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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: K Frame on November 05, 2021, 08:18:08 AM
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More? MORE!
NO MORE FOR YOU!
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/05/oil-rises-after-opec-rebuffs-us-call-to-boost-output-.html
As expected, OPEC+ has decided not to raise oil production, sticking to their previous plan for production increases.
This despite Biden begging OPEC to increase production to cool off skyrocketing fuel prices in the United States.
Of course, there could be another way to help cool those energy prices, but we can't allow Americans to be energy independent now, can we?
"The White House said Washington would consider a full range of tools at its disposal to guarantee access to affordable energy after the OPEC+ meeting."
I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to see that those tools will NOT retreating from the declaration of war Biden issued against US fossil fuel producers the moment he walked into the White House.
I hope like hell that oil and gas prices keep punching up right though next year's midterms. A lot of people voted for that crap, so let them suffer. Unfortunately, a lot of people didn't vote for that crap, but that just makes them more angry and more likely to vote.
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Well thanks to the Brandon administration…
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The oil must flow.
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In some ways it is sad that the only thing that motivates people to vote is gas prices. I of course don’t care for them much myself since I drive 40k a year but Ray Charles could have seen this coming. In the long run it’s also a losing political issue. We will eventually use little to no gas, not because we ran out of dinosaurs but rather will to get them. I wish there was a place for a center right environmental party. Build nukes, lots of them everywhere. Make synthetic fuel and desalinated water with resultant unlimited electricity.
I have also gotten completely sour on biofuels. Been around alcohol burning cars since I could crawl. Fantastic fuel but no solution if your worries are carbon dioxide emissions. Ethanol and biodiesel mandates are only depleting soil, covering the world in roundup while they drive up the cost of food. A perfect regressive tax to fund green pipe dreams on the backs of the poor.
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Let's not even talk about the inherent racism of asking nations populated by people of color to pump more oil so that the United States can have it, when part of the reason why the current administration has gone to war against domestic fossil fuel interests is to....
protect people of color...
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"In some ways it is sad that the only thing that motivates people to vote is gas prices. "
Oh please.
Government actions impacting an individual personal financial situation has been a prime motivating factor in people getting out to vote since the beginning of the republic.
Always has been, always will be.
It was a primary kicker for the rise of the independence movement in the Colonies.
And not long after the United States came into existence it also kicked off the Whiskey Rebellion.
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protect people of color...
Just the ones in their backyard, so that they have something to talk about at the Friday evening wine, cheese, and Prius get togethers.
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Just the ones in their backyard, so that they have something to talk about at the Friday evening wine, cheese, and Prius private jet get togethers.
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"In some ways it is sad that the only thing that motivates people to vote is gas prices. "
Oh please.
Government actions impacting an individual personal financial situation has been a prime motivating factor in people getting out to vote since the beginning of the republic.
Always has been, always will be.
It was a primary kicker for the rise of the independence movement in the Colonies.
And not long after the United States came into existence it also kicked off the Whiskey Rebellion.
I am aware. I was more thinking in the lines of why were you voting for these names I cannot use on this board for the last four decades? A little late to be politically motivated now. Orangemanbad proved it is possible to increase domestic output without raping the land because if it had happened it would be front page news.
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In some ways it is sad that the only thing that motivates people to vote is gas prices. I of course don’t care for them much myself since I drive 40k a year but Ray Charles could have seen this coming. In the long run it’s also a losing political issue. We will eventually use little to no gas, not because we ran out of dinosaurs but rather will to get them. I wish there was a place for a center right environmental party. Build nukes, lots of them everywhere. Make synthetic fuel and desalinated water with resultant unlimited electricity.
I have also gotten completely sour on biofuels. Been around alcohol burning cars since I could crawl. Fantastic fuel but no solution if your worries are carbon dioxide emissions. Ethanol and biodiesel mandates are only depleting soil, covering the world in roundup while they drive up the cost of food. A perfect regressive tax to fund green pipe dreams on the backs of the poor.
