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Cincinnatus's avatar

So people are going to get a refund when the prices go reverse cowgirl? So, we can look forward to receiving $5000/ea + $1.50/gal?

Brian Wendorf's avatar

There is no real interest in lowering prices, that's performative bullshit - billionaires and corporations love this cash grab shit. Donnie is doing this on purpose to drive prices up and ultimately bankrupt America, send people into default in their loans, and generally just help out the cronies and oligarchy. Killing EV momentum and then causing fuel prices to surge is like removing the fire escapes and then setting a building full of people on fire. This was planned, this is on purpose, and those responsible need to made an example of. Off with their motherfucking heads. I'll see you all in bread line...

superdave's avatar

Come on blood clot! You can do it!

So tired. Very, very tired.

Les Bontemps's avatar

Team Thrombosis has been too slow getting its game on. Maybe Team Aneurysm can help!

Les Bontemps's avatar

𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒑’𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓, 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒆!

If only there were some branch of government that might act as a check on the executive's disastrous dumbfuckery, especially in matters of war!

Dang's avatar

Question re the reverse cowgirl/reverse rocket. Who is buckin and who is getting bucked?

I want to know because when I’m throwing up, I like to know exactly why.

ElderlyLoudCatWomyn's avatar

And things keep getting better and better - the Saudis have told European refiners that they will be getting no oil (zero, zilch, nada) next month. And what happens next? Because of the world wide oil contracting process, it's a good bet that oil available to US refiners will also begin to disappear.

https://www.news18.com/amp/world/no-crude-oil-for-europe-saudi-arabia-cuts-supply-after-houthi-attacks-ws-l-10339492.html

Cincinnatus's avatar

$6.35/gal unleaded: today at Chevron filling station across the street from the El Segundo refinery.

Rooster Cogburn's avatar

Did they at least clean your windshield and check your oil?

illmetbymoonlight's avatar

I'm retired, don't drive much, and have a hybrid car so gas prices don't affect me as much as others. Yesterday I stopped to fill my 1/2 empty tank, knowing that prices will continue to go up. I got into a conversation w/two other drivers: one was hollering "how'd it get up so high overnight?" + 20¢ in a week, +32¢ in a month. I told a young woman that I feel bad for people who have no choice but to drive to work. She said "well, I'm unemployed." me "I feel bad for you too." Her part-time gig is with Rover, taking care of pets, DRIVING from house to house. Will there be an uprising?

jltympanum's avatar

There is another way of looking at this shitshow. Donald"vandal"Trump (DVT) is the best friend the environment ever had. By pushing gas prices to levels where it is virtually out of reach for a lot of people, he is cutting down on the use of fossil fuels -- just what we need to happen!

wobbly's avatar

Those high grocery prices will cure the obesity epidemic!

Linoleum von Curmudgeon, Esq.'s avatar

The Rebels in Yemen suddenly do something that AFFECTS ordinary Americans just before the midterms.

It is almost as if there was a PLAN that had been PLANNED long ago and whoever had planned that plan was also providing the Houthis with the weapons needed to execute that PLAN.

The worst thing you can do is underestimate an opponent.

Fuck off donnie. You keep getting your ass handed to you. Go away.

ElderlyLoudCatWomyn's avatar

They have their own Project 2026

Saviour of Bread's avatar

You don’t think the Houthis might have spent years thinking about this do you? Which is years longer than Trump and Hegseth.

Linoleum von Curmudgeon, Esq.'s avatar

The Houthis may not have been thinking too hard about it. But the military strategists of Iran have.

But someone else definitely did their civics homework and know a lot about our political cycles. That someone else is just FUCKING with us now…. because they can and they definitely have the will.

Fifth Dentist's avatar

"Yeah, we got a lot of buffers in the family, senator. " -- The Godfather

Kira Thomsen-Cheek's avatar

1) So people care about graphs like this 📈 when it is gas prices, but not so much when it is carbon emissions or average global temperatures. Got it.

2) Wouldn’t it be nice if there were a huge natural fusion reactor somewhere in the vicinity of Earth raining down an endless supply of free energy that we could harness so we wouldn’t have to rely on fossil fuels and the geopolitical shitstorm that comes with them? Oh well. 🤷

ElderlyLoudCatWomyn's avatar

Our HOA Board has been discussing the feasibility of allowing homeowners to install roof solar panels. The main problem is the huge expense. However, there has been a proliferation of items that run on solar. I have new security cameras that came with mini solar panels. I can see this possibility being applied to in-home items, like a TV set.

Kira Thomsen-Cheek's avatar

Cool beans! For an HOA, they sound pretty progressive. 😄 And I’d love a solar TV set!

ElderlyLoudCatWomyn's avatar

There are a few loud-mouthed knot heads calling for (gasp) revolutionary things like replaced old landscape plants with pollinator plants. Takes time.

Kira Thomsen-Cheek's avatar

Revolutionary indeed! 😄 Stick with it. Viva la revolucion!

A Tad Impatient To 86 47's avatar

OBT: Overly Big Topic, obviously. Does anyone think we’re not witnessing broad, slow moving treason? Destroying this country step by stupid, vicious step.

Sister Artemis's avatar

Can't speak for others but that's been in my mind since... [thinks back] sometime in the late Obama administration? Maybe before?

FrancescoTheMagnificent's avatar

Does anyone think we're not?

Never thought I'd be calling for public hangings (whipping,castration, etc.), but here we are...

ElderlyLoudCatWomyn's avatar

I'm old school - tar and feather

Saviour of Bread's avatar

As a comparator I’m looking out at the North Sea where we extract the stuff and I’m paying at least the equivalent of 9 dollars a US gallon.

Cat's avatar

Yes, you pay higher gas prices but in the US we didn't. Then they rose sharply, causing a lot of economic distress for people.

What if the 9 dollars a gallon went to $18 in the course of a month? What would happen to people's finances in your country? That's the relevant comparison at the moment.

wobbly's avatar

The Google tells me:

As of September 2026, gasoline in Norway costs approximately $11.96 USD per US gallon (or about 111.90 NOK).

Mavenmaven's avatar

Look, Trump is the greatest president in history, if it weren't for Covid, Ukraine, Iran, China, non-white peoples, LGBT communities, foreign countries, NATO, don't you understand, none of the terrible things happening specifically during his reign are his fault, and if it weren't for those things it would have been a perfect presidency!

Notorious J.I.M.'s avatar

And clearly BALLROOM and ARCH are the answer.

Saviour of Bread's avatar

I’ve started saving this for the Sunday Nice Times but have it today as well.

Your weekly palate cleanser:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62knzyz4y4o