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Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:21pm On Sep 04
LordReed:
Oh you do, do you? Were you not the person who came here proving to me it was a 47year war? So now it is no longer a war? LoLz.
Do you think someone who drops on you a few hundred kilos of TNT is wishing you a belated happy birthday?
It's a bloody war. .
Congress needs to declare a war , presidents found a work around.
Go ask Tehran Mayor how long Iran has been at war with America
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:15pm On Sep 04
bayelsaowei:
It’s constitutional.. the president (Trump) votes via mail ballots.

It’s Constitutional you freaks.. anytime anybody likes he or she can vote via that medium..
Noone has said it's not. Who has ?
The safeguards are what democrats resist ,helped by RINO senators and activist NJ judges.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:46am On Sep 04
Stop crying over $140 billion to prevent zealots ever developing a nuclear bomb.
This should worry you.

CATO institute did the maths. DSA and democrat socialists proposals could cost $210 Trillion over a decade. A lower end is $71 Trillion.


https://www.cato.org/blog/who-will-pay-democratic-socialisms-200-trillion-cost


nateevs:
Conservative estimates are putting the entire cost of the Iran war "so far" at about $140bn.

This does not include the cost of lost soldiers, the true cost of the last bases - the Pentagon is covering that up. It does not include the cost lost to inflation in the economy, as a result of increased fuel costs and expected costs to the US economy from a collapsing bond market.

It's much more than a $ 140bn, and it's on-going.
"Imagine taking a day off from work in a future without capitalism," reads the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) website.
"You have no debt. You don't need health insurance. You don't pay a mortgage or have a landlord, because comfortable housing is a human right. Your retirement is publicly funded. Food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation aren't for-profit businesses; they are common goods and utilities," it continues.


The DSA platform claims that the bill for all this will be sent to “the richest individuals and corporations

Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 9:25am On Sep 04
I've always accused the greed of the EU and America globalists as the reason there's war in Ukraine. A timeline that I find relevant.


1. The EU Trade Rivalry (November 21, 2013)
Agreement: The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement.
Summary: Ukraine’s government abruptly suspended preparations to sign this major economic integration pact with the European Union. The decision was heavily pressured by Moscow, which wanted Ukraine to join its rival Eurasian Customs Union instead.

2. The $15 Billion Bailout (December 17, 2013)
Agreement
: The 17 December 2013 Russian–Ukrainian Action Plan.
Summary: Following the suspension of the EU deal, Vladimir Putin threw a critical financial lifeline to President Yanukovych in Moscow. Russia agreed to buy $15 billion of Ukrainian debt and slash natural gas prices by one-third to keep Kyiv anchored firmly in Russia's economic orbit.

3. The Maidan Overthrow (February 21–22, 2014)
Agreement
: The Agreement on Settlement of Political Crisis in Ukraine.
Summary: Months of protests culminated in deadly clashes. Amid the chaos, a leaked phone call exposed US diplomat Victoria Nuland orchestrating a new government team. While a Western-mediated compromise agreement was signed on February 21, protesters rejected it, Yanukovych fled, and parliament voted him out on February 22. Russia declared the event a US-backed illegal coup.

4. The Annexation of Crimea (February 20–March 18, 2014)
Agreemen[/b]t: The Treaty on the Accession of the Republic of Crimea to Russia.
[b]Summary
: Days after the Maidan government took power, unmarked Russian forces seized control of the Crimean Peninsula. A hasty, disputed referendum was held on March 16, and Russia officially annexed the strategic territory on March 18, securing its Black Sea Fleet base.

5. The Outbreak of War in the Donbas & Failed Peace Accords (April 2014–February 2015
)Agreement
: The Minsk I Protocol (September 5, 2014) and the Minsk II Package of Measures (February 12, 2015).
Summary: In April 2014, Russian-backed separatists seized the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The West brokered two ceasefire agreements in Minsk, Belarus, to halt the fighting. Both failed because Russia demanded autonomous political power for the regions to block Ukraine's EU/NATO ambitions, while Ukraine insisted on reclaiming its border first.

6. The Pro-Western Constitutional Shift & The Election of Zelensky (February–May 2019)
Agreement
: The Law of Ukraine No. 2680-VIII (Amendments on the Strategic Course to the EU and NATO) and the 2019 Ukrainian Presidential Election Results.
Summary: On February 7, 2019, Ukraine permanently amended its constitution, legally mandating full EU and NATO membership as its irreversible national policy. Weeks later, in April 2019, Volodymyr Zelensky won a landslide presidential victory. While initially open to negotiating peace with Moscow, Zelensky refused to yield Ukrainian territory, clamped down on pro-Russian political networks inside Ukraine, and aggressively pressured Western leaders to fast-track Ukraine's NATO admission.