I am voting for you, French.
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I am voting for you, French.
I'm voting for you, Millcreek, but not because I like you. It's a protest vote against French.
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I'm voting for you, Millcreek, but not because I like you. It's a protest vote against French.
Yeah me too! Oh wait...
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Nyah - Ben pretty much described most of my neighbors. They seem to like the tame black people. They don't really like the carjackers or, to be blunt, the African immigrants... Who don't really like the African-Americans...
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In some ways it is sad that the only thing that motivates people to vote is gas prices. I of course don’t care for them much myself since I drive 40k a year but Ray Charles could have seen this coming. In the long run it’s also a losing political issue. We will eventually use little to no gas, not because we ran out of dinosaurs but rather will to get them. I wish there was a place for a center right environmental party. Build nukes, lots of them everywhere. Make synthetic fuel and desalinated water with resultant unlimited electricity.
I have also gotten completely sour on biofuels. Been around alcohol burning cars since I could crawl. Fantastic fuel but no solution if your worries are carbon dioxide emissions. Ethanol and biodiesel mandates are only depleting soil, covering the world in roundup while they drive up the cost of food. A perfect regressive tax to fund green pipe dreams on the backs of the poor.
^^This
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Nyah - Ben pretty much described most of my neighbors. They seem to like the tame black people. They don't really like the carjackers or, to be blunt, the African immigrants... Who don't really like the African-Americans...
What is a tame black person?
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If Millcreek and French are running for office, I volunteer to count the votes. I promise I won't take bribes.
But by the way, I'm an artist, having recently taken up painting, and I have some paintings available for sale . . .
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What is a tame black person?
For clarity, since I was referenced in Bogie's post, I was responding to KFrame's comment about outsourcing our pollution, and I was stating that many progressives ride a high horse regarding things like "pollution in POC neighborhoods" and "food deserts" and "racist urban microclimates" and the like here, but are fine ignoring what goes on in the countries we import our oil from, and from which we import our Rare Earths and other stuff that makes their IPhones go.
What goes on in those countries is orders and orders of magnitude worse than any effects in POC neighborhoods in the US from domestic energy production.
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For clarity, since I was referenced in Bogie's post, I was responding to KFrame's comment about outsourcing our pollution, and I was stating that many progressives ride a high horse regarding things like "pollution in POC neighborhoods" and "food deserts" and "racist urban microclimates" and the like here, but are fine ignoring what goes on in the countries we import our oil from, and from which we import our Rare Earths and other stuff that makes their IPhones go.
What goes on in those countries is orders and orders of magnitude worse than any effects in POC neighborhoods in the US from domestic energy production.
You are obviously a racist for pointing that out!
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The push to zero emissions is also an assault on rural america which is the real root issue in most of today's divisive politics. Agrarian v. urban has been an issue since before the declaration of independence. Us serfs need to shut up and send food. But to do that we need diesel trucks and stuff. The only entities that will be able to afford alternative energy farming will be something like whatever megacorp Bill Gates or somebody comes up with to robotically farm. Then we don't need the peasants at all...
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Taking a cue from Kamala Harris on how to response to uncomfortable questions
These people aren't feeling your pain, they're laughing at it.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm laughs when asked about Biden's plans to bring gas prices down.
"Ha ha ha. That is hilarious!"
https://twitter.com/i/status/1456610771186634757
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The only entities that will be able to afford alternative energy farming will be something like whatever megacorp Bill Gates or somebody comes up with to robotically farm. Then we don't need the peasants at all...
Tinfoily, but isn't Gates now the largest owner of farmland in America?
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Tinfoily, but isn't Gates now the largest owner of farmland in America?
That's a stupid tinfoil hat headline. Yes his investment trusts own a lot. And it is an insignificant amount. 250K acres or something?
