There have been reports of suspicious betting going on based on insider info. But not with this specificity.

[Darkwind]

He was speaking about oil specifically but high oil isn't going to affect fuel prices? LOL

Oil nearly doubles in price and you are mad at gas retailers?

Not too bright, eh?

Oil that was in the refinery PRIOR to the war would not go up in cost, would it? It has already been purchased.

Gas already in gas station ground tanks was purchased at a cost prior to the military action, and would remain the same cost. So, an immediate spike in price at the pump on gasoline that was purchased when it was cheaper is what to you? Not greed at all, is it?

There used to be laws that said you could not change the price of gas per gallon UNTIL the tanks were replenished.

So, why did they jump not 10 hours after the hostilities started? The cost of THAT gasoline did not go up so why are they raising the prices?

It's all a game. You and the left would be making these very same arguments if it were a Democrat in office doing these things, but now you cannot because..... Trump!! Orange man bad.

A good enough reason to ignore you and the rest of them too.

 

[Darkwind]

The likelihood of a Iran sponsored terrorist attack against the US went up, not down, after their leadership was killed and their country bombed. Especially considering their new leader had his father and wife killed in a bombing attack.

And then there's the matter of so many counter terrorism experts in the DoJ being fired because they were involved in investigating Ka$h.

It has not gone up, but likely remained the same.

Thanks to the Democrats, we have Iranian sleeper cells in the US, and we don't know where they are.

The threat of Iran using a nuke on Israel or the US has always been high; it just became critical when it was discovered that they had tonnes of fissile material and the means to turn them into weapons.

The belief that Iran posed no threat is the statement of blind followers, not thinkers.

 

[ColonelAngus]

I disagree in that I don't think we should wait until a suitcase nuke goes off in a major city, which could be considered an aid to the GOP because major cities are all infested with democrat craziness. We should, in fact, ensure that they never get that button to put their thumb on. The NORKS aren't really a good example because they are held in deep check by the Chinese, and when China decides to try, it will hold the NORKS as cannon fodder to test our resolve.

I support this destruction of the Iranian regime. But not as a regime change operation. That is up to the Iranian people to do. Though it is looking more and more like the mullahs have successfully broken the will of the Iranian people. A shame, really. They are actually pretty wonderful people. I personally know a number of them.

But the goals cannot be moved at this point.

End their ability to make a nuke.
End their ability to project power anywhere for any reason.
End their proxy armies.

We're close on all of that. People are whining about the Straits because prices have gone up in the US regarding gas.


But why is it that no one is taking the gasoline retailers to task for those prices?

Trump attacked Iran, a country we get NO OIL from, and the very next day, the prices went up on gasoline that had been purchased and was in storage tanks months before the attacks.

It's the same gas, produced under previous costs.

Why did it go up? That isn't a Trump thing, nor is it an Iran thing.

Either way, Trump has ONLY 60 days to get it done, or he'll need Congressional approval to continue.

It would be alot easier everyone on earth if Iran just sold oil.

Islam is a phucked up religion. An Islamic theocracy that is preoccupied with obtaining a nuke to melt infidels is obviously dangerous.

Trump ran on no new wars. If he made it clear he wanted to st Iran from pursuing a nuke, he could have said that.

If we are in for penny, we seem to always be in for a pound.

Lets go full regime change and take the oil. Phuck it.

What is a shame is that one cannot reasonably discuss the issue with lefties because all they know is Orange Man Bad,

I DEFINITELY notice that when there is a significant drop in oil prices, the drop at the pump lags. Gas companies claim that because of the refinement process, the gas you are pumping was from the more expensive oil, so gasoline must stay high.

However, when oil jumps in price, gas always immediately jumps…blowing that bullcrap out of the water,

It is about maximizing profit for sure.

 

[pknopp]

Not too bright, eh?

Oil that was in the refinery PRIOR to the war would not go up in cost, would it? It has already been purchased.

But that is how it works. It's how it's always worked.

Gas already in gas station ground tanks was purchased at a cost prior to the military action, and would remain the same cost. So, an immediate spike in price at the pump on gasoline that was purchased when it was cheaper is what to you? Not greed at all, is it?

There used to be laws that said you could not change the price of gas per gallon UNTIL the tanks were replenished.

No there wasn't.

Gas stations have long argued they have to raise prices to cover the increased cost of incoming shipments.

So, why did they jump not 10 hours after the hostilities started? The cost of THAT gasoline did not go up so why are they raising the prices?

