The two brothers of a Mississippi teen accused of killing an elderly couple allegedly attempted to gun down a sheriff's deputy, who police said will "never walk again," in a separate incident just days later.
Cordarius Hobbs, 17, allegedly broke into the home of 74-year-old Billy Blair and his 71-year-old wife Virginia Carol Blair on June 3 in Mendenhall, Mississippi, and killed them, WLBT reported.
Just days later, on June 8, Cordarius Hobbs' brothers, Cortavious and Cortavion Hobbs, allegedly tried to kill a Covington County, Mississippi, deputy. Covington County Chief Deputy Sheriff Ricky Lott told Fox News Digital the two men fled from deputies after a traffic stop that led to both Cortavious and Cortavion allegedly firing their weapons.
All three people are brothers, Mississippi Department of Public Safety Media and Public Relations Specialist Bailey Martin told Fox News Digital.
Lott said Cortavious and Cortavion were initially pulled over by Deputy Yates Rodney for a seat belt violation, saying the suspects were initially "cordial, friendly and light-hearted," adding the two men were coming back from a fishing trip.
The deputy sheriff also said that Cortavious and Cortavion had marijuana in the car, stating that Yates could see a blunt inside. When he questioned Cortavious and Cortavion about the drugs, Lott said the situation began getting tense.
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[FoxNews] Yaroslav Vishnevski, 33, had no registrations for short-barreled rifles, shotguns and silencers seized in Illinois
A Ukrainian national who completed U.S. Air Force officer training was recently convicted of five counts after authorities intercepted illegal gun parts from China and uncovered a "ghost gun" 3D printing operation inside his home.
A federal jury found Yaroslav Vishnevski, 33, of Harrisburg, Illinois, guilty of receipt or possession of an unregistered short-barreled rifle; manufacturing a National Firearms Act (NFA) weapon without paying special occupancy tax; receipt or possession of an unregistered short-barreled shotgun; receipt or possession of an unregistered silencer; and possession of an Atlas Arms 12-gauge short-barreled shotgun with an obliterated serial number, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Illinois.
The investigation was triggered on April 22, 2024, when U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted a package shipped from China that contained two suspected firearm silencers, according to a criminal complaint obtained by Fox News Digital.
The parcel was addressed to Vishnevski's home in southern Illinois.
On May 2, 2024, an undercover agent with the Illinois State Police (ISP) dropped the package off on Vishnevski's front porch and watched as Vishnevski retrieved the package and brought it inside, according to court filings.
Shortly after he left the house without the package, marked ISP units pulled him over in a traffic stop while a SWAT team executed a search warrant inside the home.
Inside the house and a camper parked outside, federal and state law enforcement allegedly discovered a highly active, illegal weapons workshop.
Court documents note authorities seized three 3D printers and a "Ghost Gunner" desktop CNC machine — a tool commonly used to mill untraceable "80%" firearm receivers.
Investigators reported finding a massive haul of illegal and untraceable weapons, including numerous 3D-printed silencers and firearm frames; privately made, untraceable short-barreled rifles lacking serial numbers; an Atlas Arms 12-gauge short-barreled shotgun with an obliterated serial number; and a Glock 19X modified with an aftermarket stock and vertical foregrip.
Federal law requires short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns and silencers to be registered in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and manufacturers must pay a special occupancy tax.
Vishnevski had no such registrations, according to court filings.
Following his convictions, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft told Fox News Digital there is a clear line between criminal enterprises and legal gun ownership.
"The real world contains nuance, and two things can be true at the same time: We staunchly defend the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans, while simultaneously recognizing that machine guns, short-barreled rifles, silencers illegally imported from China, and untraceable ghost guns present obvious dangers," Weinhoeft said. "The Department of Justice strikes this balance each day aggressively enforcing the criminal laws passed by Congress, while vigorously defending the constitutional rights of responsible gun owners in court."
Vishnevski, who is reportedly a U.S. citizen, told Capitol News Illinois he thought the government was surveilling him prior to his arrest because he was born in Ukraine and lived there until the age of 6, before immigrating to the U.S. a year later.
