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Saudis, Russians Consider Pausing Oil Production Increases In Retaliation To Biden SPR Release
Saudis, Russians Consider Pausing Oil Production Increases In Retaliation To Biden SPR Release When commenting on yesterday’s SPR release announcement by the Biden admin and several assorted hanger-on nations – which has backfired spectacularly sending the price of oil soaring now that the rumor can no longer be sold so the news has to be […]
Cop-26–Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
COP26 – Caught in a Net: Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Decarbonisation Agenda
OPEC+ Reportedly Threatening Response To Global Coordinated SPR Release
OPEC+ Reportedly Threatening Response To Global Coordinated SPR Release In an apparent ‘threat’ response to headlines suggesting the Biden administration is attempting to coordinate a global SPR release to push down oil prices (and following reports from Japanese media that the government is preparing to release crude from its strategic stockpiles), the Riyadh-based International Energy Forum said OPEC+ […]
Biden Asks The World For Help Easing The Global Energy Crisis
Biden Asks The World For Help Easing The Global Energy Crisis Oil prices have fallen below a key psychological barrier on news that Biden is trying to persuade a number of countries to release crude from their Strategic Petroleum Reserves. Biden’s highly unusual move comes just months after he made another request to OPEC+ to […]
Putin Says the West Is Taking Russia’s ‘Red Lines’ Too Lightly
Putin Says the West Is Taking Russia’s ‘Red Lines’ Too Lightly The Russian leader says relations with US are ‘unsatisfactory’ and is open to more talks On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Western powers are taking Moscow’s “red lines” too lightly. “We’re constantly voicing our concerns about this, talking about red lines, but we understand […]
Nobody Who Says “You Can Criticize Washington AND Beijing” Actually Does
Nobody Who Says “You Can Criticize Washington AND Beijing” Actually Does Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Whenever I criticize the US empire’s manipulations and aggressions on a nation which disobeys its dictates I always get comments from people saying “You know, Caitlin, two things can be bad at once. You can criticize both.” They […]
Should We Get Prepared for a Real “Duck and Cover” Provocation?
Should We Get Prepared for a Real “Duck and Cover” Provocation? Look out! All the signals suggest the liberal order is about to plant a false flag operation smack on Russia’s western frontiers. At first, ludicrous claims of Russian troop buildup seemed like propaganda 101, but the craziness has gained momentum now. The steamrolling fear […]
EU Gas Prices Soar On NS2 Delays, Sudden Belarus Pipeline Closure
EU Gas Prices Soar On NS2 Delays, Sudden Belarus Pipeline Closure European natural gas prices continue to soar after Nord Stream 2 pipeline delays were seen earlier this week, and now a major crude pipeline from Russia into Europe has temporarily halted flows due to “unscheduled repairs.” The newest market generated information pushing up European natgas prices […]
US Coverup Of Syria Massacre Shows The Danger Of The Assange Precedent
US Coverup Of Syria Massacre Shows The Danger Of The Assange Precedent Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The New York Times has published a very solid investigative report on a US military coverup of a 2019 massacre in Baghuz, Syria which killed scores of civilians. This would be the second investigative report on civilian-slaughtering US airstrikes […]
Call It The Department Of Aggression, Not ‘Defense’: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Call It The Department Of Aggression, Not ‘Defense’: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix Most of what consumes human attention is narrative; stories about what’s happening, which can be easily manipulated by the powerful. Things that are not narrative include weapons, troops, and resources. You can punch through the narrative distortion by just watching where […]
“No Extra Gas Booked” – European Gas Prices Surge After Putin Punks Freezing Continent
“No Extra Gas Booked” – European Gas Prices Surge After Putin Punks Freezing Continent In late October, the market rejoiced and nat gas prices puked (even as we warned this was just the latest joke the Kremlin was playing at gullible Europe’s expense) after news that Russian President Vladimir Putin had asked Gazprom to “gradually” raise volumes […]
Conflict In North Africa Threatens Gas Supply To Europe
Conflict In North Africa Threatens Gas Supply To Europe A diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Algeria threatens gas supply to Spain Spain considers importing more (expensive) LNG Algeria faces a number of problems in expanding its gas market share in Europe European natural gas supplies are not only waning because of lower Russian supply. Brussels, […]
Saudis Respond To Biden: Your Energy Crisis Isn’t Our Problem
Saudis Respond To Biden: Your Energy Crisis Isn’t Our Problem US gas prices at the pump (national average) are at $3.421, having soared since President Biden was elected – much like they did when President Obama was elected – to some of the highest prices in history… President Biden refuses to take any blame for […]
The Next European War
The Next European War The notion that history has nothing to teach us is one of the most pervasive beliefs in modern industrial society. It’s also one of the most misguided. Sure, we’ve got all these shiny new technological trinkets, and we love to insist to ourselves that this means we’re constantly breaking new ground […]
When they say money, think energy
When they say money, think energy The Indian government ruffled a few feathers at the COP this morning, by raising the thorny question of the £722bn they were supposed to receive to aid their transition away from fossil fuels. Because, when all is said and done, the proposed transition is all about money. Decommissioning the old fossil […]
