movielover said:

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Caltrans has always kept 24 and 680 nice through Lamorinda and Danville. 880 is a mess.

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All over the Bay Area our state government is stepping up!

VOTE BLUE AND VOTE GAVIN

San Francisco Chronicle yesterday: "When some of the most aggressive anti-pollution appliance measures begin next year, Bay Area homeowners will need to spend thousands of dollars more for water heater replacements."

Cal88 said:

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Remember all the brouhaha about Warren blocking the Jetblue-Spirit merger? Well that merger could have been fatal to Jetblue, which is now on the brink, thanks to Trump pushing Bibi's War.

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I remember one particular poster repeatedly showing their political bias and bashing the Biden Administration for blocking the JetBlue/Spirit merger.

Spirit was in such bad shape that the Trump Administration didn't even want to save it.

Rumors of a BK filing are most likely false.
But anyone thinking that Spirit would have "helped" JetBlue in a combined merger has no clue about the issues plaguing the Airline Industry.

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movielover said:

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San Francisco Chronicle yesterday: "When some of the most aggressive anti-pollution appliance measures begin next year, Bay Area homeowners will need to spend thousands of dollars more for water heater replacements."

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Really unhelpful, they should have at least made sure that new installations follow these rules and grandfathered older ones, which will eventually have to be replaced.

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NG is "clean" fuel, but they want utopia. Putting everything in the electrical basket and not allowing free choice is ridiculous. If it wasn't a religion, they'd at least construct more reactors at Diablo Canyon per its original design. Another move to harm working people.

MAGA!

Why does California have the highest fuel prices in the nation again, bro?

PAC-10-BEAR said:

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Why does California have the highest fuel prices in the nation again, bro?

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Why do Trump's economic policies hurt the poor more than anyone else bro?
Why are we exporting 61% of our crude oil?

Tariffs are a regressive tax.
High fuel prices are regressive as well.

Your boy Trump sure knows how to crush the lower and middle income class.

MAGA!




The 'K-shaped economy' has shown up at the gasoline pump

In 2021, Joe Biden’s Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said, “The president does not control the price of gasoline.”

What changed? https://t.co/vCbWCXSMYA pic.twitter.com/Y6TD5FFT0m

— Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) May 6, 2026

I remember a poster here for the last four years who ridiculed others by responding with the statement that the president doesn't control gas prices.

Biden couldn't even control bowel movements.

movielover said:

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Biden couldn't even control bowel movements.

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That's inappropriate.

Trump today



You can spittle on the side of the chin.

Choose Kindness

movielover said:

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Biden couldn't even control bowel movements.

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DiabloWags said:

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Cal88 said:

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movielover said:

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San Francisco Chronicle yesterday: "When some of the most aggressive anti-pollution appliance measures begin next year, Bay Area homeowners will need to spend thousands of dollars more for water heater replacements."

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Really unhelpful, they should have at least made sure that new installations follow these rules and grandfathered older ones, which will eventually have to be replaced.

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His post is not accurate.

If the rule were to go thru, the rule to ban the sale and installation of all gas-burning furnaces would start Jan. 1st, 2029, followed by a ban on gas-powered thankless water heaters Jan 1st, 2031.

Just the facts.

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Those water heaters never get the praise they deserve

BearlySane88 said:

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Cal88 said:

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movielover said:

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San Francisco Chronicle yesterday: "When some of the most aggressive anti-pollution appliance measures begin next year, Bay Area homeowners will need to spend thousands of dollars more for water heater replacements."

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Really unhelpful, they should have at least made sure that new installations follow these rules and grandfathered older ones, which will eventually have to be replaced.

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His post is not accurate.

If the rule were to go thru, the rule to ban the sale and installation of all gas-burning furnaces would start Jan. 1st, 2029, followed by a ban on gas-powered thankless water heaters Jan 1st, 2031.

Just the facts.

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Those water heaters never get the praise they deserve

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that was funny. But wags answered my question about thankless gas water heaters…since I have one in CA. Hey, something helpful here!

The reporting is still evolving, but the clearest and most repeatedly reported case is:

* Saudi Arabia reportedly denied or suspended U.S. use of Saudi airspace and bases for "Project Freedom."

That appears to have been a major factor in Trump pausing the operation.

Other countries have reportedly refused participation, naval support, or base access to varying degrees:

* Spain reportedly refused use of bases for Iran-related operations.

* Italy reportedly denied aircraft transit via Sigonella and resisted expanding involvement.

* Germany rejected participation and publicly said "this is not our war."

