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[This message has been edited by fierosound (edited 11-12-2021).]

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.

quote Originally posted by sourmash: Biden just called Satchel Paige "the great negro",........

Obama is pissed off at him now.

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.

quote 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

quote 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.

Biden (and thanks to Obama) is a another bind by cancelling the construction of Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.

First due to shortages/high prices, he asked Saudi Arabia to increase oil production only MONTHS LATER.
https://www.forbes.com/site...ion/?sh=6f34c6ef45e0

Now, with Russia invading Ukraine, he may have to stop Russian oil imports as part of the sanctions against Russia.
https://www.bloomberg.com/o...rrels-of-russian-oil

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.

[This message has been edited by fierosound (edited 02-26-2022).]

Yet another thread now destined to be moved to the politics section aptly located next to Trashcan..

I was thinking about commenting on this shortage. What I was going to say was pretty much already covered, though.

quote Originally posted by maryjane: Yet another thread now destined to be moved to the politics section aptly located next to Trashcan..

Your comment 2 posts above your last one was about Biden.

quote Originally posted by Raydar: I was thinking about commenting on this shortage.

What shortage?
Henry Hub has plenty of natural gas and Cushing Hub still has plenty of crude oil.
Refining capacity is more than adequate as well.