Opinion and reporting by Mathew Carr

March 19, 2026 — This is incredibly stupid … on a global scale.

As people in the know know …it’s all in the futures markets and increasingly in the prediction markets.

Yet, if you have some humanity …a death toll of more than 7,000 real humans (AI survey) so far might also be at least slightly important to your lack of mental wellbeing…and think of the women and babies in the Middle East hearing approaching missiles …deep sigh.

Why are our incompetent leaders and news editors all-but ignoring the deaths and life-changing injuries of this reckless fu*ckery?

These Brent crude charts etc below indicate the price won’t get back below $80 a barrel until June 2027.

These prices are all choices be people who actually think (I hope).

And … please remember the crude oil market is rigged by OPEC+ …there is actually plenty of oil supply unless you blow it up to deliberately to cause inflation to financially hurt every one one of the 8 billion people on earth ... and President Trump is punishing the rigged market by claiming a much bigger market share for the “good old dominant USA” globally??? …really? … by bombing the sh!t out of his chief rival, the Middle East….or getting Iran and Israel to do it on his behalf?

WTAF?

Check out what so-called real humans are betting on in crude futures:

All the while … some other humans are betting the “powers than be” might come clean on much cleaner atomic energy that’s being covered up in the name of “national security”?

There is a 19% chance Mr Trump will declare declassification of new UFO files by the end of the month….which is a much lower chance than at the end of last year.

Again … WTF?

And Mr Trump is being rewarded by real human currency traders for following Mr Putin’s scorched-earth strategy?…because the US-Ruble forex rate is jumping since February.

So-called big boys and their toys?

Boy, do I hope the traders have it wrong.

Killing real mothers, fathers, children to get markets and investment flows the way you want them … seems … so ….last century …to say the least.

Meantime global temperatures are near record levels for the time of year. Surely this is where we should be spending our money and effort, instead?

 

 

Just an idea but an immediate ceasefire and talks might help?