Before I enter into my medical posting of today, a few facts and thoughts about the War in Iraq: Oil prices rose today WTI Crude Oil ( USA ): Up to $100/barrel, dropped to $93/barrel and seems headed towards $95/barrel. Brent Crude Oil ( Europe ): Jumped to $116/barrel, then dropped to $100/barrel and at this moment was up to $102/barrel. The Forbes Advisor notes a roughly $0.05 increase in the national average from yesterday, and a nearly $1 increase from a month ago. President Donald Trump met today with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in the White House, but couldn't convince her to send any warships to the Strait of Hormuz. As of this moment, the USA and Israel are the only countries involved against Iran. However, as Iran keeps sending drones to energy sites of neighboring countries, they are finally "thinking" about retaliating. As you know, Israel opened a second front in Lebanon against the Hezbollah . Trump is mulling over possibly invading...
Before I get into movies, there was a glorious victor yesterday in the World Baseball Classic. Venezuela beat the USA, 3-2 . In a way, it was satisfying after President Donald Trump kidnapped their president, Nicolás Maduro, and bullied our way into their country. Of course 92% Venezuelans expressed gratitude, so perhaps it was a smart move on Trump's part. Next, Cuba? About half of Americans felt that the U.S. intervening in Venezuela would be mostly good, but the majority in January believed that Trump has gone too far with military actions abroad. In a poll taken yesterday, only 1 in 4 Americans supported military force to overthrow Cuba . The Academy Award Ceremonies were held this past Sunday, and One Battle After Another won the Oscar for best film. I'll summarize my feelings about this movie later. To start, here is an American Film Industry's ranking of the top ten films of all time: AFI Top Ten Ameri...