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Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Home Stretch
Some of you may recall that the Black Monday crash in 1987 (which would be the equivalent of the Dow falling about 12,000 points in a single session today) was partly caused by a single attack on an Iranian drilling dig. These days, there can be NONSTOP attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, and no one cares except, a little bit, crude oil:
United Oils of America
Choking on China
Running Dry
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is supposed to be our country’s emergency supply of oil for unexpected energy shocks. Instead, for years now, it has been actively drained for what I assume are political purposes (in spite of ceaseless statements that we are energy independent). In any case, we are six weeks away from having nothing left, at the current rate.
