there are an estimated 80,000 Somalis living in the Twin Cities metro area, …

History of Somalis in Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Somalis_in_Minneapolis–Saint_Paul

Overview

Notes

History

Demographics

Commerce

Community organizations

Politics

Notable residents

1. ^ "B05006 Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in the United States - Minnesota - 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license

Somalis - International Institute of Minnesota

https://iimn.org/.../africa/somalis

Minnesota Population There may be as many as 35,760 to 150,000 Somalis living in Minnesota with 80% residing in Minneapolis, likely the highest concentration of Somalis in the U.S. The majority of Somalis live in the Cedar Riverside, Phillips, and Elliot Park neighborhoods of South Minneapolis.

There may be as many as 35,760 to 150,000 Somalis living in Minnesota with 80% residing in Minneapolis, likely the highest concentration of Somalis in the U.S. The majority of Somalis live in the Cedar Riverside, Phillips, and Elliot Park neighborhoods of South Minneapolis.

Somalis - International Institute of Minnesota

iimn.org/publication/finding-common-ground/minnesotas-refugees/africa/somalis/

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What Is The History Behind Minnesota’s Somali-American ...

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/07/23/...

Jul 23, 2019 · MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Recent political attacks have shined a spotlight on Minnesota’s immigrant communities. Our state has the country’s largest Somali-American population – 69,000 …

Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins

DISCOVER ON THIS PAGE

Which state has the largest Somali population?

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Recent political attacks have shined a spotlight on Minnesota’ s immigrant communities. Our state has the country’s largest Somali-American population – 69,000 people. That’s about 40% of everyone reporting Somali ancestry in the United States and more than four times the Somali-American population of the next largest state, ...

What are the Minnesota refugee resettlement agencies?

The first is the support from local, volunteer resettlement agencies that work with governments to help refugees find housing, schooling and jobs. Minnesota’s agencies, including Lutheran Social Services , Arrive Ministries, International Institute of Minnesota and Minnesota Council of Churches, have a long history of successful refugee ...

When did Somali refugees come to Minnesota?

According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, 13,582 Somali refugees came to Minnesota between 2005 and 2018. When a refugee arrives in the U.S., the State Department works with private, local volunteer resettlement agencies to determine where they’ll live.

Where did Somali refugees go?

Many were sent to other countries all over the world. Tens of thousands would eventually come to the United States as refugees. According to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, 13,582 Somali refugees came to Minnesota between 2005 and 2018.

Who is the founder of Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship?

Good Question. “There’s a special story to be told about Minnesota,” says Ahmed Samatar, the founding dean of the Kofi Annan Institute for Global Citizenship at Macalester College. Dr. Samatar arrived in the U.S. in 1974 as a student at the University of Wisconsin.

Is Minnesota a good place to live for Somali Americans?

Dr. Samatar also cited Minnesota’s strong economy, which gave Somali-Americans job opportunities (many in western Minnesota), schooling options, health care and a safe place to live. “And the state of Minnesota has always been considered a kind and successful place,” he said.

Feedback

Somali population - Cultural communities - Minnesota Compass

https://www.mncompass.org/topics/demographics/cultural-communities/somali

Population (25 years and older) 31,543: ±2799: Less than high school: 43%: ±4.7%: High school diploma or GED: 20.7%: ±3.4%: Some college or associate's degree: 23.5%: ±3.4%: Bachelor's degree: 10.3%: ±2.7%: Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%: ±1%: High school graduate or higher: 57%: ±4.7%: Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%: ±2.7%

Somalis have Changed Minneapolis - American Thinker

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/06/...

Jun 03, 2019 · Now, due to continuing refugee placements as well as chain migration there are an estimated 80,000 Somalis living in the Twin Cities metro area, …

History of Somalis in Minneapolis–Saint Paul - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Somalis_in_Minneapolis–Saint_Paul

Overview

Notes

History

Demographics

Commerce

Community organizations

Politics

Notable residents

1. ^ "B05006 Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in the United States - Minnesota - 2018 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2020.

Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license

Somalis - International Institute of Minnesota

https://iimn.org/.../africa/somalis

Minnesota Population There may be as many as 35,760 to 150,000 Somalis living in Minnesota with 80% residing in Minneapolis, likely the highest concentration of Somalis in the U.S. The majority of Somalis live in the Cedar Riverside, Phillips, and Elliot Park neighborhoods of South Minneapolis.