7. Biden’s Inauguration & The Return of the Obama-Era Ukraine Policy Team (January–May 2021)
Agreement: [/b]The United States Senate Confirmation Votes for Top Diplomatic Appointees.
[b]Summary
: The inauguration of Joe Biden brought a dramatic shift in Washington's posture toward Moscow, marked by the systematic return of key officials from the 2014 Maidan period. Biden appointed Antony Blinken as Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland as Under Secretary of State, George Kent as Deputy Assistant Secretary overseeing Ukraine policy, and Eric Green as the National Security Council's Senior Director for Russia. For the Kremlin, putting this specific team back in control of US foreign policy was the ultimate warning sign that Washington would aggressively accelerate Ukraine's anti-Russian trajectory, serving as the immediate catalyst for Russia to begin massing forces on the border.

8. The Final Security Ultimatum and Breaking Point (December 17, 2021)
Agreement
: The Russian Draft Treaties on Security Guarantees (comprising two proposed pacts: one with the United States and one with NATO).
Summary: With the new US diplomatic team firmly in place and over 100,000 Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s borders, Moscow issued a sweeping, legally binding diplomatic ultimatum. Russia demanded an absolute ban on Ukraine ever joining NATO, a complete halt to all Western military activity in Eastern Europe, and the rollback of NATO forces to their 1997 boundaries. The United States and NATO rejected the core demands as violations of state sovereignty. Because no compromise was reached, the Kremlin utilized the failed diplomatic talks as its final justification to launch the full-scale invasion two months later.

9. The Official Recognition of Separatist Republics and the Invasion Launch (February 21–24, 2022)
Agreement:
The Treaties of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.
Summary: Following the collapse of the security talks, Vladimir Putin delivered a grievance-filled televised address explicitly denying Ukraine's historical right to exist as a separate nation. On February 21, he signed decrees officially recognizing the separatist Donbas regions as independent states, completely destroying the Minsk Accords. Three days later, on February 24, using the newly signed mutual assistance treaties as a legal cover, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

10. The April 2022 Boris Johnson Visit (The Peace Talks Collapse)
Agreement:
The Istanbul Communiqué / Draft Peace Treaty (March–April 2022).
Summary: Six weeks into the full-scale invasion, while Russian and Ukrainian negotiators were actively drafting a tentative peace agreement in Istanbul, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a highly dramatic, unannounced flight to Kyiv on April 9, 2022. Pointing to newly uncovered Russian atrocities in Bucha, Johnson urged President Zelenskyy not to sign any premature deal with Putin, declaring that the West was not ready to lift sanctions and would back a full military resistance instead. Following the visit, Ukraine withdrew from the negotiations. The Kremlin heavily points to this exact moment as proof that Western leaders intentionally derailed a diplomatic end to the war to permanently bleed Russia.


11. The Economic Betrayal & The EU Trade Barriers (2023–2026)
Agreement:
The EU Grain Import Restrictions & Reimposition of Pre-War Tariffs.
Summary: While demanding that Ukraine sacrifice its youth to fight Russia and fully open its domestic markets to Western corporations, the EU committed a massive economic betrayal. Bowing to protests from Western farmers, EU nations like Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia unilaterally banned Ukrainian grain. Ultimately, the European Commission ended wartime exemptions and reimposed heavy tariffs and strictly limited quotas on Ukrainian wheat, poultry, and sugar. Critics point to this as ultimate proof of Western exploitation: using Ukraine to weaken Russia militarily, while economically crushing and blockading Ukrainian products the moment they competed with Western markets.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
LordReed:
No it doesn't. Is it a war or is it not a war?
You need Congress to declare war on a country.Obama didn't ask Congress to remove Gadaffi and place boots on the ground in his failed Syria attempt to remove Assad. He divided the two countries into sections controlled by hard core jihadists of the Islamic State .in Syria and Ansar al-Sharia in Libya.
Ansar al-Sharia means supporters of Islamic Laws.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:44am On Sep 04
LordReed:
basilico the okpats decoder come and explain.
This should answer you

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:37am On Sep 04
WNBA to face court action. They ejected him from a game.

