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When this decision is finally addressed it will be 6-2. Justice Jackson will have to excuse herself as she can’t even define what a woman is… Citizenship would be way out of her (it?) league.

OUCH! We will not dwell on JUSTICE JACKSON's argument, which is at odds with more than two centuries' worth of precedent, not to mention the Constitution itself. We observe only this: JUSTICE JACKSON decries an imperial Executive while embracing an imperial Judiciary. Justice Barrett in Majority Opinion [Hidden Content]

Maybe less now after SCOTUS ruling this morning. While people—including me—think about birthright citizenship implications, it also just rendered void the ruling that stopped the Administration from not funding sanctuary cities. That was a nationwide injunction. There were a lot of cases effected by this ruling.

Strange behavior for a country that says they won… [Hidden Content]

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I’m heading out for Goobers & popcorn in a little bit.

Overshadowed by SCOTUS ruling now.

Trump will hold a press conference at 11:30 a.m. EST today about the case.

SCOTUS has made a ruling about this case. No more lower court universal injunctions. It has a bearing on birthright citizenship as it only applies to those who brought the suit. It doesn’t block Trump’s EO about negating birthright citizenship. This is HUGE! Sounds like a class action lawsuit will have to be pursued. Very difficult. Makes it ‘seem’ SCOTUS is going back to the original intent of the 14th which applied to former slaves.

One of the comments I read about this issue. Thought it was very appropriate. “Sad what the party of Roosevelt, Truman and JFK has sunk to. Remember "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." Now its ask not what I can do for my country. Ask what my country can give me free.” Welcome to the New Democratic Party. They’re reaping what they’ve sown.

Yes. Chinese owned company bought the appliance division right before we bought our new fridge when our old Sears (Whirlpool) bit the dust after 25+ years. Didn’t know it at the time. They kept it pretty quiet & didn’t find out until I needed to use warranty. Still good to have jobs return. But, this one’s not earth shattering. Sounds like they’re just moving back in. Headquarters & manufacturing were always in Kentucky. [Hidden Content] Did hear U.S. & China formalized trade deal yesterday. That’s 👍

Are they going to use/retool the existing facilities in Kentucky when they were still American owned? (Before the Chinese bought them in 2016). I assume everyone knew China bought GE Appliance Division in 2016.

Fort Bend County Judge KP George is naturalized from India in 1993. He’s under multiple indictments—including being arrested for pulling a Jessie Smollett to get re-elected—and has now decided to switch to the Republican Party. He says Dems are politically prosecuting him & he doesn’t fit in any more. Republicans have said they don’t want him. Maybe, he can pretend to be racially attacked by someone self-identifying as a dog and get elected as a member of the IMPathetic Party.

On the positive side, Mamdani doesn’t self-identify as anything bad, and I don’t see any signs of toxic masculinity.

Would have been nice if that rule had been in place in 2018. Maybe the idiots in Houston wouldn’t have been able to force Lina Hidalgo on the rest of us in Harris County. She’d only been naturalized from Columbia for 5 years, not even 30 years old, zero experience, and they elect her to lead the 3rd most populous county in America. What a clusterf***k. Oh well. There’s always Arnold.

Mentioned in another thread how Mossad was great at what they do in their sphere of the world. But, the U.S. is global. When people say ‘they’ control the airspace over such and such, the U.S. controls the satellites. Not much goes on that we can’t see ahead of time anywhere/any time. That’s part of the reason the Chinese are reportedly trying to develop a ‘satellite killer.’ If you haven’t heard of it, do a search for <China/Russia developing satellite killer>. Trump created the Space Force for a reason. People laughed. But, it’s no joke. By the way, 7th gen aircraft are already in test phase. Rumors have it that AI is being integrated. Makes me think of the movie Stealth.

Gas Buddy has ours locally about right. I did see one Shell station that was 3.25 when I was out yesterday. But, it was the outlier. Most were 3.09-3.19. A lot depends on when they had to buy their last load.

ULSD added some cost. Friggin regulations again. But, I agree.

That’s my CIC. LOL The man had a way, and didn’t need the sideshow.

It did jump to its highest level since mid 2024 for deliveries bought a couple weeks ago because of speculation around Israel/Iran. But, diesel benchmark is already back down by over .50 cents. Lower even than before the aforementioned spike. Prices should be coming down again for the next deliveries. But, you’re always going to pay more in your locale. We definitely need diesel prices as low as they can reasonably be since trucking is our main delivery system in this country. Can easily be argued diesel price is more important than other grades.

Last time I was in Vancouver, it was almost Little China. I believe I read somewhere where they finally had to pass some legislation banning Chinese/foreign buyers. We used to go to Seattle Fleet Week, and book a salmon fishing guide in Victoria Island after the ferry ride from Anacortes. Wife loved salmon fishing (and fresh Dungeness crab LOL). Always a nice time in Seattle area—if you didn’t mind drizzle. Victoria Island is my second favorite place behind Switzerland. Seattle has gone to pot & Portland is worse. I probably mentioned before I didn’t leave anything on the West Coast that would make me want to go back.

Reason for my concern about Trump’s Truth Social clip. Living/working in one of the world’s largest refinery/petrochem complexes along the Texas Gulf Coast makes one seriously consider how much they trust a minimum wage rent-a-cop at the gate & on a golf cart toodling around. Iran blocking Hormuz wouldn’t hurt the U.S. near as much as getting through one of these jokes of security gates.

Diesel is a definite issue & need. It’s why I mentioned it as being something to watch in another post. I don’t think it will spike horribly more than it has in the last month or so. But, I have seen a steady rise. $3.49 is high for around the Ship Channel area though. More competition.

Diesel prices in Mineola, TX today are at a low of $2.99 & high of $3.09. You’re being robbed. Maybe you’d be more successful if you didn’t overpay for fuel? [Hidden Content]