Thursday, March 12, 2026

Blip, a conjugation

 I blip, you blip, he, she and it blips.

Chris Wright, energy secretary, said that after the United States and Israel struck Iran last year, markets stayed steady. His words:

 

Oil prices blipped up and then went back down.

 

This time, the average price of gasoline in Georgia has gone from $2.78 to $3.22.

I am blipped, you are blipped, we are blipped — all of us.

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