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@EnesFreedom
🚨SEE YOU IN COURT!!!

Just filed a federal complaint.

I’m taking legal action over my ejection from the
@chicagosky
game while peacefully exercising my First Amendment rights.

My T-shirt did what the whole
@WNBA
apparently couldn’t: define a woman.

No threats. No violence. Just biology.

And somehow, that required a security escort.

You don’t have to agree with my speech but you don’t get to silence me for it.

I will not be intimidated.
I will not be silenced.

I will continue to stand for women and defend free speech.i


***Eric Kanter now identifies as a woman. WNBA should consider him. That's what inclusivity is all about****

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Martha Bartiromo has been fired by Fox News after 12 years on air.She was number one weekend features show averaging 1.9-2.0 million viewers . For comparison Fareed Zakaria and MSNOW segments each average 800K BARTIROMO show beats all them combined including the advertising category.

We now know why.In July Trump press conference revealed China influence in 2020 elections. Where they hacked 18 states and stole 220 million voter data ,they were caught printing 20K fake DLs to be used in requesting mail in ballots . FBI removed this intelligence from the Presidential Daily Briefing so that Trump wouldn't know. That's what Trunp revealed ( Sickens me why Noone is in jail).

Fox News gave the live presser a wide berth . Bartiromo who was doing a feature on the same later was asked by WH official why they didn't cover. She explained management told them not to and forwarded a text or the memo to the official.

Fox News fired her. She has retained a lawyer so the matter is not going soon.

Democrats are allowed to scream election irregularities.We saw it in 2000 and 2016..When it comes to 2020 elections no dissent is allowed ,hapless sheep have been told it was the most cleanest secure ever .Period.

Fox is conservative yes ,but they were in on the 2020 steal. They called Arizona at 11:20 PM election day when votes were still being counted . The final call was made on Nov 8 a whole 5 days later .
Foxx was preparing the masses for the steal then underway.
[Bret Baier was the anchor on air when the Fox News Decision Desk flashed the Arizona projection at 11:20 PM EST. Just after 12:30 AM (technically the next morning), Baier brought Decision Desk director Arnon Mishkin on air live to question him heavily about the call because the Trump campaign was furious.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:34am On Sep 04
benalvino3:
When America protect the world so that the leech that is your country can afford social services.

Now that they have been exposed, they want to take money away from healthcare and increase tax just to ramp up their defence. America is the reason why you have health care instead of paying tax to Putin.
EU was leeching on America footing their overall defence bill smiley
I've heard every good thing about NHS and every bad about American health care here.
EU is not happy with Trunp at all. Namely
He doesn't want the Ukraine war
He's forced some drug manuafacters to price drugs at same levels they sell abroad.
Forced the NATO countries to increase defence spending.

Common sense stuff that previous presidents just ignored.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
benalvino3:
Look at your supporting a politician doing nonsense.

The footage showed him handing bundles of absentee ballots to a driver, who then deposited them into the drop box.

Michigan law doesn't allow somebody to collect dozens of people's ballots that they are not related to. You generally have to be the voter, their immediate family/household member, a mail carrier or an authorized election official.
Democrats demand mail in votes for precisely that reason. They don't do it all the time .
When they badly need votes ,they know what to do.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
bayelsaowei:
Shey the Teslas that Elon is manufacturing it is the conservative people that will drive it Abi?

We’ve been hearing that all businesses are exiting the major blue states, but then those blue states keep thriving economically..

California has the 4th largest economy in the world..

You do the maths..

Bye..
They have not gone broke. Still the largest economy it could do better if they had republican leadership.

Trump , Hollywood and Adam Schiff are urging the house come up with a bipartisan bill to help the dying film industry. There are countries offering better terms to movie producers.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:17am On Sep 03
bayelsaowei:
Your last comment addresses all your dancing around.

Thank you..
I think Cinderella types of stories is where you'd shine the most. smiley
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:01am On Sep 03
I am good at understanding figures unlike you

Elon Musk state taxes on his $55 billion compensation package would have netted California $7 billion .
He moved to Texas

Nigerian annual tax revenue ¹~ $27 billion

Looking at the larger picture on business fleeing .
California has lost roughly $11.9 billion to $12 billion in adjusted gross income (AGI) annually.

