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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

May 17, 2022 08:19 AM Forum: Politics

Why Gas Prices Are Spiking

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"Prices at the gas pump are rising yet again as refiners turn to producing jet fuel and diesel instead of gasoline,..."
"Prices of both diesel and jet fuel, which are also made at refineries, are spiking, and experts say many refiners are turning toward making those more profitable products."
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3490553-heres-why-gasoline-prices-are-spiking-again/
So, even though we are short on supplies amidst a major war in eastern Europe, gasoline producers put profits ahead of people and, in doing so, spike gas prices even higher. In my opinion, it's intentional, not only because of greed but also because the oil producers want the GOP to prevail in elections in order to prevent and delay progress in renewable energies which hurts their bottom line...

May 18, 2022 10:10 PM Forum: Politics

The Mass Shooting/Tucker Carlson & Replacement Theory: "Who, Me?"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

A Republican representative calls out his colleagues:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/05/18/adam-kinzinger-gop-white-replacement-theory-sot-newday-vpx.cnn

May 18, 2022 10:20 PM Forum: Politics

The Mass Shooting/Tucker Carlson & Replacement Theory: "Who, Me?"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

The Fox News response to the shooting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6iVOjYWqQg

May 19, 2022 04:49 AM Forum: Politics

The Mass Shooting/Tucker Carlson & Replacement Theory: "Who, Me?"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

The statement from Liz Cheney sums it up:
"The House GOP leadership has enabled white nationalism, white supremacy, and anti-semitism. History has taught us that what begins with words ends in far worse. @GOP leaders must renounce and reject these views and those who hold them."
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/16/1099127039/liz-cheney-republicans-white-nationalism

May 17, 2022 11:12 PM Forum: Politics

The Mass Shooting/Tucker Carlson & Replacement Theory: "Who, Me?"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

So, Tucker Carlson's rebuke to the mass shooter's motivation, based upon the replacement theory that Tucker has advocated, is that the shooter is mentally deranged. As if replacement theory isn't mentally deranged, too...
https://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/3491212-schumer-implores-fox-news-leaders-to-stop-amplification-of-replacement-theory/

May 18, 2022 09:15 PM Forum: Politics

"Resist" & Obstruct

Posted By Rod Kaufman

The GOP mantra:
"Manchin expressed similar frustration on Monday when discussing his and Toomey’s legislation, which sought to mandate background checks for all gun commercial sales."
"We can’t even get Manchin-Toomey, which didn’t violate anyone’s rights. It just said there should not be a commercial transaction unless there’s a background check,” Manchin said. “It’s the most, I think it’s the most agreed upon, it’s the most accepted in the country and we can’t even get that"
https://thehill.com/news/senate/3492085-senate-gop-resists-calls-for-gun-control-after-buffalo-shooting/
Note the mean, old, white man in the picture, truly representative of the people he represents...

May 19, 2022 09:27 AM Forum: Politics

Ben Franklin and Abortions As A US Tradition

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"the leaked Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and states that "a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the nation's histories and traditions."
Actually, it was quite common in the 1700s and Ben Franklin included a how to guide in one of his books.
"Farrell said the book was immensely popular, and she did not find any evidence of objections to the inclusion of the section."

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/18/1099542962/abortion-ben-franklin-roe-wade-supreme-court-leak

May 19, 2022 08:52 PM Forum: Politics

The Republicans Who Voted Against Baby Formula, Guess Who?

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"The only opposition to the legislation came from the Republican Party: the “no” votes were from Reps. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Lauren Boebert (Colo.), Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Louie Gohmert (Texas), Paul Gosar (Ariz.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), Clay Higgins (La.), Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Chip Roy (Texas)."
https://thehill.com/news/house/3493832-here-are-the-republicans-who-bucked-the-party-on-baby-formula-bills/

May 20, 2022 02:28 AM Forum: Politics

"Putin Had To Keep Explaining Things To Trump"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki
This didn't need to be discussed here. It is common knowledge that Biden knows much more than Trump about everything. Sharp as a tack, he is. And Fiona or Putin would never veer from the truth.
" And Fiona or Putin would never veer from the truth."
Yeah, unlike Trump!...

May 19, 2022 10:07 PM Forum: Politics

"Putin Had To Keep Explaining Things To Trump"

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"Former Trump White House national security official Fiona Hill said Russian President Vladimir Putin had “to explain everything to all the time” to former President Trump."
"Hill also said Putin frequently would become frustrated with Trump over the former president’s lack of knowledge on geopolitical issues."
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3494013-fiona-hill-says-putin-had-to-keep-explaining-things-to-trump/