• Americans sound off on gas prices

    From Johnny@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 25 10:10:34 2022
    By Megan Myers
    Published 7 hours ago

    Americans in the Garden State sounded off on gas prices after President
    Biden said the surging costs are part of "an incredible transition."

    "I don’t believe a word he says," one woman, Theresa, told Fox News.
    "He’s been in the business for 40-something years and hasn’t done too much."

    "Start drilling again. Do something," she continued. "We can't be the
    only ones trying to save the world. If we're getting our oil from
    somewhere let it be right here at home."

    Cut!

    "I’m out here walking around 'cause I can’t afford the gas," Wayne, who walked to the gas station for groceries, said.

    Cut!

    Richard, who drives a small truck, said he pays around $40 in gas a day.

    Gas prices have "almost doubled since Joe Biden got in office,"
    Richard, of Jersey City, told Fox News. "It’s been horrible."

    "How do you get back and forth?" he said.

    Cut!

    Theresa, a California resident visiting the Garden State, told Fox
    News: "This should not be allowed whatsoever. It’s taking a lot of
    money out of people’s pockets."

    California had the highest state average at $6.07 on Tuesday, according
    to AAA.

    "People aren’t doing as many things," Theresa said. "It’s less money
    that they can use on, you know, spending money on their kids, their
    houses, their food."

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/americans-sound-off-on-gas-prices-after-biden-says-theyre-part-of-an-incredible-transition

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From (David P.)@21:1/5 to Johnny on Wed May 25 09:57:20 2022
    Johnny wrote:
    By Megan Myers, > Published 7 hours ago
    Americans in the Garden State sounded off on gas prices after President Biden said the surging costs are part of "an incredible transition."

    "I don’t believe a word he says," one woman, Theresa, told Fox News. "He’s been in the business for 40-something years and hasn’t done too much."

    "Start drilling again. Do something," she continued. "We can't be the
    only ones trying to save the world. If we're getting our oil from
    somewhere let it be right here at home."

    Cut!

    "I’m out here walking around 'cause I can’t afford the gas," Wayne, who walked to the gas station for groceries, said.

    Cut!

    Richard, who drives a small truck, said he pays around $40 in gas a day.

    Gas prices have "almost doubled since Joe Biden got in office,"
    Richard, of Jersey City, told Fox News. "It’s been horrible."

    "How do you get back and forth?" he said.

    Cut!

    Theresa, a California resident visiting the Garden State, told Fox
    News: "This should not be allowed whatsoever. It’s taking a lot of
    money out of people’s pockets."

    California had the highest state average at $6.07 on Tuesday, according
    to AAA.

    "People aren’t doing as many things," Theresa said. "It’s less money that they can use on, you know, spending money on their kids, their
    houses, their food."

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/energy/americans-sound-off-on-gas-prices-after-biden-says-theyre-part-of-an-incredible-transition
    -----------------------

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ongoing_armed_conflicts

    This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict.
    Major wars (10,000 or more combat-related deaths in current or past year)
    The 5 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct, violent deaths per year in battles between identified groups, in a current or past calendar year.

    Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Cumulative fatalities 2021 fatalities 2022 fatalities
    1948 Internal conflict in Myanmar, Kachin conflict, Karen conflict, Rohingya conflict, Conflict in Rakhine State
    2021–2022 Myanmar protests
    2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency, Myanmar 150,000–210,000 2,440–11,114 8,500+ 1978 Afghanistan conflict, Islamic State–Taliban conflict
    Panjshir conflict, Afghanistan 1,450,000–2,084,468 36,396–42,217 1,424
    2011 Yemeni Crisis, Yemeni Civil War, Al-Qaeda insurgency, Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
    Saudi Arabian-led intervention
    Asia Yemen, Saudi Arabia 377,000 26,573–31,048 4,691
    2014 Russo-Ukrainian War, War in Donbas, Russian invasion of Ukraine
    Russia, Ukraine, Donetsk PR, Luhansk PR 38,000-85,000+ 149 30,000–76,734+ 2020 Tigray War, Spillover of the Tigray War, Ethiopian–Sudanese clashes Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan 300,000–500,000 7,940–19,200 670 ---------------------
    Wars (1,000–9,999 combat-related deaths in current or past year)
    The 18 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than
    10,000 direct, violent deaths in a current or past calendar year.
    Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

    Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Cumulative fatalities 2021 fatalities 2022 fatalities
    1964 Colombian conflict, Catatumbo campaign, 2021 Apure clashes, Colombia Venezuela 221,000+ 1,399 814
    1973 Oromo conflict, OLA insurgency, Ethiopia 3,000–8,900 2,080 710
    1991 Somali Civil War, Current phase, Operation Atalanta, Somalia Kenya 506,000+ 6,532 1,776
    1996 Allied Democratic Forces insurgency, DR Congo Uganda 5,000+ 2,448 1,137 1998 Communal conflicts in Nigeria, Herder–farmer conflicts, Nigeria 17,156+[n 2] 1,220[48] 1,020[6]
    1999 Ituri conflict Africa DR Congo 64,000+[49] 1,660[6] 615[6]
    2002 Insurgency in the Maghreb- Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Niger, Tunisia, Togo, Benin
    Ivory Coast 29,000+ 5,720 2,001
    2003 Iraq conflict, Islamic State insurgency in Iraq 328,000–1,215,000+ 2,605 968
    2003 War in Darfur, Sudan 301,000+ 1,364 570
    2004 Kivu conflict DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi 23,000+ 2,173 675
    2006 Mexican drug war, Infighting in the Gulf Cartel, Infighting in Los Zetas Piracy on Falcon Lake, 62,000 6,199–8,273 2,822
    2009 Boko Haram insurgency, Religious violence in Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger, Chad
    358,000 8,000 2,600
    2011 Syrian civil war, Inter-rebel conflict, Syrian–Turkish border clashes Rojava conflict, Rojava–Islamist conflict, Daraa insurgency 500,000–606,000+ 5,828 2,012
    2011 Ethnic violence in South Sudan, 386,000–400,000+ 1,986 731
    2011 Nigerian bandit conflict 12,000+ 2,600 1,020
    2012 Mali War 15,000+ 1,911 1,905
    2012 Central African Republic Civil War 9,000+ 1,704 500
    2017 Insurgency in Cabo Delgado Mozambique, Tanzania 5,000+ 1,194 341

    Minor conflicts (100–999 combat-related deaths in current or past year)
    The 20 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100, and
    fewer than 1,000, direct, violent deaths in a current or past calendar year. Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Cumulative fatalities 2021 fatalities 2022 fatalities
    1947 Indo-Pakistani Wars, Insurgency in Kashmir 200,000–2,000,000 575 110 1954 Insurgency in Northeast India, Assam separatist movements
    Insurgency in Manipur, Ethnic conflict in Nagaland, Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh 40,000 41–150 130
    1948 Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Gaza–Israel conflict, Palestine, 27,000 484 83
    1948 Insurgency in Balochistan, Sistan/Baluchestan insurgency, Insurgency in Sindh 20,289–20,589+ 620 335
    1969 Moro conflict, Philippines 120,000–150,000 170 125
    1962 Papua conflict, Indonesia 100,000–500,000 123 44
    1967 Naxalite–Maoist insurgency, India 12,877–14,369+ 163–562 175
    1969 Communist rebellion in the Philippines, 45,000–63,973 450 97
    1984 Kurdish–Turkish conflict, (2015–present) Turkey/Iraq/Syria 55,000–60,000 297 32
    2003 Conflict in the Niger Delta, Bakassi conflict, 2016 Niger Delta conflict Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria, Cameroon 650 320 50
    2004 Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan 45,369+ 114–460 315
    2011 Libyan crisis Libya 30,000–43,000 115 49
    2011 Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan & Blue Nile, 7,166 220 10
    2011 Sinai insurgency Egypt 5,853–7,353+ 257 160
    2016 Philippine drug war 31,945 525 120
    2017 Anglophone Crisis, Cameroon 6,000+ 790 228
    2018 Bangladesh drug war, 583+ 347 129
    2019 Benishangul-Gumuz conflict, Ethiopia 1322 970 135
    2020 Afar–Somali clashes, Ethiopia 577 550 27
    2021 Insurgency in Northern Chad 305 305 0

    Skirmishes and clashes (fewer than 100 combat-related deaths in current or past year)
    The 19 conflicts in the following list have caused fewer than 100 direct, violent deaths in a current or past calendar year.

    Start of conflict Conflict Continent Location Cumulative fatalities 2021 fatalities 2022 fatalities
    1922 Arab separatism in Khuzestan Iran 501+ 4[ 2
    1945 Korean conflict North Korea, South Korea 3,000,000 14 21
    1946 Kurdish separatism in Iran, PJAK conflict, W Iran clashes (2016–present) 15,000–58,000+ 90 61
    1973 Western Sahara conflict, W Saharan clashes (2020–present) Morocco Saharawi Republic 14,000–21,000+ 45 12
    1963 Katanga insurgency, DR Congo, 1,934+ 26 0
    1975 Cabinda War, Angola 30,000 48 34
    1976 Corsican conflict, 2022 Corsica unrest, France 140+ 0 1
    1980 Internal conflict in Peru, 70,000 24 5
    1982 Casamance conflict, Senegal 5,000+ 24 13
    1988 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis 39,000–49,000+ 57 11
    1987 Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, DR Congo 100,000+ 2 0
    1994 Chiapas conflict, Mexico 316 8[ 0
    1998 Dissident Irish republican campaign, UK 160+ 1 0
    1999 Internal conflict in Bangladesh, 3,000+ 1 9
    2004 South Thailand insurgency, 7,294 93 15
    2005 Insurgency in Paraguay, 111 41 6
    2007 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes +470 8 56
    2013 Insurgency in Egypt, 5,800+ 7 11
    2015 ISIL insurgency in Tunisia, 235+ 19 0

