Holy WTI, Batman! I Hope You Filled The Batmobile Last Week -- Gasoline Prices To Soar -- July 18, 2022

I don't know what just happened, but WTI spiked almost 5%; up almost $5; trading above $102.

Perhaps it was this: don't expect Saudi to save the day. -- Center for Strategic & International Studies. Link here. 

Or maybe it was this old clip -- note MAGA in the background. What woulda / coulda / shoulda been:

Biden is playing checkers. Putin and Prince MBS are playing 3D-chess.

Or perhaps this, completely missed by The Washington Post and The New York Times:

The Washington Post had an entire piece on the "fist bump." They didn't get it either -- a fist bump is more intimate than a handshake these days. Much more intimate.