[K-Dog]

Gas lines are in our future.  If you do not think so, can you argue gas is not going to skyrocket in price?

A year in office and Trump fucks the world.

NEWS.USNI.ORG 2026-03-02

Shipyard Worker Dead, Fire Breaks Out on U.S.-Flagged Tanker After Iranian Attack on Bahrain Port

A Monday morning attack on a port in Bahrain killed a shipyard worker, injured two more and damaged a U.S.-flagged tanker.

TRADEWINDSNEWS.COM 2026-03-02

US Navy supply tanker hit by Iranian missile in Bahrain

One shipyard worker killed as Iranian missile causes fire on board the Stena Imperative.

[K-Dog]

BRENNANCENTER.ORG 2026-03-02

Trump’s Iran Strikes Are Unconstitutional

President Trump’s “massive and ongoing operation” against Iran violates the Constitution and our nation’s founding principles. The president acted unilaterally and lawlessly.  Without congressional authorization and absent any imminent threat to the United States.

If Trump is not stopped there will be consequences.  Fascism has a shelf life.

 

We don't know what special shit Trump's adventurism will bring, but if you haven't figured it out by now, Trump never stops bringing shit.  Bringing shit is what Trump does.  So shit it will surely be.  And at the end Trump will be dead, and America will be left with his consequences.

[TDoS]

Gas lines are in our future.  If you do not think so, can you argue gas is not going to skyrocket in price?

Gas lines...and rationing...is in our past as well. Anyone in PA during global peak oil in 1979 and the ensuing rationing knows this.

Gas lines aren't in my future. Momma didn't raise no fool, and I haven't forgotten that gas rationing long ago.

I recommend a new one of these for everyone.

I got mine for slightly more than half the money that K-Dog spends on some eco-friendly heat pump. Gas lines...please....let them eat cake.

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MARKETWATCH.COM 2026-03-04

Get ready for Trump to chicken out on Iran as markets fall and gas prices rise

Congratulations, President Trump: The Israeli-U.S. war against Iran has just wiped out all of the U.S. gasoline-price savings achieved since you took office in January of last year.  Average U.S. gasoline prices rocketed Tuesday to $3.109 a gallon, according to AAA. That’s exactly where they were on Jan. 20, 2025. That’s an astonishing jump of 15 cents since the start of the war a few days ago, and of 30 cents since the start of this year.

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TOVIMA.COM 2026-03-05

Rising tensions in Iran disrupt fertilizer production and exports, threatening higher food prices worldwide. Analysts warn that shortages of urea and ammonia could impact bread, eggs, and meat markets within months

The Strait of Hormuz, about 35% of global urea exports pass through this waterway. Urea, a key nitrogen fertilizer, underpins roughly half of the world’s food production.

When the food prices skyrocket, Trumpolini's popularity will plummet.

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AXIOS.COM 2026-03-06

Energy woes deepen as Trump team looks to soften blow

Why it matters: Ships avoiding the Strait of Hormuz and military threats to regional infrastructure are together shocking oil and natural gas markets.      "There's no doubt that what's happening now is an order of magnitude bigger — in terms of potential fallout for oil markets — than Russia's invasion of Ukraine," writes Robin Brooks, a Brookings Institution economist.

Plus it's costing $2B/day!

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DEREKTHOMPSON.ORG 2026-03-06

The Economic Crisis of the Iran War Could Get Very Bad, Very Fast

If Donald Trump doesn't end the war by April, "oil prices could get into Scary Land," one expert told me.  On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that employment growth plunged last month, as the economy lost 92,000 jobs in February. Every major sector saw losses. Even health care, which has accounted for the majority of job growth in the last year, is so weak that a nurses strike in California was enough to push overall job growth into the red. The hiring market is frigid, and monthly job growth since last summer is averaging negative 10,000 per month.

Can U spell R-E-C-E-S-S-I-O-N?  Triple digit Oil prices will send the economy into a Black Hole.  Ugly is on the horizon.

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[TDoS]

Can U spell R-E-C-E-S-S-I-O-N?  Triple digit Oil prices will send the economy into a Black Hole.  Ugly is on the horizon.

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Is this really what collapse and doom has been reduced to? Recession? Cost of living increases?

After having all sorts of other dooms thoroughly discredited all along the way this century, is this really all we've got left? Recession? Political disagreements? I at least get the political disagreements, for all the complaining about the horrors of the neocons, the Oligarchs have certainly unleashed idiots-R-us in a big way this time. As far as idiots-R-us being doom...well...maybe all that IS left is pretending recessions are the outcome of idiots in charge. Be they Republicrat or Democan. It isn't as though any other group has been able to gain traction against the Oligarchs.

