I wish the Pope would have had the comic presence to flex an arm at the elbow and say "Well, I played a little Texas League Double A ball but I'm not Satchel Paige"...
The age joke that Biden tried to tell the Pope was plagiarized from Satchel Paige too.
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Cleveland Indians On July 7, 1948, Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck brought Paige in to try out with Indians player-coach Lou Boudreau. On that same day, his 42nd birthday, Paige signed his first major league contract, for $40,000 for the three months remaining in the season, becoming the first black pitcher in the American League and the seventh black big leaguer overall. On July 9, 1948, Paige became the oldest man ever to debut in the major leagues, at the age of 42 years and two days. When asked about his age, he would reply "If someone asked you how old you were and you didn't know your age, how old would you think you were?" With the St. Louis Browns beating the Indians 4–1 in the bottom of the fourth inning, Boudreau pulled his starting pitcher, Bob Lemon, and s
Originally posted by sourmash: Biden just called Satchel Paige "the great negro", but the press is splaining it away. Yeah, but it's still an awkward position to find himself in.
I dunno. I'm posting this now. I will review what Chris Hayes said during this on-air segment later.
Geez... if only there was another supply of oil nearby that could be shipped easily and securely.. Yup... setting the US up for oil supply problems was Biden's first order of business after being sworn in just 1 YEAR AGO.
EDIT: Thanks to our fearless leader Justin Trudeau, we have billions of barrels oil/LNG we can't ship overseas to help Europe.
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I have no doubt that post 2024 Presidential election, Keystone will get restarted, it'll cost a lot more after the of the previous four years but, eventually it'll get done. Apparently, we got the government we deserved.
I have no doubt that post 2024 Presidential election, Keystone will get restarted, it'll cost a lot more after the of the previous four years but, eventually it'll get done. Apparently, we got the government we deserved.
Rams
Didn't you mean to say we got the government they wanted us to have?
All that Canadian Oil that might eventually have been shipped via pipeline will continue to get transported via rail and truck to us. Buffet will continue to make amazing profits. Anyone wonder why he didn't get on the Trump train?
Elections have consequences and rewards. Someone please advise me on which method of transportation of crude oil has the lesser environmental impact..............
Rams
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Originally posted by blackrams: All that Canadian Oil that might eventually have been shipped via pipeline will continue to get transported via rail and truck to us. Buffet will continue to make amazing profits. Anyone wonder why he didn't get on the Trump train? . . .
I dunno. Someone might have had a bit too much to think. Depending on what the forum at large is prompted to think about this. It's Copy & Paste (or Cut & Paste) from a middling-sized online news report. From just over a year ago.
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The North American Upstream team at energy consultants Wood Mackenzie sent Reuters findings from the company’s North American Crude Market Service report which agreed with this prediction. It notes that “the impacts of a [Keystone XL] cancelation are muted over the medium-term in large extent due to two other pipeline projects just around the corner (Enbridge Line 3 Replacement (L3R) and the TransMountain Expansion project (TMX).” These pipelines “will likely take rail volumes down to any contractual minimums until 2030.”
As per Reuters reports and industry experts, the Keystone XL Pipeline’s cancellation does not appear to mean a lucrative jump in business for crude-by-rail that might benefit Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF railway.
[Most of the] oil that would have been [imported by the U.S.] through the Keystone XL Pipeline will use [other pipeline] infrastructure, not Buffett-owned railroad[s].
"Fact check: Buffett did not donate to Biden; oil that would have been transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline will use existing infrastructure, not Buffett-owned railroad" Reuters Staff; February 2, 2021.
That was more than a year ago. How does the U.S. ban on importing Russian oil factor into this? I remember reading that Russian oil came to about 8% of total U.S. oil imports.
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How does the U.S. ban on importing Russian oil factor into this? I remember reading that Russian oil came to about 8% of total U.S. oil imports.
Last year, the United States imported an average of 709,000 barrels per day (bpd) worth of crude and petroleum products from Russia. Need to replace that... https://nationalpost.com/op...stry-remains-hobbled
I don't think that Warren Buffett has been or will be "making out like a bandit" because of the decision to cancel Keystone XL. Even now, with the embargo on Russian oil. That "Fact Check" in Reuters that I posted (count three messages back before this one) looks to my Lyin', Leftist, Scumbag, Trollin' eyes (~randye) to be carefully researched.
