Things that made you laugh today (Political Version)

[Tgo01]

Biden's net approval rating according to RCP's aggregate is -11.7.

Honestly I should start posting this in the "frown" thread because this is just sad now. I honestly didn't think he would hit negative double digits but Biden was like "Hold my...where am I?"

[Parkbandit]

Biden's net approval rating according to RCP's aggregate is -11.7.

Honestly I should start posting this in the "frown" thread because this is just sad now. I honestly didn't think he would hit negative double digits but Biden was like "Hold my...where am I?"

And this is when the state run media is giving him solid cover. Imagine what it would be if they gave him the President Trump Treatment and just ran negative, made up stories about him 24/7.

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And this is when the state run media is giving him solid cover. Imagine what it would be if they gave him the President Trump Treatment and just ran negative, made up stories about him 24/7.

I had to do some googling to figure out what y'all were talking about. Real Clear Politics huh? Wonder why I've never heard of them!

....Oh.

An October 2019 article in The Daily Beast reported that RealClear Media manages a Facebook page of "far-right memes and Islamophobic smears." Anand Ramanujan, Chief Technology Officer for RealClear Media, responded that the company created the website that was affiliated with the Facebook page "as part of an effort to understand the flow of traffic from social media—particularly Facebook—to political websites."[22]

Since 2017, when a large number of its straight news journalists were laid off, RealClearPolitics has had a rightward, pro-Trump turn.[10] In November 2020, The New York Times reported that "Real Clear became one of the most prominent platforms for elevating unverified and reckless stories about the president's political opponents, through a mix of its own content and articles from across conservative media."[10] Three days after every major media outlet declared Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election, the website reported that Pennsylvania was still undecided. Some allies of Donald Trump falsely claimed that RealClearPolitics had rescinded its call of Pennsylvania for Biden; however, the website had not yet called a winner in the state.[23][24] The website elevated stories that "reinforced the false narrative that the president could still somehow eke out a win."[10]

So this is just one of y'all's Kool-aid stands huh. Okay then fine don't let me break up the roleplay. Let's go Brandon and whatnot!

[Parkbandit]

I had to do some googling to figure out what y'all were talking about. Real Clear Politics huh? Wonder why I've never heard of them!

....Oh.

So this is just one of y'all's Kool-aid stands huh. Okay then fine don't let me break up the roleplay. Let's go Brandon and whatnot!

If you had to google the media treatment of President Trump because you were oblivious... googling won't help what ails you.

[Seran]

"GAO's analysis found limited effects associated with the repeal of the ban on the production, export, and import of domestic refined petroleum products, such as gasoline."

Your own link.

However, profit margins—which are determined in part by the costs a refiner pays for the crude oil and the earnings a refiner receives from the sale of refined products—likely decreased as the prices refiners paid for domestic crude oil increased relative to international prices.

And in thd EXACT same paragraph your quoting, the GAO found that prices paid for domestic oil went up for refiners due to international oil price influence. Which was not a factor before the export ban was appealed.

[Seran]

To give you a an idea of just how corrupt the American petroleum Institute in is they are trying to head off an investigation into price collusion by the oil companies and refiners. Mind you, nobody say that they did something wrong but an investigation apparently it's exactly what API who represents most of the oil companies is afraid of.

Watch this space: President Joe Biden, who is taking political heat from the spike in gasoline prices, asked the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday to "immediately" investigate whether illegal activity by oil and gas companies is contributing to the problem.
The American Petroleum Institute slammed the push and renewed its call for the federal government to encourage domestic oil and gas production even as it tries to fight the climate crisis.
"This is a distraction from the fundamental shift that is taking place and the ill-advised government decisions that are exacerbating this challenging situation," the group said in a statement.

[Seran]

What most of you seem to be forgetting is that companies colluding to fix prices by controlling output is illegal in the United States. This is exactly what the American petroleum Institute does, help keep prices up

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If you had to google the media treatment of President Trump because you were oblivious... googling won't help what ails you.

So you legitimately can't keep up with the conversation well enough to realize I was addressing the RCP poll that you were already talking about???

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So you legitimately can't keep up with the conversation well enough to realize I was addressing the RCP poll that you were already talking about???

Actually disregard that, I don't care!

Let's do this: Your RCP poll is showing -11% approval rating for Biden. You claim that media bias was unfair towards Trump.

Are you seriously so un-self-aware that you don't realize that the exact same thing is happening to Biden in conservative media?

Let me be clear, by the way. I can't stand Biden. He sucks. I voted for him, but he's WAY the fuck down on the list of people I'd like as Prez. At least 500 people down.

[Parkbandit]

Multiple Personality Disorder much?

You should work on it.