New York has suffered an approximate $9.9 billion annual reduction in its taxable base

Florida & Texas have collectively absorbed massive influxes, with Florida leading by capturing upwards of $20.5 billion in newly migrated personal and corporate wealth annually.



Well I'm.sure you'll say it's no big deal since California us still the largest economy.


bayelsaowei:
Flee flee all the time..

🤣🤣🤣..

Them go flee tire and then come back again..

Extreme capitalism would collapse the US soon.. businesses want to operate without guardrails, whilst sometimes endangering the lives of the populace.

Thats how the Niger delta in Nigeria has ended up being polluted by hydrocarbon spills, negatively impacting in the flora and fauna of that region.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:48am On Sep 03
Raumdeuter. How true is this.
Bernie Sanders says the economy is only working for the rich.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Karmelo Anthony’s family is asking supporters to fork over $250,000 to pay for the convicted killer’s appeal after a Texas judge shot down his request for a new trial. The GiveSendGo fundraiser has already raised $27,000 from grassroots supporters of the 19-year-old, who was sentenced to 35 years in June for the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf, 17, at a high school track meet in 2025 in Frisco.

Karmelo should be out by the time he is 35 years.
Appealing the judgement means his case gets another review. I see the Appeals court imposing life on him. He doesn't show an iota of remorse. Neither does hiis family.
Significant evidence was withheld from the jury like violent text messages from him.
There's no texting your girlfriend you'll stab somebody, carry a knife to school then stab someone to death within two hours.
There's no racism in your girlfriend reporting you to the authorities about you stalking her then you stab somebody the same day.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:28am On Sep 03
Another idiot throws away his life for no reason.




Liberalism is madness.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:25am On Sep 03
bayelsaowei:
Why won’t red states be fine with it?

They get to retain their seats for looking in the eyes of average americans and impoverishing them - failing on almost every campaign promise.
Red states are impoverishing Americans, I totally agree with you.
Statistics show that poorer states are preferred by wealthy companies and individuals because they can get rich quicker. They also show that rich people fleeing blue states is no big deal ,the loss of tax revenue to blue states is insignificant.
Many companies flee California after being caught red-handed polluting the ozone layer .
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
The whistleblower in Attorney General Letitia James’ office who said he was ordered to dig up dirt on President Trump met with federal prosecutors for “several hours” Tuesday, sources said.

Daniel Wiesenfeld, a former Brooklyn prosecutor and a lawyer in James’ office, had a lengthy sit-down with both criminal and civil attorneys from the FBI and the US Department of Justice over his bombshell claims, the sources told The Post.

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Just imagine we have lawyers here who argue Trump cases weren't political hit jobs.

basilico:
Letitia Big Tish James prosecutor says he was ordered to find any crime on Trump or his allies.
Daniel Wiesenfeld is an Assistant Attorney General in NY office.


https://www.timesunion.com/capitol/article/ny-prosecutor-claims-letitia-james-office-22409213.php

Veteran prosecutor........claims his bureau chief, Shamiso Maswoswe, had directed him to target “Trump himself, Truth Social, Hewlett Packard (DOJ approved merger) … without having a credible reason for targeting this organizations and individuals.”

Stalinisque . Show me the man I show you the crime.

He sent an email to 2000 NY state dept employees which was immediately deleted

This should end all the cases against Trump in New York.
Big Tish should be charged .. conspiracy against rights. She has already sent the guy on leave.

Basilico called all these cases a sham ---rigged juries, biased judges and rogue prosecutors amplified by negative 24/7 media coverage.

Deepsight the lawyer,what you think is way forward in such a scenario?
I forgot the other lawyer amazontopaz.

Stain to the black community. Weaponizing their positions to go after a political opponent.

CNN ,msnow NYT haven't published this expose. Scientists are racking their brains and running algorithms trying to figure out why
Some of Letitia James quotes that should have thrown out every case she threw at him if the judge and jury were not part of get Trump.

Campaign Trail & Debate Quotes
_Labeled him an "illegitimate president".
_Centered on "that man in the White House".
_Promised to "never be afraid to challenge" him.
_Claimed "Trump and his abuses" fueled her soul.
_Pledged to "focus on Donald Trump".
_Vowed to "follow his money".

