All-out Middle East war as good as it gets

[longeyes]

An armed society is a polite society.

This society is armed and, one might argue, way, way too polite...

[MicroBalrog]

Reagan, Bush 41 and Clinton all had strong dollar economies with Greenspan at the Fed Reserve. Look at the price of oil during their presidencies.

Under Bush 43 the "Bernanke doctrine" took hold of the Fed and GWB eventually made him the head of the Fed. The spike in oil prices correspond perfectly to our Feds increasing the money supply purportedly to stave off deflation.

Look at the inflation-adjusted oil prices. There's a fundamental issue here that we cannot escape.