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Welcome to Topical Cream, a new periodic segment with an appropriately cringe-worthy title

for fuckery in the news. Our aim is to begin adding

these segments to tackle more timely and newsworthy events that either relate to deeper

unfucking narratives that we've delved into previously or to set up future episodes. Our inaugural

cream finds us back in the world of crude oil and commodities with the recent capitulation on the part of the Biden

administration to the oil and gas industry. To set up the most recent news from the Biden White

House, let's first talk about the big, bold move by the Biden administration at the end of

March. By presidential order, it shall hereby be decreed that on this day and every day for the next six months,

we, the United States, shall release a million barrels per day from the Strategic Oil Reserve

in order to calm prices in the market.

As of today, the price for a barrel of crude is $100 a barrel,

so we finally come to the rescue of the good people of the United States.

And as of this recording, the price of a barrel of oil is $108.

The White House touted the release as a quote, unprecedented release.

The world has never had a release of oil reserves at this one million per day rate for this length of time.

This record release will provide a historic

amount of supply to serve as a bridge until the end of the year when domestic production ramps up,

end quote. So the brain trust in the White House, after getting pummeled in conservative

outlets for allowing gas prices to get out of hand,

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