Tag: gasoline prices

Oil From Biden’s Emergency SPR Release Is Heading For Europe

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Oil From Biden’s Emergency SPR Release Is Heading For Europe

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U.S. Exports Oil From SPR Release: Report

Bloomberg: Oil From U.S. Strategic Reserve Heads for Europe Amid Global Supply Crunch

[11-2021] U.S. Is Already Exporting Oil From Strategic Reserve at Record Pace

If the Biden Administration decides to tap U.S. emergency crude reserves to push down domestic energy prices, it may not help all that much. The supplies may just be exported away like last month.

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The White House has been mulling a range of options to ease soaring pump prices and Democrats are pressing for a potential ban on oil exports as well as the release of crude from the nation’s strategic reserves.

It’s not “Putin’s Price Hike,” if prices were going up, last November!

Response to Yellen’s “blatant threat to China” over Ukraine + Republican and Democratic Senators made a surprise trip to Taiwan

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Response to Yellen’s “blatant threat to China” over Ukraine

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China tears into ‘condescending’ U.S. and warns it is ‘going down a dangerous path’ after group of Republican and Democratic Senators made a surprise trip to Taiwan

PLA drills around Taiwan targeted at US lawmakers’ visit, rehearse ‘real action’ once necessary

Yellen Warns China Will Face Consequences If It Doesn’t Help Stop Russia’s War in Ukraine

Head To Your Local Gas Station or Supermarket To End the US Proxy War in Ukraine

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Head To Your Local Gas Station or Supermarket To End the US Proxy War in Ukraine

To be clear the extraordinary 7.9% inflation increase predates the crisis in Ukraine although Joe Biden has attempted to blame it all on the thoroughly demonized Putin. But unless cause can come after effect, Joe has a tough argument to make there. However, it is clear that the war and the sanctions that go with it are accelerating inflation. (Today as this is written, the March figures for inflation were released showing consumer prices jumping to 8.5%, a 40 year high.)

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It is clear that the public is very likely to oppose US sanctions on Russia and US involvement in Ukraine IF either proves to drive up gas prices, food prices and other items in an accelerated inflationary spiral.

Our strategy should be to link the inflation with prolonging a war in a faraway land which has little to do with US security and risks a nuclear confrontation with Russia.

We should have rallies opposing ALL US involvement in Ukraine by tying them to gas prices, food prices, rents and other items.

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No weapons to Ukraine. No sanctions on the world. End the war and stop the inflation.

Nice idea, but good luck with it! The largest antiwar protests couldn’t even stop the Iraq War! 🤷🏼‍♀️

[Britain, QUAD] US, Australia criticise India over Russia talks as Lavrov visits Delhi

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

US, Australia criticise India over Russia talks as Lavrov visits Delhi [They even have Britain and the QUAD going after India]

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Not seeking to change India-Russia ties: US on Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov’s New Delhi visit [Liar-They are trying to change their ties!]

H/T: PennyForYourThoughts2

U.S. warns India, others against sharp rise in Russian oil imports [Archived due to paywall]

“Freedom” to do as the US says (rules-based order, not international law). Modi after Pakistan?!

U.S. Spends Billions on War in Ukraine and the Working Class Pays the Price, by Natalia Marques

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The largest national defense budget in the world just got larger. Earlier this month, the United States Congress passed $728.5 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Defense for the 2022 fiscal year, a sharp 5% increase from the previous year. The budget contains a plan for $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine for the Russia–Ukraine war.

U.S. Spends Billions on War in Ukraine and the Working Class Pays the Price, by Natalia Marques