• Washington Doctor Under Investigation for Criticizing COVID Policies Wins Emergency Injunction
  A Washington state appeals court this week granted an emergency injunction to a retired doctor who faces disciplinary action from the Washington Medical Commission (WMC) arising from articles he published in a local newspaper in 2021, questioning the official narrative and medical advice related to COVID-19. Dr. Richard Eggleston, a retired ophthalmologist in Clarkston, Washington, wrote the articles … Continue reading Washington Doctor Under Investigation for Criticizing COVID Policies Wins Emergency Injunction →
• AI More Powerful Than Ukraine and Taiwan
  The US is losing. Recently, Ukraine just aired hopes and ideas about a ceasefire. Sanctions are ineffective on Russia. The US is not winning on Taiwan either. The Ukraine war has depleted US and NATO war stocks. The US cannot produce artillery shells and the US hasn’t even got anti-ship missiles left for one week … Continue reading AI More Powerful Than Ukraine and Taiwan →
• Saudi Arabia Buying Up Millions of Barrels of Russian Diesel 
  Meanwhile, supplies of the fuel from Riyadh are being sent to the EU. Saudi Arabia imported 174,000 barrels of diesel and gasoil a day from Russia in April, Bloomberg reported earlier this week, citing data from analytics firm Kpler. Thу figure comes in contrast to 137,700 barrels per day recorded in the previous month. Imports … Continue reading Saudi Arabia Buying Up Millions of Barrels of Russian Diesel  →
• PetroDollar Dumping: Saudi Arabia May Join BRICS Bank
  The multinational lender keeps expanding its global reach, aiming to help member states reduce dependence on the US dollar and euro. The New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS group of major emerging economies is currently in talks with Saudi Arabia on admitting the kingdom as its tenth member, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. … Continue reading PetroDollar Dumping: Saudi Arabia May Join BRICS Bank →
• Once upon a time there were actually adults in charge…
  At 11:15am on July 7, 1919, a US Army convoy consisting of 81 military vehicles departed Washington, DC for a perilous journey to San Francisco. The army convoy wasn’t responding to an emergency or preparing for battle. In fact, since World War I had just ended, the United States was shifting focus back to its … Continue reading Once upon a time there were actually adults in charge… →

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Balkan Insight

• Hundreds of Thousands Protest Against Government Across Poland
  Hundreds of thousands marched on the streets of Poland on Sunday in a protest against the PiS government – in a major show of force by the opposition before this autumn's election.
• Czech Government Prepares New Legal Definition of Rape
  The Czech government is preparing to change the definition of rape to explicitly include the absence of consent. Far from a mere legal technicality, the reform aims to address widespread myths surrounding sexual abuse.
• Change or Die: The Dilemma Facing Bosnia’s Biggest Bosniak Party
  In the unfamiliar role of opposition, Bosnia’s SDA party must face up to the factors that have cost it support and prompted many members to defect. Or worse will follow.
• Dream Vacation? Albania’s Tourism Hopes Risk Being Blighted by Shortages
  Albania is jumping up the international tourism rankings – but a chronic lack of infrastructure and workers suggests that the sector’s true potential may not be realised.
• Albania to Start Searching for Remains of Communist Camp Victims
  State body in charge of Communist-era secret police files said it has started a search for the graves and remains of some 44 Albanians who perished in the infamous labour camp of Spac.
• Five War Victims Identified from Mass Grave Near Croatia’s Vukovar
  The remains of two civilians and three soldiers, found in a mass grave after they were seized from the besieged Vukovar area in September and October 1991, have been formally identified.

• Goldman Sachs Sees Oil Prices Rising By Up To $6 On Saudi Production Cut
  Crude oil prices could add some $6 per barrel following the announcement of a 1-million-bpd production cut by Saudi Arabia. That’s according to Goldman Sachs, which sees the effect of the cut as a range of between $1 to $6 per barrel depending on how long the cut is kept in place, as reported by ZeroHedge. This is not a whole lot, meaning recessionary pressures continue to exert their influence over commodity traders but also over actual demand for oil. Reuters’ market analyst John Kemp reported last week the U.S. manufacturing sector…
• Oil Prices Climb As Saudi Arabia Goes It Alone With Additional Cut
  Crude oil prices rose by more than 1% in early trade today following the OPEC+ meeting that took place Sunday. At that meeting, Saudi Arabia said it would voluntarily cut its oil production by another 1 million barrels daily next month in a bid to prop up global oil prices. Oil prices did initially spike on Sunday, with WTI nearing $74 and Brent climbing toward $78 before both falling back. One other member of the cartel, the UAE, was allowed to actually increase its output but about 200,000 bpd, while several others got their production quotas…
• ExxonMobil: New Fracking Technology Can Double Oil Output
  The U.S. shale revolution dramatically reshaped the world energy markets. The shale boom was one of the most impressive growth stories, from take off in 2008 to the Permian stealing the mantle from Saudi Arabia’s Ghawar as the world’s highest producing oilfield in a little over a decade.  Overall, Reuters has estimated that, “U.S. petroleum production is at least 10-11 million bpd higher than it would have been without horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.’’  Unfortunately, the shale patch has lately…
• Insurers Signal Fallout From Sanctions On Russia
  A year ago, the Financial Times reported how maritime insurers were concerned that sanctions targeting Russian oil exports would disrupt global supply chains, lead to higher prices, and make life for shippers and insurers more stressful. This week, the same publication sounded the sanction alarm again. But it is no longer a general concern about supply chains, oil prices, and the price cap compliance woes of shippers and insurers. It is now a much more direct concern about how cap-compliant companies are suffering lost business…
• Making Energy From Miniscule Man-Made Clouds
  A team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst has discovered how to generate energy from thin air by creating man-made clouds. Most importantly, the method can be conducted using “a broad range of inorganic, organic, and biological materials.” The flexibility of this new form of energy production shows incredible promise for scaling what could be a virtually limitless source of clean energy. The paper describing the groundbreaking results, published in the scientific journal Advanced Materials, has enormous…

Politics

• The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
  Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
• Trump’s latest policy pitch: A massive birthday party for the nation
  The former president is proposing a yearlong bash to commemorate 250 years of independence.
• No, that isn't the real AOC you may have seen on Twitter
  An account impersonating the New York congresswoman cropped up over the weekend, going viral and catching the attention of Twitter's owner and the lawmaker herself.
• Trump slams Texas 'RINOS' over Paxton impeachment effort
  The Texas House later voted to impeach Paxton, triggering his suspension from office.
• GOP-controlled Texas House votes to impeach Republican AG Ken Paxton
  The vote triggers Paxton’s immediate suspension from office pending the outcome of a trial in the state Senate.