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Oil Market Hype And Crisis Signal Greater Troubles Ahead
Oil Market Hype And Crisis Signal Greater Troubles Ahead Wednesday, 20 April 2016 02:11 Brandon Smith Most people are not avid followers of economic news, and I don’t blame them. Financial analysis is for the most part boring and tedious and you would have to be some kind of crazy to commit a large slice […]
Recycling Societies for Power and Profit
Recycling Societies for Power and Profit The Cruel Fate of the Pawns of Empire A curious diplomatic spectacle is playing out, as the imperial senate tussles over how hot to make it for the Saudis, and how close to hold the vassal sheikhs’ feet to the fire. Once again we are shown how weak and […]
Stéphane Dion approves export permits for $11B in LAVs to be sent to Saudi Arabia
Stéphane Dion approves export permits for $11B in LAVs to be sent to Saudi Arabia Documents say past sales have not been linked to violations of civil or political rights in the kingdom Documents obtained by CBC News are shedding light on the strategy the federal government is using to justify the sale of light […]
Video of the Day – 60 Minutes Explores the Saudi Links to 9/11 Attacks
Video of the Day – 60 Minutes Explores the Saudi Links to 9/11 Attacks I’ve been exploring the obvious links between Saudi Arabia and the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 for several years now. This issue is deeply personal to me. Not only was I working across the street in 3 World Financial Center when the attacks happened, […]
Are The Saudis And Russians Deliberately Sabotaging Doha?
Are The Saudis And Russians Deliberately Sabotaging Doha? The actions and intentions of Saudi Arabia and Russia—the two largest oil-producing nations attending the Doha meeting on 17 April—have dashed all hopes of any fruitful outcome. The most important meeting of the last three decades, which has promised to forge new friendships and a new cartel, […]
The Year the Oil Bubble Burst
The Year the Oil Bubble Burst As companies are forced to slash value of reserves, industry faces a grim new future. The days of artificially inflated oil prices might be over forever. Teardrop image via Shutterstock. Are we witnessing the beginning of the end for the oil industry? It’s reporting season in the financial world and like […]
Saudis Retaliate To “Oil Freeze” Fallout: Ban Transport Of Iranian Crude In Territorial Waters
Saudis Retaliate To “Oil Freeze” Fallout: Ban Transport Of Iranian Crude In Territorial Waters At first, when it announced the terms of its “oil freeze” agreement with Russia one month ago, Saudi Arabia seemed willing to grant Iran a temporary exemption from the supply freeze, at least until it recovers its pre-embargo production levels. That […]
Iran Oil Minister Rejects Saudi Demand To Freeze Crude Production
Iran Oil Minister Rejects Saudi Demand To Freeze Crude Production In the aftermath of Bloomberg’s surprising Friday report, according to which Saudi Arabia flipflopped on its previous promise that it would freeze its oil output while allowing Iran to grow supply until it hit its pre-embargo peak, instead saying that it would only join the […]
“Unprecedented Leak” Exposes The Criminal Financial Dealings Of Some Of The World’s Wealthiest People
“Unprecedented Leak” Exposes The Criminal Financial Dealings Of Some Of The World’s Wealthiest People An unprecedented leak of more than 11 million documents, called the “Panama Papers“, has revealed the hidden financial dealings of some of the world’s wealthiest people, as well as 12 current and former world leaders and 128 more politicians and public […]
Saudi Policy Tied to Weak Economy
Saudi Policy Tied to Weak Economy In recent weeks I have read many oil prognosticators theorizing what the ultimate Saudi strategy is, or what their end game might be. To recap, in mid-2014, Saudi Arabia decided to pump more oil into the market that was already starting seeing rising supply. U.S. shale was largely blamed […]
“Production Freeze” Narrative Collapses In Two Days: Russian Oil Output Hits New Post-Soviet Record
“Production Freeze” Narrative Collapses In Two Days: Russian Oil Output Hits New Post-Soviet Record How quickly the oil production freeze narrative has fallen apart. Source: stockboardasset Indeed, it’s been a tough two days for oil bulls holding on to hope that excess oil production will normalize in the near term and that the world’s oil suppliers […]
John McCain Linked Nonprofit Received Million Dollar Donation From Saudi Arabia
John McCain Linked Nonprofit Received Million Dollar Donation From Saudi Arabia John McCain ✔@SenJohnMcCain Qaddafi on his way out, Bashar al Assad is next. 5:25 PM – 21 Aug 2011 Graham has been working with a 14-member group in Congress to urge President Obama to declassify 28 pages of the final report of his inquiry […]
Growing International Movement Seeks to Place Arms Embargo on Saudi Arabia
GROWING INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT SEEKS TO PLACE ARMS EMBARGO ON SAUDI ARABIA A LAWSUIT FILED last week in Canada is seeking to halt a major $15 billion sale of light-armored vehicles to the government of Saudi Arabia, part of a growing international movement to stop arms sales to the Saudi government over its alleged war crimes in Yemen. The suit, […]
The Netherlands Just Banned Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia over Human Rights Abuses
The Netherlands Just Banned Weapon Sales to Saudi Arabia over Human Rights Abuses Landmark bill cites UN figures that Saudi-led troops has killed nearly 6,000 people in Yemen—half of them civilians. Dutch lawmakers have voted to ban weapons exports to Saudi Arabia over the kingdom’s violations of humanitarian law, making the Netherlands the first country in the […]
Oil Price Crash Was Not Saudi Arabia’s Fault
Oil Price Crash Was Not Saudi Arabia’s Fault Quite simply, the Saudis want to maintain their market share, but their means to control that are dwindling. The whole internet is jam-packed with analysis portraying Saudi Arabia and OPEC as villains for the oil price collapse. On a closer look, however, the Saudi’s could have taken […]