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Minneapolis - St. Paul - Bloomington, MN - WI

3,640,043

64,800

1.8%

No one knows what the Somali population is in Minneapolis but if you take the lowest number it pretty much equates with the Jewish population.  According to the Minneapolis Star (which I can't cut and paste here), the Jewish population increased by 23%.  Minneapolis has always been Jewish welcoming as well as welcoming a variety of immigrants (many Russian Jews there).  So it's really disappointing that Omar, who received around 80% of the Jewish vote would turn around and spread slurs - to which she has to do another turn around and apologize.  IMHO, she has a failed belief system but the smarts to let her true feelings out and then take it back as standard operating procedure.  It would never occur to me to cast aspersions on anyone for the way they were born, especially since they came out to vote for you in such large numbers.  It's such an ahole thing to do.

 

Slurs? Really.

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So I guess if Romney was correct about Russia, then Trump is incorrect.

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Former President Donald Trump has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin's moves in Ukraine, calling him "savvy," after the Kremlin recognized the independence of two breakaway, Russian separatist-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine.

"I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius.' Putin declares a big portion ... of Ukraine, Putin declares it as independent," Trump said in an interview Tuesday on the conservative Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show.

https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/1082478790/trump-praises-putin-as-savvy-amid-new-escalations-on-russia-ukraine-border

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21 hours ago, toomuchbaloney said:

Three White men guilty of hate-crimes charges in connection with Ahmaud Arbery murder

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/02/22/arbery-verdict-hate-crimes/

 

The times they are a changing...

It certainly took long enough.  Bob Dylan released that in 1964!

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15 hours ago, Tweety said:

"Destroy oil" sounds too dramatic and like right wing rhetoric. In my opinion.  I can't tell you how to think.

I will agree that there are democrats that do not want any more oil expansion and want to see our dependence on oil stop.  That doesn't mean they want to "destroy oil".  

Last year lawmakers were vocal about not oil drilling in the gulf.  It's obvious it's Democrats that are anti-oil.  

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-oil-environment-gas-drilling-gulf-mexico-climate-change-1650202

Not drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is different than being anti-oil.  Out memory is still too fresh of the last explosion and damage done by that enormous spill which affected the economy of Louisiana.  Beerman just plucks quotes from Democratic outliers.  I don't think I know of a single Democrat who believes that we can live with oil in the near future.  The large majority are realists.

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2 minutes ago, subee said:

Not drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is different than being anti-oil.  Out memory is still too fresh of the last explosion and damage done by that enormous spill which affected the economy of Louisiana.  Beerman just plucks quotes from Democratic outliers.  I don't think I know of a single Democrat who believes that we can live with oil in the near future.  The large majority are realists.

Agree.  I do think Democrats understand we need oil, which is why object to the term "war on oil".  It seems we only want to have these conversations when gas prices are high.  Like in 2008.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-14-na-drilling14-story.html

This article talks about Democrats during Obama's time. 

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They acknowledged the science and issued progressive sounding press releases about the environment, and then they continued supporting fossil fuel development.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/10/obama-climate-crisis-democrats-fossil-fuels

I think clearly it should be understood that Democrats aren't out to destroy oil.  Like I said, I'm pretty schizo myself.  I want to end fossil fuel dependency (yes this still might mean that electricity won't be cheap) for the sake of the planet.  But I also want to see us become more self-reliant and not dependent on global fluctuations and OPEC.  

Our energy is our greatest resource (like Russia) and what is going to keep us in a world "superpower" status and economically stable.  

 

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3 hours ago, subee said:

Not drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is different than being anti-oil.  Out memory is still too fresh of the last explosion and damage done by that enormous spill which affected the economy of Louisiana.  Beerman just plucks quotes from Democratic outliers.  I don't think I know of a single Democrat who believes that we can live with oil in the near future.  The large majority are realists.

Right.  Here’s a"outlier".

You also might want to "Google Green New Deal".

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/07/30/biden-calls-100-percent-clean-electricity-by-2035-heres-how-far-we-have-go/

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