Does the canceling of Keystone XL work to Buffett's advantage? Yes. Some. Probably. But not to the extent of Buffett "making out like a bandit" just because of the canceling of Keystone XL. The Buffett-owned BNSF Railway transports "mountains" of other freight besides oil, and that can't be put onto the canceling of Keystone XL.
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You could have just stopped right there and be 100% correct for once.
And you could've just stopped before making that useless post. This is so freakin' infantile. Just let the guy post without jumping all over him all the time. You don't like what he posts, fine. We know, we know! Gawd, just move on!
"BNSF Railway is one of North America’s leading freight transportation companies. BNSF operates approximately 32,500 route miles of track in 28 states and also operates in three Canadian provinces. BNSF is one of the top transporters of consumer goods, grain and agricultural products, low-sulfur coal, and industrial goods such as petroleum, chemicals, housing materials, food and beverages. BNSF’s shipments help feed, clothe, supply, and power American homes and businesses every day. BNSF and its employees have developed one of the most technologically advanced, and efficient railroads in the industry. We work continuously to improve the value of the safety, service, energy, and environmental benefits we provide to our customers and the communities we serve."
Just the fact that it's called a "fact check", makes it suspect, in this day and age. ('Cause we all know the fact checkers are so trustworthy... right?)
Originally posted by Raydar: Just the fact that it's called a "fact check", makes it suspect, in this day and age. ('Cause we all know the fact checkers are so trustworthy... right?)
It doesn't make it any more or less suspect (in my eyes) than any other report or article on Reuters or on any of the other online news venues that I like.
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I wonder why no one talks about the fact that the "carbon footprint" of rail transport is 60-70% higher than that of pipelines.
Again, the "green" agenda fails on careful inspection. It is not about the environment. Is anyone surprised?
That's like a doctor basing his recommendations on the patient's red blood cells count—without reference to any of the patient's other data.
The Reuters article makes the point that two other projects that are critical to U.S. oil imports from Canada were in the process of building additional pipeline capacity at the time that the article was published (February, 2021) and I believe that is still the case.
Just the fact that it's called a "fact check", makes it suspect, in this day and age. ('Cause we all know the fact checkers are so trustworthy... right?)
Ever wonder why Lefties constantly refer to Snopes and their other so-called "fact checkers" to help them with their propaganda ?
Because they expect you to be as weak minded and as easily led as they are.
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"Buffett did not donate to Biden; oil that would have been transported through the Keystone XL Pipeline will use existing infrastructure, not Buffett-owned railroad
FEBRUARY 2, 2021.
This was a "Fact Check" article from the staff at Reuters. It was published a little over a year ago.
[SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS]
Days after U.S. President Joe Biden cancelled construction plans for the Keystone XL Pipeline - meant to carry oil from Canada’s Alberta province to Nebraska - posts on social media alleged this move was due to Warren Buffett’s extensive political donations to Biden’s campaign. They claim that railways owned by Buffett now stand to benefit from transporting the oil that the Keystone XL Pipeline would have carried. Buffett, however, did not donate to Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign and oil from Canada that would have travelled via the Keystone XL Pipeline is likely going to use existing and other new pipeline infrastructures to enter the United States. . . .
Most [of these social media] posts feature an image of pipeline construction alongside text reading: “The Keystone pipeline. Cancelled by Biden on first day. Warren Buffett owns the railroad that is now transporting all that oil. Warren Buffett donated 58 million to Biden campaign. Warren Buffett would lose billions in transport fees if the pipeline is completed. See how politics works? It’s not an environmental issue, it is a money issue…”
By “Keystone pipeline”, the posts are referring to the Keystone XL Pipeline, a project cancelled by Biden on his first day in office on Jan. 21, 2021, dealing a death blow to a long-gestating project that would have carried 830,000 barrels per day of heavy oil-sands crude from Alberta to Nebraska.
Environmental activists and indigenous communities hailed the cancellation, and traders and analysts said U.S.-Canada pipelines will have more than enough capacity to handle increasing volumes of crude out of Canada, the primary foreign supplier of oil to the United States . . .
DID BUFFETT DONATE TO BIDEN?
