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madhatter wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ene ... 4924e91cdb

As of May 12, the reserve had 688.1 million barrels, equal to about 141 days of net imports of crude oil and refined petroleum products.


The administration has proposed selling off 270 million barrels from the reserve by the year 2027, a move that it also said would allow it to retire two out of the four Gulf Coast facilities that store the oil.
not sure about this either but there have been increases in production haven't there?
“Given the long-term trajectory of domestic energy production and transportation capabilities, a smaller SPR is projected to be able to continue to meet international obligations and emergency needs,”


then there's this from the same aricle:
This isn’t the first time the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been tapped for revenue. A budget deal in October 2015 included sales of 58 million barrels — 8 percent of the reserve — from 2018 through 2025 to raise $5.1 billion, which would equal 0.125 percent of that year’s budget. In addition, Congress turned to sales of the reserve to meet financing needs of the Highway Trust Fund, which would drain the reserve of another 101 million barrels.
I don't really see the point in selling it off but the nj article implies that there will be zero reserves the day he enacts whatever it is that probably won't happen anyway....WaPo article is worth a read...

madhatter is neither for nor against this "measure"...more info is needed though initially I have to go with "it hardly matters to me either way"... except if its pointless in which case why why bother...
Seems like a nonissue. Nj.com isn't the most neutral source of info.
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madhatter wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ene ... 4924e91cdb

As of May 12, the reserve had 688.1 million barrels, equal to about 141 days of net imports of crude oil and refined petroleum products.


The administration has proposed selling off 270 million barrels from the reserve by the year 2027, a move that it also said would allow it to retire two out of the four Gulf Coast facilities that store the oil.
not sure about this either but there have been increases in production haven't there?
“Given the long-term trajectory of domestic energy production and transportation capabilities, a smaller SPR is projected to be able to continue to meet international obligations and emergency needs,”


then there's this from the same aricle:
This isn’t the first time the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been tapped for revenue. A budget deal in October 2015 included sales of 58 million barrels — 8 percent of the reserve — from 2018 through 2025 to raise $5.1 billion, which would equal 0.125 percent of that year’s budget. In addition, Congress turned to sales of the reserve to meet financing needs of the Highway Trust Fund, which would drain the reserve of another 101 million barrels.
I don't really see the point in selling it off but the nj article implies that there will be zero reserves the day he enacts whatever it is that probably won't happen anyway....WaPo article is worth a read...

madhatter is neither for nor against this "measure"...more info is needed though initially I have to go with "it hardly matters to me either way"... except if its pointless in which case why why bother...
Selling off a portion of the SPR should be tied in some manner to daily US oil production. I'd have to think about how that would work but, clearly, world oil markets and US domestic production and demand have changed quite a bit since the SPR was first envisioned.
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Hungary Builds A Wall, Cuts Illegal Immigration By Over 99%
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Doode .. that's a whopping 100 miles :lol:
Solar barbed wire specs top out around 10km.

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Trump wears his heart on his sleeve. How refreshing :!: "Steph Curry, don't come to the White House you tard". "Don't stand for the anthem at NFL games, leave just leave the stadium. We'll deport them leader".

Here's how we pay for the wall, instead of giving Mexico money for their earthquake, take that money and build. Thank Mexico for their contribution.

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freeski wrote:Trump wears his heart on his sleeve. How refreshing :!:
He also carries his brains in his ass far too often.
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Drumph shoulda' stuck with football. :lol:
He was so successful at that :roll:

This tax reform plan assures no legislative achievements in year 1.
The 30% crying to 'just give him a chance' have really tailed off.

Big difference between Great and Grate :wink:

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brownman wrote:Drumph shoulda' stuck with football. :lol: you really think the NFL holds the winning hand here? :roll:
He was so successful at that :roll: do tell?

This tax reform plan assures no legislative achievements in year 1.
The 30% crying to 'just give him a chance' have really tailed off.keep telling yourself that...

Big difference between Great and Grate :wink: yep big difference between POTUS and "duh whats a leppo?" sorry the dumb guy appealed to you...

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brownhole, america's most incessant whiner...yer dimwitted oblivious sour grapes "analysis" is as obnoxious as it is ridiculous...seriously just STFU already...ya got nothing of value to say...clueless on nearly every account, blatantly wrong on many others yet still you somehow imagine that you have even the remotest semblance of a clue...

people like you are the reason that outside the bluest shitholes no one even wants to hear you let alone listen...what exactly do you think you are accomplishing with your incessant gump drumph stupid blither? do you think you are swaying ANYONE? ANYONE at all?

your actions here mirror the actions of leftists everywhere...and the end result is the same....you've gone from some one with whom I disagree on some politics but otherwise find to be a decent guy, to a bellicose blithering obnoxious a-hole who can never be reasoned with, so why even bother trying? there is simply no possible way to reason with, let alone actually come to some sort of consensus in regards to government...you idiots simply refuse to accept the results of the election and in turn those who voted for trump simply refuse to acknowledge you as anything other than an obnoxious mosquito-like nuisance to be swatted away with absolute disregard....

whiny childish baseless sour grapes sore loser bitching pussy hat wearing idiots don;t have anything of value to say to anyone outside their bubble...but by all means please continue to make this your only platform...it makes GFYS a winning platform for the opposition by default...
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Every player on both sides of the field stood during the national anthem ahead of Thursday night’s NFL game.


guess we know who won that one... :shock:
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Yeah .. the Packers won. :roll:
The Bears unity involved taking a knee the entire game.

