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Oil at $100 per barrel? Attack on Saudi refineries could shake oil market further

RT
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 18:12 UTC

The drone strike on key Saudi oil facilities could stoke already-flaring tensions in the Middle East, driving crude prices higher amid growing fears of supply shortages, market and industry experts believe.

The devastating attack on major Saudi oil refineries at Abqaiq and Khurais slashed the kingdom's output by 50 percent and knocked out more than five percent of global daily production. The consequences of the strikes led to uncertainty in the oil market as it's unclear when the oil giant can restore operations to normal.

Analysts warn that it will take longer than had initially been thought to reopen the refineries, which were shut down after the strikes triggered massive fires there. Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates, believes several months will pass before the entire plants are back to normal, but production may actually be resumed earlier than that.

US defense failure... Why Washington is blaming Iran over Saudi attacks

Finian Cunningham
RT
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:58 UTC

The devastating blitz on Saudi Arabia's oil industry has led to a flurry of accusations from US officials blaming Iran. The reason for the finger-pointing is simple: Washington's spectacular failure to protect its Saudi ally.

The Trump administration needs to scapegoat Iran for the latest military assault on Saudi Arabia because to acknowledge that the Houthi rebels mounted such an audacious assault on the oil kingdom's heartland would be an admission of American inadequacy.

Saudi Arabia has spent billions of dollars in recent years purchasing US Patriot missile defense systems and supposedly cutting-edge radar technology from the Pentagon. If the Yemeni rebels can fly combat drones up to 1,000 kilometers into Saudi territory and knock out the linchpin production sites in the kingdom's oil industry, then that should be a matter of huge embarrassment for US "protectors."

Tulsi Gabbard to Trump: 'We are not your prostitutes - you are not our pimp'

Joel B. Pollak
Breitbart
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 00:00 UTC

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) launched a profane attack on President Donald Trump's foreign policy on Monday evening, denouncing the idea of defending Saudi Arabia: "We are not your prostitutes. You are not our pimp."

Gabbard was responding to President Trump's statements about a potential U.S. response to a recent attack by Houthi rebels on oilfields in Saudi Arabia that threatened global oil supplies and the security of a key American ally.

Yesterday President Trump offered to place our military, my brothers and sisters in uniform, under the command [sic] of Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the dictator of the Islamist Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [sic]. Trump said, "[We] are locked and loaded, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of this attack, and under what terms we would proceed!" Mr. President, as you know, I have never engaged in hateful rhetoric against you [sic], or your family, and I never will, but your offering our military assets to the dictator of Saudi Arabia to use as he sees fit, is a betrayal of my brothers and sisters in uniform who are ready to give our lives for our country, not for the Islamist dictator of Saudi Arabia.

For you to think that you can pimp out our proud servicemen and women to the Prince of Saudi Arabia is disgraceful, and it once again shows that you are unfit to serve as our commander in chief. As a member of Congress, and as a soldier, I and all of my brothers and sisters in uniform have taken an oath to protect and defend the American people and the Constitution of the United States of America. There is nothing in our Constitution that gives you the power to go to war without the express consent of Congress [sic], but to speak of giving you the power to offer our military to a foreign power like the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to use as they wish — President Trump, your words and actions are a betrayal of my brothers and sisters in uniform, the American people, and our Constitution. My fellow servicemembers and I — we are not your prostitutes. You are not our pimp.

Comment: The author seems to be entirely missing the point here. What the US has been doing in supporting Saudi Arabia - in Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan and elsewhere - with the use of Americans as cannon fodder no less - is despicable. And only promises for more carnage and chaos throughout the Middle East. But in his blind support for Trump, the author is either unable, or refuses to see, these facts on the ground.

Trump calls for resignation of 'everyone' at the New York Times involved In Kavanaugh smear

Ryan Saavedra
The Daily Wire
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:23 UTC

Brett Kavanaugh and President Donald Trump

President Donald Trump called for everyone at The New York Times who was involved in the smear of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to resign on Monday, saying that the newspaper can never recover from the countless things that it has done that have damaged its reputation.

Trump's demand comes after The New York Times published a highly deceptive report based on a new book that alleged that Kavanaugh was potentially involved in a sexual assault. The New York Times' report excluded key information about the alleged incident that cast serious doubt about whether it even happened. The most explosive piece of information left out of The New York Times' report was the fact that the victim allegedly has no memory of the event even happening.

Comment: Judge Kavanaugh is one of the unfortunate lightning rods for the deranged Left. He is to be commended for his courage in standing against them.

Kavanaugh smears unravel: Original accuser's 'witness' now doubts Ford's story

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 17:07 UTC

Christine Blasey Ford

As the left-wing smear against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh continues to unravel amid a journalistic malpractice scandal at the New York Times, original Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford's "lifelong friend" and alleged witness now doubts her story.

Leland Keyser, who Ford claimed was one of five people at a party in the 1980s where she says Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her, told New York Times reporters Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly "I don't have any confidence in the story."

Keyser - who said she was pressured by Ford's ex-FBI buddy to lie and say that she didn't remember the party instead of saying that it never happened - originally said through her attorney that she "does not refute Dr. Ford's account," however "the simple and unchangeable truth is that she is unable to corroborate it because she has no recollection of the incident in question."

$4,200 a seat to see Michelle Obama talk - do you actually expect her to say anything interesting?

Igor Ogorodnev
RT
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:39 UTC

Michelle Obama might have been a 'classy' First Lady, but she has rarely done or said anything remarkable or even entertaining. That the media has deified her into the ultimate role model for women is depressing.