He told the outlet he completed Air Force officer training and enrolled at the St. Louis University School of Medicine under orders to serve as an Air Force physician after graduation, but left the program early and transferred to the Individual Ready Reserve.
Following his arrest, Vishnevski told the outlet an agent with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had questioned him about his views on Ukraine and any associations with its citizens.
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He told the outlet he completed Air Force officer training and enrolled at the St. Louis University School of Medicine under orders to serve as an Air Force physician after graduation, but left the program early and transferred to the Individual Ready Reserve.
...My common sense is tingling. You do NOT get Uncle Sugar to pay for an MD then 'leave the program early'.
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As far as silencers go.
I've all seen video of questionable people using a threaded barrel small cal rifle and a Fram Oil filter with hole poked in it.
[FoxNews] Sheriff says 'no one is above the law' as police chief faces a maximum of 280 years in prison
An Ohio police chief is facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars after being slapped with a 70-count indictment for alleged sex crimes involving a child.
Bethel Police Chief Chad Essert, 44, was taken into custody without incident Tuesday night in Seminole, Florida, by the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.
A Clermont County grand jury indicted the Blanchester, Ohio, resident on 56 counts of sexual battery and 14 counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor — all third-degree felonies.
If convicted of all charges, Essert faces a maximum penalty of 280 years in prison.
The allegations stem from offenses that authorities claim occurred between 2005 and 2010, while Essert was an instructor at the "Young Marines" and a teacher at Scarlet Oaks Career Campus in Sharonville, Ohio.
Sharonville starts right behind my back fence.
Officials said the alleged victim was a student of Essert’s and that the crimes took place across multiple locations in Clermont and Hamilton counties.
"It takes tremendous courage for a victim to come forward, especially when the accused wears a badge and holds a position of authority," Clermont County Sheriff Chris Stratton said following the indictment. "Today’s indictment demonstrates that no one is above the law. Every victim deserves to be heard, and every allegation will be thoroughly investigated and pursued in accordance with the law."
Prosecutor Mark Tekulve echoed the sheriff's sentiments, emphasizing that victims are "protected and served regardless of the name or title of the perpetrator."
Officials clarified the charges are unrelated to a separate investigation involving Essert that was previously reported by local media.
FOX 19 reported Essert resigned from a position in Elmwood Place, Ohio, in 2010 to avoid being fired over allegations of sexual harassment and intimidating a witness.
Essert’s employment status is unclear, as of Friday afternoon.
He is being held in the Pinellas County Jail awaiting extradition to Clermont County to face the charges.
The Sheriff’s Office urged anyone else who believes they may have been a victim of similar conduct by Essert to immediately contact law enforcement as the investigation remains ongoing.
The Village of Bethel did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office declined to comment.
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This new age law and order world is too drawn out for community justice.
Down here in the old south, it use to be when a child pedophile/rapist was found dead. People just said OK, that was handled quickly.
But the best one was I remember.
Was the guy found years later, when the utility company went to replace a Telephone/Power pole that had oddly sunk down a few feet.
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[Regnum] One person was killed and 11 were injured in a shooting in the West Texas city of Midland. The incident occurred on the morning of June 12 at a building on West Wall Street, CNN reported.
"There are currently 11 known victims. At least one victim died at the scene," the television station reported, citing Midland Mayor Lori Blong.
The shooter died. According to police, shots were fired in the 4600 block.
Authorities have not released any suspect information or a possible motive for the attack. Nine victims were taken to Midland Memorial Hospital. Doctors assessed five patients as stable, and four others were taken to surgery.
Following the shooting, the medical facility was temporarily closed. Hospital officials urged residents not to visit unless absolutely necessary, unless it was an emergency.
Shootings occur regularly in the United States. On May 8, in Brownsville, Tennessee, an unknown assailant shot and killed a high school student before her prom in a local park.
On April 21, two teenagers were killed and five others were wounded in a shooting in a park in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
In late March, a 15-year-old teenager opened fire at a school in Bulverde, Texas, wounding a teacher. The shooter died at the scene.