Election Night Victory Quotes

_Banded him a "con man".
_Called him a "carnival barker"
._Warned him "we are not scared of you".
_Promised "shining a bright light into every dark corner"
_Vowed "demanding truthfulness at every turn".
_Threatened using the "unbending power of the law"

Interview & Media Statements
_Pledged to "be a real pain in the ass"
._Said "he's gonna know my name personally"
._Vowed to "prosecute the president for crimes".
_Alleged a "pattern and practice of money laundering".
_Promised to pursue "his business transactions"


It's only a kangaroo court that would ignore such comments from an Attorney General and prosecutor.
Judge Engoron ordered Trunp to surrender his Company records as demanded by Letitia, ,went ahead to conclude there were violations committed before the trial begun . Trial was to determine what punishments to mete out.
Actual punishment was to ban Trump and his children from running any business in New York .He appointed a manager to oversee the business while levying a huge fine whose interest grew every day Letitia was proud to update a ticker every day showing the fine and penalties accumulated.
The most egregious evidence presented was Letitia claiming Mar a Lago, a beachfront property on 17 acres was worth only $27 million
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:20pm On Sep 02
benalvino3:
The first image is a big lie. Meaning you have no clue whatsoever. You are just sipping every political lie thrown your way.

Trump decides? Oya prove to us that statement is true.
What so private to democrats. It's only 24 Democrat led states that sued to block this.
Republican led states are fine with the rules.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:04pm On Sep 02
bayelsaowei:
oil thieves..

No different from the militant criminals and oil thieves at my back yard in Bayelsa state.
Venezuela will get $8 billion a year that it isn't getting right now from their own oil reserves. Who's been sleeping on the job?
All of. a sudden Venezuela will start getting 42% of it's budget
Are you aware that after Maduro ran down his economy,he looked at Guyana, claimed a good chunk of her land ,of which a massive reserve of oil had been discovered. He had his army ready to invade
Foreign Affairs › Re: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 7:07pm On Sep 02
The Venezuela oil deal is officially signed and effective.
This is what I've gathered. Key takeaways.

NABEP is a company controlled by Venezuela Alejandro Somebody.. His partner majorly was a Floridai oil magnate who was forced to sell it to him.. In return Pentagon acquired a 35% stake in the consortium without paying a cent. A gift. Pentagon and State department will hold a veto of the Board of directors,the major financial undertakings and top peronnel management appointments.

NABEP is the largest oil.oeoducer 170-200K bpd . Has been given 17 oil fields to explore and drill for oil for a period of 100 years. The US govt will buy 20% of oil produced at cost not at market rates to fill up it's Strategic Oil.resetves (just above 400 million barrels).. Pentagon will have a right to buy the remaining 80% if needed before anyone else. Oil will be shipped to America refineries and sold off in international markets after big brother takes his 20% cut.

NABEP is expected to pay royalties of $200 billion to Venezuela govt over a period of 25; years, works out to $8 billion a year .
NABEP is mandated to invest $100 billion in infrastructure to develop the 17 oil fields oil.fields sinking upto 50 wells. This should ramp up production of the fields to upto 1.5 million bpd. They will have to borrow international lenders under approval of the Pentagon. The money will not go into building local schools for example , ,this is purely for the oil production infrastructure.

The 65 billion barrels of reserves are about 1/5 of Venezuela total reserves . Other companies from Italy ,a UK and Spanish have their own blocks of land to extract oil . They have their own arrangements to pay Venezuela the requisite royalties. NABEP has a guaranteed customer so getting loans will be easy for them .

Key thing. Part of the 17 oil fields now under
NABEP were being explored and drilled by Russia (Roseneft) and the Chinese. They are completely locked out of Venezuela oil. They were buying at discounted market rates $13-15 per barrel in return for loans.
The Pentagon is buying at cost .

Should Venezuela get a Gadaffi or Khomeini years down the line who decides to nationalize the oil ,,he will be taking the oil away from the US Pentagon. That can only mean a direct invasion.

Venezuela oil is very heavy ..To send ithrough a pipeline it has to be mixed with a thinner an oil byproduct called naptha..US refineries are currently supplying naptha to Venezuela. At it's peak Venezuela was exporting 3.5 million barrels per day. Today it barely manages 1.5 mbpd.
Russian dark fleet tankers bringing naptha to Venezuela have been forced to turn back.

If a country can't fix it's own shit ,another one will.
After Chavez nationalized oil ,US companies sued ,they are owed over $80 billion which I figure out will be paid back from this deal.
There is some 50 million barrels of oil I think the deal that are to be gifted to Big Be.

Russia and Chinese kicked out of the western hemisphere oil.