It's all a game. You and the left would be making these very same arguments if it were a Democrat in office doing these things, but now you cannot because..... Trump!! Orange man bad.

A good enough reason to ignore you and the rest of them too.

You are displaying your brainwashing now. I condemned both Biden and Obama over this very same thing. But lash out.

 

[berg80]

Not too bright, eh?

Oil that was in the refinery PRIOR to the war would not go up in cost, would it? It has already been purchased.

Gas already in gas station ground tanks was purchased at a cost prior to the military action, and would remain the same cost. So, an immediate spike in price at the pump on gasoline that was purchased when it was cheaper is what to you? Not greed at all, is it?

There used to be laws that said you could not change the price of gas per gallon UNTIL the tanks were replenished.

So, why did they jump not 10 hours after the hostilities started? The cost of THAT gasoline did not go up so why are they raising the prices?

It's all a game. You and the left would be making these very same arguments if it were a Democrat in office doing these things, but now you cannot because..... Trump!! Orange man bad.

A good enough reason to ignore you and the rest of them too.

Average Gasoline Price Hits $4 in U.S., a ‘Headache’ for Drivers and Trump​

A month since the first U.S.-Israeli attacks and Iran’s response effectively shut off Persian Gulf oil, drivers are paying significantly more to fill up.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/business/gas-prices-4-dollars-gallon-iran.html

When customers pull up to the pump to fill their tanks all they are thinking about is the $80 it is costing them as a result of trump's idiocy.

 

[Darkwind]

It would be alot easier everyone on earth if Iran just sold oil.

Islam is a phucked up religion. An Islamic theocracy that is preoccupied with obtaining a nuke to melt infidels is obviously dangerous.

Trump ran on no new wars. If he made it clear he wanted to st Iran from pursuing a nuke, he could have said that.

If we are in for penny, we seem to always be in for a pound.

Lets go full regime change and take the oil. Phuck it.

What is a shame is that one cannot reasonably discuss the issue with lefties because all they know is Orange Man Bad,

I DEFINITELY notice that when there is a significant drop in oil prices, the drop at the pump lags. Gas companies claim that because of the refinement process, the gas you are pumping was from the more expensive oil, so gasoline must stay high.

However, when oil jumps in price, gas always immediately jumps…blowing that bullcrap out of the water,

It is about maximizing profit for sure.

Well, I don't see it as a war yet. At the 60-day mark, Trump continues to violate a campaign promise.

If he fails to get Congressional approval to continue, and he will, then he will need to have completed his objectives, or start violating the Constitution to remain. If he does that, then My support for this adventure will dry up. In my opinion, if he doesn't have a hand on (meaning America, not him personally) the supply of enriched uranium and denies them the ability to make more, then he will have failed.

That is the line at which I stop supporting him.


You will NEVER get a leftist with that kind of intellectual integrity. They would never abandon a Democrat President. It goes against their cult bylaws.

 

[berg80]

The markets have been moved up and down by a series of wildly inconsistent announcements by TACO Don. Ranging from winding down military operations to escalating them, and everything in between. It sure would be profitable to know what he was going to say a few hours ahead of time.

Not that trump's prior instances of corrupt actions in pursuit of wealth indicate anything nefarious is going on.

 

[Winston]

Not too bright, eh?

Oil that was in the refinery PRIOR to the war would not go up in cost, would it? It has already been purchased.

Gas already in gas station ground tanks was purchased at a cost prior to the military action, and would remain the same cost. So, an immediate spike in price at the pump on gasoline that was purchased when it was cheaper is what to you? Not greed at all, is it?

There used to be laws that said you could not change the price of gas per gallon UNTIL the tanks were replenished.

So, why did they jump not 10 hours after the hostilities started? The cost of THAT gasoline did not go up so why are they raising the prices?

It's all a game. You and the left would be making these very same arguments if it were a Democrat in office doing these things, but now you cannot because..... Trump!! Orange man bad.

A good enough reason to ignore you and the rest of them too.

A bit about gasoline prices. The gas station ownership has three choices. First, branded, like say Exxon or BP. Second, affiliated, not branded but you have a contracted supplier. Third, completely independent, you purchase your gas on an open market. Most stations are branded, that insures a consistent supply, you are first on the list. But, when that tanker rolls up before a drop is placed in those tanks what is inside of those tanks is measured. And whatever is inside is recharged to the station at the new price. If the price went up ten cents a gallon, station has a thousand gallons they bought at the old price in the tanks, boom, they get hit with a charge of a thousand gallons times ten cents.

