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As has often been the case lately, this weekend saw the Israeli military escalate the rate and intensity of strikes against southern Lebanon, punctuated by heavy artillery strikes and airstrikes against Kfar Tebnit. Direct bombardment of multiple towns has been the defining feature of recent Israeli operations in Lebanon. The government has made much of […]

Diesel Export Ban Off The Table? Ted Cruz Relays White House Assurances To Refinery Heads As of early Saturday morning, AAA data put the national average retail diesel price at about $6.48 a gallon, slightly below its recent record high, while Brent crude settled on Friday around $104.30 a barrel. The modest pullback leaves fuel costs elevated and maintains pressure on the White House to deliver relief before the midterms. The Trump administration's messaging on a potential diesel export ban has exposed differing views over how to address the global refining...

Truth Is The First Casualty Of War; The Currency Is The Second... Authored by Nick Giambruno via InternationalMan.com, “The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.”  — Ernest Hemingway Thanks to the fiat currency system, governments at war can tap into a nation’s savings by financing conflict through currency debasement. Under a gold standard, governments had to have the gold or impose taxes if they wanted...