— Adolf Elmer (@adolfelmer) May 21, 2026
Cal88 said:
Did Sacramento start the war of choice that is causing gas prices in CA to surge by 50% and counting?
https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA— Adolf Elmer (@adolfelmer) May 21, 2026
BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:
Did Sacramento start the war of choice that is causing gas prices in CA to surge by 50% and counting?
https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA— Adolf Elmer (@adolfelmer) May 21, 2026
Sacramento started the war of choice against oil consumers many years ago
Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:
Did Sacramento start the war of choice that is causing gas prices in CA to surge by 50% and counting?
https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA— Adolf Elmer (@adolfelmer) May 21, 2026
Sacramento started the war of choice against oil consumers many years ago
Did Sacramento also raise the price of gas up near $5 in AZ, CO, OH, MI as well?
BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:
Did Sacramento start the war of choice that is causing gas prices in CA to surge by 50% and counting?
https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA— Adolf Elmer (@adolfelmer) May 21, 2026
Sacramento started the war of choice against oil consumers many years ago
BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:
Did Sacramento start the war of choice that is causing gas prices in CA to surge by 50% and counting?
https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA— Adolf Elmer (@adolfelmer) May 21, 2026
Sacramento started the war of choice against oil consumers many years ago
Did Sacramento also raise the price of gas up near $5 in AZ, CO, OH, MI as well?
Nice goalpost movement. Your post spoke about California and Sacramento so I responded about California and Sacramento. You'd have to ask people who live in those states about their government policies.
The world is showing up and draining our SPR at the fastest pace on record. I.e., what I speculated might happen is exactly what's happening
— Luke Gromen (@LukeGromen) May 21, 2026
Bessent is betting the war will be over & Hormuz will reopen before US SPR gets too low. I think he's going to be wrong, in part b/c… pic.twitter.com/haaLhL8oIs
Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:
Did Sacramento start the war of choice that is causing gas prices in CA to surge by 50% and counting?
https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA— Adolf Elmer (@adolfelmer) May 21, 2026
Sacramento started the war of choice against oil consumers many years ago
Did Sacramento also raise the price of gas up near $5 in AZ, CO, OH, MI as well?
Nice goalpost movement. Your post spoke about California and Sacramento so I responded about California and Sacramento. You'd have to ask people who live in those states about their government policies.
At this point, the effect of Dear Leader's war of choice on Iran on gas prices is at least as large as that of CA state regulations, all you need to do is to look at the national gas price map - that was the point of my naming other states impacted by Operation AIPAC Fury.
Resorting to whataboutism is not going to help you ignore the big fat orange elephant in the room.
BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:
Did Sacramento start the war of choice that is causing gas prices in CA to surge by 50% and counting?
https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA— Adolf Elmer (@adolfelmer) May 21, 2026
Sacramento started the war of choice against oil consumers many years ago
Did Sacramento also raise the price of gas up near $5 in AZ, CO, OH, MI as well?
Nice goalpost movement. Your post spoke about California and Sacramento so I responded about California and Sacramento. You'd have to ask people who live in those states about their government policies.
At this point, the effect of Dear Leader's war of choice on Iran on gas prices is at least as large as that of CA state regulations, all you need to do is to look at the national gas price map - that was the point of my naming other states impacted by Operation AIPAC Fury.
Resorting to whataboutism is not going to help you ignore the big fat orange elephant in the room.
Your post was whataboutism lol. Asking about other states after asking about and getting a response regarding California
Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:
Did Sacramento start the war of choice that is causing gas prices in CA to surge by 50% and counting?
https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=CA— Adolf Elmer (@adolfelmer) May 21, 2026
Sacramento started the war of choice against oil consumers many years ago
Did Sacramento also raise the price of gas up near $5 in AZ, CO, OH, MI as well?
Nice goalpost movement. Your post spoke about California and Sacramento so I responded about California and Sacramento. You'd have to ask people who live in those states about their government policies.
At this point, the effect of Dear Leader's war of choice on Iran on gas prices is at least as large as that of CA state regulations, all you need to do is to look at the national gas price map - that was the point of my naming other states impacted by Operation AIPAC Fury.
Resorting to whataboutism is not going to help you ignore the big fat orange elephant in the room.
Your post was whataboutism lol. Asking about other states after asking about and getting a response regarding California
I've acknowledged that state regulation is a factor in high gas prices, but you are doubling down on Trump's war of choice not having an impact at least as big on gas prices going forward (see the sharp rises in states with lax gas regulations).
That is yet another example of why getting sucked into your immature back and forth argumentation is not just a complete waste of time, but also a detriment to the quality of the discourse on this board.
BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:
I've acknowledged that state regulation is a factor in high gas prices, but you are doubling down on Trump's war of choice not having an impact at least as big on gas prices going forward (see the sharp rises in states with lax gas regulations).
