Wonder why the comment of An Ol' LSO is hidden? Is it because he mentioned the destruction of Israel? Our great leader frequently mentions that he will wipe Iran off the map. Didn't Voltaire say something like - Show me who you can't criticize and I'll show you who runs the country.
The on-going contretemps in the Middle East can be traced to the centuries long vicious feud between Shiites and Sunnis and to the more recent post-WW II creation by the Allied powers of a homeland for the Jewish survivors of the massive murder of Jews by European Christians.
I'm not a student of this event. In any case, it's too late to rectify the Allied Powers hubris and the conduct of the transplanted Jews who regarded the indigenous residents in what became Israel as interlopers.
Need to stop "searching" for ways to make data fit your point. I agree oil supply is down and so are inventories. But showing a headline that says "US oil reserves sink to a 22-year low as Hormuz crisis deepens" and then later stating "crude oil inventories in the USA decreased by 8 million barrels with commercial stockpiles now 3% below the five-year average for this time of year" kind of sinks your headline! Stockpiles 3% below the five-year average for this time of year does not sound like a crisis to me. Most of the change in USA commercial stockpiles over the past 22 years relates to a "just-in-time" refinery supply chain structure in 2000 to 2008 then the Shale surge of 2009 to 2014 which unleashed massive amounts of domestic oil that outpaced pipeline infrastructure and so this oil was stored heavily in commercial storage hubs raising inventories well above 350 million barrels followed by global oversupply of oil from 2015 to 2021 which pushed commercial storage to its limit and went to a historic high of 540 million barrels when Covid hit in 2000 and oil demand collapsed. Followed by 2022 to 2026 where post pandemic export demand and domestic refinery runs pulled commercial storage back down to historical norms. So a 22-year low of US commercial oil reserves has nothing to do with the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz issue has hurt other countries, but it has not done much to US commercial oil reserves (the USA produces lots of oil - more than we need), so I would focus more on on the fact that USA commercial reserves are 3% below the five-year average and to that I say "should I worry about a 3% decline off a five-year average when we produce more oil than we consume?"
Yep, look at the facts Jack. You and I pay for the ideals of untried, well not untried , but historical facts that history teaches but Our masters know not of .
Except one country, maybe. Or maybe I just made an assumption. Bur I've noticed that the media and the government almost never criticize our "greatest ally". Compare any fotos or videos of Gaza with Kiev and ask yourself why Putin is the made guy but Netanyahu is our friend.
Wonder why the comment of An Ol' LSO is hidden? Is it because he mentioned the destruction of Israel? Our great leader frequently mentions that he will wipe Iran off the map. Didn't Voltaire say something like - Show me who you can't criticize and I'll show you who runs the country.
Who can’t we criticize? Seems like almost everyone is fair game these days.
There' just so much fodder...
The on-going contretemps in the Middle East can be traced to the centuries long vicious feud between Shiites and Sunnis and to the more recent post-WW II creation by the Allied powers of a homeland for the Jewish survivors of the massive murder of Jews by European Christians.
I'm not a student of this event. In any case, it's too late to rectify the Allied Powers hubris and the conduct of the transplanted Jews who regarded the indigenous residents in what became Israel as interlopers.
Need to stop "searching" for ways to make data fit your point. I agree oil supply is down and so are inventories. But showing a headline that says "US oil reserves sink to a 22-year low as Hormuz crisis deepens" and then later stating "crude oil inventories in the USA decreased by 8 million barrels with commercial stockpiles now 3% below the five-year average for this time of year" kind of sinks your headline! Stockpiles 3% below the five-year average for this time of year does not sound like a crisis to me. Most of the change in USA commercial stockpiles over the past 22 years relates to a "just-in-time" refinery supply chain structure in 2000 to 2008 then the Shale surge of 2009 to 2014 which unleashed massive amounts of domestic oil that outpaced pipeline infrastructure and so this oil was stored heavily in commercial storage hubs raising inventories well above 350 million barrels followed by global oversupply of oil from 2015 to 2021 which pushed commercial storage to its limit and went to a historic high of 540 million barrels when Covid hit in 2000 and oil demand collapsed. Followed by 2022 to 2026 where post pandemic export demand and domestic refinery runs pulled commercial storage back down to historical norms. So a 22-year low of US commercial oil reserves has nothing to do with the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz issue has hurt other countries, but it has not done much to US commercial oil reserves (the USA produces lots of oil - more than we need), so I would focus more on on the fact that USA commercial reserves are 3% below the five-year average and to that I say "should I worry about a 3% decline off a five-year average when we produce more oil than we consume?"
Yep, look at the facts Jack. You and I pay for the ideals of untried, well not untried , but historical facts that history teaches but Our masters know not of .
Except one country, maybe. Or maybe I just made an assumption. Bur I've noticed that the media and the government almost never criticize our "greatest ally". Compare any fotos or videos of Gaza with Kiev and ask yourself why Putin is the made guy but Netanyahu is our friend.
You know I'm pretty sure you're not allowed to ask that question.😂