* United Kingdom declined to send warships into the operation.

* France resisted sending naval forces pending diplomacy/stabilization.

* Japan declined military participation.

* South Korea paused or suspended review of participation.

* Australia reportedly declined involvement.

* Estonia and Luxembourg were also mentioned in some reports as rejecting involvement.

There are also unconfirmed or lightly sourced claims involving:

* UAE refusing airspace access for attacks on Iran, and

* Austria restricting overflight permissions,

but these appear mostly in secondary or social-media-amplified reporting rather than firm official announcements.

The important distinction is:
many of these countries were not saying:
"We support Iran."

Rather, they were saying things like:

* "We don't want to join a widening regional war."
* "This operation was launched without consultation."
* "Protecting shipping is different from participating in combat."
* "Our bases could become Iranian missile targets."

For Gulf states like Saudi Arabia or UAE, there is also a very practical concern:
their oil infrastructure, cities, desalination plants, and ports are geographically close to Iran and vulnerable to retaliation.

So even allies that dislike Iran may still avoid giving the U.S. operational launch rights if they think escalation could put their own territory at risk.

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Why does California have the highest fuel prices in the nation again, bro?

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Trump has done a very good job of making sure all other states also have high fuel prices - problem solved! Thank you Operation AIPAC Fury.

Cal88 said:

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PAC-10-BEAR said:

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Why does California have the highest fuel prices in the nation again, bro?

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Trump has done a very good job of making sure all other states also have high fuel prices - problem solved! Thank you Operation AIPAC Fury.

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You are correct Cal88.

It's puzzling why some of our colleagues who also attended the greatest public university in the nation are unable to fathom this.

Thanks for the well-informed posting Cal88.

The only thing saving us from massively higher prices is the fact that our economy is not as energy intensive as it was back during the Arab Oil Embargo in '73 - '74.

BINGO

Flip Flop?
The Saudis have a problem with us now?

Where's Jared?

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When will we see the first sighting of $10+ gas? (Definitely not at Ralph's though)

Some gas stations in the USA are going as high as $9.99 per gallon pic.twitter.com/pAL2IQdeRF

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 7, 2026

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That particular gas station is a monopoly station in a remote part of the Mojave desert. So, yeah, it's going to be way more expensive than everywhere else.

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When will we see the first sighting of $10+ gas? (Definitely not at Ralph's though)

Some gas stations in the USA are going as high as $9.99 per gallon pic.twitter.com/pAL2IQdeRF

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 7, 2026

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Still under $6 bucks for me. I won't drive to the middle of the desert to pay $10. Have fun though!

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Cal88 said:

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When will we see the first sighting of $10+ gas? (Definitely not at Ralph's though)

Some gas stations in the USA are going as high as $9.99 per gallon pic.twitter.com/pAL2IQdeRF

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 7, 2026

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Still under $6 bucks for me. I won't drive to the middle of the desert to pay $10. Have fun though!

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Do you think that the station above was charging $9.99/gallon two months ago??

That's the obvious point that needs to be made here.

The last oil tanker from the Middle East arrived in California this week.

The New Corolla, which left the Middle East for California before Trump and Netanyahu launched their criminal war of aggression, is delivering about 2m barrels of crude oil from Iraq to Long Beach. It was… pic.twitter.com/k7yDum9c4i

— Dimitri Lascaris (@dimitrilascaris) May 7, 2026

The last oil tanker from the Middle East arrived in California this week.

The New Corolla, which left the Middle East for California before Trump and Netanyahu launched their criminal war of aggression, is delivering about 2m barrels of crude oil from Iraq to Long Beach. It was the last planned shipment to pass through the strait of Hormuz.

The California Energy Commission vice-chair, Siva Gunda, told legislators on Tuesday that the state can meet fuel demand for the next six weeks with its current supply.

California imports about a third of its oil from the Gulf, and the state will now have to find new sources to replace it.

Good luck with that, California."

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Cal88 said:

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When will we see the first sighting of $10+ gas? (Definitely not at Ralph's though)

Some gas stations in the USA are going as high as $9.99 per gallon pic.twitter.com/pAL2IQdeRF

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 7, 2026

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Still under $6 bucks for me. I won't drive to the middle of the desert to pay $10. Have fun though!

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Do you think that the station above was charging $9.99/gallon two months ago??

That's the obvious point that needs to be made here.

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I've noticed that CONTEXT seems to escape most Trump supporters.

Not sure why they aren't able to connect the dots . . . unless its because of their rose colored glasses when it comes to anything about Trump.