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Posts Made By: Mel Maki

March 12, 2022 08:05 AM Forum: Politics

Guilty On All Counts!

Posted By Mel Maki

Putin decided to go with Biden. Maybe he didn't value Trump's "glowing approval" as much as you do.

March 12, 2022 08:24 AM Forum: Politics

Guilty On All Counts!

Posted By Mel Maki

No, you are the one that thinks he has insight into Putin's mind! He showed by his actions he does not agree with you!

March 12, 2022 08:33 AM Forum: Politics

Guilty On All Counts!

Posted By Mel Maki

It is like the dumb dems that insist the keystone pipeline was not an aid to oil production. And they have links for that! But the oil industry thinks it is an aid to oil production, willing to spend truckloads of their money on it. But what do they know about oil production?

March 12, 2022 09:43 AM Forum: Politics

Guilty On All Counts!

Posted By Mel Maki

Rod, you are just goofy insisting that the oil industry does not know what they are talking about when they say the pipeline would help production. Maybe they would hire you and your links so they could learn!
Maybe you were able to reason before you became so impressed with links.

March 13, 2022 03:47 AM Forum: Politics

Guilty On All Counts!

Posted By Mel Maki

Your link is about the ability to replace Russian imports. They say it could but it was canceled by Biden. And also it says political opposition would delay it. I was arguing it would be an aid to production. And it would be if the dems allowed it to be built. It is like the dems saying nuc power is too expensive but they put every obstacle it it's place to be that expensive. This back and forth with you was dumb. You didn't read or didn't understand that link.

March 13, 2022 04:00 AM Forum: Politics

Guilty On All Counts!

Posted By Mel Maki

This is the 6 or 7 time you just repeated my post. You have a disability. Why post if you can't think of anything to post?.

March 13, 2022 04:25 AM Forum: Politics

Guilty On All Counts!

Posted By Mel Maki

Is anybody there that could help you write something on topic?

March 13, 2022 11:19 AM Forum: Politics

Guilty On All Counts!

Posted By Mel Maki

These high prices are giving Putin billions of extra dollars. He says thank you very much. It is putting him in a stronger position.

March 13, 2022 10:45 PM Forum: Politics

Perspective...

Posted By Mel Maki

Difficult to know. Could even be thirty. On some monitors, with the sucker, does she look like a kid?

March 14, 2022 04:07 AM Forum: Politics

Guilty On All Counts!

Posted By Mel Maki

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

"It remains to be seen whether Russia is actually reaping the full benefit of rising prices. Neil Shearing, group chief economist at Capital Economics, says sanctions are already having a marked impact on cross-border transactions, including as yet untouched oil and gas exports."
"Evidence for that, Shearing says, comes from the price differential between Brent crude – one of the global benchmarks – and Urals crude, the main Russian export blend. Before the invasion, Urals crude traded at an average discount of $2-$3 a barrel, but that has subsequently widened to almost $25 a barrel."
"With the rouble hitting fresh lows against the US dollar, Russia is already feeling the impact of sanctions."
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/07/west-impact-russia-sanctions-oil-gas
My statement stands. The high prices are getting Russia a lot more money.  Sure, without sanctions Russia would pocket even more. But your link starts the article saying Russia is enjoying windfall gains when prices rise.