ThanQ Baker
Just a reminder: A total of 468 seats in the U.S. Congress (33 Senate seats and all 435 House seats) are up for election on November 3, 2020.
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Congress_elections,_2020
2020 is going to be one of the most important election ever. Time we start focusing on that.
April 22, 2019
Iran Raises Stakes in U.S. Showdown With Threat to Close Hormuz
Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway vital for global oil shipments, if the country is prevented from using it, a senior military official said on Monday in what appears to be a response to the U.S. plan to end waivers on Iranian oil exports.
“If we are prevented from using it, we will close it,” the state-run Fars news agency reported, citing Alireza Tangsiri, head of the Revolutionary Guard Corps navy force. “In the event of any threats, we will not have the slightest hesitation to protect and defend Iran’s waterway.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-22/iran-will-close-strait-of-hormuz-if-it-can-t-use-it-fars
It's the usual summer increase. More people drive during summer for vacation and trips than in winter. Once the fall comes the prices will drop again as usual.
There were much more open fires in the past and we've never seen anything like what's been going on the past few years.