That is yet another example of why getting sucked into your immature back and forth argumentation is not just a complete waste of time, but also a detriment to the quality of the discourse on this board.
When did I say the war isn't having an impact on gas prices? That seems like a pretty obvious unarguable fact.
Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:
I've acknowledged that state regulation is a factor in high gas prices, but you are doubling down on Trump's war of choice not having an impact at least as big on gas prices going forward (see the sharp rises in states with lax gas regulations).
That is yet another example of why getting sucked into your immature back and forth argumentation is not just a complete waste of time, but also a detriment to the quality of the discourse on this board.
When did I say the war isn't having an impact on gas prices? That seems like a pretty obvious unarguable fact.
Yet here you are.
This whole exchange is a long-winded and tedious exercise of you trying to divert from the big orange elephant in the room - Trump's war of choice on Iran has blown up gas prices across the nation.
they agree with the cause and results, it's just your wording they take issue with.Cal88 said:BearlySane88 said:Cal88 said:
I've acknowledged that state regulation is a factor in high gas prices, but you are doubling down on Trump's war of choice not having an impact at least as big on gas prices going forward (see the sharp rises in states with lax gas regulations).
That is yet another example of why getting sucked into your immature back and forth argumentation is not just a complete waste of time, but also a detriment to the quality of the discourse on this board.
When did I say the war isn't having an impact on gas prices? That seems like a pretty obvious unarguable fact.
Yet here you are.
This whole exchange is a long-winded and tedious exercise of you trying to divert from the big orange elephant in the room - Trump's war of choice on Iran has blown up gas prices across the nation.
TRUMP: "We have total control of the Strait of Hormuz"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 21, 2026
TRUMP MOMENTS LATER: "We want the Strait of Hormuz open" pic.twitter.com/dWVybIV8CJ
WAR: The prediction market thinks oil prices are going to crash. #BET pic.twitter.com/czxbIZMvIl
— @amuse (@amuse) May 25, 2026
movielover said:WAR: The prediction market thinks oil prices are going to crash. #BET pic.twitter.com/czxbIZMvIl
— @amuse (@amuse) May 25, 2026
this didn't age well.. pretty suremovielover said:WAR: The prediction market thinks oil prices are going to crash. #BET pic.twitter.com/czxbIZMvIl
— @amuse (@amuse) May 25, 2026
DiabloWags said:movielover said:WAR: The prediction market thinks oil prices are going to crash. #BET pic.twitter.com/czxbIZMvIl
— @amuse (@amuse) May 25, 2026
That's not much of a CRASH given that the JULY WTI contract closed on Friday at $90.30
Dropping 11.2% from here is NOT a crash.
Another misleading twitter post by AMuse.
oski003 said:DiabloWags said:movielover said:WAR: The prediction market thinks oil prices are going to crash. #BET pic.twitter.com/czxbIZMvIl
— @amuse (@amuse) May 25, 2026
That's not much of a CRASH given that the JULY WTI contract closed on Friday at $90.30
Dropping 11.2% from here is NOT a crash.
Another misleading twitter post by AMuse.
Crude oil was $97 on Friday. Why are you saying the word crash is misleading to describe oil quickly dropping from $97 to $80 yet have repeatedly used dramatic terms when describing oil's rise from $65 to $100?
DiabloWags said:oski003 said:DiabloWags said:movielover said:WAR: The prediction market thinks oil prices are going to crash. #BET pic.twitter.com/czxbIZMvIl
— @amuse (@amuse) May 25, 2026
That's not much of a CRASH given that the JULY WTI contract closed on Friday at $90.30
Dropping 11.2% from here is NOT a crash.
Another misleading twitter post by AMuse.
Crude oil was $97 on Friday. Why are you saying the word crash is misleading to describe oil quickly dropping from $97 to $80 yet have repeatedly used dramatic terms when describing oil's rise from $65 to $100?
I stand by my original post which was referencing the time-stamp on the tweet that Movielover posted from AMuse on the afternoon of May 25th.
The WTI JULY contract on the CME which is serving as the basis for the Polymarket bet was trading exactly where I said it was trading at the time of Movielover's and my post. Not sure why you weren't able to understand such context.
$90.30
Thus, dropping from $90.30 to $80 is NOT a crash.
To make such a claim would be terribly misleading.
Context is important.
DiabloWags said:
At the time of the tweet and post by AMuse and Movielover on May 25th, crude oil falling from $90 to $80 is not considered by any means a "crash".
I know of no one that is involved in the financial markets that would call an 11.2% decline a "crash".
The tweet by AMuse was terribly MISLEADING.
Context is important.
Cal88 said:
Kind of a moot point, Brent back up at $100.
movielover said:
Boy, talk about White Christmas, skimmed 50 top directors, saw four POC (0 African Americans).
