• Re: "Half the World?s Oil Comes From Just Five Countries"

    From The Horny Goat@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 10:12:29
    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 08:44:09 -0400 (EDT), kludge@panix.com (Scott
    Dorsey) wrote:

    Israel doesn't really care about Iran; that is just a minor skirmish in their >territorial war. Their only concern about Iran is that Iran is supporting >Palestinian groups and they are supporting Hezbollah which supports them. >They don't want peace, they want Palestine. (I speak here of the current >Israeli government which may not be the Israeli government in a couple years). >--scott

    Every government that claims to be democratic has a mechanism for
    elections that has the potential of changing the party in power.
    Israel claims to be democratic therefore Bibi periodically (I don't
    know what the usual Israeli electoral cycle is and am too lazy to
    check) "goes to the people".

    Iran makes no such pretence so feels free not to.

    Not sure about the Gazans whose current government is in the 18th year
    of a 4 year term :)

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  • From The Horny Goat@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, April 21, 2026 10:13:47
    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 14:47:45 -0700, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:

    One word for you, William. Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics.
    Think about it.
    --scott

    Another word micro and nano particles of plastic in every bit of food.

    Put it all back in the ground with lots of rock over it.

    I on the other hand thought of The Graduate

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  • From Paul S Person@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 08:29:36
    On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:12:29 -0700, The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca>
    wrote:

    On Wed, 1 Apr 2026 08:44:09 -0400 (EDT), kludge@panix.com (Scott
    Dorsey) wrote:

    Israel doesn't really care about Iran; that is just a minor skirmish in
    their
    territorial war. Their only concern about Iran is that Iran is
    supporting
    Palestinian groups and they are supporting Hezbollah which supports
    them.
    They don't want peace, they want Palestine. (I speak here of the
    current
    Israeli government which may not be the Israeli government in a couple years).
    --scott

    Every government that claims to be democratic has a mechanism for
    elections that has the potential of changing the party in power.
    Israel claims to be democratic therefore Bibi periodically (I don't
    know what the usual Israeli electoral cycle is and am too lazy to
    check) "goes to the people".

    Iran makes no such pretence so feels free not to.

    Are you sure? I remember a lot of interest a decade or so ago on the
    part of the USA Federal Gummint in who would be elected President of
    Iran.

    Despite his being nothing more than the Ayatollah's lap-dog.

    Not sure about the Gazans whose current government is in the 18th year
    of a 4 year term :)

    Technically, they should be under the Palestinian Authority. Hamas
    took over when they lost the election. But, unlike Hezbollah, they
    never transitioned even a wee bit into an actual political party or an
    actual government.
    --
    "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
    Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
    Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"

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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 15:50:39
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    The world is built on energy. I guess that you want to go back to
    sailing ships and horse drawn wagons.

    I want to go forward to nuclear and solar power. Oil is too important as a >>> chemical feedstock to waste it just as an energy source.

    As the Stainless Steel Rat said circa 1975.

    One word for you, William. Just one word. Are you listening? Plastics. Think about it.

    "Handguns. Disposable handguns".


    William Hyde

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  • From Lynn McGuire@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 15:12:06
    On 4/22/2026 2:50 PM, William Hyde wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    William Hyde˙ <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Lynn McGuire˙ <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    The world is built on energy.˙ I guess that you want to go back to
    sailing ships and horse drawn wagons.

    I want to go forward to nuclear and solar power.˙ Oil is too
    important as a
    chemical feedstock to waste it just as an energy source.

    As the Stainless Steel Rat said circa 1975.

    One word for you, William.˙ Just one word.˙ Are you listening?˙ Plastics.
    Think about it.

    "Handguns. Disposable handguns".


    William Hyde

    Handguns with plastic barrels are usually only good for one shot. The
    second shot may be on you.

    Lynn


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  • From Bobbie Sellers@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 14:00:07


    On 4/22/26 12:50, William Hyde wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    William Hyde˙ <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Lynn McGuire˙ <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    The world is built on energy.˙ I guess that you want to go back to
    sailing ships and horse drawn wagons.

    I want to go forward to nuclear and solar power.˙ Oil is too
    important as a
    chemical feedstock to waste it just as an energy source.

    As the Stainless Steel Rat said circa 1975.

    One word for you, William.˙ Just one word.˙ Are you listening?˙ Plastics.
    Think about it.

    "Handguns. Disposable handguns".

    Invisible to metal detectors. Whee!


    William Hyde

    bliss


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  • From William Hyde@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 18:16:50
    Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 4/22/2026 2:50 PM, William Hyde wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    William Hyde˙ <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Lynn McGuire˙ <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    The world is built on energy.˙ I guess that you want to go back to >>>>>> sailing ships and horse drawn wagons.

    I want to go forward to nuclear and solar power.˙ Oil is too
    important as a
    chemical feedstock to waste it just as an energy source.

    As the Stainless Steel Rat said circa 1975.

    One word for you, William.˙ Just one word.˙ Are you listening?
    Plastics.
    Think about it.

    "Handguns. Disposable handguns".


    William Hyde

    Handguns with plastic barrels are usually only good for one shot.˙ The second shot may be on you.


    Just answering a reference with a reference. It's a game.

    William Hyde

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  • From Scott Dorsey@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 22:19:56
    In article <10sbhci$2jfp3$1@dont-email.me>,
    William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 4/22/2026 2:50 PM, William Hyde wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    William Hyde˙ <wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
    Scott Dorsey wrote:
    Lynn McGuire˙ <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
    The world is built on energy.˙ I guess that you want to go back to >>>>>>> sailing ships and horse drawn wagons.

    I want to go forward to nuclear and solar power.˙ Oil is too
    important as a
    chemical feedstock to waste it just as an energy source.

    As the Stainless Steel Rat said circa 1975.

    One word for you, William.˙ Just one word.˙ Are you listening?
    Plastics.
    Think about it.

    "Handguns. Disposable handguns".


    William Hyde

    Handguns with plastic barrels are usually only good for one shot.˙ The
    second shot may be on you.

    Just answering a reference with a reference. It's a game.

    You know, life is like a box of chocolates...
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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