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The push to zero emissions is also an assault on rural america which is the real root issue in most of today's divisive politics. Agrarian v. urban has been an issue since before the declaration of independence. Us serfs need to shut up and send food. But to do that we need diesel trucks and stuff. The only entities that will be able to afford alternative energy farming will be something like whatever megacorp Bill Gates or somebody comes up with to robotically farm. Then we don't need the peasants at all...
Exactly.
I can tell you this battery Tesla cars and light pickups are nice for city and suburbs but when you live out there it’s a whole different story
There is also a HUGE difference between electrifying a sedan and a big tractor or other piece of equipment. A D6 dozer burns almost a hundred gallons of diesel a shift, a 36 ton excavator burns 150 gallons of fuel a day. A John Deere combine looks to burn a little over 300 gallons a day. Those all have Diesel engines that convert that fuel burn as efficiently as possible and to change that kind of energy requirement to a battery powered system would be very prohibitive. But you can’t get the green freaks to understand that they think you can feed the world an acre at a time like the sharecroppers did.
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You can once you reduce that pesky population per acre.
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"But you can’t get the green freaks to understand"...anything actually.
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There is also a HUGE difference between electrifying a sedan and a big tractor or other piece of equipment. A D6 dozer burns almost a hundred gallons of diesel a shift, a 36 ton excavator burns 150 gallons of fuel a day. A John Deere combine looks to burn a little over 300 gallons a day. Those all have Diesel engines that convert that fuel burn as efficiently as possible and to change that kind of energy requirement to a battery powered system would be very prohibitive. But you can’t get the green freaks to understand that they think you can feed the world an acre at a time like the sharecroppers did.
Someone should ask AOC how many people she was able to feed from her awesome little urban garden plot.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/05/02/aoc-and-her-garden-n2545697
In a recent video checking out her small plot in a community garden in Washington, D.C., Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) seemed to marvel at the fact that vegetables grow out of the ground.
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Someday they'll have nucular freight trains, D6s, excavators, and combines. (probably nothing smaller than that, though) But I don't think it'll be in my lifetime.
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Someday they'll have nucular freight trains, D6s, excavators, and combines. (probably nothing smaller than that, though) But I don't think it'll be in my lifetime.
Won't have to worry about getting cold in the winter.
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Someday they'll have nucular freight trains, D6s, excavators, and combines. (probably nothing smaller than that, though) But I don't think it'll be in my lifetime.
Nuke train is my pet idea damnit! Create lots of jobs, if you're worried put 50 security crew riding every one. Park the extras on a siding and plug them into the grid.
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The anti-energy (that's what they are...) folks WANT the peasants to have to be subsistence farmers. Gonna suck to live in cities. They'll get the gruel, etc...
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Nuke train is my pet idea damnit! Create lots of jobs, if you're worried put 50 security crew riding every one. Park the extras on a siding and plug them into the grid.
How about a nuclear bus?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bus
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What is a tame black person?
Someone who understands his role is to vote for Joe Biden, and make blue check whities feel good about how woke they are?
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Someone who understands his role is to vote for Joe Biden, and make blue check whities feel good about how woke they are by making them feel bad about how white and privileged they are?
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...make blue check whities feel good about how woke they are...
...making them feel bad about how white and privileged they are...
Isn't that the same thing?
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Being woke means making yourself and everyone around you as miserable as possible.
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Being woke means making yourself and everyone around you as miserable as possible.
Being woke is the ultimate schizophrenia -- you tell yourself that you're good for telling yourself how bad you are.
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Begging for more oil from OPEC while looking to shut down more US oil production:
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-considering-shutting-down-michigan-pipeline
Key quote for me from the article:
Explaining he has trouble understanding why some Western leaders seem unable to grasp the importance of reliable, affordable energy and electricity for everyday citizens, Haynes said, "It seems like the only nations that understand that we require reliable, affordable dispatchable energy is China and Russia. And they're the only ones that are producing energy and they're more than happy to hold that energy hostage for the rest of the world."
