said in The Venezuelan Oil Thread: Darren Woods, who leads the largest U.S. oil company, Exxon Mobil, was especially blunt during a televised portion of the meeting. “We’ve had our assets seized there twice, and so you can imagine to re-enter a third time would require some pretty significant changes,” he said. “Today it’s uninvestable.” https://x.com/osint613/status/2010716004947485070?s=46

I only just yesterday finished Chernow’s Mark Twain. While I liked the book and was never really tempted to put it down, it was definitely an endurance test. 1200 pages. I listened and the narration was 44 hours. I think they would do well to create an abridged version. Still a fascinating man and a fascinating life.

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These videos will become so much more valuable to high school kids in the near future. Similar to @mik 's post about missing decency with GHWB.

There was a guy who was famous for "walking" the entire earth. I believe he said Kazahkstan was the most beautiful place he had seen. I could see that, mountains and cold lakes are hard to beat.

Trump 4D chess. The name "Operation Mexico" is actually the code name to take over Greenland.

@AndyD said in Just one unforced error after another: With tarrifs coming in and Venezuelan oil on the horizon, Mr T will finish that border wall and have loads spare for a forward base in the far North of Greenland. Maybe he can get a FIFA Economics Prize to go with his Peace award.

Communism… It’s not just for Democrats anymore!

That looks like fun!

RIP

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They're starting to realize they fucked up. https://x.com/jdpoc/status/2009803667696967766?s=20

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Yeah. Gimme a couple weeks. Actually I feel great. Regular exercise, an excellent whole food diet and mental challenge daily work for me.

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@Horace said in McConnell gets one right: But one could have asked an AI to write that. As one probably did. And that one was probably not even Mitch. It was probably one of his handlers. So? I don’t anticipate him disputing its substance anytime soon. As to the substance, sure, let's explore this alliance that has historical relevance beyond that of NATO. Sounds good. Pointless if the people who should be learning refuse to listen.