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Khamenei Demands Oil Guarantees from Europe
It was going so well for Iran and now the ayatollah has gone and tried to ruined it by threatening Iran will restart its...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Donald Trump: Process of impeachment has moved to next stage, Pelosi says
https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-process-of-impeachment-has-moved-to-next-stage-pelosi-says-11878824 Ms Pelosi argued that "no one is above the law" and Mr Trump's actions were a "violation of the public trust and constitution". Well this...- Rob Plant Replied
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A Double Standard?
Okay, over the past few days Trump has been vilified for supposedly throwing ‘the Kurds’ to the Turkish wolf by pulling out roughly 1000...- Douglas Buckland Replied
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Brazil
What influence on the world oil market can have the rise of the extreme right-wing policy in Brazil?- Luís César Nunes Replied
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Sanctions are Good for You
More sanctions coming to Russia if the "bill from hell"* gets signed but, apparently, the effect on Russia's oil industry will be more modest...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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The G7 Meeting Debacle: Cirque de Non-Soleil
This pic has gone viral. It should be here as well. Also, the media coverage is simply brilliant: "When the world leaders convened around a bonfire...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Is anyone else really worried: Trump in N Korea...
I'm not sure if we should be running to the underground bunker now or not. Is anyone else overly concerned about Trump meeting with...- north korea
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Trump, AOC Team Up?
Trump and AOC can actually help each other. Trump wants a trade deal with China that is a level playing field for the US...- Doyle Johnson Replied
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Bad ISM Numbers
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/082b9cfa-880b-316f-a607-632e9941423b/u.s.-manufacturers-experience.html What happened: Production, employment and inventories all declined in September. The index for new orders actually rose a tick to 47.3%, but it’s still at...- Zhong Lu Replied
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The demise of petrocaribe
PETROCARIBE, a mechanism created during Chavez's heydays and which seemed to be a geopolitical tool leveraging on the use of oil to the Caribbean...- oil
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Is China an Emerging Market?
This from one of my favourite journalists covering "sensitive" countries such as China and Russia. Last for today, I promise!- china
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Protests in Sudan
I have always said that things and issues in Sudan and also in South Sudan are far from being over, either between both states...- sudan
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Vitoil Says No One's Going to Get Past US Sanctions on Iran
Bloomberg is quoting Vitol as saying that no one will be able to get around the US sanctions on Iran, but I'm not entirely...- vitoil
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OIlprice Article: Did Trump’s ‘Plan B’ For Iran Just Fail?
Nick Cunningham's article on Oilprice, "Did Trump’s ‘Plan B’ For Iran Just Fail?", suggests that Trump was trying to build a coalition. I posit...- BenFranklin'sSpectacles Replied
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Bottom of the Barrel
Utica and Marcellus shale has been the "nOPEC" destroyer going on a decade now. Also to understand oil pricing one must understand how the...- George Doolittle Replied
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Another Twist in the Yemen Proxy War (it's getting crowded in here)
So, this is a new twist I wasn't aware of earlier. The Yemeni island of Socotra has now been sucked into the war, but...- Kate Turlington Replied
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Saudi License To Kill In Yemen? Target: Iran.
The US ambassador to Yemen has accused the Iranian backed Houthis of failing to uphold what was agreed to in talks held in Sweden...- saudi arabia
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Temer Arrested for Corruption
The former president is the latest to get swept into the Car Wash investigations. I'm beginning to wonder if anyone will be left standing...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Impeach The Government
Interesting article here regarding history and government. I don't agree with all of it but thought I'd share. I know you guys love a...- DayTrader Replied
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Terrorist Attack Kills 25 in Iran
At Least 25 Dead, 60 Wounded In Military Parade Attack In Iran Can the Middle Eastern hell get any more horrible? Sure it can.- Marina Schwarz Replied
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China Slams Premature Blaming For Aramco Attack As US Hawks Argue "Military Action"
(ZeroHedge) - After Trump's Sunday "Locked and Loaded" comment in response to the early Saturday precision strikes on Saudi Aramco facilities from an as...- DayTrader Replied
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Royal Drama Already in Full Force with Dangerous Talk of Replacing MBS
Nothing would rock markets like this for the year ... https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-10-19/saudi-allegiance-council-meeting-secret-consider-mbs-replacement-report But speculation is now going to come out of the woodwork from everywhere. Also heard...- saudi arabia
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Remoaners' Campaigns Collapse Into Civil War
The anti-Brexit People's Vote campaign has disintegrated into an open feud among 9 sub-groups. The People's Vote campaign has disintegrated. Eurointelligence calls it a Civil War. People's...- DayTrader Replied
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EU Sets Up SPV for Iran Trade
Barter is the name of the game. The EU has set up a special-purpose vehicle to do trade with Iran without using dollars. So...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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NASA Presentation - Future Strategic Issues / Future Warfare [circa 2025]
NASA has released a 113 slide PowerPoint presentation. To the U.S. Military and Intelligence agencies. Hope you read it, some of these ideas are... mindboggling.- Tom Kirkman Replied
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''Let Me Know When It's Over'' - The Boredom And / Or Hilarity Of Geopolitics (2 Articles)
This is an article, by a journalist. Note - I added the second half of the title as I find geopolitics funny and interesting and anything but boring,...- DayTrader Replied
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China does Middle East big time!
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-arabstates/chinas-xi-pledges-20-billion-in-loans-to-revive-middle-east-idUSKBN1K0072. And the contest for the conquering of Middle East just got much more interesting. Enter China..- jose chalhoub Replied
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Nobel Peace Prize for Trump??
https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2019/02/25/trump-eyes-nobel-peace-prize-with-north-korea-policy.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/23/opinion/sunday/north-korea-summit-trump.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/trump-should-get-the-nobel-peace-prize-for-north-korea-talks-says-souths-moon/2018/04/30/9f89798c-4c6d-11e8-b966-bfb0da2dad62_story.html?utm_term=.89afbeb5c18b- Sukumar Ray Replied
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