3. But let's just come back to current markets. First, as I've noted a lot lately, US oil demand is flat for the last 20 years. That's created a lot of wealth for American consumers as efficiency has allowed us to spend less money on gasoline. We don't need more oil production.

This video, viewed millions of times on TikTok, Facebook and X, claims to show Venezuelans taking to the street to thank the US for detaining Maduro.

But the video is a combination of four AI-generated clips and was first posted on TikTok by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.

That was my question too. “We have court orders!”?

I’m happy you remember it!

I really enjoyed that one time I interviewed you! So there’s that.

A friend’s son was trying to make the case that Biden was banning parts for gas-powered cars. He based this on his experience trying to get parts in 2021. I told him that was because of Covid-induced supply-chain issues. “No, no,” he said. “This was BEFORE Covid!”

I listened to it on audiobook when I was driving cross country a few years ago. Then I read it, twice. I learned so much from it that has shaped my thinking and reading interests ever since.

Ya think?

I was actively invoking it with hourly incantations. “I wonder what Jonathan Katz has to say about this?” “Where is Katz on this invasion?” And “I really need to re-read *Gangsters of Capitalism*” aka “that Smedley Butler book” as I describe it to my spouse.