Writeerng.obedience4
*** My post is subject to corrections if need be***a lot
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
The Venezuela oil deal is officially signed and effective.
This is what I've gathered. Key takeaways.

NABEP is a company controlled by Venezuela Alejandro Somebody.. His partner majorly was a Floridai oil magnate who was forced to sell it to him.. In return Pentagon acquired a 35% stake in the consortium without paying a cent. A gift. Pentagon and State department will hold a veto of the Board of directors,the major financial undertakings and top peronnel management appointments.

NABEP is the largest oil.oeoducer 170-200K bpd . Has been given 17 oil fields to explore and drill for oil for a period of 100 years. The US govt will buy 20% of oil produced at cost not at market rates to fill up it's Strategic Oil.resetves (just above 400 million barrels).. Pentagon will have a right to buy the remaining 80% if needed before anyone else. Oil will be shipped to America refineries and sold off in international markets after big brother takes his 20% cut.

NABEP is expected to pay royalties of $200 million to Venezuela govt over a period of 25; years, works out to $8 billion a year .
NABEP is obliged to invest $100 billion in infrastructure to develop the 17 oil fields oil.fields sinking upto 50 wells. This should ramp up production of the fields to upto 1.5 million bpd. They will have to borrow international lenders under approval of the Pentagon. The money will not go into building local schools for example , ,this is purely for the oil production infrastructure.

The 65 billion barrels of reserves are about 1/5 of Venezuela total reserves . Other companies from Italy ,a UK and Spanish have their own blocks of land to extract oil . They have their own arrangements to pay Venezuela the requisite royalties. NABEP has a guaranteed customer so getting loans will be easy for them .

Key thing. Part of the 17 oil fields now under
NABEP were being explored and drilled by Russia (Roseneft) and the Chinese. They are completely locked out of Venezuela oil. They were buying at discounted market rates $13-15 per barrel in return for loans.
The Pentagon is buying at cost .

Should Venezuela get a Gadaffi or Khomeini years down the line who decides to nationalize the oil ,,he will be taking the oil away from the US Pentagon. That can only mean a direct invasion.

Venezuela oil is very heavy ..To send ithrough a pipeline it has to be mixed with a thinner an oil byproduct called naptha..US refineries are currently supplying naptha to Venezuela. At it's peak Venezuela was exporting 3.5 million barrels per day. Today it barely manages 1.5 mbpd.
Russian dark fleet tankers bringing naptha to Venezuela have been forced to turn back.

If a country can't fix it's own shit ,another one will.
After Chavez nationalized oil ,US companies sued ,they are owed over $80 billion which I figure out will be paid back from this deal.
There is some 50 million barrels of oil I think the deal that are to be gifted to Big Be.
I'd hate to do a deal with Trump .
Russia and Chinese kicked out of the western hemisphere oil.

*** My post is subject to corrections if need be***
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Stop making policing work difficult by not providing full contexts.
I don't want to spend a lot of time here.

cococandy:
Preaching to the choir
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:36am On Sep 02
Adam pemcil neck Schiff wants tax incentives to save his district Hollywood jobs.


I am in strong agreement with the President," Schiff said on X. "Congress should immediately take up and pass a federal film tax incentive to bring back these good-paying jobs that we've lost to other countries."

"Let’s work together — Republicans and Democrats — to get this done, and bring the movie magic back to America," he continued.

Hollywood’s stature as an entertainment colossus has taken a hit over the last few years following the COVID-19 pandemic and the burst of the streaming bubble.

The industry has lost 49,000 jobs since 2022, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.


The same foolish people who say tax cuts are for the rich.

I don’t understand. Whenever tax incentives are proposed for anyone else or any other industry, all we get from Democrats are cries of: “Tax cuts for the rich!” “The rich get richer!” “The rich don’t pay their fair share!” “Corporate welfare for rich corporations!
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Milo visa expires. He gets into a very public spat with Laura Loomer..He posts a tweet threatening her..She uncovers that his visa expired in 2021. She starts posting on X where he is, requesting ICE to look into his case.
Milo receives summons for a hearing ,he doesn't show up. Judge having been fully satisfied that Milo was informed about the hearing signs a final removal order.. The rest is history.

Isn't that how your laws work. He had all the time to get an extension of his visa 7 months after Laura Loomer goes public Milo still doesn't care if ICE has made any move in him. Whether he supports Trunp or not ,
The US Constitution is not written on a piece of paper to be used to wipe your bottoms.

