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...

The Iran War is plodding along, and  President Donald Trumped is getting pissed about European and Asian countries not immediately joining the USA to take control of the Strait of Hormuz .  There are some winners in this conflict, like Russia ( their oil is now out of quarantine, and they are getting $30/barrel more today ), oil companies and others I'll get into, maybe tomorrow.  Ukraine, for example, is in demand because  they have found a way to "cheaply" intercept drones . Today I'll focus on what is happening right in front of you if you have a television set.  97% of American homes do, and this coverage is 79% worldwide.  Of course, more than 90% of adults in the USA also have a smartphone, and this percentage is getting close to 80% globally. I'll start with the Academy Awards, bestowed last night.  You can watch 8 of the 10 for free on a streaming channel, and the other two at a small cost ( compared to the price of a theater seat, plus the pop...