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U.S. Doubles Down On Ethanol Despite Glut
U.S. Doubles Down On Ethanol Despite Glut Despite finding itself the midst of a massive glut, the United States ethanol industry is set to see three new plants come online over the next year, adding a combined annual production of 270 million gallons to the nation’s already ballooning ethanol oversupply. The industry has been plagued […]
Brutally Honest: Facebook Removes then Restores Images from Yemen
Brutally Honest: Facebook Removes then Restores Images from Yemen A couple of questions describe the problem with censorship: Who controls the censors? What biases do they have? Please consider Photo of a Starving Girl in Yemen Prompts Facebook to Remove Posts of Article. For a few hours after The New York Times published an article […]
Why Canadian Tar Sands Oil May Be Doomed
Why Canadian Tar Sands Oil May Be Doomed At current prices, Canadian tar sands oil producers are losing money on every barrel of oil they dig out. Despite signs earlier this year the industry would “turn profitable in 2018,” a much more likely scenario at this point is a fourth straight year of losses. Producers are forced […]
The Trade War Is Getting Worse For U.S. Businesses
The Trade War Is Getting Worse For U.S. Businesses President Donald Trump’s trade war is making things even worse than before for businesses in the United States. The trade war has been dragging on for four long months now, and the pain is being felt financially. Companies’ earlier worries are starting to translate into actual financial pain as new orders […]
“No Chance INF Will Be Renegotiated” Says Top Russian Official Ahead Of Trump-Putin Meeting
“No Chance INF Will Be Renegotiated” Says Top Russian Official Ahead Of Trump-Putin Meeting On Wednesday a top Russian defense official warned that it’s impossible that Moscow will renegotiate the the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF), said to likely be at the top of the agenda when Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are set to meet […]
Killing Journalists Is Wrong When the Saudis Do It — and When the United States Does It, Too
Killing Journalists Is Wrong When the Saudis Do It — and When the United States Does It, Too Tareq Ayoub’s daughter, Fatima, 4, and father, Naeem Ayoub, during a protest outside the Al Jazeera office in Amman on Nov. 24, 2005. Photo: Majed Jaber/Reuters WHAT LESSON SHOULD be learned from the brutal murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal […]
“The Central Bank Will Intervene”: PBOC Said To Sell Reserves If Yuan Drops Below 7.00
“The Central Bank Will Intervene”: PBOC Said To Sell Reserves If Yuan Drops Below 7.00 According to the latest data from China’s SAFE, net FX outflows from China picked up to US$21BN in September (vs. US$11BN in August) and the highest since mid-2017 with Goldman noting that “outflow might have increased moderately further in October, but […]
Top Communist Party Official Threatens Military Intervention Over Pence’s Support For Taiwan
Top Communist Party Official Threatens Military Intervention Over Pence’s Support For Taiwan With the on-again-off-again trade war detente back in “off again” mode as China is once again refusing to bow to the US’s demands for concessions, and with military tensions simmering in the background as the US seriously considers withdrawing from the INF, the […]
TSA announces “biometrics vision for all commercial aviation travelers”
TSA announces “biometrics vision for all commercial aviation travelers” Today the US Transportation Security Administration released a detailed TSA Biometric Roadmap for Aviation Security & the Passenger Experience, making explicit the goal of requiring mug shots (to be used for automated facial recognition and image-based surveillance and control) as a condition of all domestic or […]
Germany Admits it Needs More from Russia than Nordstream 2
Germany Admits it Needs More from Russia than Nordstream 2 During the years the U.S. and its satraps in Poland and the Baltics fought the Nordstream 2 pipeline it was always apparent Germany was in the driver’s seat. It was also apparent that this would be the wedge issue that would ultimately force Germany to […]
Two Stories from the Propaganda War
Two Stories from the Propaganda War Two recent stories about Russians have demonstrated how the news is selected and manipulated in the United States. The first is about Maria Butina, who apparently sought to overthrow American democracy, such as it is, by obtaining a life membership in the National Rifle Association. Maria, a graduate student […]
“Tech-Wrecked”: Global Stocks, US Futures Plunge As Panic Selling Returns
“Tech-Wrecked”: Global Stocks, US Futures Plunge As Panic Selling Returns “The good news is: It’s Friday. The bad news is: everything else.” For traders, Bloomberg’s summary of today’s early morning action couldn’t be more spot on. On the last day of a turbulent week, global market turmoil is back with a vengeance and traders in […]
Nation Transfixed In Horror By Toy Bombs While Destroying Lives With Real Ones
Nation Transfixed In Horror By Toy Bombs While Destroying Lives With Real Ones Media headlines have been dominated for the last two days by the news that pipe bombs are being sent to Democratic Party elites and their allies, a list of whom as of this writing consists of Bill and Hillary Clinton, Barack and Michelle […]
“We Will Be At War With China In 15 Years” Predicts Former Commander Of U.S. Army In Europe
“We Will Be At War With China In 15 Years” Predicts Former Commander Of U.S. Army In Europe Days after U.S. warships made a provocative passage through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, further making already strained tensions between the Washington and Beijing — currently in the midst of a trade war — even hotter, the former top commander of the US […]
