TheMissingBand

I thought that the crossover could be a big deal, except the Dem turnout was so great in their primary. The type of voter who would be willing to crossover during the runoff definitely voted in the D primary, so I don’t think crossover votes will “taint” the runoff. I also think that Hunt voters wanted change, but didn’t want it badly enough to vote for Paxton in the primary, even though he stood a much better chance of beating Cornyn. I think the Hunt voters will likely stay home or go Cornyn. My position has changed on this one, somewhat. I thought it would go Paxton, then Paxton in a runoff. I like Cornyn’s chances a lot better since he finished decisively first in the primary. But there’s no doubt that a Trump endorsement could really motivate the less sophisticated of our MAGA brethren to vote either way. Until then, I think it’s Cornyn’s race to lose. I’ve read enough articles to decide that Paxton is likely as corrupt as they come. It’s time to stop nominating the biggest jerks simply because they’re the biggest jerk.

If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s posters making predictions that turn out to be wrong.

Trump said that he thinks the war is pretty much over and the market is acting accordingly. I hope the Iranians feel like it’s over, too. The last thing we need is them sinking a tanker in the Strait.

I think you’re right about the EVs. They were shoving us that way, kicking and screaming.

I hear what you’re saying, but if this is so, why did Biden deplete the SPR if he was trying to drive prices up? Demand soared upwards when the economy got hot during the end of Covid and production wasn’t ready to keep up… that’s where the higher prices came from. The president can’t just say “I want high prices (or low ones” and move the markets. They’re still ruled by supply and demand. Banning drilling and closing pipelines? Sure, it can affect supply in the long run, and therefore prices, much like starting a war in the Middle East can do in a much shorter period of time. US will guarantee the vessels and cargo, and offered protection. No takers, though. It’s one thing to say “if something bad happens, we’ll make you whole,” but I’d rather skip having my tanker blown up.

I hope you’re right. Trump and the Admin have repeatedly said that troops on the ground remain on the table. I’m concerned that Iran hasn’t already rolled over. I wonder if they’re doing the old rope-a-dope and letting us burn through our munitions and willingness to fight before they come out to play. These things never work out as planned. It’s great to say “this time is different” because this is totally Trump with no other voices (congress, the public, the military) being brought in for discussion. What worries me is what will happen if Iran doesn’t give Trump the “unconditional surrender” that he’s demanding. Does he just bring our gear home and move on? Or does he have to make a bigger show of force by invading (which I kinda doubt) or by using even more aggressive tactics? Would he unleash a nuke? I think so. He doesn’t care about anything regarding financial cost or the value of human life as evidenced by everything that’s happened up to this point. Trump wasn’t kidding two weeks ago when he said “I can destroy any country that I want.” You’re seeing it in real time. We’re the Death Star, hippy.

The Dow isn’t above 50,000 anymore, either. 46,700 at the moment. Don’t look at your 401k expecting so see what you had last time you checked. Some of this is a knee-jerk reaction, but if this conflict doesn’t resolve itself very soon, I think that these corrections will be of a more permanent nature and continue to worsen. The bad news about this volatility is that the high prices aren’t enough to trigger exploration and production here in the US because it can go away again with the stroke of a pen.

That was in the depth of the pandemic when the demand for oil was uncharacteristically low, which lead to a decrease in prices. So yes, the price WAS low when the world ground to a halt. So we need to figure out where to blame Trump or give him credit. My opinion is that he deserves both on this one…

It’s a new day! 🤣😂🤣

Same here … I enjoy having an outlet in which to debate/bicker/argue over some fairly important subjects. There aren’t a lot of boards that I’m aware of that are free, local, have consistent posters, and are somewhat anonymous. I’d hate to see it disappear. I’d also like to say that I wasn’t at all offended by Lumraiderfan’s comment. I hate to see him get benched over what we used to call a “burn” or a “dig.” I’m also going to try even harder to voice my opinions in ways that don’t insult the other posters. Let’s try to police our behavior ourselves before the mods get involved.

No, you said that my mom lived in a double-wide. Don’t back down now.

No, he called your mom a double-wide… I’m taking up for you.

Are you calling Baddog’s mom a double-wide? That’s not cool.

Sending the Boomers (and Barron, of course) as the boots on the ground would solve the housing crisis, open up tons of good jobs, reduce the strain on our healthcare system, and quite frankly would be hilarious, since they’re the ones who got us in this mess to begin with.

