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Why Isn’t U.S. Shale Production Soaring?
Why Isn’t U.S. Shale Production Soaring? With oil prices threatening to break $100 this year, many observers are confused by the lack of a U.S. shale boom. The major reason that U.S. shale companies are reluctant to boost production at all costs is that they need to keep shareholders happy first and foremost. Other issues […]
Biden Says Ukraine Invasion Risk “Very High”; Russia Expels US Deputy Amb., Demands US Leave Eastern Europe
Biden Says Ukraine Invasion Risk “Very High”; Russia Expels US Deputy Amb., Demands US Leave Eastern Europe Summary: Reports overnight from both sides (Ukraine, Rebels) that shelling has begun, claiming ceasefire broken US envoy says evidence on the ground is that Russia is moving toward an “imminent invasion,” says “this is a crucial moment.” Russia […]
Inflation – Cassandra Speaks
Inflation – Cassandra Speaks Inflation should be front and centre for markets – give or take Ukraine, Oil, etc. How real is it, and just how bad could the consequences be? Not talking about it is one way to ensure it hurts. “The way to crush the bourgeoise is to grind them between the millstones […]
Another All-Time Media Faceplant
Another All-Time Media Faceplant After the Biden administration and the press wrongly predicted a Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 16th, they kept compounding the error in spectacular fashion “It was a joke, you idiots.” If cluelessness can be art, American journalists unveiled their Sistine Chapel this week, in a remarkable collection of misreports and […]
“Russian Propaganda” Means Disputing US Propaganda
“Russian Propaganda” Means Disputing US Propaganda Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The Associated Press has published yet another article based on unevidenced assertions by anonymous government officials about the scary horrifying frightening Russian menace, this time to accuse another media outlet of promoting propaganda. Without a trace of irony. “U.S. intelligence officials on Tuesday […]
2 Predictions
2 Predictions René Magritte The voice of blood 1948 (woodblock)1/ If the US truckers manage to organize themselves anywhere close to the way their Canadian brethren have, in projects like Convoy To DC 2022 or American Freedom Convoy 2022, they will cause absolute mayhem stateside, and the Biden admin will very rapidly lift the -announced- vaccination mandates […]
Nord Stream: The Geo-politics of Keeping Germany ‘Down’, Russia ‘Out’, and Instability in Ukraine
Nord Stream: The Geo-politics of Keeping Germany ‘Down’, Russia ‘Out’, and Instability in Ukraine It seems reasonable to expect we will have this crisis with us – in its various forms – for at least the next two years, Alastair Crooke writes. Macron in a remarkably frank interview with a French Journal put his finger on the […]
Gasoline Prices Rise Across US Again, Experts Warn More Pain at Pump Coming
A customer prepares to pump gasoline into his car at a Valero station in Mill Valley, Calif., on July 12, 2021. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Gasoline Prices Rise Across US Again, Experts Warn More Pain at Pump Coming The price of gasoline has risen across the United States again as experts warn that more pain could lie ahead […]
European Energy Prices Soar As Western Media Hypes Imminent Russian Invasion Of Ukraine
European Energy Prices Soar As Western Media Hypes Imminent Russian Invasion Of Ukraine European natural gas and electricity prices jumped as Western corporate media continued to drum up headlines of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine that could spark World War 3. Benchmark European gas prices rose more than 10% to 84 euros a megawatt-hour, the highest […]
Fed One Meeting Away from Creating a Doomsday Market Sinkhole
Fed One Meeting Away from Creating a Doomsday Market Sinkhole Photo CC-BY-2.0 courtesy of the Oregon Department of Transportation The effective Federal Reserve funds rate (the EFFR) has been sitting at virtually zero for a long time now. It feels a little strange to think about the fact that it was 14 years ago when the […]
The Great International Convoy Fiasco
The Great International Convoy Fiasco As America puts the Canadian Prime Minister’s unmentionables in a vice over a truck protest, it’s clearer than ever: the world’s leaders have forgotten how to govern The White House issued a statement Friday, after Joe Biden chatted with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: The two leaders agreed that the actions of the individuals […]
Canadian Police Arrive To “Remove” Freedom Convoy Protesters From Ambassador Bridge
Canadian Police Arrive To “Remove” Freedom Convoy Protesters From Ambassador Bridge Following Friday’s ‘state of emergency’ declaration in Ontario, which empower police to finally clear the protesters blocking the Ambassador Bridge (of course, the Canadian government could have just rolled back the COVID restrictions that inspired the protests to begin with, although Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]
Both US & Russia Evacuate Embassies In Ukraine As Crisis Enters Uncharted Territory
Both US & Russia Evacuate Embassies In Ukraine As Crisis Enters Uncharted Territory update(2/12 8:23amET): In the overnight and early Saturday morning hours, both the US and Russians appear to be drawing down and evacuating their embassies in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev in what’s the most ominous sign yet that military confrontation could be on […]
Biden warns of “world war” whilst Truss says Rostov and Voronezh are not Russian
Biden warns of “world war” whilst Truss says Rostov and Voronezh are not Russian President Joe Biden called for American citizens in Ukraine to leave the country as soon as possible after revealing the potential for a “world war” and warning that “things could go crazy quickly” between the US and Russia. Biden’s bombastic rhetoric […]
Ray McGovern asks: Is Nord Stream 2 Dead in the Water?
Ray McGovern asks: Is Nord Stream 2 Dead in the Water? Does President Joe Biden consider himself King of Europe, with a kind of eminent (or is it “imminent”) domain over multi-billion-dollar projects like the German-Russian Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline? That’s sure what it sounded line yesterday at the joint press conference with […]



