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ProfessorGAC

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Reply to gab13by13 (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 07:19 PM

5 hrs ago

I think this horse is beyond the flogging stage.
The system has been rigged for 40+ years.
There's nothing new here.
BTW: Crude prices went down 67% over a 2 year period when Obama was in office. It yo-yo'd 2 or 3 times while he was president.
When I voted for him, he was a Democrat. Still is, I'm quite sure.
It went WAY up when Bush 43 was in office.
The marketeers don't care what party the POTUS is from.
https://www.macrotrends.net/1369/crude-oil-price-history-chart

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