As an American I am thrilled to have a pro-American president!

[HeIsHere]

back to your regularly scheduled programming....

Quite a profound statement.

 

[stilllearning]

I don't know still if it's going to happen the polls for Alberta are only 36% for leaving. For the most part Alberta does seem to lean Conservative but as with Texas(I'm a Texan) we have capped wells everywhere and the permits for new wells have been dropping for years.

It will be a uphill battle for sure and theirs to have. If I recall correctly the numbers I heard the other night is they are now at 37% so 36 or 37%, still a ways to go. However, that is up from I believe 24% and the referendum is in Aug of next year so the different groups wanting for folks to vote yes believe that they will have the numbers come time to make it count. Time will tell.

I am on the other side of oil I am a trader and investor and oil is the single largest industry I hold. Invested in all aspects, upstream, midstream, and downstream. Holding the biggies as well as independents and LLP's. So I am a drill baby drill person. Alberta as a state or even their own independent nation I find would be a good thing. We already buy like 90% of their heavy sour since we have the refineries for that.

So will be their fight to have but I sure can stand behind the grievance's they have with Ottawa and the greens up there trying to end their way of life and their livelihood.

 

[Eli1]

And end of his term it would be if he brings 40 million Canadians into the voting process of the US who vote Liberal/Democrat. That would be one lopsided Democrat win in the next election. Probably best to think through how they vote before he floods the registered US voters with 40 million extra Democratic Canadian voters in that brand new US state he keeps talking about.

Yes but Trump is a patriot.
He would sacrifice his political party for a greater America.

 

[Squigglylines]

It will be a uphill battle for sure and theirs to have. If I recall correctly the numbers I heard the other night is they are now at 37% so 36 or 37%, still a ways to go. However, that is up from I believe 24% and the referendum is in Aug of next year so the different groups wanting for folks to vote yes believe that they will have the numbers come time to make it count. Time will tell.

I am on the other side of oil I am a trader and investor and oil is the single largest industry I hold. Invested in all aspects, upstream, midstream, and downstream. Holding the biggies as well as independents and LLP's. So I am a drill baby drill person. Alberta as a state or even their own independent nation I find would be a good thing. We already buy like 90% of their heavy sour since we have the refineries for that.

So will be their fight to have but I sure can stand behind the grievance's they have with Ottawa and the greens up there trying to end their way of life and their livelihood.

Heavy crude is the key word when it come to crude oil with most of the US crude being light crude and not heavy like Alberta's oil sands so Alberta's oil don't really need the drill baby drill part. And your right most all Texas refineries are set up to refine heavy crude and not light crude, Texas City refineries and Port Author that is which is why the US oil companies are not drilling many new wells(wrong type crude oil in the US) . And yes most oil imports already come from Alberta into the US from those oil sands so not sure it would make it cheaper if it was US soil. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/business/energy-environment/oil-trump-drill-baby-drill.html

 

[Squigglylines]

Yes but Trump is a patriot.
He would sacrifice his political party for a greater America.

Yep he's a Patriot alright but when it comes to 40 million liberals from Canada becoming legal US state voters maybe we should draw a circle and get him to stand in it while we explain the reality of embracing 40 million extra liberal voters voting in 2028,lol.

 

[ZNP]

back to your regularly scheduled programming....

Meghan Markle's podcast?

 

[stilllearning]

Heavy crude is the key word when it come to crude oil with most of the US crude being light crude and not heavy like Alberta's oil sands so Alberta's oil don't really need the drill baby drill part. And your right most all Texas refineries are set up to refine heavy crude and not light crude, Texas City refineries and Port Author that is which is why the US oil companies are not drilling many new wells(wrong type crude oil in the US) . And yes most oil imports already come from Alberta into the US from those oil sands so not sure it would make it cheaper if it was US soil. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/business/energy-environment/oil-trump-drill-baby-drill.html

Apologies my brother the way I wrote that it does read like I am looking at their production costs becoming lower. I am leaning towards it would be a step forwards to dominance. I have to admit I have no clue what the production cost is for a barrel up in Canada. So have no clue how it would effect price for up there.

Yeah I am hoping with the Trump admin's latest move to get involved in rare earth metals mining to secure some of our independence. Last week the admin made a $700 million commitment and partnership with MP materials. They invested $400 million in their preferred stock. Gave them as well a $150 million loan so far. Apple then made a $500 million deal with MP to secure a pipeline.

So my hope is maybe the admin may have bigger goals of independence and get involved in a partnership for building some light sweet refineries. I have read the arguments against our companies building any, with cost and the political environment depending on who holds office as objections against.

So while I have not heard any move towards the admin doing so I am hoping that the latest move by the admin towards rare earth metals may have them in some backroom considering such a move for refineries for light to just give us greater dominance and independence in energy.

As well as the Thatcher Pass lithium mine will come on line next year one of the world's largest lithium finds. They estimate that we will be able to provide 25% of the worlds lithium. So bigger picture I am talking in ways we can lock down greater independence. As covid was a wake up call that we are to reliant on other nations for production and distribution of raw materials and finished goods.

 

[Dude653]

Key, Aldean and try that in a small town. Best wishes as well to you my brother.

I legit almost die of cringe every time I hear this song.
Also, he's not even from small town. He's a spoiled rich dude cosplaying as a working class american.

 

[stilllearning]

I legit almost die of cringe every time I hear this song.
Also, he's not even from small town. He's a spoiled rich dude cosplaying as a working class american.

Different strokes for different folks. John Denver was never from West Virginia yet I find I can still enjoy me some take me home country roads.

 

[Dude653]

Also the great orange one hired the prosecutor who gave a child rapist a plea deal for 18 months.

