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SamuelTheThird

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5. 1) Reserves are being tapped

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:58 PM

Yesterday

2) Markets are being manipulated

3) China hasn't been importing and is using more electric

4) algos trade on trumps DEAL! headlines

5) Hopium and delusion, always present before trouble

Im probably missing some

1,2,3, 5, are all subject to reversal

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Oil tanker traffic through Hormuz at near standstill as attacks strain Iran truce [View all] BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP

Yet crude prices are down and the stock market is up. I can't figure it out. Midnight Writer Yesterday #1

Because this is market manipulation WSHazel Yesterday #2

And the oil glut from this winter is gone. Oil stockpiles are at historic lows. paleotn Yesterday #3

1) Reserves are being tapped SamuelTheThird Yesterday #5

THERE IS NO TRUCE!! Miguelito Loveless Yesterday #4

I don't suppose Reuters intended "attacks strain Iran truce" to sound like a bad joke William Seger 23 hrs ago #6

Bethlehem Pa, Sheetz station. Gas went up .40 per gallon from yesterday. 3Hotdogs 23 hrs ago #7

"strain Iran truce"??? pat_k 23 hrs ago #8

It's no longer a war between the US and Iran and I could get real ugly real soon. the_liberal_grandpa 7 hrs ago #9