The cult of Michelle continues to grow stronger since her departure from the White House. She has just been voted the most admired woman in a worldwide opinion poll, a ranking she already holds in similar US-only surveys.

Her second autobiography, Becoming, released last November, sold over 10 million in the first six months, and stands to become the biggest-selling memoir in history, at least until her husband's is published, likely next year.

Tickets for the additional book tour dates she has scheduled - in which she recites incidents from her book after prompts from a moderator - are on sale for $2,500 apiece for a meet-and-greet during the Newark stop and up to $4,200 for a suite. The cheapest seats are offered at over $100.

Comment: Paying to see Michelle would be throwing good money after bad. She had eight years to accomplish something substantive and failed miserably. Only the brain-washed woke could see her as anything but a con artist, a perfect match for her con artist spouse.

New York governor Cuomo announces hysterical emergency ban on most e-cigarette flavors

Shant Shahrigan
New York Daily News
Sun, 15 Sep 2019 16:47 UTC

Amid growing reports of vaping-related illnesses and even deaths, Gov. Cuomo announced an emergency ban on all e-cigarette flavors other than tobacco and menthol.

"Vaping is dangerous, period," Cuomo said Sunday.

"This is a burgeoning health crisis," he added, vowing to "take action now."

Cuomo called out flavors like bubble gum and cotton candy that are aimed at young smokers.

"These are obviously targeted to young people and are highly effective," Cuomo said, pointing to federal stats from 2018 showing vaping among high schoolers had increased 160% over the past four years.

Comment: See also:

Khamenei rejects talks with US, says strategy of 'maximum pressure' will fail

Parisa Hafezi
Reuters
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:38 UTC

© AFP / Anadolu / Religious Leader's Press Office
Iran's religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran on February 2019.

Iran will never hold one-on-one talks with the United States but could engage in multilateral discussions if it returns to the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear program, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, according to state television.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said he could meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, possibly at the U.N. General Assembly in New York later this month.

"Iranian officials, at any level, will never talk to American officials ... this is part of their policy to put pressure on Iran ... their policy of maximum pressure will fail," state television quoted Khamenei as saying.

Khamenei said Iran's clerical rulers were in agreement on this: "All officials in Iran unanimously believe it.

"If America changes its behavior and returns to (Iran's 2015) nuclear deal, then it can join multilateral talks between Iran and other parties to the deal," Khamenei said.

Comment: Even though Trump actually managed to hold talks with North Korea, the situations are similar. Progress on the situation with North Korea has stalled, because the U.S. refuses to take the first steps necessary to get the process gong (i.e. stop military drills with the South, end sanctions, and provide security guarantees). Likewise with Iran, the U.S. refuses to take the necessary first steps of removing sanctions and at least supporting the UE in upholding their end of the nuclear deal, if not reinstating it in its entirety. Remember, the U.S. is the unreasonable aggressor in both cases and it's up to them to prove their good faith.

See also:

Saudi Arabia shuts down pipeline to Bahrain after drone strikes, blames Iran

On election day in Israel, Netanyahu says right-wing voter turnout disastrously low

Sputnik
Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:33 UTC

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday the turnout at right-wing strongholds was "a disaster" on the day of the parliamentary election.

"The rate of voting is high in the strongholds of the left and low in the strongholds of the right, it is a disaster", Netanyahu said.

The prime minister tweeted pictures of the voting process in two polling stations, one semi-empty and the other crowded.

The prime minister called on his supporters "to go and vote, otherwise, we will get the left-wing government with the Arab parties!"

According to the i24NEWS news agency, Netanyahu hastily summoned members of the Likud centre-right party and Knesset for an emergency meeting at his residence in Jerusalem, in light of the turnout news.

Comment: The only good thing about the prospect of Netanyahu losing is that Netanyahu might lose. But it's not like the opposition is any better:

Indian Chief Minister says Pakistan 'should be ready to lose occupied Kashmir'

India Today
Mon, 16 Sep 2019 08:55 UTC

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Sunday warned Pakistan to stop supporting terrorism and added that it should be ready to lose Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir (PoK).

"Article 370 has been revoked. Now, Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) too is ours. Pakistan should be ready to lose PoK. For fulfilling the dream of united India, we are ready to move forward for PoK... Pakistan should stop supporting terrorism... India will not tolerate this," he said while attending a Bharat Ekta Manch rally here.

In August, Parliament had revoked Article 370 which gave special provisions to Jammu and Kashmir and also bifurcated the state into two union territories- Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.

Comment: Also see: Kashmir is "nuclear flashpoint" says Pakistan army after India's 'no first use' remark

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Puppet Masters

Oil at $100 per barrel? Attack on Saudi refineries could shake oil market further

US defense failure... Why Washington is blaming Iran over Saudi attacks

Tulsi Gabbard to Trump: 'We are not your prostitutes - you are not our pimp'

Trump calls for resignation of 'everyone' at the New York Times involved In Kavanaugh smear

Kavanaugh smears unravel: Original accuser's 'witness' now doubts Ford's story

$4,200 a seat to see Michelle Obama talk - do you actually expect her to say anything interesting?

New York governor Cuomo announces hysterical emergency ban on most e-cigarette flavors

Khamenei rejects talks with US, says strategy of 'maximum pressure' will fail

On election day in Israel, Netanyahu says right-wing voter turnout disastrously low

Indian Chief Minister says Pakistan 'should be ready to lose occupied Kashmir'

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