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Are we surprised?
In the least little bit?
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Lets go Brandon.
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Thinking about electric stuff. I went to Home Depot with my Dad last weekend. He was looking at chain saws, I was looking at lawn trimmers. I was surprised that Home Depot had more electric mowers on display than gas. Same with trimmers/edgers. More battery driven tools than gas. I haven't shopped for lawn equipment in a 3 or 4 years. I was a bit surprised at the change. This Home Depot was in Brenham, TX which is a medium sized town with a lot of rural area around it.
I ended up getting a DeWalt trimmer (battery powered). If that works out, I need a drill/screw driver in future. Odd thing is you can buy the trimmer without the battery and charger for $30 to $50 less, but the batteries were $150 sold separately.
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Just saw an interview with Granholm where she claims that oil companies have over 7000 unused leases in the US and there is nothing stopping them from drilling in them. I would assume nothing other than regulations and expenses that make them prohibitive to start. I'm betting a large percentage of them are "holdback" leases the companies bought in case of regulation changes, new technologies, etc.
So she's basically saying, "Hey we shut down active leases that were producing oil - big deal. They can start from scratch on new leases and hope they pan out." Though if any oil companies attempted to drill in those leases, I suspect any of them with federal involvement would be tied up in environmental impact reports at least through the rest of the 46 administration.
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Thinking about electric stuff. I went to Home Depot with my Dad last weekend. He was looking at chain saws, I was looking at lawn trimmers. I was surprised that Home Depot had more electric mowers on display than gas. Same with trimmers/edgers. More battery driven tools than gas. I haven't shopped for lawn equipment in a 3 or 4 years. I was a bit surprised at the change. This Home Depot was in Brenham, TX which is a medium sized town with a lot of rural area around it.
I ended up getting a DeWalt trimmer (battery powered). If that works out, I need a drill/screw driver in future. Odd thing is you can buy the trimmer without the battery and charger for $30 to $50 less, but the batteries were $150 sold separately.
The battery stuff has grown a lot in popularity due to getting much better in both the tool and battery departments. For the small lot owner it’s perfect without the headache of small engines.
I have a 40V brushless Ryobi big weedeater that is every bit the equal power wise to any commercial weed eater I have used.
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I read this article on gas prices. I don't know enough about the subject to have an opinion on the accuracy of it: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html
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The battery stuff has grown a lot in popularity due to getting much better in both the tool and battery departments. For the small lot owner it’s perfect without the headache of small engines.
I have a 40V brushless Ryobi big weedeater that is every bit the equal power wise to any commercial weed eater I have used.
That is pretty much why I got one. I would have opted for a 120 VAC corded model if there was a good one available. My edger and blower are corded and work fine for what I need. I still have a gas mower, but that is about as low maintenance as it gets. Gas weed eaters are a pain in the A if you only need to run them 15 minutes once a month.
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With such a small property I have virtually no need for gasoline powered equipment and I can really get by with corded equipment. My small chainsaw and my string trimmer are both corded.
The only power tool I have that is battery powered is a drill. I also have a couple of corded drills, but I can't even remember the last time I used one of those.
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Biden nominee Saule Omarova on the oil, gas, and coal industries:
"We want them to go bankrupt if we want to tackle climate change”
pic.twitter.com/7QPbO86FJf
— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) November 9, 2021
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/11/09/biden-treasury-nominee-says-we-want-the-oil-gas-and-coal-industries-to-go-bankrupt/
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With such a small property I have virtually no need for gasoline powered equipment and I can really get by with corded equipment. My small chainsaw and my string trimmer are both corded.
The only power tool I have that is battery powered is a drill. I also have a couple of corded drills, but I can't even remember the last time I used one of those.
Now that I have a Dewalt trimmer, I am afraid Dewalt battery powered tools that use that same battery might multiply. =)
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https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/11/09/biden-treasury-nominee-says-we-want-the-oil-gas-and-coal-industries-to-go-bankrupt/
Well, causing the price of their products to skyrocket is an interesting strategy for that. Let's see how it works out, Cotton.
