The Biden (interim) Dictator

[Spracne]

They're just doing it for attention. Buncha (dys)phonies!

Doctor friend says it's a neurological condition called spasmodic dysphonia, so now I get your pun.

[Dugout DickStone]

Yahtzee!! If you had a tall tale about cannibalism in New Guinea on your mentally incapacitated old man as POTUS score card.

.5 bonus for the battlefield promotion from mechanic to pilot for the Biden family member.


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yeah when I heard that story I immediately said NFW

[sonofdaxjones]

Fine, it’s all fine . . .




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[Spracne]

Huh. I wonder what happened ...

[sonofdaxjones]

Turn the gaslight to 11!!

Remember, inflation is under control it’s just that fuckin Powell and the Fed refusing to lower rates  . . . again (and again)


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[DaBigTrain]

Yeah, the money printer only got turned on when Biden was elected.

[sonofdaxjones]

#duhbigpsycho forgets when people like Nancy and Chuck used to lose their crap over budget deficits a 10th the current size (applies to Republican presidents only).

#duhbigpsycho: A DeflectoCon stalker




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[BIG APPLE CAT]

Huh. I wonder what happened ...

I'd be curious to see the graph of avocado toast sales over that same period of time

[sonofdaxjones]

BAC: Coming in strong with the usual DeflectoCon gibberish


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[sonofdaxjones]

Our mentally incapacitated turd of a president recently urged Israel not to attack . . . Haifa


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[sonofdaxjones]

Opinion piece trigger warning for #blueanongE

#neocongE should be absolutely enraged and even moreso at the fact that this going to take an  long time for an alleged industrialized nation, and knowing that the majority if not all of the heavy lift crane barge capacity the US once had is in mothballs or rusting away and that the majority of it exists in places like . . . China.

https://realclearwire.com/articles/2024/04/18/national_security_implications_of_baltimore_bridge_catastrophe_1025844.html



International demand for American coal has been on the rise in the past few years due to Europe’s tightening energy supply, low natural gas reservoirs, and conflict in the region as many countries like Ukraine turned elsewhere to get their energy commodities. As the second-largest exporting hub for coal in the United States, accounting for nearly one-third (28 percent) of total exports in 2023, the Port of Baltimore has helped meet that demand.

While most of the coal exported from the Port of Baltimore was historically destined for locations outside of Europe, it has increasingly been finding its way to countries on the continent dealing with rising Russian aggression, providing them an alternative to forced reliance on Russian energy supplies. But with the port’s unspecified closure and reopening timelines, American allies around the world may be forced to turn back to Vladimir Putin and his cronies. This will give Russia undue power, in Europe in particular, which has historically relied heavily on Russian imports of coal, oil, and natural gas.

[Kat Kid]

Coal Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of coal during 2022.

Australia: US$83.3 billion (35% of total coal exports)
Indonesia: $46.7 billion (19.6%)
Russia: $42.8 billion (18%)
United States: $17.3 billion (7.3%)
South Africa: $13 billion (5.5%)
Canada: $10.8 billion (4.5%)
Mongolia: $6.5 billion (2.7%)
Netherlands: $2.2 billion (0.9%)
Mozambique: $2 billion (0.9%)
Poland: $1.6 billion (0.7%)
Colombia: $1.3 billion (0.6%)
China: $1.2 billion (0.5%)
Kazakhstan: $946.5 million (0.4%)
Philippines: $883.1 million (0.4%)
Belgium: $763.6 million (0.3%)

As the second-largest exporting hub for coal in the United States, accounting for nearly one-third (28 percent) of total exports in 2023, the Port of Baltimore has helped meet that demand.

so at absolute worst 2% of global supply slack has to be picked up by the global market (including the US) and most of what we export doesn't go to Europe anyway.

I guess, I feel like we may have bigger things to worry about.

[LickNeckey]

why did biden mothhball and rust those Crane barges?

really silly on his part

if only democrats had not historically voted against infrastructure improvements maybe things would be different

[sonofdaxjones]

We'll funnel billions to pet social construct programs completely eschewingthe  infrastructure needs of the masses, then lose our got damn minds when we don't get support for piling on with special infrastructure bills . . . #blueanon political leadership

[LickNeckey]

can you point me to the republican infrastructure bills that would have solved this?

[sonofdaxjones]

Coal Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of coal during 2022.

