Larry Hooper

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Wall Street has reacted to the announcement with a mixture of immediate price volatility and deep institutional skepticism. While algorithmic trading triggered short-term movements, energy analysts and major financial institutions are heavily questioning the math and logistics behind the claim.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude prices dropped by as much as 2.4% immediately following the announcement. Traders reacted to the theoretical prospect of massive new global supply, adding to a broader 4% weekly decline in oil markets. To provide a quick victory, the plan outlines an immediate transfer of 30 million to 50 million barrels of existing, sanctioned Venezuelan oil to U.S. docks. Wall Street sees this as a minor, one-time buffer that does little to solve long-term energy shortages.
ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are staying on the sidelines, remaining wary due to billions in unrecovered losses from when Hugo Chávez nationalized their assets in 2007.
Energy economists at firms like the Eurasia Group emphasize that even if the U.S. successfully takes control of the fields, it will do virtually nothing to lower consumer gas prices anytime soon.
Financial analysts point out that Venezuela’s "greenfields" completely lack basic electricity and infrastructure. Wall Street views the White House's reliance on $100 billion in private investment as highly unrealistic given the extreme political risk and public friction between Trump and Rodríguez.

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@AJEnglish No I don’t support Iran. I served 32 years from Vietnam to Iraq with the Marine Corps, so you can rocks with that BS. The satire is about the absurdity in leadership of Trump, Hegseth and others. ✔️🌪️😂

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Trump wants compensation for starting a conflict that closed the strait and now dealing in making deals to deal with the absurdity of his actions. Send that dealing collectible to the Finance Office to be filed with the deal with Mexico for Mexico to pay for the border wall, but the deal in dealing with Mexico I believe has been moved to a Past Due Collection Agency with Blanche at the FBI as the contact individual. Lord have mercy!
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[Larry Hooper @LarryHoope99845]

The primary psychological effect of incremental legislation is habituation. When a new law, such as the FLOC cameras is introduced into communities, it may initially cause friction or debate. Over time, as citizens adjust their daily routines to comply, the restriction becomes the "new normal” and those that oppose become marginalized as disruptive and opposing law enforcement. 
Once a law is normalized, it becomes the baseline for future legislation. Policymakers and the public measure the acceptability of a proposed law against current restrictions, rather than against historical levels of personal freedom. This is known as a, Loop of Continuity, in public acceptance of each new law. 
In political theory, this is the process where accepting FLOC cameras as ordinary, makes it logically or politically harder to oppose  the next even more intrusive law introduced, because the core principle defending against the expansion has already been conceded. 
Authorities rarely implement sweeping, overnight changes to civil liberties, as sudden shifts provoke mass resistance. Instead, incremental acceptance is driven by specific acceptance of each new restrictive law step by step by the public perceptions of each new law, “sounds good and logical” in acceptance of each previous law, The Loop of Continuity. If a restriction is severe and sudden, it triggers immediate pushback. If restrictions are introduced gradually over a longer period of time, the public perceptions of intrusion into daily lives goes largely unnoticed by the general population until the cumulative change is substantial. The FLOC camera issue follows these developments in presentation of better security, better law enforcement, easier prosecutions, better public safety, etc, which sounds really great, but the political reality is better surveillance, better control, easier prosecutions, etc, of government authority over the daily lives of citizens. The Loop of Continuity will naturally become more authoritarian in political terms of creating additional laws because of public acceptance of each previous law created. Happy clarity in perceptions!!

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So someone asking to be addressed as preferred is your business now? The teacher is qualified for the subject being taught is the core issue of concern, for SC ranks in the mid forties in education metrics out of fifty States. Your priorities are skewed to political theatrical performance.