Dotard still plagued by USFL hangover grudge. :lol:

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ya gotta do what they told ya....
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Hey Gump .. Nice Cabinet. :lol:

Maybe he can tweet a few want adds. :idea:
All his 'buddies' are proving their worth.

Truly Great :like

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brownman wrote:Hey Gump .. Nice Cabinet. :lol:

Maybe he can tweet a few want adds. :idea:
All his 'buddies' are proving their worth.

Truly Great :like

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and just like that people was mad at cabinets...

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Maybe they should hire some private planes to help the people of Puerto Rico. Nah playing golf in jersey is a better idea. Always working.
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Nikoli wrote:Maybe they should hire some private planes to help the people of Puerto Rico. Nah playing golf in jersey is a better idea. Always working.
maybe you should check to see what's actually going on vs what you imagine is happening...
The federal government will pick up 100 percent of the costs of debris removal and other emergency assistance to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.

President Donald Trump made the change Tuesday as part of an amendment to his earlier disaster declaration authorizing federal aid. U.S. states and territories typically cover 25 percent of the costs, with the federal government paying the remaining 75 percent. But the island's government is so strapped for cash that Puerto Rican officials and sympathetic members of Congress had called on Trump to waive the cost-sharing requirement.

Trump's declaration covers the removal of downed trees, utility poles and other debris, as well as spending for emergency measures to protect lives and public health and safety.

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1:25 p.m.

It's getting easier to leave Puerto Rico, where more than 3.4 million U.S. citizens still lack adequate food, water and fuel five days after Maria pounded the island as a Category 4 hurricane.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan is handling nearly 100 arrivals and departures daily, including military and relief operations as well as more than a dozen commercial passenger flights per day.

The agency is taking reservations for arrival and departure slots to manage space at the airport and safely separate aircraft in the air.

Maria destroyed or disabled a number of essential radar, navigation and communication systems, so the FAA has been bringing in replacements by air and sea, and technicians are working now to get them working.

The FAA says a long-range radar in the Turks and Caicos returned to service on Monday, giving air traffic controllers a much better picture of planes and helicopters in the region. Meanwhile, technicians are using chain saws to cut a path through a r*in forest to reach a mountaintop where a second long-range radar site remains offline.
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello says he's spoken "as recently as last night" to President Donald Trump about the crisis Hurricane Maria caused on the island. He says he's "confident the president understands the magnitude of the situation."

Speaking to reporters Tuesday at a Puma gas facility in San Juan, Rossello said "the president has offered a waiver on matching funds" for aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which means the cash-strapped island won't have to contribute to the initial costs of this federal help.

Rossello said he'd be speaking with Trump later today to discuss "a long-term recovery package for Puerto Rico to be presented to Congress," apparently next week.

He also said New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has offered to send a National Guard unit to aid in security
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101st Airborne Division deploying to Puerto Rico as recovery effort lags
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The U.S. Army's elite 101st Airborne Division is deploying eight medevac helicopters and support personnel to Puerto Rico to assist in the recovery from Hurricane Maria as many residents remain without power and basic necessities six days after the storm.

More than 70 service members left for the island on Wednesday, a spokesman for the 101st told CBS News. The effort is the first time the 75-year-old unit has been deployed to assist in hurricane relief.

The 101st joins thousands of military personnel being sent to assist in distributing aid to the island, where 3.4 million people lack power.


Many residents are waiting for help from anyone from the federal or Puerto Rican government. But the scope of the devastation is so broad, and the relief effort so concentrated in San Juan, that many people from outside the capital say they have received little to no help.

There are several thousand U.S. federal employees in Puerto Rico helping with the recovery effort. They are most visible in San Juan, where officials with FEMA, Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection have a presence at hotels that before the storm served tourists in the Condado neighborhood or at the convention center that has become a staging ground for relief efforts.

Federal workers supplied diesel to generators at hospitals and delivered desperately needed food and water to hard-hit communities across the island. They have repaired the air traffic control systems and power at the airport, which is far from normal operations with only about a dozen commercial flights per day. U.S. agents have also provided security across the island and the Coast Guard has worked with local authorities to restore the sea ports, a vital link because Puerto Rico is almost completely dependent on imports.

In addition, teams from the Army Corps of Engineers are helping to repair the electricity grid and to inspect and look for ways to avert the collapse of a dam near the western town of Quebradillas that has developed a crack and that officials have said could potentially fail. And personnel from Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs have provided care and helped evacuate people from Puerto Rico with chronic medical conditions.
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The Trump administration is continuing its efforts to aid Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, which struck last week as a category 4 storm and left the entire island without electricity, short of food and water and with a severely damaged infrastructure. While the U.S. continues to send aid and troops, it's really just beginning a recovery effort that likely to take years and cost billions.

Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert and Acting Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke told reporters Thursday that 90 percent of the island is now accessible and 44 of the 69 hospitals on the island are operational. Two hundred gas stations are up and running, and 10,000 federal officers, including 7,200 troops, are involved in the aid effort.

The main issue, they said, was the distribution of goods on the island.

Officials say the priority is still to save lives and that they are still in rescue mode. Next (and it's not clear when the next phase will begin) will come the life-sustaining chapter of the recovery: they will be trying to get people out of harm's way and give them food and shelter.


After that comes the focus on restoration. This will also be a major challenge in an area that had a "troubled" infrastructure prior to the hurricane. For example, in some of the ports, cranes are operating on generators, which means they are operating at half capacity.
why don't you dumbass libs stick to pussy hats, imaginary russian hacking etc and destroying public property and leave the rest to the adults?
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