Australia: US$83.3 billion (35% of total coal exports)
Indonesia: $46.7 billion (19.6%)
Russia: $42.8 billion (18%)
United States: $17.3 billion (7.3%)
South Africa: $13 billion (5.5%)
Canada: $10.8 billion (4.5%)
Mongolia: $6.5 billion (2.7%)
Netherlands: $2.2 billion (0.9%)
Mozambique: $2 billion (0.9%)
Poland: $1.6 billion (0.7%)
Colombia: $1.3 billion (0.6%)
China: $1.2 billion (0.5%)
Kazakhstan: $946.5 million (0.4%)
Philippines: $883.1 million (0.4%)
Belgium: $763.6 million (0.3%)

As the second-largest exporting hub for coal in the United States, accounting for nearly one-third (28 percent) of total exports in 2023, the Port of Baltimore has helped meet that demand.

so at absolute worst 2% of global supply slack has to be picked up by the global market (including the US) and most of what we export doesn't go to Europe anyway.

I guess, I feel like we may have bigger things to worry about.

I didn't post more from that article because #blueanongE gets extremely triggered and ragey when I do that . . . but always glad to see that you've avoided the "been on the rise" component of international exports of U.S. coal.  While also avoiding nearly a third of all U.S. coal exports departing from that port, and avoiding the impact on domestic coal supply (and I know you guys hate hate hate coal and the power it provides) while also avoiding the impact on special coal needed to power our dwindling domestically controlled steel mills.

[sonofdaxjones]

can you point me to the republican infrastructure bills that would have solved this?

  you mean which Republican infrastructure bill that would have taken money from #blueanon pet domestic programs and moved it to infrastructure?  I can't think of any.

[LickNeckey]

i would accept any republican infrastructure bill

[BIG APPLE CAT]

can you point me to the republican infrastructure bills that would have solved this?

infrastructure has gone woke, so don't hold your breath

[sonofdaxjones]

Lick, the $1 trillion dollar infrastructure bill of 2021 that your boy Pedo Pete signed was named: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

So I don't know exactly what you're driving at here, but it seems pretty stupid (as usual).

I also do NOT know what this has to do with the feeble pace that the current administration will move in getting that bridge rebuilt.

. . . well, I do know, nothing, what your talking about has nothing to do with the current situation.

[sonofdaxjones]

can you point me to the republican infrastructure bills that would have solved this?

infrastructure has gone woke, so don't hold your breath

As has been documented on this blog, one reason why CHIP manufacturers are about ready to tell the policy wonks that you guys love to go eff themselves.

[Kat Kid]

Coal Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of coal during 2022.

Australia: US$83.3 billion (35% of total coal exports)
Indonesia: $46.7 billion (19.6%)
Russia: $42.8 billion (18%)
United States: $17.3 billion (7.3%)
South Africa: $13 billion (5.5%)
Canada: $10.8 billion (4.5%)
Mongolia: $6.5 billion (2.7%)
Netherlands: $2.2 billion (0.9%)
Mozambique: $2 billion (0.9%)
Poland: $1.6 billion (0.7%)
Colombia: $1.3 billion (0.6%)
China: $1.2 billion (0.5%)
Kazakhstan: $946.5 million (0.4%)
Philippines: $883.1 million (0.4%)
Belgium: $763.6 million (0.3%)

As the second-largest exporting hub for coal in the United States, accounting for nearly one-third (28 percent) of total exports in 2023, the Port of Baltimore has helped meet that demand.

so at absolute worst 2% of global supply slack has to be picked up by the global market (including the US) and most of what we export doesn't go to Europe anyway.

I guess, I feel like we may have bigger things to worry about.

I didn't post more from that article because #blueanongE gets extremely triggered and ragey when I do that . . . but always glad to see that you've avoided the "been on the rise" component of international exports of U.S. coal.  While also avoiding nearly a third of all U.S. coal exports departing from that port, and avoiding the impact on domestic coal supply (and I know you guys hate hate hate coal and the power it provides) while also avoiding the impact on special coal needed to power our dwindling domestically controlled steel mills.

I didn't avoid it, I did the math and told you this affects 2% of global supply.

[Kat Kid]

The price of coal is up 2.6% YTD and we are nearly a month in to the supply disruption so I guess we can say it doesn't look like a big deal yet.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/coal-price

[sonofdaxjones]

Okay, well good for the rest of the world coal exporters and bad for our coal exporters (who are counting on the increase in exports to allow them to operate and you know, employee people in jobs and such) I suppose.  How positively #blueanon on many many levels.

[sonofdaxjones]

The price of coal is up 2.6% YTD and we are nearly a month in to the supply disruption so I guess we can say it doesn't look like a big deal yet.

https://markets.businessinsider.com/commodities/coal-price

Again, good for the countries that will need the coal (or be forced to buy more energy from Vlad . . . which they still do anyway) and also good for those other countries and non US companies that they're making more money on coal while U.S. coal exporters (again, counting on International markets for long term viability and stability) have a harder time shipping theirs out.