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How China's import cuts importing 8.5 million barrels a day down from 12.5 million and it's large oil reserve will keep oil prices low

07/15/2026

Not covered in the media for Hormuz is the combined response of US, China, India, Japan and the European Union to find alternatives to Hormuz making it less or not relevant to oil prices and oil supplies

07/10/2026

The Constructive Aspects of the situation in July 2026 from the Hormuz Crisis not covered in the Media

06/27/2026

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Opinion | Ukraine Leads the World

  
WSJ - 02.27.2022 Original article ›
The Editorial Board
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This WSJ Editorial Board article appeared on Feb. 28, and says that the world owes a great debt to the heroic people of Ukraine. A too complacent Europe says WSJ, is now learning what it means to fight for freedom. It says Ukraine deserves more support with arms, the toughest sanctions, and global ostracism. It says Congress should approve the request this week for another $6.4 billion in humanitarian and military assistance. The stakes of the war are high, says WSJ, including for American interests.

 

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Court Upholds Federal Government’s Title 42 Border Policy

  
WSJ - 03.05.2022 Original article ›
Michelle Hackman, Alicia Caldwell
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US law now supports turning back migrants at the border. Under public health policy Title 42 migrants are denied asylum, a federal appeals court ruling supporting this. It is also now supported by the Biden administration. It is a key tool used by both the Trump and Biden administrations to combat illegal border crossings. It also reduces one more area in which differences were mistakenly created between Republican and Democratic parties, that distracted from focus on much needed infrastructure and other priorities for the American people.

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Biden predicts $1.2tn infrastructure win after Capitol Hill visit

  
BBC - 10.05.2021 Original article ›
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Biden says about passing the bills for his $3.5 trillion agenda including infrastructure spending, and a plan for American families and workers- "It does not matter when, it does not matter if it's done in 6 minutes, 6 days or 6 weeks. We're going to get it done."

Earlier moderates looked to get infrastructure done earlier and progressives wanted the entire package to be done together. Biden opted for doing it all together, it wouldn't matter when.

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Covid jab gives Pfizer a $26bn shot in the arm

  
The Times - 05.04.2021 Original article ›
Callum Jones, Us Business Correspondent
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Pfizer's Covid vaccine is expected to bring in $6 billion in profit in 2021. Pfizer increased its sales forecast by 70 percent. The coronavirus vaccine is expected to bring in $26 billion in revenues in 2021 with 1.6 billion vaccine doses manufactured for the year 2021. The total could be much higher with the company striving for supply contracts to manufacture 2.5 billion doses.

India has approved the Pfizer, Moderna and J&J vaccines, with this bringing American companies into the Indian vaccine market in 2021.

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Lunar Eclipse Photos: See the Super Flower Blood Moon Up Close

  
WSJ - 05.27.2021 Original article ›
Robert Lee Hotz
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Awesome pictures of the lunar eclipse in the night sky on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. It combined a supermoon, lunar eclipse, and a blood moon. Blood moon refers to the reddish hue as light filters through the earth's atmosphere. In native American cultures this is referred to as the flower moon. Lunar eclipses happen when the Earth passes between sun and moon, blocking the sunlight that normally illumines the moon's grayish white cratered surface. The next one is on May 16, 2022.

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How a New Rule Could Change the Way Advisers Handle Your Retirement Money

  
NYTimes.com - 03.27.2024 Original article ›
Tara Siegel Bernard
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The US Labor Department will now require not just 401(k) administrators but also advisers for retirement plans called IRA's to follow the higher fiduciary standards of the 1974 ERISA law that aims to protect American retirees. When workers leave a company or retire they rollover their money into IRA's. This retiree money will now be protected with a high fiduciary standard as it should have been all along. In 2020 alone the IRS estimate is that $620 billion was rolled over to to such IRA's.

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Address by Secretary of State Cordell Hull "What we are Fighting For" July 23, 1942

  
Jewish Virtual Library - 10.03.2022 Original article ›
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On Gandhi Jayanti a look at American president FDR's contribution for Hind Swaraj. It could be said that Cordell Hull's speech (full text here) on July 23, 1942 on Roosevelt's clear direction was a form of declaration of independence for India by the US in 1943. This is also why there was nothing different Clement Attlee could do after winning the British election in 1945 except send Mountbatten to India to prepare for a Free India. 

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Advice | Are induction stoves that much safer than gas? We tested them.

  
Washington Post - 01.17.2024 Original article ›
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A study done to observe readings for nitrogen dioxide NO2 and particulates in kitchens with gas stoves. Forty million Americans use gas stoves. For these homes the best way to reduce harmful effects is to ventilate with fresh air by opening a window or door a little bit. Particulates come from the food itself that is being cooked and this happens for both gas and induction electric stoves. Only half of American gas stove kitchens turn on the vented hood that takes the air outside, these need to be turned on.

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Election 2024: Trump draws fire for his comments on NATO and Russia, and other news from the Sunday shows.