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The following is a partial breakdown of the Trump style of political leadership. He is actually a prime example.
A modern political demagogue trapped in an ego-driven echo chamber. Trump has constructed an alternate reality where accountability doesn't exist, driven by a cycle of motivated reasoning, grievance politics, and the relentless pursuit of self-interest. Any failure is from actions of others either prior to or the present in regards to any perception of failure.
Projecting personal and systemic failures onto political opponents, the media, or minority groups to maintain a narrative of personal perfection of delusional perceptions of himself as the most intelligent President ever.
Operating in an environment where objective facts are replaced by conspiracy and emotion, making it impossible to accept contradictory evidence. This creates almost total frustrations in even attempting. Treating money and influence not just as tools, but as supreme values around which all policy and personal behavior revolve. Understanding these patterns is the first step in navigating the current political climate. The leader presents themselves as the sole solution to all problems. Constant Victimhood by external forces are always actively plotting to undermine the grand vision. Total Projection accusing opponents of the exact corrupt behaviors the leader is committing. Shared Grievance is the leader binds followers to them by validating and weaponizing their personal anger of their personal problems in life. The "Us vs. Them" Binary when complexity is stripped away, leaving only absolute loyalty or total betrayal. Erosion of Truth is that followers accept the leader's word over verifiable data, breaking down shared societal facts. Competent experts are replaced by sycophants who refuse to challenge the alternate reality. Rules and democratic checks are framed as unfair obstacles designed to stop the leader. Constant conflict is manufactured to distract the public from policy failures. Trump is about himself in gaining money, power and self glorification versus the needs and concerns of citizens in preservation of our Constitutional Republic form of government. Just my humble opinions in observing and studying Political Science and World History.

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@RepBrandonGill Typical politician reducing a serious issue to childishly address for political theatrics .

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@BarackObama @MichelleObama @ObamaFoundation Outstanding portrait!!

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Basic standard of Military Service is acquiring proper knowledge in strict adherence on how to moan, groan and complain in a Military Manner! In military culture, that specific skill is often considered an art form. While the "real" standards focus on discipline,, readiness, and, yes, strict adherence to rules, mastering the "military manner" of complaining is often seen as a necessary outlet for high-stress, high-discipline environments. 
This usually means complaining with precision, using proper, creative vocal profanity and use of appropriate hand gestures. It’s a crucial stress-relief mechanism that boosts morale through shared struggle. To complain about the absurdity of a task, while simultaneously executing it perfectly. As the saying goes: "If it ain’t raining, we ain’t training!" (And if it is raining, we're definitely going to moan, groan and complain about it). ✔️😂🍷

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A political Word Salad for Hegseth; “Singularity of complexity simplifying perplexing simplicities signifying incompetence in reasoning is significantly insatiable contingencies of stupidity!”
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[Larry Hooper @LarryHoope99845]

Death Is Exhausting; 
“Years of ghosts, 
from love to war,
silencing bars. 
Death is heavy, 
waking sleep,
Validating life, 
weeping belief. 
Hands turning,  
freedom churning. 
Shaping feelings,
hope returning.
Love reshaping, 
empty spacing. 
Losses giving,
new facings. 
Ghosts passing, 
from warring.
Love ones passing, 
in reviewing. 
Grief exhausting,
thinking blinking. 
Awakening scripting, 
losses accepting. 
Life remembering, 
accepting living.”
Larry D Hooper
April 22, 2025

[Larry Hooper @LarryHoope99845]

Thinking outside the box drives human progress. Major leaps happened because individuals challenged established norms. Today, that spirit fuels innovation across tech, sustainability, and the arts. The people reshaping our world are those who refuse to be confined by normal.

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@TrumpsHurricane Trans women are women biologically or by definition of feelings and emotions perceptions of reality??

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@RealAshlar NO!

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@ABCNews4 Outstanding!!

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@JoshHall2024 An Exorbitant extraordinary BS post!

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@GrahamAllen @TPUSA @TPAction Issue, hyperbolic nonsense to folks of either/or. Watch or don’t watch a TV program is not a life experience of any meaningful change. The after effects of the programs are social media influencers acting out BS similar to childish rants screaming and rolling around on the floor!

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@business The US policies concerning Cuba has never made sense since the Cuban Missile Crisis! The US policies in retrospect has only continued isolation vs meaningful viable alternatives in changing the lives of it’s citizens!

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@EricLDaugh Political sanity of reality still exists for some Republicans to be reelected in their respective States. ✔️🍷

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@RealAlexJones Well, that is some more hyperbolic partisan nonsense of inflated personal promotion in distortion of factual search of information!
Allegations are easy to manipulate, but actual arrests and prosecutions just seemly keep out of reach in reality. Political theater turmoil! 🌪️🍷