For a grand total of $0.50 per gallon spike in 24 hours. This is unsustainable by any measure of common or financial sense.
I predict huge market losses triggering automatic suspension of trading on Monday. And Tuesday. And so on... and so on until it stops with 5 digit DJI losses.
WE ARE SO FUCKED!
My wife and I were both off today and left the house at 12:30 to have lunch and do some errands. When we drove by the local gas station, their non-club member price was $3.89 per gallon. "Members" get 10 cents per gallon off that. When we came by again at 5:30 that non-member price was $4.19 per gallon. The single full (not overflowing) cart of stuff we normally buy at BJ's cost us $413 with a few coupons. That was a shopping excursion that used to cost just under $300. I know... we generally always buy the same stuff. The BJ's gas was $3.67 a gallon. I had the last three 5 gallon Jerry cans and one 2 1/2 gallon plastic can to refill for my emergency storage rotation. Plus a small 2 gallon jug for my snowblower. After filling those I topped off my truck. I'm sure the people lined up behind me weren't too happy, but I don't really give a fuck. Guess they shoulda got there earlier. Nobody dared make a stink.
Folks... TINVOWOOT. The control of the levers of government need to be stripped from those that think they "rule over" us citizens, from both parties. If things are EVER to get back to some semblance of normalcy, lamp posts and trees need to be decorated, and unmarked long trenches need to be filled. I don't see any other solution.
Use the comment section below to try and convince me otherwise.
I could not watch. I tried, but not too hard and I got as far as the Drooling Meat Puppet handing copies of its speech to The Hag Of The House and The Ho. All I could think of is that despicable cunt ripping up Trump's speech at his final SOTU. I'll let others watch it and then read about it from reporters and listen to pundits that won't be sycophant lackeys saying how great and strong a demented doddering old fool is.
"The state of our Union IS FUCKED!!!"
I switched to a rerun of "Deadpool" on FX instead.
Strictly for ammo capacity. My typical loadout is the gun in "Condition 1" and two spares in a carrier at 7 o'clock. With the S&W 45 Shield and 7 round mags that is 22 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense 185 gr .45 ACP. Since it is still winter and I can easily conceal it, I have gone back to the Ruger SR9c with the 10 round mags and factory fingertip extension. Carrying the same way and loadout gives me 31 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense 115 gr 9mm ammo. Comparing ammo capacity between the two is almost one more full mag. I could carry my full sized Glock 21 in .45ACP, but that fucker with 2 spare 10 round mags gets heavy when carried all day. I will strap that on for certain circumstances, though. Think classic "soft target" scenarios. When warmer weather returns, I will want the slimmer profile of the 45 Shield for under my biker vest, or in my pocket.
The reason for the change? The world is inching closer to WWIII. Having the U.S. protected from invasion by another country by two oceans is 18th century thinking. We are presently being invaded on our southern border by tens of thousands of people with no intention of becoming loyal legal U.S. citizens. We are susceptible to cyber attack, ICBM's whether nuclear destruction or EMP, and the whims of world oil producers since we shut down our own energy independence. Then there is the nationwide crime wave and criminals acting with impunity. Any of these factors could trigger bad actors already on our own soil to become even more emboldened.
I don't get into the whole "9mm vs .45 ACP" debate. I use both, but just like .45 a little better... its personal and a little nostalgic, thats all. Those Fudds & Butters that personally try to goad me into such discussions are still thinking all 9mm ammo is the FMJ version the Germans used in WWII. It certainly is not. I end such arguments by asking if 9mm is so harmless and ineffective, can I shoot them with it?
For almost 80 years, the classic defiant response to being offered a chance to surrender was "Nuts!" as presented by General Anthony McAuliffe to the German command at Bastogne on December 22, 1944.
Now, thanks to 13 brave and defiant Ukranian (and dead) soldiers on Snake Island, the new defiant response to an opportunity to surrender is "GO FUCK YOURSELF!" While certainly a death sentence for those 13 soldiers, just how much inspiration and morale boosting do you think this will give to the average Ukranian citizen fighting trained Russian soldiers on the streets to defend their country? I'll bet a lot!
I will permanently add that in my list of responses to those that would oppress or otherwise cause me harm. So, let me start here... directed at every level of government:
"GO FUCK YOURSELF!"