[ClickOrlando] A man who opened fire in the West Texas city of Midland in an attack Friday morning that left one person dead and 10 injured had shot at a police officer just days earlier during a chase, authorities said.
The suspect, 45-year-old Victor Mata Villarreal, already was being sought by authorities when he began firing at police and bystanders in Midland on Friday before barricading himself in an abandoned veterinary clinic, where he was eventually found dead, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Police have provided limited details about how the shooting unfolded. Police arrived in the area after receiving reports of an active shooter, and Mata Villarreal started firing at officers, said Midland Police Chief Greg Snow. Several officers were pinned down behind their patrol cars and had to be rescued by an armored vehicle, Snow said, but no officers were shot.
Police then got everyone out of the area. "We moved to deny more targets for this active shooter," Snow said.
A few hours after the shooting began, authorities used robot and drone footage from inside the building to confirm the shooter was dead, Midland Mayor Lori Blong. Police did not say how he died.
A spokesperson for the city identified a man killed in the shooting as Ed Scott, a father and husband who worked in solid waste for Midland. He also did a lot of work with local and regional softball organizations, according to the city.
Friends mourning his death described him in social media posts as a softball umpire and volleyball official who was known for his kindness and jokes.
Mata Villarreal, of nearby Odessa, was wanted for attempted capital murder of a peace officer after firing multiple times at a Midland police officer on Wednesday, the state’s public safety agency said.
The officer, who wasn't injured, fired back after initially trying to pull over Mata Villarreal, who drove away, Sherlocks said. His vehicle was found empty a short distance away, they said. Police have not said why the officer tried to stop Mata Villarreal.
Friday’s standoff happened about a half-mile (1 kilometer) from where the shots were fired at the police officer Wednesday.
[IsraelTimes] The Ebola outbreak in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo is spreading into new areas, the World Health Organization warns.
Much more needs to be done to get on top of the virus, the WHO says, with isolation bed capacity far below the anticipated need, based on how it is spreading.
Since the outbreak was declared on May 15, there have been 676 confirmed Ebola cases, including 136 deaths in the DRC, according to the latest figures from the WHO.
There are a further 119 suspected cases, while 32 patients have recovered.
No approved vaccines or treatments exist for the rare Bundibugyo species of the virus responsible for the current outbreak, which is centred on Ituri province, with cases also detected in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.
“The outbreak continues to expand both in terms of case numbers but also in terms of geographic spread,” says Olivier le Polain, the WHO’s head of epidemiology and analytics for response.
Speaking from Beni in North Kivu, he says that cases were being identified in new health zones within the three affected provinces on an almost daily basis.
“That reflects really the scale of this outbreak: a scale that is much bigger than what is being detected, and the high mobility of the population,” he tells reporters in Geneva.
Le Polain says that while in recent weeks, cases in new areas could be traced back to travel from hotspots, now “we also see local community spread in new areas.”
“There are still many blind spots in some areas that are high risk,” he adds.
“The full scale of the outbreak is not yet clear, and we’ll get more clarity as surveillance improves.”
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Much more needs to be done to get on top of the virus
US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has said the US has funded more than 120 biological laboratories in over 30 countries, while also announcing a policy shift under President Donald Trump to end federal support for gain-of-function research worldwide.
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[Regnum] Experts recorded an ash plume reaching an altitude of 9 km above sea level on the Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka Krai. The Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported this on its website on June 12.
The ash plume was recorded at 9:22 AM local time (6:22 PM Moscow time). The Shiveluch volcano's activity is considered dangerous for domestic and international air travel. The natural giant has been assigned a red alert, the highest aviation hazard code.
Shiveluch, at 3,283 meters, is the northernmost active volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula, dating back 60,000 to 70,000 years. It is located 50 km from the village of Klyuchi in the Ust-Kamchatsky District and 450 km from the city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
On June 8, the Kamchatka Krai Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that Shiveluch had ejected an ash plume reaching a height of 10 km. Rescuers recommend closing windows and doors during ashfall, avoiding unnecessary outdoor activities, and using respirators or wet dressings with baking soda. Specialists are monitoring the situation.
