MSG US Army Ret. 3 tour Combat vet. Gen X elder statesman, training curmudgeon, Generalist, Wanderer, smart enough to be underestimated, wise enough to let you.
15 refineries shutdown since Jan 2017. 10 since Covid. Current refinery Capacity is 98%. No room to fill expanding demand as our economy grows.
20 refineries closed in Europe during the same period to meet Green Energy Policy.
Now blow up the refineries in Ukraine and Russia! There you go, that's the result.
Define terms. Ignorance= not exposed to information necessary to make a decision. Stupidity= The willful rejection of information necessary to make a decision.
Deceitful= possession of information and willfully distorting or obscuring such information to alter decision making.
Family 6+ years in Louisiana, your neighbors aren't doing anything, Yet.
Tuesday for a Sunday onshore is still too far out to know where it's going to land. Much of responses below are valid. No such thing as too much prep but be prepared to throw a block party immediately afterword to lighten your storage load if you're a miss or near miss.
@LibertyNut1 Throwing items at a law enforcement officer, and yes that is what ICE agents are, is Assault on an officer. You roll the dice and you take your chances. You could be in lock up awaiting a felony assault charge and 3 to 5 years in prison.
@susancolvin333 No matter how many different ways you ask the same question, my answer remains, "would you like to see my State drivers license, my retired Military ID, or My US Passport". I carry them all, all the time, and I will until the problem is no longer a problem.
@mazemoore Dude, you almost had me there. I had my mouth open and all set to call you out.
That's what happens when X limits posts to 280 characters.
Congrats and keep going.
As a first year Gen Xer, we have been listening to this debate since we first started paying into the fund, for me at 16 years old in 1981. I would have accepted it then, and would accept it now with my eligibility not for another 4 years.
I can still do better now if they lump sum me the payment so I can invest it now and grow it over the next 4 Years.
@sqsehrish The answer is 52, or 1050, Depending on whether "half" is meant as half of 500 or is a standalone (half=.5)
500/250 + 50= X or 500/.5 + 50 = X
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