this is america


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As reported by CNN and confirmed by Fortune this week, in the first month of the war alone the top 100 oil and gas companies collected $23 billion in windfall profits: money that exists only because the war happened and the price of oil spiked. Not total profits. The bonus. BP's quarterly profits more than doubled year on year. Lockheed Martin is up nearly 40 percent since January. By December, at current prices, the projected windfall for the industry hits $234 billion. Yesterday, energy executives sat down privately with Trump at the White House to discuss how to keep the blockade running for months. They were not there to complain. A CBS News poll this week found 51 percent of Americans say gas prices are a significant financial hardship. The average taxpayer has already paid $130 for this war. The Global Witness researcher who led the Guardian analysis said plainly: "Moments of global crisis continue to translate into bumper profits for oil majors while ordinary people pay the price." Trump started this war without asking Congress. Congress has voted to stop it five times and been blocked five times. The oil executives who met at the White House yesterday did not vote on it at all.

https://www.facebook.com/TheOther98

Hey sprint this is what influence watch had to say about your group.



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The Other 98% (also known as the Other 98% Lab) is a nonprofit left-of-center advocacy group that runs “The Other 98%” Facebook page. 1 The Other 98% uses self-described “meme warfare” to spread the group’s far-left positions on the economy and healthcare, including support for the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and wealth redistribution. 2 According to reporting done by Buzzfeed News, out of all the “hyper-partisan” Facebook pages analyzed, the Other 98% page had one of highest rates of posting “No Factual Content.” https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/other-98-profile/

Hey Sprint, this is what Influence Watch had to say about Leroy.



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Leroy is a retarded moron who worships DL absolutely. He uses a sock to sell Google ads on the site Ozpolitics. 2. Because of his syntax and use of punctuation, his true identity is known to all but classified, the same way everybody pretended Ozzie Ostrich was real on Hey Hey it's Saturday. 3. Out of all the posters Influence Watch analysed, Leroy has the highest rating of “No Factual Content" and "Biggest Fake".[/highlight] https://www.influencewatch.org/cunning-profiles/

Big Donger wrote on Apr 30^th, 2026 at 7:33pm:

Hey Sprint, this is what Influence Watch had to say about Leroy. Quote: Leroy is a retarded moron who worships DL absolutely. He uses a sock to sell Google ads on the site Ozpolitics. 2. Because of his syntax and use of punctuation, his true identity is known to all but classified, the same way everybody pretended Ozzie Ostrich was real on Hey Hey it's Saturday. 3. Out of all the posters Influence Watch analysed, Leroy has the highest rating of “No Factual Content" and "Biggest Fake".[/highlight] https://www.influencewatch.org/cunning-profiles/

;D

Energy security is economic security.

The USA is an exporter of oil.

Drill baby drill has made America rich.

Now they control Venezuela.

Iran is stuffed because of Trump and going broke.

China needs that Iranian oil and Trump has put himself in a powerful position with Xi.

This is what winning looks like.

Albo and Wong and Bowen going all over south east Asia, sucking dick to try to get some diesel so we can get a crop in the ground.

That is what losing looks like

aquascoot wrote on Apr 30^th, 2026 at 8:15pm:

... Trump has put himself in a powerful position with Xi.

Lol   ;D

aquascoot wrote on Apr 30^th, 2026 at 8:15pm:

Energy security is economic security. The USA is an exporter of oil. Drill baby drill has made America rich. Now they control Venezuela. Iran is stuffed because of Trump and going broke. China needs that Iranian oil and Trump has put himself in a powerful position with Xi. This is what winning looks like. Albo and Wong and Bowen going all over south east Asia, sucking dick to try to get some diesel so we can get a crop in the ground. That is what losing looks like

It will take at least 5 years to get that thick sludge oil out
of the ground in Venezuela and put it through proper
purpose built refineries -
maybe a lot longer - 10 years?

What will we all do in the meantime?