On May 18, Shiveluch volcano ejected an ash plume reaching a height of 6.5 km. The ash cloud then spread southeastward. A Code Orange aviation hazard was issued. On March 13, Shiveluch ejected an ash plume reaching a height of 8 km. The cloud then moved northeastward toward the Bering Sea.
So tiresome. Can’t they find a better way to keep their lads busy and out of trouble — getting jobs, perhaps?
[Garowe] Æthiopia has warned that the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)
…the ethnic revolutionary socialist party that ruled Ethiopia from 1991 to 2018, when it lost the government in an election to Abiy Ahmed, then has been fighting off and on to get it back from him ever since…
is preparing a major military offensive against Æthiopian National Defence Force (EDF) bases in the country's north, raising fears of a return to the devastating conflict that ended less than four years ago.
The warning was issued by Æthiopia's intelligence chief and echoed by a former president of the Tigray region, both of whom said they had received information indicating that TPLF forces were mobilising for a large-scale assault on federal military positions.
According to the officials, the planned operation would target EDF installations stationed in northern Æthiopia, an area that was at the centre of the two-year war between federal forces and Tigrayan fighters that killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions.
They called on the international community, including regional and global partners involved in the 2022 grinding of the peace processor, to exert pressure on the TPLF leadership in Mekelle to avoid taking up arms again and instead pursue dialogue.
The officials also accused neighbouring Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... of encouraging renewed hostilities and contributing to the deterioration of the security situation, alleging that Asmara was playing a role in escalating tensions in the region. Eritrea has not publicly responded to the accusations.
The latest claims come against the backdrop of growing political and military tensions within Tigray. Rival factions within the TPLF have been at odds over the implementation of the Pretoria peace agreement, signed in November 2022 under the mediation of the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... , which brought an end to one of Africa's deadliest recent conflicts.
Despite the peace deal, concerns have persisted over the presence of armed forces in disputed areas, delays in disarmament and disagreements over the political future of Tigray.
The renewed warnings have heightened fears among diplomats and aid agencies that northern Æthiopia could once again descend into conflict, jeopardising fragile recovery efforts and worsening humanitarian conditions in a region still struggling to rebuild after years of war.
The original incident is in the Rantburg archives here.
[NotTheBee] Remember this video? Remember how woke dumb-dumbs immediately called the girls racist?
Bulgarians Ilia Belov & his sister Nadjedzha Belova, appeared in a Dundee Court accused of making suggestive remarks & charged with assaulting a minor.
A man has been found guilty of making sexual remarks to a group of girls aged between 12 and 14 in Dundee before grabbing and pushing one of them to the ground.
Ilia Belov, 22, was also convicted of behaving in a 'threatening or abusive manner' towards four girls, all of whom were aged between 12 and 14.
Belov's sister Nadjedzha Belova, 20, earlier pleaded guilty to one charge of assaulting a 13-year-old girl in the incident, which happened in the Lochee area of the city in August 2025.
Both Belov and his sister will be sentenced at Dundee Sheriff Court on August 5th.
In April, 13-year-old Lola Moir (nicknamed "Sophie of Dundee") told the court that Belov had made sexual remarks at her, her older sister Ruby, and their three friends. She was 12 and Ruby was 13 at the time.
From our report in April:
He kept saying, 'Come here sexy, I'll show you how to have a good time.' I was angry. I basically turned around and shouted at him. He said it like three or four times.
I know he got on the phone and started ringing someone to come down. Then some lassie comes running across the road.'
That lassie was Nadjedzha.
Belov pushed Lola. Nadjedzha grabbed Ruby by the hair, dragged her to the ground, and kicked her in the head.
It was only then that Lola brandished a knife and axe. Even though it is illegal to carry weapons in the UK, Sophie felt the need to carry them for protection.
Perhaps it is because sexual crimes are up more than 130% since 2007, making Dundee the rape capital of Scotland?
Did the group of 12 to 14 y/o Scottish girls actual go out seeking to cause a problems for social media posting?
Why was Lola Moir, a 13 y/o with a group nickname, already carrying a concealed sword and axe?
Did one of the group instigate the situation for some reason by calling Ilia Belov a "F__King Immigrant" to start it?
