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  1. AC


    Juan Guaido has been banned from running for public office in Venezuela by the country's embattled government, for inconsistencies in his personal financial disclosures...

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  2. Marina Schwarz


    I've been seeing headlines about deteriorating security in Iraq. What's going on there? Weren't things beginning to calm down?
      

  3. Marina Schwarz


    I'd appreciate input from anyone on site, so to speak. I read the conservatives are in the lead.
      

  4. cv


    Trudeau's Rival Pledges Energy Independence by 2030 by  Bloomberg   (Bloomberg) -- Canada’s opposition Conservatives, leading in the polls ahead of October elections, will seek to make...
      

  5. jose chalhoub


    Allegedly there was an attempt of a military coup in Gabon, the second minor oil producer in OPEC against president Ali Bongo, which was...
      

  6. EA


    The US has slapped visa bans on ICC officials who are investigating so-called war crimes by US or allied military personnel in Afghanistan, as...
      

  7. RH


    U.S. Senate drafting bill to sanction Nord Stream 2. Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) are drafting a bill that would target Nord Stream 2...
      

  8. Marina Schwarz


    10 Ways Life Will Change If China Becomes The World’s Superpower Half of these are wild extrapolations and the other half smack of conspiracy theories...
      

  9. ronwagn


    https://www.texansfornaturalgas.com/us_oil_and_gas_production_reshaping_global_politics?utm_campaign=july_26_update&utm_medium=email&utm_source=northtexansfornaturalgas U.S. Oil And Gas Production Is Reshaping Global Politics has reshaped geopolitics and improved our national security, while also dramatically improving our balance of trade.   My...
      

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  10. ronwagn


    https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/05/27/the-russian-economy-is-stagnating-a65760   The Russian Economy Is Stagnating GDP growth since the start of the year has been well below forecasts. The economy of Russia is now only equal...
      

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  11. cv


    Chinese defense minister says Tiananmen crackdown was justified Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe said on Sunday that the bloody crackdown on protesters around Beijing's Tiananmen...
      

  12. Guillaume Albasini


    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47628854  

  13. cv


    $4 trillion climate plan that aims to tax carbon, return funds to American people   Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney became the latest 2020 candidate to...
      

  14. Marina Schwarz


    U.S. Resists Guaido's Request to Shield Venezuela From Creditors If this guy seriously expected the U.S. -- or anyone else, for that matter -- to...
      

  15. Marina Schwarz


    https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-china-rareearth-ahome/column-rare-earths-trade-gun-is-loaded-will-china-pull-the-trigger-idUKKCN1ST1M2 The importance of raw materials.
      

  16. SF


    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...

  17. James Regan


    Is it just knock on or natural domino effect that the US Trade War with China is conveniently causing serious economic problems with Cuba and...
      

  18. ronwagn


    https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-09-03/us-military-surrounding-venezuela-new-deployment-guyana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essequibo_River
      

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  19. ronwagn


    https://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/Middle-East/A-New-Middle-East-Mega-War-Is-Unfolding-Right-Before-Our-Eyes.html    I don't see a mega war happening right now, but if Russia, China, and the United States are all getting embroiled in...
      

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  20. AC


    Talks are underway in Norway between Venezuela’s government and “democratic” opponents in a possible search for a mediated solution following a failed uprising against...

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  21. James Regan


    USS Boxer shoots down Iranian Drone in the Straights of Hormuz. Sorry for starting a new thread the last thread on this topic got well...
      

  22. Tom Kirkman


    I am aghast at the deliberate f*ckery of most of American Mainstream Media.  Yesterday's achievments in Trump disabling the North Korea nuclear threat and enabling an outbreak...

  23. Douglas Buckland


    As I have stated before, I am not a 'financial guy', so this is directed towards those out there that are. As we can all...
      

  24. ronwagn


    https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/06/un-humans-could-cause-extinction-of-1-million-species-globalism-will-fix/  Globalism Topic https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k8kNhtZJLuN66TpDuo67WBV1U2JhhZIvAefxeMNK0ls/edit#   UN: Humans Could Cause Extinction of 1 Million Species, Globalism Will Fix
      

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  25. Marina Schwarz


    Jeremy Hunt says he ‘150% agrees’ with Trump’s attack on Sadiq Khan Okay, I understand a lot of people agree with Trump's opinion of London's...
      

  26. Tom Kirkman


    If true, this has enormous geopolitical implications, especially with regards to Iran / Saudi rivalry.  And OPEC. Top Saudi Diplomat to Israeli Paper: ‘Age of...

  27. ronwagn


    https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/28/britains-conservatives-are-committing-green-suicide/ https://policy.greenparty.org.uk/   What We Stand For Our Core Values Philosophical Basis Record of Policy Statements JOIN THE GREEN PARTY Long Term Goals Animal Rights Climate Change Countryside Crime and Justice Culture, Media and Sports Disability Drug Use Economy Education Energy Europe Food and...
      

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  28. Marina Schwarz


    Utilities are 'the new cyber battlefield,' as US ramps up pressure on Russia's electric grid Call me if the discussion goes into a general grid...
      

  29. Jv


    President Donald Trump made a personal phone call to Conrad Black, whom I think is now in Toronto  (and has avoided coming into the...
      

  30. ronwagn


    https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/17/revealed-tom-steyers-firm-funded-coal-plants-australia-china-indonesia/ Revealed: Tom Steyer’s Firm Funded Coal Plants in Australia, China, and Indonesia Despite marketing himself as an “environmental justice” advocate combating “climate change,” billionaire Democrat...
      

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