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By Tony
The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.
This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we take a look at the Midterm Elections and I make my picks as to who will win the House and the Senate.
This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we delve into the dirty secrets of the oil and gas industry.
NOTE: My apologies for the audio quality on this one, I had the wrong mic selected and I don't want to record it again.
REFERENCES:
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/refining-crude-oil-refinery-rankings.php
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc503872/m2/1/highresd/1002775662-Almtairi.pdf
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211115-climate-change-can-russia-leave-fossil-fuels-behind
https://companiesmarketcap.com/oil-gas/largest-oil-and-gas-companies-by-market-cap/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/981799/largest-oil-refineries-worldwide/
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/fossil-fuels-received-5-9-trillion-in-subsidies-in-2020-report-finds
This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we discuss the Ballot Measure in Kansas to ban abortion that was voted on 8/2/22 and what it means in a Post-Dobbs America.
REFERENCES:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-primary-elections/kansas-ballot-measures
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/kansas-rejects-conservative-ballot-measure-state-abortion-protections
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/26/717449336/kansas-supreme-court-rules-state-constitution-protects-right-to-abortion
https://www.kwch.com/2022/08/01/kansas-voters-concerned-by-text-message-spreading-misinformation-constitutional-amendment/
This time on Tony's Political Ramblings we discuss the good things the Biden Administration and Democrats have done in recent years for Rural Americans and the economic promise that those policies provide.
REFERENCES:
https://eig.org/rural-america-is-not-all-trump-country/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/21/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-bringing-semiconductor-manufacturing-back-to-america-2/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/01/fact-sheet-the-biden-administrations-historic-investments-to-create-opportunity-and-build-wealth-in-rural-america/
https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/biden-targets-universal-broadband-access-2t-plan
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/09/fact-sheet-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-reduce-high-speed-internet-costs-for-millions-of-americans/
https://www.whitehouse.gov/getinternet/
https://www.democrats.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/summaryoftheenergysecurityandclimatechangeinvestmentsintheinflationreductionactof_2022.pdf
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/27/1114108340/manchin-deal-inflation-reduction-act
This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we discuss the state of abortion in the United States after Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health (2022).
REFERENCES:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf
https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/press-release/some-states-are-strengthening-abortion-access-and-protections-for-clinicians-and-out-of-state-residents-seeking-abortions/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/state-leaders-protect-abortion-rights/story?id=86330488
https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/state-actions-to-protect-and-expand-access-to-abortion-services/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/states-moving-protect-abortion-rights-fall-roe-wade/story?id=86061089
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/abortion-rights-expand-blue-states-roe-v-wade-overturned-dobbs-decision
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/24/abortion-state-laws-criminalization-roe/
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/12/congress-tees-up-votes-to-protect-travel-for-abortion-00045417
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/a-guide-to-abortion-laws-by-state
This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we discuss the existence of slavery in modern day prisons.
REFERENCES:
https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/amendment/amendment-xiii
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/884989263
https://www.aclu.org/news/human-rights/captive-labor-exploitation-of-incarcerated-workers
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/524469-utah-nebraska-voters-approve-measure-stripping-slavery-language-in/
https://www.history.com/topics/crime/the-war-on-drugs
This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, I discuss automation, AI and the future of work.
This time on Tony's Political Ramblings we discuss The Man Who Built the 1960s: Lyndon B. Johnson.
REFERENCES:
https://www.ushistory.org/us/56e.asp
https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/great-society
https://www.lbjlibrary.org/news-and-press/media-kits/national-foundation-arts-and-humanities-act
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/396
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/lyndon-b-johnson/
This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, I discuss who has the most control over setting the Federal Agenda.
REFERENCES:
https://www.robertcaro.com/the-books/master-of-the-senate/
https://www.amazon.com/Alternatives-Policies-Epilogue-Classics-Political/dp/020500086X
This time on Tony's Political Ramblings, we discuss the Chinese Miracle heading into the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.