Has the open borders issues gotten so bad (rape and other crimes) that the local police will not charge the girl, for illegally carrying deadly weapons, which is major violation of UK law?
Either way the upcoming sentencing should be interesting in that it will likely also bring out the usual paid Leftest protesters.
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Why was Lola Moir, a 13 y/o with a group nickname, already carrying a concealed sword and axe?
The girls had been harassed before, and others in the community had been raped by non-Muslim migrants — this was pre-grooming behaviour. Read the 8/29 and 8/28 links about the original incident — Lola was charged as a local, working class troublemaker with possession of deadly weapons, while the Romanian brother and sister were presented as innocent foreigners being viciously maligned by racist locals.
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Daggers might be the latest fashion trend for young girls in the UK but a young girl in a knife fight with a military aged male invader can't be expected to fare well. Pistols would be better. Will this comment get me in trouble with Starmer?
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[REGNUM] The British political class likes to project the impression that they're in control. However, on June 11, 2026, another sign emerged that this illusion was shattered.
Defence Secretary John Healey resigned, leaving behind a vacant position and a host of problems. This personnel decision was a symptom of a much deeper malaise: the financial and political paralysis of Keir Starmer's government.
THE PLAN THAT DOESN'T EXIST
Healey's official letter is a model of restrained British fury. "You have been unable, and the Treasury has been unwilling, to allocate the resources the country needs to defend itself at this time of growing threats," the minister wrote to the prime minister. The head of the military department resigned not because of scandal or personal conflict, but because of a lack of funds, which the government refused to allocate.
Remarkably, Healy was one of Starmer's most loyal allies: he spent ten years working on defense issues in the opposition and knew the system from the inside. And it was he who first saw the structure crack.
Former senior military leaders Richard Danatt and Alan West publicly pressured Starmer for months to dramatically increase spending. Danatt bluntly warned that if the prime minister couldn't find the money, he would "find himself in the dustbin of history." Healey was the first to succumb to this internal pressure.
The reason for the resignation was a document called the Defence Investment Plan (DIP). This is a strategic plan for defence investment, designed to outline the funding of the British Army for the next decade. It was intended to explain how the government intends to finance a major strategic defence review, given the "threats" from Russia and new commitments to NATO.
The document was promised for publication in the fall of 2025, then in the winter, but these plans also fell through. Armaments Minister Luke Pollard explained the delay by saying it was "a more complex task than many people imagine."
The military industry is suffering losses, since without a plan it is impossible to conclude long-term contracts, some companies are leaving the market, and the UK is losing the investment race to Germany and the USA.
By June 2026, the DIP was more than six months late. Starmer vowed the plan would be released before the NATO summit on July 7–8, but even this promise was made amid unfinished negotiations between the Ministry of Defence and the Treasury. This impasse was the official reason for Healey's departure.
WAR OF DEPARTMENTS: WHO OWES WHOM?
Behind the scenes, a veritable bureaucratic war was underway. The Ministry of Defence was requesting around £18 billion in additional funding. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves refused for weeks to approve a sum exceeding £12 billion.
In the end, Starmer personally put pressure on the Chancellor, and she agreed to 15 billion – but only on the condition that other departments cut their budgets by about 1%.
Whitehall sources described the proceedings bluntly: "The whole process was chaotic. The MoD initially insisted everything was funded, then asked for billions more. The Treasury refused."
Reeves was angry that she was being forced to cut infrastructure projects to fulfill obligations she believed should have been secured in the first place.
At the heart of the conflict is a simple figure, announced in Parliament by former Air Chief Marshal Richard Knighton.
He said military leaders had warned Starmer of a £28 billion hole in the defence budget over the next four years.
The British defense budget isn't growing as much as it needs to because the country's public finances are under chronic strain. Meanwhile, the Starmer government itself has closed most of the available exits.
The defense budget was planned to reach 2.5% of GDP by 2027, but the military command indicated back in the winter of 2026 that even this was not enough; 3% was needed, or better yet, 3.5%.
According to estimates by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, moving to 3% of GDP spending would require an additional £13 billion to £17 billion annually by the end of the current parliamentary term. However, this amount isn't available in the budget.