  
NYTimes.com - 02.12.2024 Original article ›
Maggie Astor
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Comments on leaving European Union allies adrift and giving Russia a free hand draws strong response from Republicans and president Biden because they are inconsistent with American support for European allies since the Iron Curtain in Eastern Europe during the administration of Harry Truman in the 1950's to the present day- the timeline includes Berlin Crisis in 1950, Hungarian freedom struggle of 1956, Czech freedom struggle, the struggles in Eastern Europe under different administrations through Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan to Biden.

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Where Inflation Is Hitting Hardest: Prices of Groceries, Utilities, Rent Jump

  
WSJ - 02.10.2022 Original article ›
David Harrison
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Year over year rise in prices in January 2022 that contributed significantly to inflation of 7.5% in the US are-

For power up by over 10%, gas prices up over 20%

For groceries bakery, cereals etc up by 1.4%

For housing prices up by over 4%.

For used cars over 40%, new cars over 12%.

Health care services costly in the US far above the other OECD countries not down significantly continuing to burden American households.

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In a Storied River, Fish Are Dying in Droves as Climate Change Scorches Canada

  
NYTimes.com - 08.30.2023 Original article ›
Norimitsu Onishi
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A country with vast boreal forests, rivers and lakes spread out over the upper half othe North American continent, has seen some of the worst effects of climate change in recent years. An area the size of Georgia 38 million acres has burned in wild fires in Canada. Omimitsu Onishi of NYT looks at the Covitchan River on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and how it has changed in this report. Plentiful salmon to the point that you would have to walk over them are a thing of the past.

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John Cage Shock: When Japan Fell for Cage and Vice Versa

  
NYTimes.com - 09.25.2023 Original article ›
Zachary Woolfe
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The Japan Society in New York celebrates the achievement of John Cage and the influence of Japanese religion, philosophy and aesthetics with a four part series that begins September 28. It continues to December. The use of silence, the understanding of Zen Buddhism, and the ancient culture of Japan helped invigorate Japanese composers in seeing the value of their own traditions. Cage hoped to use this to invigorate American culture which he saw has having less and less spirituality compared to Japan and the ancient path of the Buddha.

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Nobel Laureate Louise Glück Dies at 80

  
WSJ - 10.13.2023 Original article ›
Suryatapa Bhattacharya
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American poet Louise Gluck, poet in residence at Yale University dies at 80. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature for her poetry, and for her classic poem The Wild Iris. The poem looks at death in a different way. In today's world after the pandemic and conflicts it offers a new sense of hope-

The pine shifting then nothing- the weak sun flickering ending abruptly- the stiff earth bending a little

Then a voice - deep blue shadows on azure sea water

 

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GM’s Self-Driving Car Unit Skids Off Course

  
WSJ - 11.20.2023 Original article ›
Ryan Felton, Meghan Bobrowsky, Mike Colias
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The story of GM's self driving car Cruise stemming from its acquisition of a startup in California in 2016. It started with GM perceiving a threat from driverless cars and ride hailing firms. After the acquisition GM's share price rallied. Investments came in from Softbank and other companies. The company planned a robo-taxi service to test its cars in American cities. This story covers the accidents as GM pushed for it too early till California pulled out of the program.

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Election 2024 live updates: Trump says Harris ‘happened to turn Black,’ holds rally in Pa.

  
Washington Post - 07.31.2024 Original article ›
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The former president Donald Trump and Rachel Scott of ABC Q&A session turned into controversial remarks about Kamala Harris. About not knowing she was black "until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black." And now she wants to be known as Black."

Former Maryland Governor and candidate for senator from Maryland Larry Hogan says “It’s unacceptable and abhorrent to attack Vice President Harris or anyone’s racial identity. The American people deserve better."

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How the Midwest Floods Nearly Took Out a Century-Old Dam

  
NYTimes.com - 06.26.2024 Original article ›
Mitch Smith
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Aging US dams are a problem like this one that was almost taken out in Midwestern states floods. The Rapidman dam in southern Minnesota was in "imminent failure condition" when floods hit last week. With the average of American dams at 60 years it looks like things will get worse. This dam 90 miles southwest of Minneapolis was built in 1910 on the Blue Earth River. With extreme weather events becoming common these dams are one more part of our infrastructure that needs rebuilding.

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Emilio Álvarez Montalván, Nicaragua’s Pro-Democracy Sage, Dies at 94

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New York Times - 07.04.2014 Original article ›
Stephen Kinzer, Stephen, Kinzer
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Emilio Montalvan, who led the struggle for democracy in Nicaragua, Central America.
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Turning the Dialogue From Wealth to Values

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New York Times - 11.12.2011 Original article ›
Tyler Cowen, Tyler, Cowen
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Tyler Cowan writes about the problems of crony capitalism and lack of opportunities in American capitalism as it is practiced today.
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Opinion | Doctors Aren’t Burned Out From Overwork. We’re Demoralized by Our Health System.

