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Midnight Writer

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2. Oil companies screwed us on Day One of the war.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 07:30 PM

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Prices shot up immediately, even though the gas at the pumps was bought and processed long before there was any supply disruption.

Nice windfall for the oil and gas companies.

My Mother said, "If you are doing something and you are afraid people will find out about it, then you should not be doing that something in the first place, and you know it."

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