Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Middle East tanker transits June 9-15, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 0.9/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 16.7/day

SoH E:  0.7/day

BAM SE:  8.4/day 


What he said

 


The key word in this story is not fascism but bloated lol

 


This moron doesn't know MOU-signer and IRGC general Ghalibaf has been Speaker of the Parliament of Iran since 2020

 


Yeah right, Trump will hear Bismarck and think breakfast, not statesmanship


 

Article after laughable article is wasted in this country saying "Trump should" this and "Trump should" that, when all they are doing is trying to make a purse out of a sow's ear.

The number of these is legion because everyone can sense that when it comes to Trump, there is no there there. He is an empty vessel into which every Tom, Dick, and Harry pours his most fanciful thoughts and wishes in a futile attempt to steer the man in what each thinks is the right direction. 

You can always count on Brit Hume to state the obvious long after the fact

 Brit Hume: "Iran Has Lost A Lot, But This Is Not Unconditional Surrender"

 


 

Trump is a POS, he's describing what Putin does routinely to Ukraine and for which he never lifts a finger to complain to or sanction Russia

 Israel meanwhile sends evacuation warnings ahead of strikes.

 Trump: Israeli Attacks In Lebanon Are "Vicious," "Too Much" -- "Knock Down Entire Apartment House Looking For Someone"

It's a giant con: They signed a nothingburger with Iran, that's why they're not showing it to us


 
 
It is another desperate ploy to jawbone oil prices down in a world hurtling toward tank bottom.
 
Meanwhile, why did Vance have to sign?
 
Is Trump on his last legs?
 
And we're still dealing with Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf? I thought Trump said all this took extra time because they were trying to find a more moderate faction?
 
It's all BS, MS, Piledhigh and Deep. 
 
 
 
... “Both camps know exactly what is at stake,” said one industry official who frequently interacts with the administration. “The industry folks are intent on making sure that if the worm turns, the White House does not point fingers that the industry did not do enough.”

“Everyone everywhere fully appreciates that the standoff cannot go on for another 30-45 days without the political calculations changing,” the official said.

“The White House knows and understands the severity of the potential situation. … They are politically constricted from saying that publicly.” ...

 

... Both President Trump and Vice President Vance electronically signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran on Sunday, while Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, speaker of the Iranian Parliament, signed for the Iranian side, senior U.S. officials said Monday. ...

 

 Vance: Iran Deal A "Very General Document," We'll Figure Out The Details In The "Technical Negotiation Phase"

Vice President Vance acknowledged that the preliminary U.S.-Iran memorandum is only "about a page and a half" and described it as a "very general document. ... what the MOU does is set up a framework ..."                                   

 

Trump is a terrible judge of character. Ghalibaf is an IRGC fundamentalist.

 


 

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Saturday, June 13, 2026

Yeah well, Gene Shalit was with NBC for 40 years, lightweight Bryant Gumbel, who had a knack for saying the wrong thing, for only 15

 May Eugene's memory be a blessing.

 


 

... During his tenure, he traded quips with anchors ranging from Edwin Newman, Barbara Walters and Jane Pauley to Tom Brokaw, Bryant Gumbel, Katie Couric, Jane Pauley, Al Roker and Meredith Vieira.

Gumbel was not always a fan, once saying Shalit's reviews "are often late and his interviews aren't very good." The critique came in what was supposed to be a confidential memo to Marty Ryan, the show's executive producer at the time. ...

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Not to mention Jane Pauley. 

Gold and silver are down year to date, but not copper

 Copper is up because high oil prices are bullish for all things electric.

 




 

 

Trump merely decimated Iran, but Cushing he has annihilated


 


Trump was going to halve our energy bills by now, instead he's emptying our tanks to zero


 

 The tanks in Cushing, Oklahoma, are hitting bottom. The oil market is about to hit a tipping point 

... Cushing is running out of oil because America has become the supplier of last resort for regions of the world that typically get their oil and fuel from the Middle East. Demand for US oil surged to a record high during the Iran war, and crude has flowed out of Cushing faster than America’s oil drillers can refill it.

But it’s not just a Cushing problem.

US diesel stocks recently hit their lowest level since 2003. Gas inventories have been falling, too – about 5% below where they were a year ago. Other US commercial crude storage facilities outside of Cushing are also getting drained fast – by 7.2 million barrels last week alone. ...

Tank bottom at Cushing OK projected for July

 



Good morning again in America

 


Friday, June 12, 2026