Bobby. wrote on Apr 30^th, 2026 at 8:32pm:

aquascoot wrote on Apr 30th, 2026 at 8:15pm: Energy security is economic security. The USA is an exporter of oil. Drill baby drill has made America rich. Now they control Venezuela. Iran is stuffed because of Trump and going broke. China needs that Iranian oil and Trump has put himself in a powerful position with Xi. This is what winning looks like. Albo and Wong and Bowen going all over south east Asia, sucking dick to try to get some diesel so we can get a crop in the ground. That is what losing looks like It will take at least 5 years to get that thick sludge oil out of the ground in Venezuela and put it through proper purpose built refineries - maybe a lot longer - 10 years?

If anyone is interested in doing it, that is.

Bobby. wrote on Apr 30^th, 2026 at 8:32pm:

aquascoot wrote on Apr 30th, 2026 at 8:15pm: Energy security is economic security. The USA is an exporter of oil. Drill baby drill has made America rich. Now they control Venezuela. Iran is stuffed because of Trump and going broke. China needs that Iranian oil and Trump has put himself in a powerful position with Xi. This is what winning looks like. Albo and Wong and Bowen going all over south east Asia, sucking dick to try to get some diesel so we can get a crop in the ground. That is what losing looks like It will take at least 5 years to get that thick sludge oil out of the ground in Venezuela and put it through proper purpose built refineries - maybe a lot longer - 10 years? What will we all do in the meantime?

Sheesh, even Bobby's factchecking him.

Iran's now one of the most powerful nations on the earth, all thanks to DL.

DL tore up Obama's nuclear deal. Now, he can't get that.

Even Bobby, who supports a prez demanding nuclear codes from the Pentagon, then storming off to Truth Social when rebuffed, knows this.

Why must the left lie?

Leroy wrote on Apr 30^th, 2026 at 6:43pm:

Hey sprint this is what influence watch had to say about your group. Quote: The Other 98% (also known as the Other 98% Lab) is a nonprofit left-of-center advocacy group that runs “The Other 98%” Facebook page. 1 The Other 98% uses self-described “meme warfare” to spread the group’s far-left positions on the economy and healthcare, including support for the Green New Deal, Medicare for All, and wealth redistribution. 2 According to reporting done by Buzzfeed News, out of all the “hyper-partisan” Facebook pages analyzed, the Other 98% page had one of highest rates of posting “No Factual Content.” https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/other-98-profile/

that may well be the case.
Oil companies are now getting double for their product at the same cost of producing it.
it;s a massive profit leap, america is the worlds largest oil exporter

when america is involved, profit is all the counts
no matter who dies

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 30^th, 2026 at 8:34pm:

Bobby. wrote on Apr 30th, 2026 at 8:32pm: aquascoot wrote on Apr 30th, 2026 at 8:15pm: Energy security is economic security. The USA is an exporter of oil. Drill baby drill has made America rich. Now they control Venezuela. Iran is stuffed because of Trump and going broke. China needs that Iranian oil and Trump has put himself in a powerful position with Xi. This is what winning looks like. Albo and Wong and Bowen going all over south east Asia, sucking dick to try to get some diesel so we can get a crop in the ground. That is what losing looks like It will take at least 5 years to get that thick sludge oil out of the ground in Venezuela and put it through proper purpose built refineries - maybe a lot longer - 10 years? If anyone is interested in doing it, that is.

Google AI:

Extracting Venezuelan oil is technically complex and expensive because the majority of reserves, located in the Orinoco Belt, consist of extra-heavy, sour crude with the consistency of cold peanut butter or asphalt.  This heavy crude is biodegraded, viscous, and high in sulfur, making it resistant to flow and difficult to refine.

To bring this oil to the surface, operators must use specialized, energy-intensive methods:

Steam Injection: Companies drill horizontal wells in pairs, injecting steam into one well to heat and liquefy the bitumen underground, allowing it to be drawn out through a second well.


Diluent Mixing: The extracted heavy crude must be mixed with costly imported light hydrocarbons (diluents like naphtha) to thin it enough to flow through pipelines.


Upgrading: Because the crude is too heavy for standard refineries, it must be processed in specialized "coker" or upgrader facilities to break it into lighter, saleable fractions, a process that is both capital-intensive and carbon-heavy.

These methods require significant capital investment—estimated at $100 billion to restore production to 1990s levels—and specialized infrastructure that has largely decayed due to years of underinvestment and mismanagement.