Not my field, but as I understand it, the current global difficulties are bad for almost everyone — except the United States. We have the dollar. We have the oil. We have political stability. Which all means that we have economic stability. If there is a storm, we are the island.
72 virgins
Everything’s fine, nothing to see here.
Screw that. Can they do anything a about the RAMpocalypse that is also jacking up NVMe prices, hard drive prices too. Crucial, Hynix, Samsung are creating this shortage along with AI datacenters buying up all 2026 production in advance.
These parts an AI chips are being warehoused, as building datacenters lags in USA. By the time that AI farms gets built, the AI chips will be obsolete.
36 hours ... $9000.
I know, lets fluff some influencers blog and help him earn some clicks and advert money.
That should close the gap.
In the past 72 hours?
What about the past 144? Or 288?
What about a year ago? 4 years ago?
Countries take actions all the time.
This post needs some context as to what is normal or not.
WHY HAVE WE TOLERATED THIS CRIME FOR A CENTURY?
FUN WITH THE GRAND JURY!
(TAXES, TAXES, TAXES...!)
19 MINUTES
(BECAUSE THERE ARE SOOOO MANY TAXES NOW)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRowujofkkY
Why would anyone “follow” an illiterate?
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China also quietly instructed refineries to halt product exports and continued drawing on its massive strategic/commercial crude stockpiles (estimated 1.2–1.4 billion barrels) while accelerating its shift to EVs and renewables as a buffer.
- China (new addition for the same window): On March 23 (effective immediately, with full impact felt in the March 25–28 period), the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) took the rare step — not seen in over a decade — of capping the fuel price surge. They raised maximum retail prices for gasoline (+1,160 yuan/metric ton) and diesel (+1,115 yuan/metric ton), but limited the hike to roughly half of what the normal pricing mechanism would have required. The government is absorbing the rest of the cost increase to “ease the burden on downstream users,” shield consumers from inflation, and maintain economic/social stability. This was explicitly tied to the Middle East oil shock.
spglobal.com +2Bottom-line updated analysistheguardian.com
Every government on this expanded list (now nine countries) publicly assured citizens the economy was “doing fine” or “resilient” in the last 30 days. Yet in a single week they activated wartime-style controls, reserve burns, salary/fuel cuts, capital/gold export bans, secret stabilization funds, and direct price caps. These are not routine tweaks — they are defensive reactions to the same oil shock (Brent crude surge from Hormuz disruptions). Energy-importing nations across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe are feeling it hardest; even China, with its buffers and diversified supply (Russia + Iran crude still flowing), felt compelled to subsidize half the fuel-price hit rather than let market forces pass through.Stock markets show the uneven pain: Israel’s TA-35 down ~4.5% since intensification, South Korea’s KOSPI down ~13.5%. Proximity to chokepoints (Hormuz, Malacca) and import dependence are the real differentiators — not official GDP rhetoric.The post was right: this is only getting crazier. Follow the hidden actions, not the press releases.cnbc.com