United States Biden administration policies and actions - megathread
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I dont think it is going to end well for the West to do that.
Especially with war literally a breath away
If we used nuclear and had batteries that weren't shit it would be very doable. However if you try it with just renewable s your going to have a bad time
posh-goofiness
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Yes. That's the point. At least if you believe in the NWO nihilist supreme theory.
No.
I think world War 3 is going to happen first
All I hope for is that every demorat and RINO have everything they own world-wide seized and been exiled from the USA when this madness is over.
Good point; being able to remotely disable people's main mode of transit for political reasons is part of the Far-Left's, and general authoritarians, dream list.
We must ensure that we do not let Biden and co. use the Russia's stupidity as an excuse as to destroy more civil rights and freedoms.
As long as people are unwilling to drop every demorat they can get their hands on, this will continue. The GOP is willfully weak and worthless. The DNP hate America. The average citizen is too busy shoving lard and propaganda into his body.
There's a tipping point, and by God, may it be in our favor when it comes.
(I'm not endorsing violence btw. Simply saying my opinion on how things will develop.)
DarthOne
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Russia And The End Of The Dollar
Russia And The End Of The Dollar
Guest Post from John Wilder “I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure you can inflate construction costs and launder money through it.” – Ozark I wonder if everyone can figure out why C…
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Guest Post from John Wilder
“I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure you can inflate construction costs and launder money through it.” – Ozark
I wonder if everyone can figure out why China built their own Internet now?
Biden has miscalculated. Again. As he has his entire life. He has moved from one miscalculation in his life to the next. So, it’s not surprising that perhaps the greatest failure in the history of the United States has shown up on his watch. Let’s go, Brandon, indeed.
To be fair, it’s not entirely Brandon’s fault. The United States economy, as I’ve gone to great pains to show over my posts, has been hollowed out over the years. We have gone from one that manufactures things and exports goods to one that mainly manufactures movies (we’re very good at that) and consulting and intellectual property and Starbucks™.
The thing that we’ve been best at is printing and then exporting dollars. For decades now, we have been exporting dollars that we printed and then importing stuff like fidget spinners and PEZ®. It was a great deal for us. People used those dollars and we got stuff, but it was essentially a global tax on the rest of the world.
That ability to tax, however, only works as long as people believe that the dollar is worth something, and that the holder of that economic power won’t bend the rules. Just like the bank runs up in Canada started when Trudeau broke the promise that the banks won’t steal people’s money, so the same principle applies to international affairs.
When Russia attacked Ukraine, Biden declared sanctions. Sure that’s a fine idea when dealing with a tiny random country, but Russia isn’t tiny. And Russia isn’t any random country.
Russia is of huge importance to world commerce. Russia exports the stuff that makes modern economies go:
In almost every commodity listed above, Russia is in the top five exporting nations. In several commodities, it is the world’s largest exporter. Check out the graphs on energy and wheat when the market gets disrupted:
- Food
- Steel
- Fertilizer
- Titanium
- Nickel
- Oil
- Refined Fuels
- Natural Gas
- Coal
- Gold
What does Russia import?
Russia also exports nearly double what it imports. If there is a country that is nearly self-sufficient in this world, it’s Russia. There is an economic concept called “autarky” – or a nationwide independence from imports. Looking at the list of companies that are leaving Russia, well, could it be that Russia is better off without them?
- Telephones
- Car Parts
- Computers
- Medicine
Yes, Pornhub® and OnlyFans™ are on the list. I wonder what the effects will be? 21-year-old girls will have to find jobs that involve wearing clothes?
Russia isn’t independent. But it’s close enough. Most things that it is missing can be bought from either India or China. No iPhones®? China has a bunch of other kinds of phones. And all those businesses that left? It’s not like the Russians don’t know how to make hamburger and buns, so McPutins™ could open up tomorrow, though I’d skip the polonium sauce.
Russians are talking about nationalizing all of the assets of companies that have abandoned them. Why wouldn’t a country do that? Well, other countries could seize the overseas Russian assets.
Oops. Too late. So what’s stopping the Russians?
What is the threat from the West? That Russian audiences won’t have Netflix®? The things that Russia has been denied are, frankly, not very scary. They won’t get to see the next Marvel© movie? Oh, yeah, they also went after Russia’s money and tried to cut it off from the dollar-based economic system and . . . entertainment.
What happens when that bluff is called, when Russia and China decide that they don’t need dollars? What happens when Russia will sell natural gas to Europe only in yuan? Or for gold? Or that they won’t trade their commodities for anything at all?
The tent collapses, and by that tent I mean the dollar.
I actually think that Joe’s head is so far up . . . well, I’ll be kind and guess that he has Alzheimer’s rather than being this stupid. Oddly, this is viewed as an ideological opportunity by the Leftist henchxirs in Washington. They hate fossil fuels to the point of not caring about the relative plight of the American consumer. Don’t believe me? Listen to them:
Let them eat electric cars?
And Joe’s responsible for the invasion, too.
The goal. No matter what it costs.
But here’s a sign: Joe tried to get meetings with the Saudis and the very friendly folks over at the United Arab Emirates. They wouldn’t return his calls. Imagine: a foreign leader refusing to even talk with the President* of the United States. It’s almost like he’s a fraud?
One person sums it up . . . .
Beyond that, the price of wheat is getting ready to go even higher. Together, Russia and Ukraine produce over 25% of the wheat exported in the world. A quarter. Ukraine’s planting season has been slightly impacted by current events, and Russian exports might be diverted to feed Ukraine.
The United States is certainly self-sufficient in wheat, but the prices of wheat are like oil: they’re tied to the international price. What happens when a loaf of bread is six dollars? Nothing good. But if there are price controls? Bread will be priced at two dollars. There just won’t be any in stores.
Domestic inflation is bad enough, but what happens when the Saudis start taking gold for oil from the Chinese? Or start paying for Russian wheat with the gold they got from the Chinese? The dollar, once indispensable, is done as the international currency.
The message is loud and clear – the end of the dollar is near. Why is gold up over $2,000? My question is why is gold only up to $2,000? I fully expect that, should Russia succeed, 90% of the dollar’s purchasing power will be gone in the next 14 months.
That will lead to massive changes in our economy, political unrest, and, potentially, the dissolution of the United States as we know it.
Thanks, Joe! Where is ¡Jeb! when we need him?
49ersfootball
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Memo to Uncle Joe: Restart the XL Keystone Pipeline ASAP
Plus secure the southern border now!
Plus secure the southern border now!
That would actively undermine their plans to destroy the petroleum industry and force people into electric vehicles, and to change the country's demographics through unregulated illegal immigration.
It's not happening. This is all part of the plan.
its a very bad plan. And illegal immigrants are not stupid what do you do when they go back home in mass because the us is a basket case and all your left with is all the pissed off people with no were to go and nothing to lose?
Wargamer08
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Well, it's been a pretty good run so far. Maybe saner people intervene?
In this clown world, after everything we've seen the past few years...can you really say that with a straight face?
prinCZess
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That seems an overreaction. NATO (and friends) are already giving Ukraine (probably more useful currently with Russian air defense and competing air forces still existing) lethal aid. Jets would just be more expensive versions of it--and still a step-removed from shit that happened in the Cold War of lethal aid like that being flown by Soviets in Korea and Vietnam that failed to inspire a world war.
For his failings, I doubt Putin is more inclined to world war than were Brezhnev or Nixon.