Category: Energy/Petroleum

Adding Insult to Injury. The Left has no limiting principle.

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The day after the Washington State DemocRats passed an unconstitutional income tax, the public is pummeled again. And again. https://twitter.com/pnwconservative/status/2031545885121982819?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ https://twitter.com/stevemgordon67/status/2032081605628739626?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ And in Socialist Seattle: https://twitter.com/pnwconservative/status/2031541143675220042?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ The communists of Seattle have a long history of piling taxes upon taxes on themselves. The highly-credentialed residents will probably approve the library levy when it is on their …

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It takes a war to show a country who their real friends are. And are not.

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The war against the world’s greatest sponsor of terrorism began last weekend, with the US and Israel taking out Iranian ships, nuclear sites, and its leadership, including its evil Supreme Leader. For the previous few weeks, the US had been moving military assets into the Middle East, and to our bases in Europe, so they …

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On Trump and Israel’s War with Iran

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I admit, I was blindsided by the news early Saturday that the US and Israel had gone to war against the evil Ayatollahs of Iran. I was surprised and pleased to hear that they had eliminated Khamenei early on, and were taking care of other business later. I have mostly agreed with Robert Barnes that …

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*If you thought the Washington Income Tax was the worst they could do, you were mistaken. DemocRats go Whole Hog.

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First, there's the Environmental Crimes Law, SB5360. Gives the State power to arrest Farmers for small "Environmental" infractions. Washington State Democrats are preparing to pass Senate Bill 5360, The Environmental Crimes Bill This will give Democrats the power to prosecute farmers for minor environmental crimes “The environmental crimes bill. This would give the Attorney General …

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It’s Elaborate Explanations Day at Calling-all-RushBabes

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Just lately, with all the momentous news happening (first on X) all over the world, many knowledgable members have been enlightening us with reasoned explanations of aspects of all the news events. Here are some of the best, in my humble opinion. Links provided. First, a tale illustrative of the new political climate in the …

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Lights going out all over Europe and the UK

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...or The Civilizational Suicide of Europe. For the past 20 years, European countries and the EU have been engaging in behavior that is leading to the potential downfall of Western Civilization. Formerly clean, beautiful cities are now filled with trash, graffiti, and homeless tents. Christmas markets are canceled or shortened. Crime, including rape of women …

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*Is Venezuela free at last?

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Yesterday, in a lightning-fast, perfectly-coordinated strike, the US captured and removed Venezuela's brutal dictator Nicolas Maduro, and conveyed him and his wife to the United States. We first took out their Communist Chinese air defenses, bombed the Mausoleum of Hugo Chavez, and reduced their fancy radar to uselessness in a high cyber-attack. But there is …

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*The situation in Iran, brought to you from the front lines. On X, and almost nowhere else.

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Did you know about the revolution taking place in Iran right now? You didn’t? Why might that be? You say there’s nothing on the news about it? Maybe it didn’t fit the approved legacy media narrative. I guess I’ll have to show you. On-the-ground reporting from Iran and its neighbors in the Middle East. https://twitter.com/gghamari/status/2007218514210500719?s=46&t=AkJV8dX_RyhUKPG8uj0KNQ …

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Guest-Author Day, Part Two: Mark Steyn on the Shrinking of the Horizon

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This November post on the Steyn OnLine site is a wide-ranging look at and commentary on the increasingly insane culture of the West in the present time. ~Apparently, some twenty-five per cent of the Internet was inaccessible for much of the day - including (depending where you were) significant parts of the Steyn empire. Get …

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*Guest Author: Brian Heywood on the Environment Candidate’s Successors, and the WA Legislature’s Hatred of Petroleum (except when they benefit). Readers, this will have you laughing, or maybe crying.

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Olympia : we hate petroleum Olympia : Petroleum companies we are coming for you Big Oil: would it help if we donated to your campaigns? Olympia: Well, it might help a little bit Big Oil: what if we gave you a lot of money and changed our name? Olympia: to what? Big Oil: How about …

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