In other words, for branded and affiliated stations there is no profit when prices increases. Their supplier claws back every dime.

 

[leftwinger]

I disagree in that I don't think we should wait until a suitcase nuke goes off in a major city, which could be considered an aid to the GOP because major cities are all infested with democrat craziness. We should, in fact, ensure that they never get that button to put their thumb on. The NORKS aren't really a good example because they are held in deep check by the Chinese, and when China decides to try, it will hold the NORKS as cannon fodder to test our resolve.

I support this destruction of the Iranian regime. But not as a regime change operation. That is up to the Iranian people to do. Though it is looking more and more like the mullahs have successfully broken the will of the Iranian people. A shame, really. They are actually pretty wonderful people. I personally know a number of them.

But the goals cannot be moved at this point.

End their ability to make a nuke.
End their ability to project power anywhere for any reason.
End their proxy armies.

We're close on all of that. People are whining about the Straits because prices have gone up in the US regarding gas.


But why is it that no one is taking the gasoline retailers to task for those prices?

Trump attacked Iran, a country we get NO OIL from, and the very next day, the prices went up on gasoline that had been purchased and was in storage tanks months before the attacks.

It's the same gas, produced under previous costs.

Why did it go up? That isn't a Trump thing, nor is it an Iran thing.

Either way, Trump has ONLY 60 days to get it done, or he'll need Congressional approval to continue.

It's a Global commodity, priced accordingly to what the market will pay + costs to deliver it + taxes etc.

GAS Station US vendors wIll price today's sales on what it cost them to replace the stock.

Yes it's alwaysslower going down when OIL price drops.

 

[Winston]

It would be alot easier everyone on earth if Iran just sold oil.

Islam is a phucked up religion. An Islamic theocracy that is preoccupied with obtaining a nuke to melt infidels is obviously dangerous.

Trump ran on no new wars. If he made it clear he wanted to st Iran from pursuing a nuke, he could have said that.

If we are in for penny, we seem to always be in for a pound.

Lets go full regime change and take the oil. Phuck it.

What is a shame is that one cannot reasonably discuss the issue with lefties because all they know is Orange Man Bad,

I DEFINITELY notice that when there is a significant drop in oil prices, the drop at the pump lags. Gas companies claim that because of the refinement process, the gas you are pumping was from the more expensive oil, so gasoline must stay high.

However, when oil jumps in price, gas always immediately jumps…blowing that bullcrap out of the water,

It is about maximizing profit for sure.

As I have explained, when gas prices go up the gas, still in the tanks at the station, is inventoried and a surcharge is applied to the station's bill. The tanker left the terminal, say it cost thirty thousand dollars, when the wheels start rolling that charge is applied to the station's ledger. Then, before the tanker starts pumping the computer produces the inventory of what is in the tank to the supplier who then calculates the price increase and adds that to the station's ledger. And no, when prices go down they don't get a credit.

But hey, I like what you are thinking. That gas station picture, it is just a clear example of exactly what is happening here. Since the war started, 100 billion dollars, that is how much additional "profit" the oil and gas industry has extracted from the economy. Just like that gas station. Look, if the station owner wasn't charged back for the price increase on inventory he had already purchased, well hell, maybe he would have kept the profit. But even at that, that money would have been left inside of the local economy. Instead, well that tanker leaves, it might be empty, but it is hauling the hell out of some resources of that community.

That is precisely what is happening now. Oi and gas companies are taking massive amounts of resources out of our communities. And hell, they are just one of many sectors. The financial sector now consumes four times the percentage of total resources it did seventy five years ago. If you want to know what happened to "Happy Days" just look in the bank vaults.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Lefties just say, “Getting financial benefit from insider information is bad regardless of who it is.”

You guys just cannot do it.

 

[leftwinger]

Never mentioned by Stain or TDS middlers.

Things were so bad (the rats made a killing off medical stocks prior to ACA passage) back to Obiden 1.0 they had to enable t new law against it.

However, apparently they need another set of laws as they don't follow existing, penalty free.//

 

[LordBrownTrout]

 

[Darkwind]

It's a Global commodity, priced accordingly to what the market will pay + costs to deliver it + taxes etc.

GAS Station US vendors wIll price today's sales on what it cost them to replace the stock.

Yes it's alwaysslower going down when OIL price drops.

There used to be laws that prevented them from doing that. Those laws need to be reinstated.