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Initech

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13. Everything Trump touches!

Reply to ProudMNDemocrat (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 11:09 AM

Apr 16

He has failed us on every level. He needs to be fired immediately.

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Europe could run out of jet fuel in 6 weeks, IEA chief tells AP [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 16 OP

Meanwhile, DJ is thoroughly loving the chaos he's creating. littlemissmartypants Apr 16 #1

Krasnov wants them forced to go buy Russian oil. Justice matters. Apr 16 #20

It's already starting. boonecreek Apr 16 #2

Damn it! EuterpeThelo Apr 16 #4

Impact on World Cup??? Tiny Tabby Apr 16 #3

Well, it will give Trump an excuse for people not showing up because Trump is an insane ass. Attilatheblond Apr 16 #17

Well maybe the SS United States can be restored before it is sunk and used to transport soccer fans 3Hotdogs Friday #32

So where do they get their oil? Isn't their petroleum supply chain diversified? Aren't the UK and Norway oil producers? ChicagoTeamster Apr 16 #5

You still need refineries for that oil BumRushDaShow Apr 16 #6

I know, but the nations buying the oil have their own refineries and can do necessary tweaking to handle different crude ChicagoTeamster Apr 16 #8

"can do necessary tweaking to handle different crude" BumRushDaShow Apr 16 #9

I have a physics degree but took a year of organic chemistry and yes I know the apparatus are complex ChicagoTeamster Apr 16 #10

The oil industry likes it this way Miguelito Loveless Apr 16 #14

Remember that many around the world BumRushDaShow Apr 16 #15

Catch is everyone is doing just enough to max short term profits IbogaProject Apr 16 #26

You can't "tweek" a refinery Miguelito Loveless Apr 16 #12

It takes a lot more than a "tweak" to refine different weights of oil Callie1979 Apr 16 #19

I was just using tweak as a term, I was implying that if they had to they could reengineer, ChicagoTeamster Apr 16 #21

Leave it to Donnie Dipshit to FUCK it up for the rest of the world. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 16 #7

Everything Trump touches! Initech Apr 16 #13

I think it's deliberate durablend Apr 16 #22

That's what I think too. Haggard Celine Apr 16 #28

Hegseth will just order the troops to pray harder at his daily prayer meetings. PSPS Apr 16 #11

Fatih, the term "Dire Straits" preceded the band. maxsolomon Apr 16 #16

One of the causes of WWII in the Pacific BidenRocks Apr 16 #18

Well, maybe the world will be cleaner without all that jet fuel burning. SidneyR Apr 16 #23

The same goes for all the cars and all the houses heated with oil. maxsolomon Apr 16 #24

I'd read the warning that airplanes all over were likely to be grounded very soon because of the war. summer_in_TX Apr 16 #25

Jet fuel comes in different grades pfitz59 Apr 16 #27

Bio Willie BidenRocks Apr 16 #31

One of the not unexpected side effects . . . Aussie105 Apr 16 #29

I've not been back... r�is�n_dubh Apr 16 #30