JMIC Update 37 for tanker traffic in the Straits of Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb 19-25 April 2026

 SoH E: 2.4/day

SoH W: 1.0/day (ZERO 23-25 Apr)

Normal 2022: 70

Down 95% 

 

BAM SE: 7.1/day

BAM NW: 8.4/day

Normal 2022: 30 

Down 48% 

Well, that's what ugly does doesn't it?

 Forgotten no more: Generation X is driving beauty sales

Yes, I'm in a   m o o d   today. 

I wonder how many of the groceries are still alive

 36-year-old left the U.S. for China—now pays $1,000 rent and $100 for groceries for family of 4

Just in time for the future convicts of the Trump administration

 I thought it was liberals who were infamous for the death wish?

DOJ says it will use firing squads, electrocution again for federal executions 

 

 

That spineless weasel so-called spending hawk Chip Roy (TX-21) is so desperate to win his attorney general race in Texas that he's proposing DHS pay for Trump's ballroom now

 

Newt Gingrich is in the media so much because he's still $4.86 million in the hole for his 2012 run against Romney for the GOP presidential nomination

Gotta pay the bills somehow.

 

Vanguard Energy Fund VGENX is up 21.05% year to date

 That's down from +24.06% ytd through March 31, 2026.

Per annum over 5 years as of March 31: 20.71%. 

Year to date gold and silver are beating the S&P 500