By Tsvetana Paraskova For more than ten weeks, portfolio managers have been consistently amassing bullish bets in the most important petroleum futures contracts, as market fundamentals were pointing to OPEC over-delivering on the production cuts, Venezuela’s supply crashing, and potential losses from conflict-torn Libya, amid resilient global oil demand growth. Last week, oil prices jumped … Read more
by follyboyz The more they try to subvert things, the more we should seek the truth. Although the truth is scattered like puzzle pieces, it is there. We need to remember who we are as individuals and as a collective. There is so much to learn and so much that could truly benefit humankind. Compare … Read more
Jason talks about John Bolton’s impromptu press conference today about Venezuela held on the White House lawn and about Venezuela and the oil market. 1) Venezuela Coup? “Live Fire” Exchanged Outside Contested Air Base, Armored Car Plows Into Protesters https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-0… 2) How Socialism Destroyed Venezuela https://economics21.org/how-socialism… 3) Venezuela was my home, and socialism destroyed it. … Read more
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton discusses who exactly should should be investigated for illicit anti-Trump targeting.
by DrPenguin Reparations Who gets them? How much? Who pays? These are the simplest questions on the issue and they dance around them when given an opportunity to explain. My favorite is when they answer that “it’s something we should discuss” when asked to discuss this. Prisoners Voting What people fail to realize is that the … Read more
by Mac Slavo of SHTFplan No one seems to care that a government already over $22 trillion in debt is on schedule to borrow another $990 million this year. All of this is occurring as individual Americans further enslave themselves with higher debt loads and retail stores fail over the inability to pay back the money they borrowed. … Read more
by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report At dawn, US-backed and self-proclaimed president of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, announced the “final phase” of his coup against the Maduro government. While defections from the military are minor at this point, it is unknown whether the coup will reach critical mass. In the US, both Republicans and Democrats – who … Read more
by Frank Shostak via Mises Wire Most economists are of the view that a growing economy requires a growing money stock, because economic growth gives rise to a greater demand for money, which must be accommodated. Failing to do so, it is maintained, will lead to a decline in the prices of goods and services, which in turn … Read more
via pjmedia: With the Kentucky Derby right around the corner, Joe Biden appears to be way up in that other horse race, the Democratic presidential derby. He’s a fat 20 points above Bernie, who seems to be slipping. In fact, we might be able to put a fork in the geriatric socialist. It’s likely voters, even Democrat … Read more