Obviously, it’s because it’s an offer made to an individual, rather than asking whether the individual wants everyone to enjoy those things.

This is the dumbest thing. Anyone with a pulse has to assume he’s dead or near to it. Shameless.

This looks great, but it seems it’s part owned by bezos? No thanks.

Kagi.

Searxng too much effort.

… but some of us are more correct than others.

I don’t think it does have a constant flow. If it did probably wouldn’t have the algae problem. Previously they were complaining about the huge cost of keeping it full because it leaks.

Is that how the reserve works though?

Here in Australia the reserve isn’t a bunch of big tanks owned by the government. Its a legislative mechanism requiring fuel retailers to hold a reserve.

It wouldn’t make sense for the government to own or manage a reserve because it needs to be cycled constantly (petrol deteriorates quickly, diesel too but less so), and they’d need to replicate skills from the fuel industry.

That being the case I don’t think there’s a big tank of fuel owned by the government.

Edit: ok it seems I’m absolutely wrong about this.

The federally-owned oil stocks are stored in huge underground salt caverns at four sites along the coastline of the Gulf of America. The sheer size of the SPR (authorized storage capacity of 714 million barrels) makes it a significant deterrent to oil import cutoffs and a key tool in foreign policy.

https://www.energy.gov/hgeo/opr/strategic-petroleum-reserve

Sorry Americans.

As an aside, I don’t understand how this works because it’s certainly true that fuel doesn’t last forever. Maybe you can store raw unprocessed oil indefinitely but not fuel.

No we don’t. We call it authoritarian corruption and price fixing.

My theory is, some domestic fuel producer has done the math and decided that a dem majority in the mid terms will cost them more than providing this discount on fuel for the next 4 months.

Hopefully, they pay for the discount and face a dem majority after the mid terms.

Cam I just address the elephant in the room here which has been sitting in the corner of my mind since this whole shitshow started: American flag blue.

Obviously, everyone knows there’s only one pool lining color: blue.

Trump, thinking he’s the worlds most epic salesman decided to tell everyone that he’s picked the color and that he’s chosen “American flag blue”.

I can’t decide whether it’s cringey that he thinks anyone would be fooled by that, or if it’s cringey because a significant portion of the public really is that stupid.

Actually doesn’t it just leak, and they need to replenish the lost water?

I thought that’s what they were trying to fix with the American flag blue (hah!) lining.

not just the US. Companies the world over are hostile to their customers.

I agree with literally everyone here that this is not normal aging and stimulants are not the solution.

How many 31 year olds do you know that had to start taking adderall to stay awake after sleeping 10 hours?

That’s not true.

It can feel that way when you think as shares as numbers on a computer but they represent a share in the ownership of a country and presumably that ownership is actually worth something.

If no one wants to invest because of the vibe, then you can buy the shares for a bargain.

Maybe it’s a bit like buying a house where someone was murdered. If you don’t care about the vibe then the reduced demand means you can get a bargain.

You can argue the shares are grossly overvalued, and that may be true, but my point is that shares have an intrinsic value and if demand reduces it increases the appeal to other investors.

Nah.

The more people divest the more appealing these investments are.

Pretty predictable.

They’re trying everything they can for the mid terms. This is one of many measures. Americans have become very complacent.

Ok here’s my supposition:

The summary is: wealthy donor(s) are covering the loss so Trump doesn’t lose the midterms.

The longer version is: most fuel consumed in the US is produced domestically. There no “shortage” because of the Iran situation, but prices increase because there’s no alternative putting downward pressure on prices.

Suppose some domestic producer decided that the cost to them of trump being impeached is greater than the profit foregone by selling fuel at less than market rates.

Or, suppose Trump said to local producers, if you keep me in office we will keep this Iran thing going indefinitely, so process are down when he needs them to be but can go back up after an election.

No matter how you slice it, seems like a recipe for hyper wealth concentration.

A large tarp still obscures the place on the building where Trump’s name had been.

Pathetic and shameless as usual republicans.

I reject the premise that you can determine someone’s mood from their behavior.

Additionally, for someone who is actually depressed, having a device monitor you and prompt you with a tailored workout sounds like torture.

Well, maybe if you took a moment to try to understand the motivations of this person you could acknowledge that there’s a chance that this could have been avoided if the mother had better mental health support.

As I said in my first comment, mental health isn’t an excuse and she’s still a murderer. She needs to face justice for that.

However, understanding the circumstances that led to this provide an opportunity to avoid similar things happening in future.