Osteopenia Powers ,

I have believed in democracy for a long time, and don't like to see cynical forces attack it.
I post a lot about USPolitics.

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2026-03-23 14:36:21 UTC

Brent Crude Oil, which I gather is the industry benchmark, was trading at $67 a barrel before Florida Man's illegal unprovoked attack on Iran is at $110/barrel now.
Those of us who can remember 1973 may understand the range of implications.

2026-02-21 16:40:30 UTC

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@nprofile…emk6
More wrong folk beliefs--
*People who've made a lot of money in business (regardless of how much they started with) would be good leaders within government. (The skill sets are not the same!)
*Government should be run like a business.
*People who've been stars at football would be good at government. (The skill sets are not the same!)
*Schools should be run like a business.

2026-02-20 20:07:56 UTC

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@nprofile…emk6
Bothersome misconceptions?
The magical market will make our lives better.

2026-02-20 16:14:19 UTC

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@nprofile…mk4g
A rather dim 12 year old. "I can speak about it very nicely."??? WTF does that even mean?
And for the record, in his entire life, has he done anything nicely?
He used the word "very" 9 times in 8 sentences. The only sentence in the stretch that didn't contain the word "very" had the word "so".
@nprofile…l70y

2025-02-25 20:22:40 UTC

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@nprofile…8qj3
"Musk-who is not a secretary-will attend the first Trump cabinet meeting, White House says"
more assault on the truth. He is or he isn't. Make up your minds, truth-muggers.

2025-02-19 16:50:45 UTC

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@nprofile…f0x4
2/2
"—to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or more States;—between a State and Citizens of another State,—between Citizens of different States,—between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects."

2025-02-19 16:50:25 UTC

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@nprofile…f0x4
Meanwhile, at the US Constitution, Article III
"Section 2
The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;
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2024-03-12 15:32:51 UTC

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@npub1lzz…jhl3
I’m waiting for a statement saying “We had to fire them. They don’t speak Russian.”