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Sweet Rosie Red

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12. Correct, but 100% of oligarchs will gleefully rake up prices

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #10)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:39 AM

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Buckle up, its gonna be a long, rough ride. In the seventies, you could only buy gas on even or odd days, depending on the last digit of your license plate, and the ration was 5 gallons a day.

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