If Milo was a Palestinian,he would not have been deported ,he would have simply said Hamas executes gay people. Unfortunately for him the UK doesn't .

cococandy:
Majority of them don’t live in the US so they can support ICE knowing it won’t affect them. Matter of fact it’s their bad belle that’s prompting them to support ICE because they hope ICE will deport the immigrants they hate. We are not kids here. We all know it’s bad belle and evil eye that’s the motivation regardless of what they say their reason is.
Laura Loomer had been posting these tweets

"Milo Yiannopoulos is an illegal alien who has overstayed his visa and has been illegally residing in the U.S."

Marjorie Taylor Greene is pretending to be against illegal immigration while she has Milo working for her and living with her."

When Milo called for me to be assassinated, I reported him to ICE and the FBI."

"I'm simply one of many people who was threatened with violence by Milo when he was living in America as an illegal alien. When Milo called for me to be assassinated, I reported him to ICE and the FBI. Milo's own behavior is what led to him being deported when he overstayed his visa

"Recently, Candace Owens invited this illegal alien into her home. I told you all that Milo was an illegal alien."
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Why didn't he take action when all this was going on. I'd say arrogance,pride and impunity.For months those tweets were in public domain,he then acts shocked .

I can give you some good advice. If Rubio ever cancels your citizenship,swear an affidavit that you ran away because your family wants you to be circumcised aka FGM. White people will never let anyone go back to their country if they might get that treatment. smiley smiley
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:12am On Sep 02
Your reasoning stops when Trump us put in a negative light .in this case by sobrobe who named her cat vagina abd said on Anderson Cooper show that rape is sexy.

bayelsaowei:
Shey if that lady was your Aunty or sister you’d be saying this rubbish..

All for what? To worship Trump..

They never met but Trump has paid millions of USD..

For a certainty I know that once the new Epstein files are released with Trumps finger print all over it, the next thing would be, they are all allegations.

You guys are sick.. .
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
House votes to condemn socialism and communism.
All republican voted to condemn.
192 democrats voted against the resolution.


https://redstate.com/ben-smith/2026/09/01/house-votes-to-condemn-socialism-192-democrats-vote-no-n2206381

Tells you all you need to know about the direction the Democrats have taken. They are DSA compliant which the resolution addressed, they voted against also because the resolution demanded the SAVE Act be passed..
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:46am On Sep 02
bayelsaowei:
The adjudication that confirmed Trump as a sex offender, have you believed that one?

You have been programmed not to believe anything against Trump.

You still don’t understand that you’re sick and need help.
I don't believe they ever met .Her story iis made up.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:38pm On Sep 01
Why are you so obsessed with where bemeruca is.
It's a childish clown show .

ijebosb:
Your bestie Bemeruca seemed to care when he started his lie when he posted the first image.
Basilico seemed to care when he wrote "Nice. Keep them coming" to those images.
And again Bemeruca/Benalvino3 seemed to care when he was falsely accusing others of not living in the US (2nd image).
The crazy thing is that he must have been really jealous, obsessed with the US and broken to actually do what he falsely accused someone else of doing.

My fault, you are right. They are no bodies.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
DeepSight:
You defend Trump.
He is a PDF.
And a defender of PDFs.
Where is your evidence as a lawyer that he is a pdf?
As a lawyer I expect you to be factual.

So I defend him about covid vaccines ?
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:51pm On Sep 01
DeepSight:
Its just remarkable how you can say this and yet defend paedophiles.
Have you ever called for the Epstein abusers to be indicted . I always do. juatice for the victims .
An hour ago
https://www.nairaland.com/4508641/american-politics-thread-trump-47th/6323#140510571

I have never defended a single pdf unlikebyiu people whose only interest is to repeat an unproven claim demanding we accept it as proof
I've written about Epstein more than anyone else on yhai forum
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:31pm On Sep 01
DeepSight:
That they survived Lewinsky is actually a testament to the strength of their marriage.
Yea right , they've survived. Bill the serial philanderer. Was caught by SS many times escaping WH in the dead of the night.
Hillary went after his accusers calling them " bimbo eruptions" .
I can't post what Bill is reported to have said about Hillary.

The Clinton's are political grifters whose marriage most likely survived because they stood to gain more if Hillary won the presidency.
His face at the 2016 debate when Trump is introduced women he had r*ped . Chilling is an understatement. Looks like the face of a cold blooded killer

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