Before we get to the flaming topic of gasoline prices, the rest of the news. Capt. Ed at Haut Hair, Q-poll, Morning Consult: About that Biden SOTU bounce ... "Today’s new poll from Morning Consult keeps Biden pretty much at the status quo ante, even though Politico talks up the shift." At Da Wire, No Bump For Biden: Polls Find ‘Anemic’ Increase In Approval Post-SOTU. Ace, Two Polls Show Brandon Got No Bounce From His Slurring, Incoherent State of the Union. Oliver L. North and David L. Goetsch, Biden's SOTU Strategy: Ignore, Distort and Co-opt. So, pretty much a typical politicians speech. Ronals Brownstein at CNN tries to discern Why independents have cooled on Biden -- and what that means for Democrats. They need to lie harder and louder. Via the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 03.08.22, Da Fed, has The Full List Of Every Lie Joe Biden Has Told As President: 140 And Counting. Meanwhile, KT at Haut Hair reports Dr. Jill Biden is on a three-day three state tour speaking about unity and trashing Trump. You will please address me as Dr. Fritz.
Also from KT, County GOP calls for election administrator to be fired after 10,000 mail-in ballots are "found" days past election. Ten thousand here, ten thousand there, eventually it's enough to matter. Counting shouldn't be this hard. Rasmussen Reports Election Integrity Will Be Important Issue in November but the parties have different views on what election integrity entails. Democrats want every vote, however sketchy, counted, while Republicans want to be sure only real voters votes are counted.
At LI, Herr Professor Jacobsen Dem Operative. David Brock To Launch Attack On Republican Election Lawyers: “make them toxic in their communities and in their firms” "Goal: “not only bring the grievances in the bar complaints, but shame them and make them toxic in their communities and in their firms.”… “You’re threatening their livelihood. And, you know, they’ve got reputations in their local communities.” At TNP, U.S. Election Integrity Lawyers Are Being Targeted By a Group Whose Leader Accepted a Chinese Communist Propaganda Junket, "Longtime Clinton ally and George Soros-funded Media Matters for America founder David Brock is also advising the 65 Project." But rest assured, says Chris Queen at PJ Media, Hillary Says She Isn't Interested in Running in 2024, (but Can We Believe Her?). Hillary loves power the way dragons love gold. There's never enough.
Reacting to Bill Barr's comment that he still might vote for Trump in the general election, Bulwark boyx Amanda Carpenter claims Breaking ‘Against Trump’ means opposing him through a general election. Not if the Democrat is worse, which is almost sure to be true. They aren't going to nominate Tulsi Gabbard. Sloan Oliver at Am Think thinks (no, not yet), Kamala Proves the Peter Principle. "The cream rises until it sours."
There have been some interesting developments in the Jan. 6 sage. The redoubtable Julie Kelly at Am Great reports First January 6 Defendant To Face Trial Found Guilty by D.C. Jury, "Reffitt faces up to 20 years in prison for each obstruction count." I'm sure we can trust a D.C. jury to be fair. /sarc. "Two surveys conducted by defense teams earlier this year revealed extreme bias in the prospective jury pool; one poll showed that 74 percent of D.C. residents believe anyone who participated in the events of January 6 should be convicted of “insurrection” and 64 percent believe even nonviolent protesters should be held criminally responsible for what happened that day." At the same time, the WaPoo reluctantly reports that a U.S. judge dismisses lead federal charge against Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendant, "The decision from Judge Carl Nichols in the case of a Texas man clouds the legal path of as many as 270 cases", including the one above. Of course, it may be disputed all the way to the Supreme Court. He reports Proud Boys' Tarrio Becomes Latest Member Charged with Political Crimes. "Prosecutors alleged that Tarrio helped rally the Proud Boys to make the journey to Washington D.C. with the intent of obstructing Congress’ certification of the Electoral College votes. . . . Though Tarrio was not present on the day of the attack, he was arrested on January 4th and ordered to stay away from Washington D.C. after allegedly burning a stolen flag from an African American church the month before." At Red State, Leslie McAdoo Gordon reports DOJ Rushes to Obtain Indictment for January 6 Defendant to Cure Illegal Detention Claim, following reports that they had illegally detained him without a proper hearing. Will they get away with it?
