US set to seize tens of millions in Venezuelan oil after tanker interception, White House says

[Biggie Smiles]

Now that Frood mentions Russia I'm starting to think this action in Venezuela predates Trump

think about it

after years of fighting in Ukraine Russia isn't ready to take on the US so who is there to stop us in Venezuela? Certainly not the Venezuelan toy solider army

[Frood]

Now that Frood mentions Russia I'm starting to think this action in Venezuela predates Trump

think about it

after years of fighting in Ukraine Russia isn't ready to take on the US so who is there to stop us in Venezuela? Certainly not the Venezuelan toy solider army

Venezuela has been toyed with for many decades by the US and especially companies aligned with the state department. My dad was there in the 70's for many months...

Think broader and more strategic.

[Biggie Smiles]

Venezuela has been toyed with for many decades by the US and especially companies aligned with the state department. My dad was there in the 70's for many months...

Think broader and more strategic.

Honestly, I have no problem whatsoever raping and pillaging them for their natural resources. Especially since they've been raping and pillaging our societal safety nets for decades now.

 it's about time we started doing shit like that in an upfront manner instead of through covert operations and phony excuses -- like bringing democracy to heathens unworthy of it or WMDs that don't exist.

I would much rather see a leadership that says "yes sir, we are relieving them of their oil and there aint fuck all you can do about it"

As long as we don't put any boots on the ground I am ok with doing whatever makes America more prosperous. If that means knocking out Maduro and all of his top brass via drone and airstrikes to the tears of the rest of the world, so be it.

[Frood]

Honestly, I have no problem whatsoever raping and pillaging them for their natural resources. Especially since they've been raping and pillaging our societal safety nets for decades now.

 it's about time we started doing shit like that in an upfront manner instead of through covert operations and phony excuses -- like bringing democracy to heathens unworthy of it or WMDs that don't exist.

I would much rather see a leadership that says "yes sir, we are relieving them of their oil and there aint fuck all you can do about it"

As long as we don't put any boots on the ground I am ok with doing whatever makes America more prosperous. If that means knocking out Maduro and all of his top brass via drone and airstrikes to the tears of the rest of the world, so be it.

That level of thinking will deliver the world into a toxic and unwinnable war that makes the death count of the mid 1300's look like a comedy.

[Biggie Smiles]

That level of thinking will deliver the world into a toxic and unwinnable war that makes the death count of the mid 1300's look like a comedy.

A quick and all out war that destroys the planet is far more a "humane" fate than what is coming -- people are worried about A.I taking us out?

The way things are going our own quest for quarterly profits and incurable human greed will have taken us out in a slow and painful way before A.I gets to the point where it has the ability to exterminate us.

There is no hope for humanity my friend and deep down you know this. Trump was only a temporary pause in a march to the inevitable

[Frood]

A quick and all out war that destroys the planet is far more a "humane" fate than what is coming -- people are worried about A.I taking us out?

The way things are going our own quest for quarterly profits and incurable human greed will have taken us out in a slow and painful way before A.I gets to the point where it has the ability to exterminate us.

There is no hope for humanity my friend and deep down you know this. Trump was only a temporary pause in a march to the inevitable

Why do you think I got the fuck out of the northern hemisphere in the 90's?

It's not a question of if but when.

I'd like to think cooler heads would prevail in the West, but they're marching the world towards a catastrophic series of events that will remake the path of humanity for millenniums to come... probably because they have private estates and access to DUMB's...

[Reggie Essent]

A quick and all out war that destroys the planet is far more a "humane" fate than what is coming -- people are worried about A.I taking us out?

The way things are going our own quest for quarterly profits and incurable human greed will have taken us out in a slow and painful way before A.I gets to the point where it has the ability to exterminate us.

There is no hope for humanity my friend and deep down you know this. Trump was only a temporary pause in a march to the inevitable

That's why I'm glad I'm an old fuck.  None of this shit is going to end well.

[Biggie Smiles]

Why do you think I got the fuck out of the northern hemisphere in the 90's?

It's not a question of if but when.

I'd like to think cooler heads would prevail in the West, but they're marching the world towards a catastrophic series of events that will remake the path of humanity for millenniums to come... probably because they have private estates and access to DUMB's...

Definetly only a question of when. Phase 1 - consolidation of private assets into a """public""" cloud is nearly complete and the ripple effects are just now starting to be felt across multiple sections of the economy with job loses mounting, privacy evaporating and less a reliance on human resources to maintain a ship that they will purposely drive straight into a proverbial iceberg.

Phase 2 - A.I and Robotics take over a good 85% of the existing economy resulting in never seen before job loses. It's already being piloted. WHat you think the whole "30.00 an hour minimum wage thing is about" ? Is it merely coincidence that the state with their foot on the gas driving this insane policy also happens to be the Mecca of A.I and robotics advancement?