The first claim in these posts is that Warren Buffett, the American business tycoon and billionaire, donated $58 million to Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign. According to public records from OpenSecrets and a spokeswoman for Buffett, this claim is false.
Debbie Bosanek, assistant to Warren Buffett, told Reuters via email that “Mr. Buffett gave no money to the Biden presidency campaign in 2020. He files all filing requirements for political contributions and made no contribution to any PAC.”
Business Insider... also reported on Buffett not donating to Biden during this election after having donated to Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in past elections.
OpenSecrets.org by the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-profit and nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. focusing on government transparency and tracking money in politics, lists Warren Buffett’s political contributions here . While Buffett donated to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC, the committee working to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives) and to former astronaut and junior senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), no other political recipients are listed for this election cycle of 2019-2020...
Buffett is the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate that acquired Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp (BNSF) in 2009, which was at the time the billionaire investor’s biggest-ever acquisition... The BNSF is one of the largest freight railroad networks in North America, with “a rail network of 32,500 route miles in 28 states and three Canadian provinces"... Its trains carry energy (such as oil and coal), agricultural and consumer products.
Railroads such as BNSF owned by Buffett... however, are not the principle way oil is transported from Canada to the United States.
MOST U.S. OIL IMPORTS FROM CANADA USE PIPELINES, NOT RAILWAYS
Maps of the Keystone Pipeline System and Keystone XL Pipeline show its route: they Keystone XL would have created a “shortcut” in transporting oil from Alberta to Nebraska, while the existing Keystone Pipeline System connects the Canadian source to multiple U.S. states...
Canada is the primary supplier of foreign oil to the United States. In 2019, for example, the United States imported 3.7 million barrels per day from Canada ( here ), about 1.35 billion barrels for the year. During this year, 110.2 million barrels of crude oil were transported from Canada to the United States by rail ( here ), meaning only about 8% of the year’s imports from Canada traveled by rail.
Dave Smallen, director of public affairs at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, sent Reuters estimates for 2020 calculating that of the oil coming from Canada to the United States, 74.4% used pipelines compared to 3% using rail.
In short, rail infrastructures cannot compete with existing pipelines to transport oil at the rate the United States does. A historic look (1982-2018) at the transportation prevalence of pipelines, marine vessels, rail and truck for oil transport is visible...
Reuters reported in 2013 - when the Keystone XL was being debated - that some industry officials, energy analysts and recent data raised questions about whether the industry really is eager to adopt crude-by-rail, primarily pointing to the economic cost of using rail over pipelines...
“It’s expensive to transport crude by rail, especially over long distances,” Ben Cahill, a senior fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), told Reuters via email. Because of this, “operators prefer to use pipelines and use rail only as a backup.”
HOW WILL THE KEYSTONES XL PIPELINE OIL TRAVEL?
The posts say Buffett’s railroad “is now transporting all that oil” following the Keystone XL Pipeline’s cancellation. This is false, as most of the oil that would have made use of the Keystone XL will likely travel through existing and new pipelines.
The U.S. is also still poised to import record amounts of Canadian oil in the coming years, and several of the lines carrying that crude are in the midst of expansions (more detail on these in a Reuters report...
Cahill told Reuters that after the cancellation, “other pipelines will come online and crude exports by rail will continue to be a last resort.”
The North American Upstream team at energy consultants Wood Mackenzie sent Reuters findings from the company’s North American Crude Market Service report which agreed with this prediction. It notes that “the impacts of a [Keystone XL] cancelation are muted over the medium-term in large extent due to two other pipeline projects just around the corner (Enbridge Line 3 Replacement (L3R) and the TransMountain Expansion project (TMX).” These pipelines “will likely take rail volumes down to any contractual minimums until 2030.”
As per Reuters reports and industry experts, the Keystone XL Pipeline’s cancellation does not appear to mean a lucrative jump in business for crude-by-rail that might benefit Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF railway.
Berkshire Hathaway did not respond to Reuters request for comment on possible gains from Keystone XL’s cancellation.
VERDICT
[The social media posts are FALSE.] Warren Buffett did not donate $58 million to Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign. Most of the oil that would have been transported by the now-cancelled Keystone XL Pipeline will likely use existing and new pipeline infrastructure, not railways.
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of the previous four years but, eventually it'll get done. 