    Deaths by country
    This section details armed-conflict–related fatalities by country.
    Conflict Deaths 17 Deadliest Countries 2015-2020
    Rank 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
    Country Deaths Country Deaths Country Deaths Country Deaths Country Deaths Country Deaths
    1 Syria Positive decrease49,742 Syria Positive decrease39,000 Afghanistan Negative increase35,941 Afghanistan Negative increase41,735 Mexico Positive decrease34,512* Afghanistan/ Afghanistan Negative increase42,223
    2 Mexico Negative increase23,953*[198] Mexico Negative increase31,174* Mexico Negative increase33,341*[199] Mexico Negative increase35,588* Afghanistan Positive decrease20,674 Yemen Negative increase31,048
    3 Iraq Positive decrease23,898 Afghanistan Positive decrease23,065 Yemen Negative increase22,201 Yemen Positive decrease16,050 Yemen Negative increase19,561 Ethiopia Negative increase22,800
    4 Afghanistan Positive decrease23,539 Iraq Positive decrease13,187 Syria Positive decrease20,130 Syria Positive decrease11,244 Syria Positive decrease7,620 Myanmar Negative increase11,114
    5 Somalia Negative increase5,575 Myanmar Negative increase6,700+ Iraq Positive decrease4,920 Saudi Arabia Negative increase4,832 Nigeria Negative increase7,172 Nigeria Negative increase9,687
    6 Nigeria Positive decrease4,684 Somalia Positive decrease4,969 Nigeria Negative increase4,850 Somalia Positive decrease2,604 DR Congo Negative increase6,162 Mexico Positive decrease8,273
    7 Sudan Negative increase3,891 South Sudan Positive decrease3,528 Somalia Positive decrease3,862 Libya Negative increase2,200+ Azerbaijan/ Artsakh Negative increase6,110 DR Congo Negative increase6,283
    8 South Sudan Negative increase3,544 Nigeria Positive decrease3,432 Saudi Arabia Negative increase3,509 Iraq Positive decrease1,850+ Somalia Negative increase2,950 Syria Positive decrease5,828
    9 Libya Negative increase2,865 Sudan Positive decrease2,450 DR Congo Positive decrease1,757 Mali Positive decrease734+ Mali Negative increase2,734 Somalia Negative increase 3,532
    10 Turkey Negative increase2,013 DR Congo Negative increase1,857 Mali Negative increase1,285 Egypt Positive decrease529+ Iraq Negative increase2,436 Iraq Negative increase2,605
    11 Pakistan Positive decrease1,803[200][201] Central African Republic Negative increase1,757 South Sudan Positive decrease1,166 South Sudan Positive decrease519 Burkina Faso Negative increase2,268 Burkina Faso Negative increase2,358
    12 Egypt Positive decrease1,707 Libya Positive decrease1,564 India Negative increase988[202] India Positive decrease~403 South Sudan Negative increase2,245 South Sudan Positive decrease1,986
    13 DR Congo Positive decrease1,565 Egypt Positive decrease1,506 Cameroon Negative increase945 DR Congo Positive decrease302+ Ethiopia Negative increase1,813 Mali Positive decrease1,911
    14 Yemen Positive decrease1,375 Ethiopia Negative increase1,445 Ethiopia Positive decrease886 Colombia Positive decrease238 Mozambique Negative increase1,696 Central African Republic Negative increase1,704
    15 Ethiopia Negative increase1,114 Philippines Negative increase1,429 Central African Republic Positive decrease842 Cameroon Positive decrease234 Libya Positive decrease1,484 Sudan Negative increase1,584
    16 India Negative increase905[203] Yemen Positive decrease1,319 Pakistan Positive decrease736[204] Pakistan Positive decrease206 Cameroon Negative increase1,447 Niger Negative increase1,454
    17 Ukraine Positive decrease902 Pakistan Positive decrease1,269[200][201] Libya Positive decrease727 Thailand Negative increase163 Philippines Negative increase1,316 Colombia Negative increase1,399
    *Mainly homicides rather than battle-related casualties

    See also
    Outline of war and battles in the world (by date, region, type of conflict, deaths)
    List of number of conflicts per year
    List of wars: 2003–present
    List of events named massacres
    List of terrorist incidents
    List of active separatist movements
    List of active rebel groups
    List of rebel groups that control territory
    List of designated terrorist groups
    List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity
    Protest
    Frozen conflict
    Uppsala Conflict Data Program
    Casualty recording
    Failed state

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)