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Trump Administration Moves to Approve New Arms Sales to Saudi Arabian War Criminals
Trump Administration Moves to Approve New Arms Sales to Saudi Arabian War Criminals This week’s episode of “Empire Gone Wild” features our freshly inaugurated dear leader, Donald Trump, who appears determined to enthusiastically continue the Obama administration’s policy of recklessly arming Saudi war criminals. First, here’s a little background from The Washington Post: The State Department has […]
Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, and the Petrodollar
Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, and the Petrodollar Obama pulled out his veto pen 12 times during his presidency. Congress only overrode him once… In late 2016, Obama vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). The bill would allow 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in US courts. With only months left in […]
US Shale Production To Soar By 3.5 Million Barrels/Day Over Next Five Years: BofA Explains Why
US Shale Production To Soar By 3.5 Million Barrels/Day Over Next Five Years: BofA Explains Why Two years ago, when Saudi Arabia launched on an unprecedented campaign to crush high-cost oil producers, in the process effectively putting an end to the OPEC cartel (at least until last year’s attempt to cut production), it made a […]
Trump Left Saudi Arabia Off His Immigration Ban… Here’s the Shocking Reason Why
Trump Left Saudi Arabia Off His Immigration Ban… Here’s the Shocking Reason Why On August 15, 1971, President Nixon killed the last remnants of the gold standard. It was one of the most significant events in US history—on par with the 1929 stock market crash, JFK’s assassination, or the 9/11 attacks. Yet most people know […]
Stockman to Trump: It’s the Economy, Stupid
Stockman to Trump: It’s the Economy, Stupid In a recent appearance on CNN, David Stockman suggested that Trump might best spend some time actually addressing economic issues instead of the administration’s travel ban for immigrants from Middle Eastern countries, which Stockman called “a giant misfire.” Pointing out that Americans are far, far more likely to be struck […]
Things That Make You Go Hmm… Like The Death Of The Petrodollar, And What Comes After
Things That Make You Go Hmm… Like The Death Of The Petrodollar, And What Comes After Excerpted from “Get It. Got It. Good” by Grant Williams, author of “Things That Make You Go Hmm…” The story begins in the 1970s when Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon struck a deal with the House of Saud — […]
1/3 of Saudi strikes hit Yemeni hospitals, schools & other civilian targets – study
1/3 of Saudi strikes hit Yemeni hospitals, schools & other civilian targets – study People stand on the rubble of a school destroyed by a Saudi-led air strike in an outskirt of the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen September 14, 2016. © Naif Rahma / Reuters In five of the last 18 months of the Saudi-led […]
Wolf Blitzer Is Worried Defense Contractors Will Lose Jobs if U.S. Stops Arming Saudi Arabia
Wolf Blitzer Is Worried Defense Contractors Will Lose Jobs if U.S. Stops Arming Saudi Arabia SEN. RAND PAUL’S expression of opposition to a $1.1 billion U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia — which has been brutally bombing civilian targets in Yemen using U.S.-made weapons for more than a year now — alarmed CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Thursday […]
The 28-Pages Are Way Worse Than I Thought
The 28-Pages Are Way Worse Than I Thought Shortly after the release of the infamous 28-pages earlier today, the White House issued a statement dismissing allegations of Saudi involvement in the attacks of 9/11. I believe such assurances are intended to prevent people from reading it in the first place, because if you actually read them, […]
Saudi Ties to 9/11 Detailed in Documents Suppressed Since 2002
SAUDI TIES TO 9/11 DETAILED IN DOCUMENTS SUPPRESSED SINCE 2002 AFTER YEARS OF political wrangling, the suppressed section of a 2002 congressional report that detailed possible ties between the Saudi government and the 9/11 terrorist attacks was released today. The classified documents have been the source of heated speculation for years, as they highlighted alleged links between high-ranking members of the Saudi […]
The Real 9/11 Conspiracy
The Real 9/11 Conspiracy Secretary of State John Kerry, center, poses with his Arab counterparts after a meeting in Saudi Arabia on Sept. 11, 2014. Kerry’s visit was aimed at pinning down Middle Eastern allies on what support they were willing to give to U.S. plans to beat back Islamic State, which had seized large […]
The Mystery Of Saudi Treasury Holdings Solved: US Reveals Saudi Holdings For The First Time
The Mystery Of Saudi Treasury Holdings Solved: US Reveals Saudi Holdings For The First Time In the aftermath of Saudi Arabia’s explicit threat to sell off US Treasurys (of which according to the NYT it had some $750 billion) should the US pursue legislation that could hold it liable for the September 11 bombings, Wall Street’s analysts quickly tried […]
The Future of Geopolitics and Energy Markets
The Future of Geopolitics and Energy Markets Energy prices and geopolitics have been interconnected since the beginning of the twentieth century, but expanded globalization, increased industrialization, and booming fossil fuel supplies have made this relationship increasingly brittle. The political actions of energy-producing states such as Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, and the United States impact energy prices. Conversely, […]