  
NYTimes.com - 02.05.2023 Original article ›
Eric Reinhart
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Doctor are suffering from a "demoralization syndrome" says Eric Reinhart, physician at Northwestern University. He sites one study that shows universal access to health care in America could have prevented at least 338,000 deaths during the pandemic. Overwork comes from physicians retiring from the healthcare workforce in large numbers. In 2021 117,000 physicians retired and only 40,000 physicians joined the workforce. Another 20% will retire in 5 years. Burnout itself comes from a realization that the system is failing its people and you are working within it without the social and cultural narratives that supported previous generations of physicians. It is these narratives of honesty and service that are the essential parts of the human condition that are lacking without access to good health care for all the people and the education to promote good health.

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Biden Bows to Republicans on Blocking D.C. Crime Law, Avoiding Veto Fight

  
NYTimes.com - 03.03.2023 Original article ›
Carl Hulse
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President Biden says he opposed reducing minimum sentences for crimes in Washington D.C. such as carjackings, as proposed by a new law in D.C. Biden says Republican efforts to block that legislation would bring that to his desk and he would not veto the Republican proposal blocking reducing sentences. Crime is up 40% in Washington D.C say police. In the New York election for Congress, and in the recent Chicago mayoral election crime was an issue for Republicans leading to losses for Democrats and for Lori Lightfoot in Chicago. Biden wants to focus on the major issues for workers and families in the country, on infrastructure, jobs, inflation, and the US economy, and not let his plan for America's renewal lose focus because Republicans are able to make crime an issue.

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Europeans Are Working Even Less, and Not by Choice

  
WSJ - 07.15.2022 Original article ›
Tom Fairless
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 The average work has declined in Europe, and increased slightly in America. It is about one day a week less in Europe for the 5 largest European economies, according to the OECD. Shorter work hours set by employers and furloughs are affecting workers in Europe. This is because many European businesses used shorter working hours to avoid layoffs during the pandemic. 

Nearly 2 million Europeans are in furlough programs with governments making up the lost pay.

Working hours are less in Southern Europe because of a lack of full time work. About one third of workers in France and half in Spain and Italy would like to work more hours but cannnot find the extra hours. In Germany one fourth of workers choose to work less than 30 hours a week by choice.

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Remarks by President Biden at a Political Event | Charleston, SC | The White House

  
The White House - 01.10.2024 Original article ›
The White House
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US president Biden makes these remarks at Emmanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Biden tells this South Carolina audience that the idea of the South fighting for States Rights was presented as the South's cause in fighting the Civil War after the end of that war. This he said was a distortion of the truth as the Civil War was fought to end slavery in these United States once and for all, which for America was "the original sin." Biden says something like this is happening today as the truth is being distorted. Much of this history of slavery began by the seventeenth and eighteenth century in Charleston itself. It is here that Biden began his successful campaign for president in 2020 and was the inspiration for his effort.

 

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Food Prices and Spending

  
USDA Economic Research Service US Department 0f Agriculture - 02.21.2024 Original article ›
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Food costs for eating at home have actually come down by half since 1960. Charts on the US Department of Agriculture site (USDA) show US food costs for family budgets at 13% of personal disposable income for eating at home in the Kennedy years the 1960's. This has come down by half to 5.7% in 2024. In that period eating at restaurants and outside has doubled to 5.7% of personal disposable income. When people complain about food inflation this is an important factor, eating outside also leads to less control of intake and right nutrition, consequently leads to poorer health outcomes, and a growing share of health expenditures in America's national budget. It hits both the family budget and the national budget and then comes back to hit health outcomes.

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Gen. Mark Milley Warns of Fealty to Dictators, in Exit Speech Aimed at Trump

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WSJ - 09.29.2023 Original article ›
Gordon Lubold
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Gen. Milley is being succeeded as chairman Joint Chiefs by Air Force chief C. Q. Brown. General Mark Milley completed a 4 year term as chairman Joint Chiefs at a ceremony attended by president Biden. He told the crowd- "We do not take an oath to an individual, we take an oath to the Constitution, to the idea that is America, and we are willing to die to protect it." Milley is a Bostonian whose father a Navy Corpsman fought in World War II. He was picked by former president Trump just as former Attorney General Barr and former vice president Mike Pence were picked by Trump, yet Pence, Barr and Milley, all had serious differences with Mr. Trump. All defended democracy and the transition from one president to another in January 2021.

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Opinion | Biden has running room this summer. It could decide the 2024 race.

  
Washington Post - 06.18.2023 Original article ›
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The important thing is doing the right thing- building America, building jobs and wages for average Americans. All Americans. Dionne writes in The Washington Post that Biden investments  in renewable energy, infrastructure, and manufacturing, are promoting growth in all parts of the country, many of them rural, Republican leaning, that have experienced decades of neglect. And others once part of the 50's and 60's Truman Kennedy period Democrat leaning- parts of the northeast, the midwest that had suffered badly from outsourcing and sending of jobs to China. A rising tide lifts all boats, in the words of John Kennedy, and Biden tells a Philadelphia rally of union workers that looking back 10 years from now it would be seen that this is when it all started.

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