You do realize that things change over time, right? At one point we as a country were arguing over whether or not slaves were human beings.

Here’s my opinion. Somebody should have spoken up when we, the supposed good guys, started executing people aboard boats in intentional water on the suspicion that they MIGHT be hauling drugs (not even a capital offense if proven guilty in a court of law). But y’all didn’t. When Trump, all by himself, decided to overthrow the government in Venezuela and pillage their assets, somebody should have spoken up… but y’all didn’t. Now that Trump has seen fit to throw the full weight and might of the US military at a country who wasn’t an imminent threat, targeting their leaders for execution, then subsequent leaders for execution, against international law… nobody will say anything. I believe that what comes around goes around, you’ll reap what you sow, karma, kismet, and for every action, there’s an equal and opposite reaction. I think we’re going to pay a heavy price for the unprovoked actions that we’re taking. And at this point all of the decisions are being made by a corrupt hotel developer/rapist with severe narcissistic tendencies, being advised by people whose only qualification is unwavering loyalty to said pervert. What could possibly go wrong? And supposing that we do leave Iran in 3 weeks as promised, with a new democratic, peaceful government hand-selected by Trump in place…. Who are we going to attack next?

And that’s why yall fail. The only thing more dumb than the Dems carrying on about transgender issues is yall using it as a rallying cry to get voters out. NOBODY CARES ABOUT TRANSGENDER ISSUES EXCEPT THE RADICALS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. Donald Trump is a way bigger threat to women and children, as evidenced by his repeated sexual assaults of women (admitted by Trump and proven in Court) and his coverup of and inclusion in the evidence of pedophilia and sex trafficking that are detailed in Epstein’s files. But you’re worried because some messed up kid is more comfortable pissing sitting down in a stall in the girls’ room than dealing with the homophobic bullies in the boys’ room. May the scales fall from your eyes.

The only people worrying about genitals are Republicans.

I don’t know which is funnier… that Trump lied to y’all, or that you still support him. Repeal and replace Obamacare, release the Epstein files, prices will go down on day one, no new wars, and on and on and on. Y’all are like those wives with a black eye because her husband got caught cheating AGAIN, but you’re still standing by that jerk “because I still love him.”

On separate note, Trump announced yesterday that he won’t sign any legislation passed by Congress until after they pass his Voter Suppression Act. And now it has to include language about banning men in women sports and a ban on transitioning the gender of minors… this language wasn’t included in the version that was passed by the House. Some people say that it’s Trump forcing Republicans to get behind the unconstitutional bill, because nobody wants to be the R who voted against a measure that would strip rights from transgenders. But those votes were already in the bag… I think he’s actually worried that it’s gathered enough Dem support to pass, and he doesn’t want that to happen. If the Save Act were passed, he can’t immediately just seize control or cancel elections when “his” plan hasn’t even been tried out yet. He knows that his goose is cooked in November if the people are allowed to vote.

This… and they were never going to vote for a black woman to be president. That has more to do with it than a love of Trump. They didn’t fall in love with him after ‘20, they just didn’t want Kamala. I’ve been saying for years that instead of courting the white racists, the Rs should have been cultivating a relationship with the God-fearing, family-minded, fiscally conservative Mexican Immigrants. They’d have become voters for life…. Instead we have dipsticks like “I speak American” Pete Hegseth trying to talk to South American leaders on Thursday.

Republicans deserve what’s coming because they abandoned all of their principles to support a man who has none of them. It’s so laughable. It took Trump four years to destroy the economy, lose both houses of Congress, get impeached twice, and try to stop the peaceful transfer of power after he lost the election. So the morons re-elected him and it’s happening even faster this time around…. We can toss “raised taxes on working Americans with unlawful tariffs, weaponized the Justice Department to persecuted his perceived enemies and protect a pedophile/trafficking ring of which he was a member, illegally kidnapped the leader of a South American country and stole their oil reserves, and started a global conflict in the Middle East” to the list. And in a couple of weeks, you’ll be able to add attacked Cuba to the list. I pray to God every night that the third impeachment leads to a conviction.

Paxton is corrupt. The only thing wrong with Cornyn is that he’s a decent man and y’all despise that.

They were ready for us after we sent them home from the football playoffs earlier this year.

Well, now that it’s been proven that we don’t need a wall (since illegal immigration completely stopped simply because Donald Trump crossed his fingers and swore on the Bible on 1/20/25), you should be glad that we didn’t borrow money to build an unnecessary wall, right?