PROMISES THAT SLAMMED THE WINDOW
The government's hands are tied by its own election promises.
Before the 2024 elections, Labour solemnly pledged not to raise income tax, VAT, or social security contributions for workers. In other words, the ruling party promised not to reach into voters' pockets.
The October 2025 budget formally did not violate this agreement. Chancellor Reeves raised employer National Insurance contributions from 13.8% to 15%, while simultaneously lowering the threshold for their application—a measure that brought in approximately £25 billion annually to the Treasury.
It was presented as a tax on "business" rather than on workers, which allowed the government to formally save face in front of the electorate.
Another move, extending the tax rate freeze, was much quieter. Starting in 2021, the personal tax-free minimum is frozen at £12,570, and the upper limits of tax brackets are also not indexed. With inflation and rising wages, millions of Britons are automatically moving into higher tax brackets and paying more without any official tax increases.
After the autumn budget, Reeves publicly promised no more tax increases or new borrowing. In doing so, she slammed the financial window shut, and when the military came for the money, it turned out it couldn't be opened.
RESIGNATION AS A DIAGNOSIS
Healey's departure is a logical outcome of the contradictions that the Starmer government has been unable to resolve: between ambitions in the geopolitical arena and capabilities at home, between rhetoric about security and the real willingness to pay for it.
Britain declares itself a key ally in supporting Ukraine and a country capable of ensuring the combat readiness of its armed forces. But behind these words lies an army without funds for its own plans, a navy with mounting problems, and a defense industry in a state of paralysis.
The Treasury isn't providing the money because it doesn't exist and there's nowhere to get it: overt tax increases are politically toxic, hidden ones have already been used, and borrowing has been promised not to increase. Labour has found itself trapped in its own budget manifesto.
Healy was the first to escape this trap through the back door. However, the question isn't who will replace him, but what the next minister will do about this problem.
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[Regnum] The price of Brent crude oil futures on the London ICE Exchange fell below $87 per barrel for the first time in three months, according to trading data from June 12.
Thus, by 11:22 AM Moscow time, the price of Brent crude oil for delivery in August 2026 had fallen by 4.89%, reaching $85.96 per barrel. By 11:27 AM, the decline had slowed, and the energy commodity was selling at $86.27 per barrel, down 4.55% from the previous close.
An hour earlier, according to trading data at 11:15, the price of Brent was $86.71 per barrel (-4.06%).
Oil and gas prices rose sharply, and gasoline prices also increased significantly in several countries after Iran blocked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz in response to a major military operation launched by the United States and Israel on February 28. On March 19, Brent crude rose to $111 per barrel, reached $115 per barrel on March 30, and then fell below $90 in mid-April.
On May 4, Brent crude prices rose again by 5.38% to $114 per barrel. The rise occurred after the Iranian Fars news agency reported a strike on a US warship near Jask Island. Prices later corrected to $111.8 per barrel (up 3.35%). The Pentagon denied the strike.
On May 3, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov announced that the Russian budget would receive an additional 200 billion rubles due to rising global oil prices. Moreover, revenue receipts and shortfalls over the past two months have been roughly equal and will balance each other out.
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Inventories are not sold at purchase price plus mark-up. Inventories are sold at current market price plus mark-up. Nor are pump prices immediately adjusted when market prices go down.
Somewhat like the pump jack in the graphic; making profits both going up and going down.
Large customers such as airlines, buy on contract thus avoiding pricing fluctuations.
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Where was $150/bbl the "pundits" were all calling for? That was a pretty good sign that oil was coming back down and a good time to short Big Oil and oil ETFs such as USO.
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So the price of gas went up as soon as the oil prices did. Bet they dont go down as fast...
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I remember negotiations with a certain package delivery company back around 2003 when for some reason there was a quick spike in gasoline prices, so said company put a gas sur-charge on us. Well, when gasoline fell back to what was considered 'normal' back then, the sur-charge never went away.
One of my phone carriers still has the obamaphone charge.
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Interesting. The odds of an EV fire and an ICE fire combine for a hybrid. Doubles your chances of a fire....
