Considering the Jones Act...
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Leesburg Costco Pumps are flowing and being refilled come and get em
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@lufins-dad said in Considering the Jones Act...:
@jolly said in Considering the Jones Act...:
I had to buy gas this morning. It's always higher out here than in town.
$2.72/gallon, Shell regular, no waiting. Of course, all of ours is trucked in.
The price at Costco was $2.79, most of the regular stations are between $2.89 and $3.05.
@89th @Aqua-Letifer @Copper The Chantilly Costco line was all the way back to Rt. 50 when I left. Sterling Costco was shut down for a while by the police because the parking lot was impassable and they were creating a hazard on 7 East and Cascades.
I topped off using premium 93 today, all the other regular 87 pumps were barely dripping out. My Honda Accord says I have about 580 miles until empty now.
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@loki said in Considering the Jones Act...:
The mass hysteria over events that will pass really should be studied, not that the results will change behavior but at least we will understand why we behave that way.
Interrupting your day to save twenty cents a gallon and stopping at Starbucks for the known wait is pretty funny when you think about it.
Yes, I agree. It is like last year at the start of COVID with people buying stuff.
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@axtremus said in Considering the Jones Act...:
Srsly, though, I think this pipeline thing will be resolved in a few days. Sucks if you are already running out of gas now, but my guess is that supply and pricing should come back to normal ranges in a few days to a week's time. It's computer software problem, not hardware infrastructure damage, so fixing it should be relatively quick.
The Colonial pipeline resumed flowing:
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DarkSide apologizes:
https://www.newsweek.com/colonial-pipeline-hackers-darkside-apologize-say-goal-make-money-1590327The hacker group responsible for the ransomware attack that crippled the Colonial Pipeline has issued an apology, saying its goal was not in "creating problems for society" but "to make money."
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... the hacker group issued an unusual apology for the attack later the same day, saying it would "introduce moderation" to "avoid social consequences in the future" and insisted that it was entirely profit-driven and "apolitical", in a statement posted to the dark web.
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"We are apolitical, we do not participate in geopolitics, [you] do not need to tie us with a defined government and look for ... our motives," ... -
I think Newt was right. Each member responsible should have an Executive Action issued for him. Hunt them, find them and kill them.
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@jolly said in Considering the Jones Act...:
I think Newt was right. Each member responsible should have an Executive Action issued for him. Hunt them, find them and kill them.
Absolutely. This was an act of war and so they made themselves combatants. .
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@axtremus said in Considering the Jones Act...:
DarkSide apologizes:
https://www.newsweek.com/colonial-pipeline-hackers-darkside-apologize-say-goal-make-money-1590327The hacker group responsible for the ransomware attack that crippled the Colonial Pipeline has issued an apology, saying its goal was not in "creating problems for society" but "to make money."
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... the hacker group issued an unusual apology for the attack later the same day, saying it would "introduce moderation" to "avoid social consequences in the future" and insisted that it was entirely profit-driven and "apolitical", in a statement posted to the dark web.
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"We are apolitical, we do not participate in geopolitics, [you] do not need to tie us with a defined government and look for ... our motives," ...A surprising number of people will find virtue in this statement. Disgusting and offensive. It’s called social engineering.