Recent report from the International Energy Agency https://www.iea.org/reports/oil-market-report-december-2023 US oil supply growth continues to defy expectations, with output shattering the 20 mb/d mark. This, combined with record Brazilian and Guyanese production along with surging Iranian flows will lift world output by 1.8 mb/d to 101.9 mb/d in 2023. Non-OPEC+ will again drive global gains in 2024, projected at 1.2 mb/d after OPEC+ deepens its voluntary oil cuts. ICE Brent futures continued to fall in November, declining by $5/bbl to $83/bbl. Surging US crude exports and weaker global demand growth pressured the prompt crude price structure. The WTI contango deepened. Oil’s bearish drift continued in early December after the 30 November OPEC+ meeting failed to halt the price rout, with Brent prices about $25/bbl below September’s annual high.

@LuFins-Dad said in WWAD?: @Aqua-Letifer NAMBLA? I’m not sure if it makes you a horrible person to even think of such a thing, or if it makes you a great person that you can think of these ideas but resist the temptation to implement them…. It's actually 89th's fault I know what NAMBLA is. He said it once, I called bullshit it even existed, he showed me on The Googs on either my or his CRT monitor. It's just a good (and well-deserved) shorthand for "most evil organization ever."

This poses all kinds of interesting questions. I can only assume they don’t take returns… Are they selling at market value or below? If at market, that kind of defeats the purpose, no? By the way, @jon-nyc may find this interesting… We were planning a Bösendorfer Show at a local Costco before COVID shut things down. They had several shows in California and Phoenix that were successful…

@jon-nyc said in Doom Debt: It’s nonsensical to think an entire generation will never be able to afford a home. What happens when the boomers and gen xers die? They’re just going to sit empty? They’ll all be converted to rentals? I remember reading something about how there would be a down trend in housing prices for a long time. As the US becomes more of an aging country, the available single family houses will be greater than the demand.

I’m surprised his foundation isn’t called the X Foundation.

O football neophytes! Listen close to Tikki, for I think he speaks sooth. This is a NFLPA problem.

Vladimir Putin would prefer a US president who takes a “more constructive” approach to Russia and understands the “importance of dialogue,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has declared. Asked whether Putin could work with Donald Trump, Peskov told NBC News that the Russian president could work with “anyone who will understand that from now on, you have to be more careful with Russia and you have to take into account its concerns.” Though Putin has previously praised Trump’s intention to resolve the war in Ukraine within 24 hours, Peskov said the situation is “too complex” for such a swift resolution. Peskov has also said that Russia is ready to talk with the US, but only on its own terms, according to state news agency RIA. Emphasis mine. I read that as Putin has no intention to talk, let alone negotiate in good faith. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/15/ukraine-russia-war-news-latest-councillor-grenade-keretsky/

@George-K said in Southwest Airlines policy for Customers of Size: [image: 1702665167538-screenshot-2023-12-15-at-12.31.40-pm.png] Bloody hell that is GREAT

"And thank you for riding Amtrak. Please be aware that there is no smoking on the train. Please be aware that illegal drugs are not permitted. If we catch you with either of these offenses, the next stop WILL be your stop."

This will be more common early next year as they lost Santos and are losing a CA seat to a retirement. The CA seat they should regain in a few months, and they have some chance with the Santos seat, but at the very least their slim majority will be down by another 2 during the time when the other appropriations bills are due.

@Horace said in I grow to like Jonson ever more.: Right, better to be slow and alive than quick and dead. There are no old gunfighters. Thanks Aqua. Nicely done. That's actually a far better interpretation than what you'd receive in any accredited humanities program today. (What's funny is, the fact that my degree program isn't recognized by American institutions as accredited is now turning into social street cred. Thanks, Harvard!)

@Horace said in Chris Cuomo on the 10/7 massacre: In what way was it astonishing? It's really not.

https://www.bicycling.com/news/a46129587/lance-armstrong-reveals-how-he-cheated-doping-drug-tests/ “You could smoke that joint and go to work driving your tractor (and) in two weeks test positive, because the half-life is much longer,” Armstrong told Maher. “With EPO, which was the rocket fuel that changed not just our sport but every endurance sport, you have a four-hour half-life, so it leaves the body very quickly. With a four-hour half-life, you can just do the math.” By “the math,” it can be assumed the Armstrong was referencing the length of an average Grand Tour stage, meaning, by the time a stage was finished and Armstrong might be tested, the level of EPO in his system was undetectable.

Some J6 folks got more than that.

In western Ukraine no less: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67729343

There was a case where this happened earlier this year and it made the news despite the case being not newsworthy. You’d think other lawyers would have learned from that.

What a joke the whole thing is. Easy to make promises, but when it comes to your backyard, not so easy.