Who could possibly have foreseen that war on Iran would (a) make Iran retaliate by closing the strait of Hormuz, which (b) could disrupt world oil markets, enriching Russia and penalizing most everyone else?
Who, indeed, except EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER THOUGHT FOR ONE MINUTE about the situation.
GOLDMAN: Japan has 141 days worth of visible reserves.
Mexico? 20.
Even Goldman is tracking the mixed messages.
Maybe farmers should stop voting for MAGA’s
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Rep. Dan Meuser: "The president is literally playing chess. Venezuela, Iran, Cuba is looking to come to the table. The president has four years to correct many many wrongs that exist."
MAGA cultist
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Probably ought to put a trigger warning on that for anyone with 2008 PTSD
Tafoya on natl debt: "Do you know that if spending increases are going up like this & they want to stop the increases, just hold them for a bit, they call that a cut. That's not a cut. That's sort of a moratorium. A hold. So when they scare you w/ these 'cuts,' just do a little digging deeper."
And “I’m in the Epstein files”
“.. For the American consumer, things are getting very real, very fast: average gasoline price is now up by 19.9% over the past 10 days ... that eclipses the move in 2022 and is now the largest spike we've seen in the history of the data going back to 2004.” ⛽️
- Schwab
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@latimes.com
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DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) - Three vessels have been hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security and risk firms said on Wednesday, bringing the number of ships struck in the region since the Iran conflict began to at least 14.
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* IRAN'S KHATAM AL-ANBIYA SPOKESPERSON TELLS U.S. IT WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTROL OIL PRICE WITH 'ARTIFICIAL MEASURES', 'GET READY FOR $200 OIL BARREL' -- STATEMENT
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BARTIROMO: Were you worried about those recent jobs numbers that were below expectations? Does that turn around quickly?
SBA ADMINISTRATOR KELLY LOEFFLER: Look Maria, that was one data point that had a number of extraneous factors in it
Sen. Rick Scott: "Unfortunately, prices are gonna be up for a while"
CNN: Why isn't the US Navy escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz?
SEN. RICK SCOTT: I can't tell you the answer to that, but I think right now it's still a dangerous situation. It's gonna take a while for us to get control of the Strait of Hormuz.
He’s not playing chess literally. He’s not playing chess figuratively. He’s not playing chess on any level of abstraction whatsoever. I doubt he can play chess.
KILMEADE: The New York Times claims you guys were caught by surprise that the price of oil went up. Is that true?
BURGUM: Ahum. Completely fake news there, obviously.
Rick Scott: "Is it gonna be easy to get the Strait or Hormuz open? It never was gonna be easy."
(The Strait was open just fine two weeks ago!)
Not great when the only people in the free world who believe and trust Vladimir Putin’s word on critical things despite all evidence to the contrary are currently running the government of the United States.
I realized today that I know, off the top of my head, just three straits:
Gibraltar
Hormuz
Magellan
Any others that are, like, top five most famous straits?
Can someone help Pinocchiogles understand how immigration works pls
“In my 15 years in the Senate, I have never left a briefing this angry. We are heading down a path toward sending U.S. troops to Iran as ground forces,” — Sen. Richard Blumenthal