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Some in the comments on twitter were stating she's a full on communist who publicly wants nothing more than to see the western capitalist world go down in flames.
From wiki
Saule Omarova (Kazakh: Сәуле Тарихқызы Омарова; born 1966) is a Kazakh-American attorney, academic, and public policy advisor who was nominated to serve as comptroller of the currency by President Joe Biden.[1]
Omarova was born in West Kazakhstan Region of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic,[7] stating in a 2020 interview with Chris Hayes that "I went to high school in a small, tiny Kazakh provincial town on the outskirts of the Soviet Empire."[8] Omarova graduated from Moscow State University in 1989 on the Lenin Personal Academic Scholarship.[9] Her thesis from MSU is titled Karl Marx's Economic Analysis and the Theory of Revolution in The Capital.[10] Omarova moved to the United States in 1991,[8] where she received a Ph.D in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW), and a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law.[2] At UW, Omarova defended her thesis, The Political Economy of Oil in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan.[11]
Yeah... :facepalm:
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Man, that treasury nominee is a full blown actual commie. Not an AOC style commie, but the real, card carrying deal. I'm surprised that even this senile administration nominated someone with all that documented baggage.
Edit:WLJ beat me to it by 10 seconds. =D
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I read this article on gas prices. I don't know enough about the subject to have an opinion on the accuracy of it: https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/investing/premarket-stocks-trading/index.html
More complete *expletive deleted*ing bullshit trying to cover for that *expletive deleted*head and his administration.
All he has to do is stop his war on energy and let the oil companies do their thing.
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If people would stop electing people who openly despise America, it's values, and the majority of it's people, then we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Yeah I know, if wishes were horses...........
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Biden asks if people ever thought they would be paying this much for gas.
I'm pretty sure that the day after he was elected I even posted on APS, "Here comes $5/gal gas". I know I wasn't the only one.
https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2021/11/10/president-joe-biden-asks-if-americans-ever-thought-theyd-be-paying-this-much-for-a-gallon-of-gas/
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It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that gas was going to start rocking up when Brandon was sworn in. He had vowed to go to war against the fossil fuel industry in the United States and he's being true to his word.
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If people would stop electing people who openly despise America, it's values, and the majority of it's people, voting for the enemy, then we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Yeah I know, if wishes were horses...........
Cleaned that up for you.
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More from that treasury nominee
Proposal by Biden’s Treasury nominee Saule Omarova:
"There will be no more private bank deposit accounts and all of the deposit accounts will be held directly at the fed" pic.twitter.com/ojQviX74Bz
— Jewish Deplorable (@TrumpJew2) November 12, 2021
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/11/12/heres-another-insane-proposal-from-biden-treasury-nominee-saule-omarova-in-her-own-words-its-about-your-bank-accounts/
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More from that treasury nominee
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/11/12/heres-another-insane-proposal-from-biden-treasury-nominee-saule-omarova-in-her-own-words-its-about-your-bank-accounts/
I would like to listen to more than that snippet, just to confirm context, but if the US ever went down such a road, I would transfer all the money in all my accounts to the Bank of Guns and Ammo, reread Unintended Consequences, and, well, you know the rest.
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I would like to listen to more than that snippet, just to confirm context,
I would too but so far I'm having trouble coming up on my own with any potential context that could sugar coat it. But it does fit in with some of her other statements.
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More from that treasury nominee
https://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2021/11/12/heres-another-insane-proposal-from-biden-treasury-nominee-saule-omarova-in-her-own-words-its-about-your-bank-accounts/
This ho is nuts
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I would like to listen to more than that snippet, just to confirm context, but if the US ever went down such a road, I would transfer all the money in all my accounts to the Bank of Guns and Ammo, reread Unintended Consequences, and, well, you know the rest.
Already did that.