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257221778_10223601457439022_6817122445271310927_n.jpgI feel like I am watching the destruction of our democracy while my neighbors and friends cheer it on -
TBF, the post below has nothing to do with what amounts to silly business from the Chairman in touting his ability to lower fuel prices - he has zero capabilities to do that in reality. Just another big lie from government.
It's frustrating to see people over-simplifying the complex set of factors that determine what you're paying at the pump for a fill-up. Supply and demand is just one factor in a myriad of them that determine what a barrel of Brent Crude costs with that cost determining what refiners charge distributors of their products, what transportation costs add to that, then what mark-up retailers charge and there are levels of these (i.e., what 7-Eleven corporate pays and then what the Indian guy, a 7-Eleven franchise owner, tacks on.
From this you should be able to deduce why Costco, BJ/s and other "big box" retailers sell there unleaded regular gas for $289.9/g while the Marathon station right down the street is selling unleaded for $339.9. Costco for example, has a single supplier who has bid the lowest price among many suppliers to deliver gasoline products direct to a limited number of retail outlets. Corporate alone is setting the retail price.
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Mission to CFB's National Championship accomplished. But the shine on the NC Trophy is embarrassingly wearing off. It's M B-Ball ..... or hockey or volley ball or name your college sport favorite time ...... until next year.Comment
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Costco also charges you an annual fee, so I think that also subsidizes the cost.
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Just do what I do...siphon gas from my neighbors...Shut the fuck up Donny!Comment
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Ex-Senator Perdue, with Trump's encouragement, is running against Brian Kemp for the Governor's seat. In true Trumpian style, Perdue says neither he nor Trump bear any responsibility for Perdue losing his Senate race. It's all Brian Kemp's fault.Comment
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The SPAC that fronted the money for Trump's so-called "media company" is under SEC investigation
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oh, the ongoing obsession with all things Trump..You do not have permission to view this gallery.
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I guess if he wasn't driving the Republican bus he might not be a topic of conversation. As long as he is he will, sadly, be relevant.I feel like I am watching the destruction of our democracy while my neighbors and friends cheer it onComment
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...Shut the fuck up Donny!Comment
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Triple stout aged in bourbon barrels...good nightComment
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...Shut the fuck up Donny!Comment
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Whoa, last year's highly controversial Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirt, collapsed and died in California today
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Where’s Bob Baffert?Comment
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