During this time, the Germans managed to reach Moscow and be pushed back to Berlin - and Putin got stuck near Myrnograd.
I'm old enough to remember the countless news stories explaining how oil prices don't entirely determine gas prices and that we shouldn't expect lower oil prices to automatically translate to lower gas prices. I guess that logic only works in one direction. finance.yahoo.com/news/oil-pri...
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For anyone discounting the consequences of stagflation: Dow Jones was basically unchanged between the first Oil Crisis (1973) and 1982. That's almost a decade of 0% returns.
Strange how decreases in oil prices don't affect gas prices for months, while increases in oil prices affect gas prices within a day. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/b...
Here's the Dow Jones graph.
What happened in Iran is the fate of any society where extra-judicial killings go unpunished. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/w...
With Khamenei's death confirmed, there are now 14 national rulers (de facto) who've been in power for the entirety of the 21st century.
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Gennady Rudkevich
Gennady Rudkevich
Pinky swear this time. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dictators always claim that the tyranny is necessary for providing their people security. And yet, they consistently show themselves to be more proficient at butchering their own people than at protecting them.
Curious what happened to all the realists claiming that who leads a country is irrelevant and that all rulers pursue a hardcoded set of national interests.
One of the biggest factors influencing gas prices is the cost of crude oil. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the cost of the raw material accounted for 59% of the price of a.....