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So many gas stations have gone out of business. I drive by a couple every day. Even a small station has a couple 25000 gal underground tanks. Filling those after a 50 cent price hike means their inventory value goes up even though the station owner doesn’t make any money.
Generally the gas price = crude oil/42 + transportation + refinery cost w/ federal regulations + station markup+ taxes state and federal.
Taxes can be 60 cents + per gallon!
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TOP 10 FUEL TAXES STATES in 2025-26 State
Gas Tax
Diesel Tax
Politically Controlled
Note: 9 of 10 of the highest fueling taxing states are Democrat.
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Gas prices here in CT are dropping with a couple of stations just under $4.00 down from the $4.61 it was during the first week of May. It was under $3.00 back in December.
https://www.gasbuddy.com
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Prices at the pump go up like a rocket and fall like a feather.
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The prices went up $1.30 the third day of the closure and we dont use any oil from that area. Now they say it will take a month for the prices to drop, we still dont use their oil. Its profiteering, plain and simple.
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I'm certainly no economist, but it sure looks that way to me Pan.
Why can't we just concentrate our discussions on more relevant topics such as alien life forms or sightings ?
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I'm certainly no economist, either. I believe in time of shortage, (or a day ending in Y) the price goes up because somebody else will pay more. That's oil.
Gas prices are down 50-60 cents in the past few weeks, in North Texas suburbia, but I frequently feel like the rocket/feather price model.
Don't forget the greedy oil companies pay ridiculous Federal taxes on their obscene profits, after the states have taken their cut.
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I guess I missed Elisabeth Warren demanding a windfall profits tax.
#9 - No sense as I will never buy an EV or even a hybrid.
#12 - I don't know if you are in California, but I heard many many small filling stations closed because of the state's mandate for filling stations to upgrade their fuel tanks in the ground to "prevent" fuel leaking into the ground. I read that, generally, upgrading to the new tanks would have cost each station approximately $2 million, money that small station owners don't have, so they just closed their businesses.
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#20 - Double-wall tanks have LONG been a requirement to prevent groundwater contamination (back in the 90's). Not so much a punishment as common-sense requirement
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The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline declined for three consecutive weeks, dropping from $4.56 per gallon on May 21 to $4.12 per gallon on Thursday.“Gas prices typically peak around this time of year, but uncertainty surrounding the Strait of Hormuz makes this year more unpredictable. Pump prices remain at four-year highs, but the national average is currently far from the record set on June 11, 2022, of $5 per gallon.” In five states, prices exceeded $5 per gallon—California, Hawaii, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon.
[IsraelTimes] The United States plans to significantly reduce the aircraft and warships that it makes available for NATO operations in Europe, the New York Times reports, citing two senior European officials.
The plan will see the US reduce the number of fighter jets and maritime reconnaissance aircraft, and reallocate a missile-launching submarine and aircraft carrier, among other items, the Times reports.
These reductions will limit NATO’s surveillance capabilities and its ability to launch long-range strikes, the report says.
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Wish we would just walk away from NATO. They are a parasite on our nation.
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#2
@1 Having us their prevents the Europeans from having a major war among each other. The only reason we should care is the effect it might have on the world economy.
#3
Chantry, Understand. Europe could care less about the US economy as long as we keep paying. Let them fight, reset the global economy, the US will still be on top.
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#4
Russian hoards rolling through the 'Fulda Cap' doesn't appear to be as relevant as it once was. Perhaps it really is time to.... throttle back on the Euro assistance.
BTW, when was the last time you heard anyone mention the 'Fulda Gap'....or did I miss something again?
#5
I recall the Fulda Gap on a map covered with acetate drops and grease pencil notations, or with red yarn & pushpins linked to pictures and unit insignia. But at every table top I ever attended by notional day 3 some smart-ass would have intriduced the cottonball 3-D mushroom cloud...
#6
NATO (and USEUCOM) should have closed up shop 35 years ago (or significantly reduced its presence) after the demise of the Warsaw Pact, but alas! It only got bigger, moved more than "one inch" eastward, were in Iraq and Afghanistan, and wants to engage with Japan.
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