The judge also expressed outrage at DOJ for letting Denney’s case “slip through the cracks,” and said that if the DOJ did not have the manpower to handle the volume of January 6 prosecutions that it had undertaken then the consequences of that should fall on DOJ, not the defendants. He sharply rebuked the prosecutor’s office for representing that the January 6 cases were eminently significant in terms of protecting the Constitution and then violating a defendant’s Constitutional rights in the process of prosecuting him.
At Zero Hedge, NYT Reporter Says 'Ton Of FBI Informants' Were At J6 - Calls Traumatized Fellow Journos 'Bi*ches'. Video on Rumble, Project Veritas: NY Times Reporter Says Left's Reaction Of January 6 Was Over The Top. Matthew Rosenberg. At WaPoo, disgraced former FBI Director James Comey opines Every Jan. 6 case matters. Offenses by FBI agents? Not so important.
The redoubtable Julie Kelly also reports on the rehearsal for Jan. 6, The FBI Goes on Trial in the Whitmer Case, "In the case surrounding the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, the FBI will be on trial just as much, if not more, than the four men who stand accused." At Da Wire, Jury Selection Begins In Trial Over Alleged Plot To Kidnap MI Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
On the "Stop the Grooming" bill in Florida, WaPoo whines about the how the Florida legislature passes bill to restrict LGBTQ topics in elementary schools. Let kids be kids. KT, Florida's “don’t say gay” bill passes in state senate, moves to governor's desk for signature.
At WaEx, Biden faces pressure as mask mandates for travelers near expiration "With less than two weeks before the federal mask mandate for public transit, airplanes, and airports is set to expire, rival groups are lobbying the Biden administration to either extend it or let it expire for good." Scott Moorefield at Town Hall, It’s Past Time for the Travel Mask Mandate to End, But Will It? Does he choose normal or continued nagging? Att Summit News a Senior Epidemiologist Apologizes to Daughter’s Generation For “Morally Wrong” Lockdown Measures, "Said he was told to stay silent on doomsday modeling."Cited at At Front Page, the unvaccinated, unmasked Naomi Wolfe says I'm Not 'Brave'; You're Just a P---y. Heather McDonald at City Journal says Take Off the Masks! Kylee Zempel at Da Fed, ‘Half The Country’ Did Speak The Covid Truths The CDC Director Insists ‘Nobody Said’ — And They Were Smeared. Well, nobody who counted anyway. In the wake of the State of Florida recommending against vaccines for healthy kids, Da Wire reports ‘Mean And Petty’ Psaki Says FL Surgeon General ‘Peddling Conspiracy Theories.’ DeSantis Spox Hits Back. "“For information on vaccines, I would trust a Harvard MD/PhD [Joseph A. Ladapo] over Jen Psaki and Montel Williams,” Pushaw also posted to Twitter."
At the Neon Nettle, Kamala Harris Attacks 'People's Convoy:' Truckers 'Cause Pollution', "'This pollution is accelerating the climate crisis'" But burning buildings for BLM? That's cool!
OK, I just don't know how else to deal with all the stuff on gas prices, the invasion of Ukraine, inflation, and Biden, except to dump it all out there. But first, in summary, with the US definitely going this way, Biden reluctantly decided to ban oil imports from Russia, admitting it will cause more price increases in gas (and elsewhere!), while maintaining the administration's posture against new oil and gas production in the US, while denying they were taking it. Also, an acknowledgment of a couple sources, that have links that may or may not be below, Wombat-socho's In The Mailbox: 03.08.22 and JJ Sefton's The Morning Report - 3/9/22 at Ace's. Also, Col. Andrew Dziengeleski thought this one was important enough to pass on from The American Conservative, The Looming Food Crisis, "The coming surge in food prices will devastate the global poor." You see, nitrogen fertilizer is made from natural gas, which come from Russia and Ukraine, soo. . . . Also, Russia is a big exporter of potash. It might be time to stock up.
