OlDawg

If true that India has pledged to stop buying oil from Russia, and buy from U.S. and Venezuela, it could be a game changer for the Russia/Ukraine War.

U.S. & India Agree to Trade Deal [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content]

I don't foresee any appeals in 5A D1 R3. All the districts seem pretty well split. I guess we won't know for sure until 2/24 after all appeals are heard.

I'd have to double-check, but I think the series is tied 8-8.

lol 2 outta' 3 ain't bad.

Get the old gang back together.

This is gonna' be a very competitive district.

Cool Map for 5AD1. Other maps are also available. Link only good until 2/2/26 @ Noon. [Hidden Content]

Thanks! Years ago, I ran the alliance between Dow & a fairly well-known E&C firm. I enjoyed it for the most part. But, the blocks were still fighting against each other in the utility rack areas between blocks. Did quite a bit of work at all 3 sites. Major work on Texas Kiln, Block 430, and the Docks. Was called away to take over a major grass roots for Shell in Geismar. My wife is a retired Aggie Chem E. I retired/saved enough to stop working (since I got no retirement other than what I put back) in 2015.

Nothing wrong with a little gridlock. That’s actually beneficial. Death of a POTUS or impeachment proceedings isn’t.

I love how you think you’re moderate and sane when wishing for a POTUS—any POTUS—to die while in office, or have the country go through another impeachment process. What a joke.

I would hope a SCOTUS ruling against sanctuary policies would provide cover for the Feds to deprive sanctuary municipalities/States of any Federal funding. Lower level judges have blocked some of these efforts, and have interfered with the Fed's only way to really enforce National Immigration policy.

My personal stance on this stuff has been pretty clear from the get go. The Constitution and SCOTUS rulings guarantee the First Amendment Right to peaceably assemble & protest our government. This is NOT what's occurring in Minnesota. These are NOT peaceful assemblies. They are interference and harboring/abetting. I do NOT like some of the technology and tactics being employed by some Immigration Enforcement Agents. I believe they are violating the 4th Amendment, and amount to warrantless searches. I have no issues with face coverings on Immigration agents as long as they are required to wear 'always on' body cams that are checked out and in daily with their contents downloaded and reviewed and placed into a wearer's personal file to address any future legal questions, and/or for training purposes. The footage should be kept for a standard amount of time that's agreed to at the Federal level for Federal agents. Officers/Agents should be required to wear more standardized uniforms, and use standard, easily labeled vehicles. If someone vandalizes them, they should be arrested, booked, and jailed. They should be forced to pay for damages before their release as part of their 'bond', or their wages should be able to be garnished for compensation. The Administrative vs. Judicial warrant questions need to be addressed. Immigration Officers/Agents should not be allowed to just randomly stop people and ask their citizenship status. The wearing of body cams should help eliminate some of these possible abuses. Employers should be forced to use the I-9 system, and it needs to be integrated into a working, national database. Sanctuary policies have to be stopped. This issue needs to go to SCOTUS on a fast track. Just my thoughts, and have been the same since the beginning of this mess. Some of the groups organizing the protests that aren't peaceful are a side issue as are the individual shootings we've been discussing. But, I think it might be a good idea to have protesters have to get a permit before large gatherings that interfere with public venues/emergency egress/access where local law enforcement/emergency services can be prepared. This doesn't infringe on people's right to peaceably assemble & protest, and would seem to be a reasonable limitation for public safety. Not all my thoughts are a solution. They may not even be workable, or legal. But, they're common sense to me as a person who respects our officers attempting to do their jobs while also protecting our civil liberties. P.S. I don't like our teachers involving our kids in this stuff before they are of legal age at all. Period. We send our kids to school, and assume they're being protected in a safe environment. Not let out on the street to participate in these activities.

Viral video shows ICE agent telling agitators they're disrupting arrest of child sex offender in Minnesota

Criminal Illegal Immigrant rams ICE Vehicle in St. Paul, Minnesota [Hidden Content]