The US is still releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (apparently in an attempt to keep prices down….not what the SPR was built for)

– A record 9.9 million barrels were drawn from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve last week, lowering the total inventories held in US SPR sites to just 374 million barrels, its lowest since July 2024.

– The pace of SPR drawdowns seen last week marks an all-time high, with more than 1.4 million b/d of strategic stocks supplied into the market, above Biden’s average rate of 1 million b/d.

– An expedited drawdown of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is likely to damage the salt caverns where SPR barrels are held, making them susceptible to salt falls and cavern deformation.

And more than 40% of the released SPR oil is sold outside the United States, not benefitting the Citizens of the US.

Also not the reason for the SPR….

Interesting, innit?

“A throat punch is generally aways understood”

“Endeavour to be the person that your dog thinks you are”

“Remove Negativity “

“Almost always, the kindness you put into the world will come back to you at some point”

“The truth often hurts the weak”

“Persistence has gained more for people than luck ever will”

“The sun rises even when no one watches”

“We are indeed products of our past, but we need not be prisoners of it”

Source is FBI 2019 crime data.

Yeah, I know….Pointing this out makes me a racist.

The UK government will introduce legislation banning new North Sea oil and gas exploration licences as part of its Energy Independence Bill.

The idiots would rather BUY oil than use their own domestic supply….and are pushing for 100% “Renewables”….Instead of reliable electrical generating plants…

What did the British use before candles???? Electric Lights!

Apparently an AI program went rogue and did some things it wasn’t supposed to do..

” ‘I decided to do it on my own.'”

This is how we get Terminators, people.

Why is it that an ID to vote is somehow racist (and or misogynist)…

but requiring an ID to board a plane is not?

Are we discriminating against black people (and women) by requiring a ‘Real ID” to travel via airplane?  To buy a car or buy a gun?  To open a bank account (unless, of course, you are illegal, then one is not needed)….

Or is it only when it makes for less voter fraud that it then matters? Is it more difficult to get an ID if one plans to use it to vote?

Asking for a friend and all that….

“Men should be tough, fair, and courageous: Never petty, never seeking a fight, but never backing down from one either….”

“Honest and integrity are the best of the lost arts”

“Trust is slowly earned yet so quickly destroyed”

“The person who no longer cares about the outcome is the most dangerous opponent”

“The capacity to learn is a gift, the will to do so, a choice”

“Your journey through life is powered by your mindset”

“Embrace the suck”

Only this time, he picked the wrong victim…..and he has assumed room temperature:

Brazen carjacker who was gunned down by Texas dad protecting his family of eight is identified as illegal immigrant from Mexico

Honestly, we need more of this.

I’ll buy the Dad a beer.