 

[stilllearning]

Also the great orange one hired the prosecutor who gave a child rapist a plea deal for 18 months.

Can you give us more detail? Where they the DA at the time or just a prosecutor since the DA has the final approval on the matter. What kind of evidence did they have? Did they have enough evidence to win the case? Also all crimes are alleged and we are innocent till proven guilty so the only reason you can call the individual a rapist is because they took a plea bargain and they have to admit guilt.

Absent that you would have to say the alleged. So anyway just curious to the details to this case as the Proverb says only fool a makes a decision before hearing the full matter. So if I am to be offended as you hope at Donald Trump I will need more details to make a wise decision.

 

[HeIsHere]

Also the great orange one hired the prosecutor who gave a child rapist a plea deal for 18 months.

He was given a very light plea deal for sure.

Acosta was willing to pursue it but he was told to back off, it has been alleged by a reputable source, but anyway I still think appointing Acosta was very bad move.

 

[ZNP]

He was given a very light plea deal for sure.

Acosta was willing to pursue it but he was told to back off, it has been alleged by a reputable source, but anyway I still think appointing Acosta was very bad move.

It is very possible that he was appointed because he followed orders to back off and not despite following those orders. It is a big club, thank God I'm not in it.

 

[HeIsHere]

It is very possible that he was appointed because he followed orders to back off and not despite following those orders. It is a big club, thank God I'm not in it.

Yes that could be.

 

[SonJudgment]

Acosta resigned anyways you're all offended over old bait. Have ya'll figured out yet that had Epstein lived because of the jurisdiction issues, because of the corruption, and because of the entanglement of foreign powers that actually Epstein probably would have got away with it either with a slap on the wrist like Diddy or frankly speaking he might have even gotten away with less. Epstein death and the missing 3 minutes of his prison footage seem to indicate someone besides myself realized he would have gotten away with it. One even notices because Epstein died they brought the hammer down on the madame even more, but even for her they had to play a game of basically a bunch of technicalities angling to hit her on indirect stuff like trafficking, transport and conspiracy. Rather than ever get away with it, so he was made that he would never get away with it.

 

[ZNP]

Acosta resigned anyways you're all offended over old bait. Have ya'll figured out yet that had Epstein lived because of the jurisdiction issues, because of the corruption, and because of the entanglement of foreign powers that actually Epstein probably would have got away with it either with a slap on the wrist like Diddy or frankly speaking he might have even gotten away with less. Epstein death and the missing 3 minutes of his prison footage seem to indicate someone besides myself realized he would have gotten away with it. One even notices because Epstein died they brought the hammer down on the madame even more, but even for her they had to play a game of basically a bunch of technicalities angling to hit her on indirect stuff like trafficking, transport and conspiracy. Rather than ever get away with it, so he was made that he would never get away with it.

No Epstein violated international law

Several key international laws and initiatives address child trafficking as part of the broader fight against human trafficking and child exploitation.
Key international instruments
Several key international instruments address child trafficking:

• The UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (Palermo Protocol) defines child trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation, regardless of whether force, coercion, or deception was used. It requires signatory states to prevent and combat trafficking, protect victims, and cooperate internationally.
• The International Labour Organization's Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) mandates countries to take immediate action against the worst forms of child labor, including trafficking.
• The Convention on the Rights of the Child outlines the rights and protections for children up to age 18, including protection from exploitation and abuse.

Additional conventions and protocols
Other relevant international agreements include:

• The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, under which the Palermo Protocol was adopted, aims to combat organized crime like human trafficking.
• The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography strengthens prohibitions and penalties for these forms of exploitation.
• The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings is a regional treaty focused on protecting victims and prosecuting traffickers.

Implementation and monitoring
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is responsible for implementing the Palermo Protocol and helps countries develop anti-trafficking laws. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors the Convention on the Rights of the Child's implementation.

 

[SonJudgment]

No he violated international law

Several key international laws and initiatives address child trafficking as part of the broader fight against human trafficking and child exploitation.
Key international instruments
Several key international instruments address child trafficking:

• The UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (Palermo Protocol) defines child trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation, regardless of whether force, coercion, or deception was used. It requires signatory states to prevent and combat trafficking, protect victims, and cooperate internationally.
• The International Labour Organization's Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (1999) mandates countries to take immediate action against the worst forms of child labor, including trafficking.
• The Convention on the Rights of the Child outlines the rights and protections for children up to age 18, including protection from exploitation and abuse.

Additional conventions and protocols
Other relevant international agreements include:

• The UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, under which the Palermo Protocol was adopted, aims to combat organized crime like human trafficking.
• The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography strengthens prohibitions and penalties for these forms of exploitation.
• The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings is a regional treaty focused on protecting victims and prosecuting traffickers.

Implementation and monitoring
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is responsible for implementing the Palermo Protocol and helps countries develop anti-trafficking laws. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors the Convention on the Rights of the Child's implementation.

Lol how many people has the ICC ever charged for human trafficking?

 

[HeIsHere]

Acosta resigned anyways you're all offended over old bait. Have ya'll figured out yet that had Epstein lived because of the jurisdiction issues, because of the corruption, and because of the entanglement of foreign powers that actually Epstein probably would have got away with it either with a slap on the wrist like Diddy or frankly speaking he might have even gotten away with less. Epstein death and the missing 3 minutes of his prison footage seem to indicate someone besides myself realized he would have gotten away with it. One even notices because Epstein died they brought the hammer down on the madame even more, but even for her they had to play a game of basically a bunch of technicalities angling to hit her on indirect stuff like trafficking, transport and conspiracy. Rather than ever get away with it, so he was made that he would never get away with it.

What??

 

[SonJudgment]

What??