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Carpet_pissr wrote: Tue Jul 19, 2022 7:25 pm

Zarathud wrote: Tue Jul 19, 2022 8:33 am the fist bump was cursory, not friendly.

I’d like to see the difference mimed out for clarity. Thanks!

LawBeefaroni wrote: Tue Jul 19, 2022 12:38 pm Here's the source, FWIW:

https://www.gasbuddy.com/go/gas-price-p ... -u-s-price

There are 7 stations currently listed in Illinois at or below $3.99 and all are reported by GasBuddy users. There is no way to verify prices. Even if they're all correct, that's less than 0.5%.

https://www.gasbuddy.com/gasprices/illinois

Smoove_B wrote: Tue Jul 19, 2022 11:38 am I do keep seeing people (online) talking about <$4 a gallon of gas and I'm confused at it's been frozen at ~$4.60 here in NJ for over a week. This map from the PotUS (dated 7/14) is weird.

LordMortis wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 2:47 pm It dropped $.40 a gallon overnight here for reasons I don't fathom.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:08 pm Those stupid "I did that!" stickers may be a double edged sword, which I find hilarious.

stimpy wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:08 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 3:08 pm Those stupid "I did that!" stickers may be a double edged sword, which I find hilarious.

Sure.....if it ever gets back down to the $2 mark.....which I will wager it never does under his watch.
It's got a loooong way to go before he gets any kudos for what everyone here says he has nothing to do with.

stessier wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:49 pmJust confirming, he has nothing to do with it. If he doesn't claim credit, Malchior will say he's a poor leader.

stimpy wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 5:57 pm He and the White House are already crowing about the gas prices dropping and taking credit for it.
Could someone from this board please reach out to them and tell them to stop.

Folks, I'm doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwright, and Mayor Cognetti (and my Scranton cousins!) to send my regrets for missing our event today.

Keeping busy!

Smoove_B wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 12:39 pm https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1550153237021564943

Folks, I'm doing great. Thanks for your concern. Just called Senator Casey, Congressman Cartwright, and Mayor Cognetti (and my Scranton cousins!) to send my regrets for missing our event today.

Keeping busy!

I get that we need to be reassured that he's fine. But can we maybe not normalize working through illness?

El Guapo wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 2:46 pmI get that, but this sort of situation is a no-win for a politician. If they show him in bed, then they get a million "what a lazy jerk!" takes.

Plus since he's old they have to be reassuring that he's not about to die.

Smoove_B wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:01 pm He just released a short video - that would have been fine. "Here I am, I have mild symptoms and I'm going to take it easy and let the medicine go to work. I'm vaccinated and boostered which should help to get me healthy again soon."

Then he puts on sunglasses, has some ice cream and turns on Netflix.

Instead, he has half of that and then talking about how he's back to work. Because just like every American, he has top-shelf health care and a staff of medical professionals on standby.

stimpy wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:28 pm
Who wears sunglasses while watching Netflix?
Is that a symptom now?

stimpy wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 3:28 pm Who wears sunglasses while watching Netflix?

LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:18 pm It's hilarious that both sides are trying to take victory laps over gas.

Carpet_pissr wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:47 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:18 pm It's hilarious that both sides are trying to take victory laps over gas.

Until you realize how much of our population will use that as their core voting issue.

Carpet_pissr wrote: Thu Jul 21, 2022 9:47 pm

LawBeefaroni wrote: Wed Jul 20, 2022 4:18 pm It's hilarious that both sides are trying to take victory laps over gas.

Until you realize how much of our population will use that as their core voting issue.

Yesterday, I signed the FORMULA Act into law – a bipartisan bill that will help increase access to baby formula for families across the country.

Zarathud wrote:This is why the Democrats fail. Disagreements turn into name calling turn into undermining because Biden isn’t pure.

They’re dealing with Iran’s nuclear capability and Israel saying they might go beyond sabotage if necessary. Before the trip they’re blaming Biden for not getting anything. We’ll, he’s not getting anything until he speaks to Saudi leaders. They’re not good people, but they’re what we’ve got to limit Iran and get onboard if Israel acts more overtly. And Biden has to show he’s doing something about gas prices. Instead it’s drowned out by this backbiting. WTF.

President Biden tests positive again.

The Homeland Security watchdog now under scrutiny for his handling of deleted Secret Service text messages from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol previously was accused of misleading federal investigators and running “afoul” of ethics regulations while he was in charge of a Justice Department inspector general field office in Tucson, according to a newly disclosed government report.

In the 2013 report from the Justice Department’s inspector general, which was never publicly released, investigators said they did “not believe” Joseph V. Cuffari’s explanation for why he failed to inform his supervisors — against federal rules — about his testimony in a lawsuit brought by a federal prisoner.

Separately, they found that Cuffari broke ethics rules by referring law firms to the prisoner’s family, including firms where some of his close friends worked. “We concluded Cuffari’s actions violated the [inspector general] manual’s prohibition on unethical conduct,” said the report, which also noted that he may have violated guidelines by using his government email to lobby for a position as inspector general for the Arizona National Guard, among other issues.

For a federal agent, failing to be truthful with investigators can lead to discipline, suspension and possible termination from federal service.

An internal team recommended referring Cuffari to the inspector general’s investigations unit for a deeper review of his actions, the report said — but he quickly retired and the following month joined the administration of then-Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) as a policy adviser for public safety.

When he was nominated five years later by President Donald Trump to become the Homeland Security watchdog, Cuffari told Senate lawmakers in a questionnaire that he had been fully truthful to investigators in their probe. Senators in both parties did not press him for details of the investigation before his confirmation by a voice vote in July 2019.

The new details in the report, which was obtained by The Washington Post, raise questions about how thoroughly Cuffari was vetted for one of the most important oversight jobs in government, experts said, and about his suitability to lead a staff of 750 auditors and investigators with oversight of an agency with a workforce of 240,000 and a $50 billion budget.