It Turns Out That Western Sanctions On Russia’s Booming Oil Industry May Be Falling Flat
The West has sought to crack down on Russia’s oil sector through crippling sanctions in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, but new data indicates that a key goal of the sanctions is not being achieved, Bloomberg News reported Monday. The price for Russian Ural crude oil deliveries from a major Black Sea port […]
ROOKE: The Sad Truth Joe Biden Is Realizing Right Now
President Joe Biden deserves little grace or pity because of how he’s used the last thirty years in public office, selling his patriotism to the highest bidder. Still, it’s hard not to see the sad reality of his situation. Here is a man who is quickly losing his mental faculties, and the people around him, […]
Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes If you have not yet read the book 1984 by George Orwell, you absolutely must. I loathed that novel when I read it as a teen, because I hated the entire idea of an authoritarian government controlling its people so deftly. The dystopian world it described was just so depressing, so […]
Macron’s Gamble To Keep Right-Wing Out Of Power Just Set France’s Government On Fire
French President Emmanuel Macron’s government survived the country’s elections and staved off a right-wing wave on Sunday, but is now facing new problems from the left and months of potential political toil. Macron hurriedly assembled a coalition of different parties ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections in order to prevent the right-wing National Rally party from […]
Tesla investors to urge judge to reject record $7 bln legal fee in Musk pay case
July 8, 2024 – 3:43 AM PDT Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk walks next to a screen showing an image of Tesla Model 3 car during an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song//File Photo WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Tesla shareholders will appear in court on […]
Tesla, Corning, Morphic, Boeing, Intel, Paramount, ServiceNow, SolarEdge, and More Movers – Barron's
Tesla rose 2.6% to $258.14 after dropping early in trading. If the electric car maker’s shares close higher, it will mark its ninth consecutive trading day of gains. The stock turned positive last week and is up 3.5% so far this year. Al Root Barons The company noted that the recent rise in the stock’s […]
Team USA men’s basketball schedule, TV times, and group for 2024 Paris Olympics
The opening round of the 2024 Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament begins on July 27th, and of course Team USA is the heavy favorite. Led by Olympic legends like LeBron James and Kevin Durant, along with more recent stars like Anthony Edwards and Bam Adebayo, the USA is looking to repeat their gold medal streak at […]
‘Mind-Boggling’ Temperatures Hit US National Park, Potentially Killing Motorcyclist
Record temperatures in Death Valley National Park are suspected to have killed a motorcyclist and hospitalized another on Saturday. The unidentified motorcyclist is believed to have died of heat stroke, while four others from the same group were treated for “heat stress” on Saturday. according to According to NBC News, the group was running near […]
Scientists investigate mysterious giant scar stretching across Mars
Scientists are investigating a huge, mysterious scar spanning the length of Mars, but they don’t know how it formed there. The incredible formation, which stretches some 600 kilometers (373 miles) — longer than the Grand Canyon at 446 kilometers (227 miles) — was photographed by ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft. The scar, known as Aganippe Fossa, […]
Democratic memo details plan to replace Biden in ‘blitz primary’: report
Two leading Democratic activists are circulating a memo ahead of the party’s August convention outlining plans for a “surprise primary” to field a candidate to replace President Biden if he is forced to step down, according to a new report. Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University law professor who is a volunteer policy adviser to Biden’s […]