Carlton Supporters Club

Previous to recent events Thailands fuel prices were pretty much in synch with Australian prices per lt.
Thai daily wage is about 300 baht a day (Aud$13), remind me about our cost of living crisis please…

I read an article in the last 2 or 3 days that stated our petrol prices and petrol taxes are among the lowest compared to other countries with similar economies.

According to Taco, Iran "gave us a present, and the present arrived today. It was a very big present, worth a tremendous amount of money.  I'm not going to tell you what the present is, but it was a very significant prize."

He then revealed “They said to show you the fact that we're real and solid, and we're going to let you have eight boats (sic) of oil, eight boats, eight big boats of oil. This was two days ago, and they'll sail up tomorrow.”

He provided more clarification, "They said, to show you the fact that we're real and solid and we're there, we're going to let you have eight boats of oil, eight boats, eight big boats of oil. I guess they were right, and they were real, and I think they were Pakistani-flagged... It ended up being 10 boats."  He said that the two additional boats sent by Iran were "to apologise for something they said."

Unfortunately, shipping data for the Strait of Hormuz shows that five vessels have passed through the Strait since 23 March. Not ten, not eight, just five. And none of them are headed to the USA. Three are sailing to India, one is going to China, and the fifth is destined for Singapore.

If you're going to tell porkies, it's best if you don't embellish the story as you go and it's essential that they're not easily fact-checked.

With that in mind, cast your mind back to 4 March when Taco announced that the US International Development Finance Corporation would offer insurance “at a very reasonable price” for tankers and other ships in the Persian Gulf. He also said, “if necessary, the United States Navy will begin escorting tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, as soon as possible”.  And, with his trademark caps lock, posted on social media, “No matter what, the United States will ensure the FREE FLOW of ENERGY to the WORLD.”

It must be difficult to be the Bone Spurs in Chief of a complex military campaign with global implications when you have trouble understanding anything more complicated than a real estate transaction and find it hard to know what's real and what's imaginary.