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ZETEO.COM 2026-03-07

Trump Is Dangerously Close to Sending Troops to Iran

According to the sources, administration officials and allies have told Trump that attacks from the air are not enough to accomplish Trump’s stated ideas of victory – though, to be fair, the president and his team are constantly changing how they would define a “victory” in their Iran war, which began with no clear mission and no coherent strategy beyond removing Iran’s top leaders and bombing the country, in partnership with Israel.  In multiple conversations over the past few days, several of these officials and outside advisers have told the president that a more limited, smaller deployment of special forces will almost certainly not be enough, and that he’d need to send further ground troops to get what he wants.

Bombing video games are not enough.  1st Person Shooter games will really rev up support with the Incels.



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BUSINESSINSIDER.COM 2026-03-08

Oil passes $100 a barrel as US energy secretary says Iran won't be a 'long-term war'

Oil prices surpassed $100 a barrel on Sunday. The US energy secretary is working to reassure Americans that high gas prices won't last. Chris Wright said the conflict in Iran is a "temporary movement," rather than a "long-term war."

The war may not last long, the effects on the oil market however will be quite long lasting.  Doubtful Iran gets back to its pre-war production levels anytime soon, and doubtful shipping insurance costs through the Straight of Hormuz will drop much either.  More sabotage likely throughout the region.

Things will get quite messy.

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[TDoS]

BUSINESSINSIDER.COM 2026-03-08

Oil passes $100 a barrel as US energy secretary says Iran won't be a 'long-term war'

Oil prices surpassed $100 a barrel on Sunday. The US energy secretary is working to reassure Americans that high gas prices won't last. Chris Wright said the conflict in Iran is a "temporary movement," rather than a "long-term war."

The war may not last long, the effects on the oil market however will be quite long lasting.  Doubtful Iran gets back to its pre-war production levels anytime soon, and doubtful shipping insurance costs through the Straight of Hormuz will drop much either.  More sabotage likely throughout the region.

Things will get quite messy.
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Indeed. Who knows what will happen with oil at 3077400 a barrel!

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AXIOS.COM 2026-03-08

Iran war's energy price shock is likely to spiral economy-wide

Fears about a stagflationary scenario are back, with a fresh inflationary shock coming alongside new signs of labor market weakness. While higher oil prices should mean higher revenue for America's energy extraction industries and limit the damage to GDP, the cost for already-strained households and key industries is likely to be immediate and visible

If it lasts a month, it might be a recession.  If it lasts 6 months, kiss the economy goodbye.

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[K-Dog]

Indeed. Who knows what will happen with oil at 3077400 a barrel!

Using the 'Get Article' dropdown on the 'Article Options' button will let you add a Doomscroll article to a post here.  It does that by creating a special tag in the post.  Then the article is later looked up using this tag and displayed.  The code that displays the tile and description after looking up the article info was not rendering a '$' correctly.  Now it is.

The fix :

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As you can see here :

GVWIRE.COM 2026-03-09

Wall Street Slips on Soaring Crude Prices; Tech Stocks Rebound

Wall Street’s main indexes were off session lows on Monday as a rebound in technology stocks softened the blow from investor concerns that soaring oil prices $ could exacerbate inflation pressures.

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FORTUNE.COM 2026-03-09

Oil over $100, markets in free fall, and Iran’s new supreme leader is Trump’s ‘worst case’ scenario

Stock markets in free fall as oil goes over $100. “Doomsday” now looking increasingly plausible, analysts say, as fresh attacks further threaten oil supplies. Iran appointed a new supreme leader: He’s the son of the recently killed supreme leader. Trump called this his “worst case” scenario. Rising prices could hurt Republicans in the midterms. Coffee is up 18% since last year. The head of Citi’s “internal hit squad” has left

DOOMSDAY 4 OIL!😁😁😁

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[K-Dog]

IRANMIRRORBD.COM 2026-03-05

UN rights experts condemn unlawful US-Israeli aggression against Iran

UN human rights experts denounced the unlawful act of aggression waged by the United States and Israel, saying the assault violates the UN Charter’s article on prohibition of the use of force.

IRANMIRRORBD.COM 2026-03-05

Iran Condemns US-Israel Strike on Historical Site as ‘Clear War Crime’

The missile attack on the historical Arg Square complex in Tehran caused damage to Golestan Palace, one of the most enduring symbols of the Iranian capital and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

DROPSITENEWS.COM 2026-03-09

Ground Troops, Airstrikes, and Displacement: No Guarantee of Safety in Lebanon With Relentless Israeli Assaults

As Lebanon’s strained shelter system struggles to cope, Israel is focused on “collective punishment” and pitting the Lebanese government against Hezbollah.