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Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The average price of gas at the pump has topped $4 in the US for the first time in nearly four years as the Iran war continues to push up fuel prices.

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Gas prices have surged nearly 35% in the past month as the Iran war has disrupted shipping to the Strait of Hormuz, severely impacting global oil shipments. [image or embed]

" Forbes (@forbes.com) Mar 31, 2026 at 4:50 AM

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Wait 'til futures" become ground-based reality. It takes the average oil tanker about a month at sea to deliver its load, so in about a week things will truly spiral out of control- seeing that no westward shipments have left Hormuz since early March. Kinda like a sonic boom blast being heard and felt after the supersonic jet has long since soared out of sight.

#1 | Posted by NerfHerder at 2026-03-31 03:08 PM | Reply

"Just make more money."
-President Donald Trump

(No, seriously, that was his proposed solution.)

#2 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-03-31 03:18 PM | Reply

This is very good news for world oil markets...
--Vlad the wildcatter, counting the rubles being raked in

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2026-03-31 03:44 PM | Reply

They've done away with the penny. When are they going to get rid of that damn 0.9 cents in a gallon of gas? Finding that change has always been difficult.

#4 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-03-31 03:56 PM | Reply

"Cheap" gas, at the Native casino, here in NorCal starts at $5.39/gal and goes way up from there.
F anybody that thinks this pos has been anything but a disaster for this country.

#5 | Posted by morris at 2026-03-31 03:56 PM | Reply

#3

Ain't that the truth.

Thanks, Trumpers!

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#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-31 04:04 PM | Reply

I keep forgetting.

MAGA help me on this one.

Is this Biden's or Obama's fault?

#7 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-03-31 04:59 PM | Reply

Got my stickers yesterday

#8 | Posted by americanunity at 2026-03-31 05:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Workingman's Blues #2

There's an evenin' haze settlin' over the town
Starlight by the edge of the creek
The buyin' power of the proletariat's gone down
Money's gettin' shallow and weak

Where the place I love best is a sweet memory
It's a new path that we trod
They say low wages are reality
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#9 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-31 05:15 PM | Reply

Adjusted for Bidenflation, $4 isn't really that much.
--Karoline Leavitt, probably

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-03-31 05:55 PM | Reply

@8 Thanks, Bibi!

You've wanted this war against the people of Iran for decades; Dummkopf Trumpf and AIPAC enablers in Congress, State Dept, and DOD delivered it for you in spades.

Israel has ~41 billionaires, which is one of the highest per capita rates in the world, and Israel offers world class universal healthcare for all its residents.

Meanwhile hardworking American taxpayers continue sending Israel billions of dollars year in and year out while struggling with the impact of the BBB, privatized health insurance, and sky-rocketing fuel and food costs.

We're all pleased as punch here in America.


#11 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-03-31 05:56 PM | Reply

If Donald Trump dies tomorrow, do you think that the price of gas would go up or down?

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2026-03-31 05:58 PM | Reply

Zed.... my reservations to pee on his grave, and stand watch awhile to make sure he doesn't get up!

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Bibi had a lot of help, really, what with Authoritarians around the world like Putin and Trump setting the modern precedents for War in our times; do whatever personally profits you and your Oligarchs, and see what you can get away with, considering you own so much of the media.

I expect China is watching to see when it won't hurt bidness too badly to invade Taiwan. Or Kim to see that Russia won't mind if he takes So. Korea... which might get him into it with Japan...

... but hey, Vlad and his Poodle are happily destroying Europe as we speak.

I've been saying that Trump, Vlad, Xi, and Kim divvied up the world on a map when he first got relected, and haven't been proved wrong yet. ( not like when I was married, anyway! )

#13 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-31 06:30 PM | Reply

-got my reservations (Edit!)

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2026-03-31 06:33 PM | Reply

I have a bottle of fine champagne ready for that blessed day when he strokes out and hos sheep finally realize they have to think for themselves.

#15 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-03-31 06:54 PM | Reply

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