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The Complicated Reality Behind High Gas Prices
The Complicated Reality Behind High Gas Prices
Authored by Petr Svab via The Epoch Times,
Average gas prices in the United States have gone up by almost 40 percent since March 1.
The reason appears straightforward: Iran has blocked the Strait of Hormuz in response to the U.S. military operation that decapitated its regime and degraded its military. Hundreds of tankers trapped behind the strait cannot deliver their oil, depriving the world of 7 percent to 10 percent of its supply.
Although that explains drastic price increases and even shortages in Europe...
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The Great Reversal: Trump's Real Progress In Tackling Legal Immigration
The Great Reversal: Trump's Real Progress In Tackling Legal Immigration
Via White Papers Policy Institute,
Sixty-plus years of unchecked mass immigration have eroded the fabric of American society to the point where Americans are beginning to wonder if the country can survive. The focus of the media, left and right, when it comes to immigration, has been on the Minneapolis riots over the arrest and detention of illegal aliens.
What goes unnoticed however, is the seismic shift in immigration policy, particularly legal immigration policy, that arrived with the latest Trump administration.
The fantastic truth is...
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Iran To Grant China, 'Friendly' Countries 'Special Consideration' On Hormuz Fees
Iran To Grant China, 'Friendly' Countries 'Special Consideration' On Hormuz Fees
Via The Cradle
Iran's ambassador to China stated on Saturday that the Islamic Republic would impose service fees on vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, but that China and other "friendly" countries would be granted "special considerations."
During a speech at the World Peace Forum in Beijing on Saturday, Iranian Ambassador Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli affirmed that Iran was working in "collaboration and cooperation" with Oman on "new arrangements" for the strait.
via Associated Press
Ships passing through Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world's oil...
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