Ken Burrell

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@BuzzPatterson The Constitution is the supreme Law, and none is above the Law, not even the Pres. All US soldiers take an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, which says all Treaties are the Law. You cannot defend it by obeying an order forbidden by Law.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@BuzzPatterson I doubt your service record is as extensive as Sen Kelly. Conflating his opinions with his legal position is a cheap shot. Legally, he is correct. It is the Law that you shall not obey illegal orders. Its why we hung the Nazis in Nuremberg.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@GuntherEagleman Since when is the Stars and Stripes supposed to conform to the dictates of Sec Hegseth? The paper has traditionally been free of such interference, reflecting the experience of the troops. It looks like Hegseth wants to cover up his coverup of the war realities.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@mitchellvii But those 73 ships cannot be carrying the same amount of pre-war oil. If they were, then the Brent oil price would reflect pre-war prices. Instead, the price has already climbed past $90 and continues to climb. Unless the oil price drops, all the other stats are irrelevant.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@elonmusk According to public info, the jury in the Floyd case was informed by medical experts that fentanyl and meth in his system was a contributing cause, not the direct cause of his death. If later experts said the opposite, it has no bearing on the jury's independent thinking.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@elonmusk Saying people believed what they were told is what caused them to err is way off the mark. This is more like a jury deliberating when exculpatory evidence is withheld. There is no way they can by themselves get that missing piece, no matter how independent their thinking is.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@JohnMathon5 @Microinteracti1 It would be nice if that fantasy were real,but you are counting the chickens before they hatch. We dont know how VZ,Cuba,Iran,Russia,China, Europe,S Korea,our debt crisis, etc.,are going to turn out yet. It would take Divine intervention for all of that to work out.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@Microinteracti1 That's the difference from WW2 leaders. FDR and MacArthur knew there are wars that cannot be won by conventional means, without inconceivable costs and risks. A few tactical nukes could have safely ended Iran's nuke bunker permanently. No war. No blockade. Truman was wrong.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@bennyjohnson There is just one problem with this "good"news. The price oil is still climbing beyond $90. If oil deliveries have been restored to their pre-war levels, why is the price of oil still climbing? This news could be a 1 day event, but overall gulf oil is not back in business.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@CalltoActivism I saw this in a mega church back in the 80s. The pastor bought a private jet, lived in mansion with servants, indulged himself with things he forbade members, and claimed that since he represented God to the world, he had to reflect the wealth of God. Same reasoning by 47.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@cwebbonline In his campaign speeches 10 years ago, very little of it was about him, but what he wanted to change. This clip is almost entirely about him, denying the Judeo-Christian ethic "Let another man praise you, and not your own lips". Its hard to ignore. Could it be senility?

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@SenSchumer The one thing about 47 that is impossible to ignore is his complete contempt for the Judeo-Christian ethic: "Let another man praise you, and not your own lips."

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@jimstewartson We need a reliable source to determine how many ships are actually making it through. Based on AIS, there are very few ships in transit, but that could be because they have turned it off to avoid attacks. Based on Brent, it doesnt look so good.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

If 47 does not cease his personal, hostile "negotiations" with US allies, violating existing Treaty agreements regarding dispute resolution, his refusal to comply would be grounds for the Cabinet declare him "unable to perform his duties", the very broad language of the 25th.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@Acyn Perhaps the reason we get higher interest rate loans is because its their gold, not ours? His "deal" making always seems to be "Give me what I want, or I'll huff and puff and blow your house down." In good deals, both sides win. There is no win here for Switzerland.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@EricLDaugh The problem with this "solution" is that pipelines are a lot easier to hit than a moving ship at sea.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@FrakMAGA2022 Disagree. The failure was not Navy logistics. The failure was the destruction of the carrier resupply facility by Iran's missiles and drones. Hegseth failed to mention that fact. 47 acted like it was fully resupplied, when it wasnt. It was leadership and defensive failures.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@nicksortor The "assistance" he demanded was $10 billion, which would not go to the US Treasury, but directly to the Executive branch as a military fund. SK has enough on their hands without getting embroiled in a foolish foreign war. 47 is not a statesman and alliance maker, but a thug.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@DecodingFoxNews A basic example. An exporter sells an item for $100 to a US importer. If a 10% tariff goes into effect the US importer now pays $110 to import the item. But, the seller could drop his price to $90.91, and the US importer would then pay $100 as before, without loss of sales.

[Ken Burrell @ThorpBurrell]

@DecodingFoxNews That is a fallacy. A seller knows for each 1$ added to the price he loses N sales, so seeks the price point of max profit. The unpaid portion of the tariff is his profit reduction. Or, if he can still profit and keep his sales volume, may eat the tariff to remain competitive.