Biden

[Kung Wu]

Dafuq do you need a turntable to play The Chronic? *Commands Alexa to start playing The Chronic by Dr. Dre*

No kiddin! We didn't even use turntables back when those "albums" were coming out. It was all cassette tapes.

[Shockm]

Biden's Green Pushes don't help our Workers, but they do help China.

Biden’s biggest clean-energy partner: China

https://www.politico.com/newsletters...r-china-491531

It’s a dirty truth. The U.S path to clean energy goes straight through China.

President Joe Biden’s plan to green the economy by 2035 will require cooperation from America’s largest trading partner, which controls a vast share of the minerals used in electric batteries, the cheap materials that make up solar panels and the guts of wind turbines.

China has locked up resources even beyond its borders, buying mining rights in Africa and South America and solar manufacturers in Malaysia. Subsidies and social incentives — including free parking and other privileges for electric vehicle owners — have made it the world’s largest EV market. And while the U.S. fracking boom played out, China was investing in solar.

“China has really put a clear flag in the ground that clean energy is going to be their version of natural gas,” Miranda Ballentine, CEO of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance, said in an interview.

But China’s green-tech leapfrogging has come at a heavy price: rampant forced labor, unchecked pollution and great geopolitical risk. Biden needs China, but his green future can’t afford the social and environmental price that China demands.

“Solar panels are the next crude oil, and allowing China to dominate solar manufacturing is the equivalent of establishing an electro-state on the lines of OPEC,” said Samantha Sloan, a vice president with First Solar, a U.S.-based manufacturer with limited exposure to China. “It's time that conversations about solar go beyond just cost, because the real cost of buying solar from Chinese companies may include needing to look the other way on social and environmental issues.”

[pinstripers]

https://babylonbee.com/news/david-hogg-decides-to-win-8-super-bowls-after-hearing-tom-brady-is-a-trump-supporter

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

Biden's Green Pushes don't help our Workers, but they do help China.

Biden’s biggest clean-energy partner: China

https://www.politico.com/newsletters...r-china-491531

It’s a dirty truth. The U.S path to clean energy goes straight through China.

President Joe Biden’s plan to green the economy by 2035 will require cooperation from America’s largest trading partner, which controls a vast share of the minerals used in electric batteries, the cheap materials that make up solar panels and the guts of wind turbines.

China has locked up resources even beyond its borders, buying mining rights in Africa and South America and solar manufacturers in Malaysia. Subsidies and social incentives — including free parking and other privileges for electric vehicle owners — have made it the world’s largest EV market. And while the U.S. fracking boom played out, China was investing in solar.

“China has really put a clear flag in the ground that clean energy is going to be their version of natural gas,” Miranda Ballentine, CEO of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance, said in an interview.

But China’s green-tech leapfrogging has come at a heavy price: rampant forced labor, unchecked pollution and great geopolitical risk. Biden needs China, but his green future can’t afford the social and environmental price that China demands.

“Solar panels are the next crude oil, and allowing China to dominate solar manufacturing is the equivalent of establishing an electro-state on the lines of OPEC,” said Samantha Sloan, a vice president with First Solar, a U.S.-based manufacturer with limited exposure to China. “It's time that conversations about solar go beyond just cost, because the real cost of buying solar from Chinese companies may include needing to look the other way on social and environmental issues.”

Hmmm, if only there were evidence of ties between China and the Biden family...oh wait...

Hiden Joe and his Cosa Nostra will continue to suck from the teet of China and line their pockets and the MSM in the US will continue to turn a blind eye. Shameful.

[pinstripers]

When a reporter asked the White House press secretary Jen Psaki if the Biden administration still considers Israel and Saudi Arabia as “important allies,” she could not say.

“I know that you’re saying that things are still under review, including policies like the Abraham Accords, but could please just give us a broad sense of what the administration is trying to achieve in the Middle East?” the reporter asked Psaki, then specifically inquiring, “does the administration consider the Saudis and the Israelis important allies?”

“I think […] there are ongoing processes and internal, interagency processes, one we, that I think, confirmed during an interagency meeting last week to discuss a range of issues in the Middle East,” Psaki replied.

“We’ve only been here three and a half weeks,” she added, “and I think I’m gonna let those policy processes see themself through before we give kind of a complete lay-down of what our national security approaches will be to a range of issues.”

[wufan]

When a reporter asked the White House press secretary Jen Psaki if the Biden administration still considers Israel and Saudi Arabia as “important allies,” she could not say.

“I know that you’re saying that things are still under review, including policies like the Abraham Accords, but could please just give us a broad sense of what the administration is trying to achieve in the Middle East?” the reporter asked Psaki, then specifically inquiring, “does the administration consider the Saudis and the Israelis important allies?”

“I think […] there are ongoing processes and internal, interagency processes, one we, that I think, confirmed during an interagency meeting last week to discuss a range of issues in the Middle East,” Psaki replied.

“We’ve only been here three and a half weeks,” she added, “and I think I’m gonna let those policy processes see themself through before we give kind of a complete lay-down of what our national security approaches will be to a range of issues.”

She’s sooo helpful!

[Atxshoxfan]

No kiddin! We didn't even use turntables back when those "albums" were coming out. It was all cassette tapes.

I used turntables in the house, cassettes and 8 tracks in the car. Way better sounds on a vinyl, and all those tape players had intermittent issues eating the tapes. How many did you have to pull out and try to rewind?

[Kung Wu]

I used turntables in the house, cassettes and 8 tracks in the car. Way better sounds on a vinyl, and all those tape players had intermittent issues eating the tapes. How many did you have to pull out and try to rewind?

Hahha, yeah when the deck in your car ate one and wound the tape up really tight in the mechanism that did suck big time. And getting chip crumbs in one of your tapes was awful too.

[ShockTalk]

I used turntables in the house, cassettes and 8 tracks in the car. Way better sounds on a vinyl, and all those tape players had intermittent issues eating the tapes. How many did you have to pull out and try to rewind?

I did vinyl in the house and made cassettes for the car. Didn't bother with 8-tracks. Have loads of CDs for the vehicles (and home), but have gone to USBs for the car as all the CDs (and from "other sources") I now have on computer so I can make up my own playlists. Still play vinyl at home, just not very often.

[ShockTalk]

She’s sooo helpful!

She's a laughingstock. Pathetic.

[wufan]

I did vinyl in the house and made cassettes for the car. Didn't bother with 8-tracks. Have loads of CDs for the vehicles (and home), but have gone to USBs for the car as all the CDs (and from "other sources") I now have on computer so I can make up my own playlists. Still play vinyl at home, just not very often.

I converted my ~ 200 CDs to my iTunes library. They (alone with about 500 other downloads) are all on my phone now and I play them via CarTunes, Helios, and Alexa. The vinyl is more of a fetish.

[Shockm]

I converted my ~ 200 CDs to my iTunes library. They (alone with about 500 other downloads) are all on my phone now and I play them via CarTunes, Helios, and Alexa. The vinyl is more of a fetish.

Aren't you a little old to be admitting that you have "fetish's, especially with vinyl.

[wufan]

Aren't you a little old to be admitting that you have "fetish's, especially with vinyl.

It’s a vinyl fetish, not a latex fetish!

[MikeKennedyRulZ]

[ShockTalk]

It’s a vinyl fetish, not a latex fetish!

Guess I should be "more experienced" before liking Shockm's post.