Link Dump!
Democrats Hit New Level of Disarray Over Decision to Ban Russian OilSenate Dems fret: How do we keep from getting blamed for high gas prices? – HotAirBiden Administration Bans Russian Oil, Tells Hurting Americans to Jump in a Lake – RedState
Nation Wishes We Had Our Own Oil We Could Dig Up With Big Machines And Then Transport Around With Some Kind Of Pipeline - The Babylon Bee
Another Washington Post author shifts blame for Biden's Russian oil stance onto the GOP – HotAir
Biden, Maneuvering on Two Fronts Against an Energy Squeeze, Is Courting Disaster, Critics WarnSensing Online: Biden begs Texas to secede
Alright, Let's Talk About Fuel Prices and How We Got Here
Ace of Spades HQ Biden Announces Ban on Russian Oil, Then Lies and Claims He's Not Stopping US Oil Production (Despite Running On Doing Just That)
A phrase is coined: The pain at the pump is a "Putin spike," says Psaki – HotAir
It's not the GOP the White House has to worry about, it's local news reporters – HotAir
Texas Dems to Biden: Drill, baby, drill – HotAir
Leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates Refuse to Take Biden Phone Calls, Both Spoke to Vladimir Putin - The Last Refuge
'MISS ME YET?': Trump bashes Biden as gas prices reach record highs - The Post Millennial
Psaki Responds To Skyrocketing Gas Prices During Press Conference - The Daily Wire
Nolte: 70% Want Increased Domestic Oil Production, Only 18% Oppose
Gas prices fueling coming Democratic bloodbath in midterms, Republicans say | Fox News
One Tweet About Gas Prices Comes Back To Bite Democrats - The Daily Caller
Democrat-Led States Own Highest Gas Prices in the Country
RNC Research on Twitter: "REPORTER: What can you do about skyrocketing gas prices? BIDEN: "Can't do much right now. Russia's responsible." https://t.co/UZrBUEsliQ" / Twitter
"Insanity" Boebert Slams Biden On Energy Crisis In America
Biden says U.S. will ban Russian oil imports in response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine
Heather Long on Twitter: "Just In: US gas prices officially hit a record high, according to AAA. The average for regular is $4.17, surpassing the prior record of $4.11 set in July 2008. (Prices are not adjusted for inflation). **US gas prices are up 55 cents in past week from Russia’s war in Ukraine** https://t.co/oaxFZpKluu" / Twitter
Wheat Swings After Touching an All-Time High on Supply Shocks
EPA Chief Reveals the Biden Agenda Behind Rising Gas Prices – PJ Media
Stephen Colbert's Ukraine Declaration Shows Once Again Why Trump Got ElectedEBL: Jerry Reed: Crude Oil Blues
In Texas, President Joe Biden says there’s nothing he can do about the ‘Putin spike at the gas pump’ – twitchy.com
Biden now courting socialist Venezuela’s corrupt and brutal dictator for oil – BabalĂș Blog
Psaki: Biden Will “Do Everything He Can” To Reduce Impact Of Gas Prices… - Weasel Zippers
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Instapundit » Blog Archive » INDEED: Sorry Joe, It’s Not ‘Putin’s Price Hike’ on Gas — It’s Yours….War Will Cause “Hell on Earth” For Global Food Prices – Summit News
MSNBC Anchor Admits It’s ‘Insane’ That US Is Not Energy Independent | The Daily Wire
BREAKING: Biden to finally ban Russian oil imports – HotAir
Pariahs? Saudis, UAE snub Biden in energy-production plea – HotAir
As Biden Seeks More Foreign Oil, World Leaders Won't Take His Calls
Russia oil ban: White House announces plan to cut off energy imports - The Washington Post
Trump Nails Biden to the Wall With Just Five Words – RedState
Biden Claims His Climate Agenda Isn't Hurting Domestic Oil Production. Here Are the Facts.
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