No, it's no coincidence at all. it's what is known in the technology arena as " a pilot phase". they are putting indirect pressure on fast food chains to adopt AI and Robotics to stabilize evaporating profits and doing so under a guise that the dumbest in our society will support vigorously. 

Why fast food? It's an easy first step and viable testing ground to iron out the kinks. And once those kinks are ironed out it's off to the unemployment line for all those happy lemmings currently enjoying that 30 bucks an hour to say "you want fries with that"?

And this pattern will repeat itself State after State, industry after industry to the rise of record quarterly earnings.

until

until the whole thing collapses under it's own weight because there is no one left with enough resources to buy the products corporations are selling

and that's when the real fun begins.

[Biggie Smiles]

That's why I'm glad I'm an old fuck.  None of this shit is going to end well.

you are correct sir

I look at my children and sometimes weep silently for them.

the only thing I can do for them is what I have done. Acquire stockpiles of weapons, fuel (both solar and traditional) and food to delay the pain.

Yes, I like to brag about having a 7 bedroom mansion which seems silly since only 4 people live here at the moment (me, my lady my daughter and my grandson) but this spot will certainly become the compound when shit hits the fan and all of my children will have somewhere to run back to so that our last stand can be taken. 

[Reggie Essent]

Definetly only a question of when. Phase 1 - consolidation of private assets into a """public""" cloud is nearly complete and the ripple effects are just now starting to be felt across multiple sections of the economy with job loses mounting, privacy evaporating and less a reliance on human resources to maintain a ship that they will purposely drive straight into a proverbial iceberg.

Phase 2 - A.I and Robotics take over a good 85% of the existing economy resulting in never seen before job loses. It's already being piloted. WHat you think the whole "30.00 an hour minimum wage thing is about" ? Is it merely coincidence that the state with their foot on the gas driving this insane policy also happens to be the Mecca of A.I and robotics advancement?

No, it's no coincidence at all. it's what is known in the technology arena as " a pilot phase". they are putting indirect pressure on fast food chains to adopt AI and Robotics to stabilize evaporating profits and doing so under a guise that the dumbest in our society will support vigorously. 

Why fast food? It's an easy first step and viable testing ground to iron out the kinks. And once those kinks are ironed out it's off to the unemployment line for all those happy lemmings currently enjoying that 30 bucks an hour to say "you want fries with that"?

And this pattern will repeat itself State after State, industry after industry to the rise of record quarterly earnings.

until

until the whole thing collapses under it's own weight because there is no one left with enough resources to buy the products corporations are selling

and that's when the real fun begins.

Yes. THEY want their "great reset" and massive population reduction. It's an evil thing when civilizations commit suicide.

[Frood]

Definetly only a question of when. Phase 1 - consolidation of private assets into a """public""" cloud is nearly complete and the ripple effects are just now starting to be felt across multiple sections of the economy with job loses mounting, privacy evaporating and less a reliance on human resources to maintain a ship that they will purposely drive straight into a proverbial iceberg.

Phase 2 - A.I and Robotics take over a good 85% of the existing economy resulting in never seen before job loses. It's already being piloted. WHat you think the whole "30.00 an hour minimum wage thing is about" ? Is it merely coincidence that the state with their foot on the gas driving this insane policy also happens to be the Mecca of A.I and robotics advancement?

No, it's no coincidence at all. it's what is known in the technology arena as " a pilot phase". they are putting indirect pressure on fast food chains to adopt AI and Robotics to stabilize evaporating profits and doing so under a guise that the dumbest in our society will support vigorously. 

Why fast food? It's an easy first step and viable testing ground to iron out the kinks. And once those kinks are ironed out it's off to the unemployment line for all those happy lemmings currently enjoying that 30 bucks an hour to say "you want fries with that"?

And this pattern will repeat itself State after State, industry after industry to the rise of record quarterly earnings.

until

until the whole thing collapses under it's own weight because there is no one left with enough resources to buy the products corporations are selling

and that's when the real fun begins.

Radiation doesn't pick winners or losers...

[DKG]

Donald Trump obliterates Venezuelan drug boats smuggling loads of fentanyl into the United States, and the left accuses him of starting a war.

But it's Venezuela's narco‑terrorist regime that's declared war on the United States, Mark Levin says, and President Trump has every right to respond as he sees fit.

Levin condemns radical left-wing pundits, like MS NOW's Rachel Maddow, for accusing the Trump administration of starting a war with Venezuela.

"Let me help you out, dingbat. Let me help you out," Mark Levin fires back. "They are smuggling more drugs in the United States directly and through Mexico and with communist China than any other country on the face of the earth."

For the first time in decades, he says, we have a president who actually takes seriously the Monroe Doctrine — an 1823 policy long abandoned or rejected by weak prior administrations that essentially says, "If something goes on in our hemisphere that affects our country, it's our business, and we're going to do something about it," even if that means military action.

The accusation that Trump committed a war crime by striking a Venezuelan drug boat twice is just "sick" Democrat nonsense, Levin says.