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President Trump is still refusing to acknowledge that the US was responsible for the strikes that hit an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, on February 28, an attack that massacred over 100 school children, claiming in a Fox News interview that it’s possible no one will ever know what happened. “I don’t think anybody […]

Wyoming's Helium Empire Ascends As Qatar Gas Goes Flat Readers have already been well briefed, see here and here, that roughly one-third of global helium supply has been disrupted, setting the perfect storm of chaos to spread across high-tech industries, particularly semiconductors. The shock is being driven by shipping restrictions through the Gulf and the shutdown of output from top producer Qatar, where damage to the Ras Laffan complex could keep supplies constrained for years.  As the U.S.-Iran conflict enters its second month, one of the clearest second-order effects of...