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Delarage

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1. Old men and oil companies

Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2026, 07:30 AM

20 hrs ago

Several times Democrats have made headway against oil companies---with tremendous backlash (Bush v. Gore; Russia/Trump vs. Clinton/Harris)--so now it has been confirmed for me that oil is the lifeblood of corruption and control. We could easily become energy-independent (alternative sources--even nuclear) but instead we pay wind companies to cancel their projects, cancelled all of Clinton's energy initiatives, cancelled Biden's initiatives.

As Midnight Oil pointed out---nothing's as precious as a hole in the ground.

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Crude Oil Is Down 9% Today [View all] gab13by13 20 hrs ago OP

Old men and oil companies Delarage 20 hrs ago #1

Energy independence would be nice, but the US is tied into the global market. Omnipresent 19 hrs ago #4

Yup Delarage 9 hrs ago #22

There's No Conspiracy ProfessorGAC 20 hrs ago #2

It was more rational when OPEC controlled the price, gab13by13 19 hrs ago #8

Can't Agree ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #13

Japan SamuelTheThird 17 hrs ago #15

Well strike up the freakin' band and have a parade. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #3

Bust the Trust. multigraincracker 19 hrs ago #5

Trump is pretending we have a deal again Johnny2X2X 19 hrs ago #6

It's also possible the price went down (now on its way back up) because they think The Rapist will have to stop muriel_volestrangler 19 hrs ago #7

These stupid bastards are still under the delusion that Stinky is going to pull us out of this mess. Ray Bruns 19 hrs ago #9

I doubt that anybody with $10 in their wallet takes Trump's pronouncements on Iran seriously at this point. hay rick 19 hrs ago #10

But hey! My 401K will go up a lot today! Happy Hoosier 18 hrs ago #11

Iran lives, Islam lives. MAGAs will be crestfallen. Now, back to the Epstein files! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 18 hrs ago #12

And he threatened to "hit harder" today and it is rising right back up again (as I posted in another thread) BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #14

Of course, you mean crude oil *futures* Fiendish Thingy 17 hrs ago #16

Meanwhile, AAA reports of national pump price averages have trended upwards day by day nitpicked 13 hrs ago #17

In my town the prices have fluctuated by 20-30 cents/litre every week Fiendish Thingy 12 hrs ago #20

Any interesting massive trades... returnee 13 hrs ago #18

Did your gas pump price drop 9% ? republianmushroom 13 hrs ago #19

The US has escorted some tankers through the straits. Melon 12 hrs ago #21