My chosen headline for this 8 year old post- cause the writing has been on the wall all along- You just had to be able to read the writing. Relinking a news article from my former site posted in 2018 https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2018/11/is-us-pivoting-fight-in-syria-toward.html Is the Trump Administration Pivoting the Fight in Syria Toward a War with Iran?- […]
Oilprice.com Check the charts at the link above. Friday, October 23, 2026 The slow creep of oil prices towards the $120 per barrel mark is a nightmarish scenario for US President Trump, even though there has been little fundamental change in the crude oil markets. A slight drop in freight rates and a ubiquitous flattening […]
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US, Israel weigh new Iran strikes
As I’d mentioned in today’s earlier post The US appears to be gearing up for a possible escalation with Iran. ( There will be a second post today covering the possibility of escalation) Read below from Stars and Stripes Increased attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz persisted this week as the U.S. […]
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Iran hosts Russia’s FM Lavrov
A little late, but, still necessary to know and share Jerusalem Post– Israeli Source This week, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Tehran. Prior to the meeting, Lavrov said that Russia would honor its economic agreements with Iran despite its “challenging situation.” In […]
Multipolarity I like the analysis they do, always, Interesting guests too – Enjoy the talk
Turkey and Libya made this agreement years ago. I wrote about it at my censored site back in 2020. And not for the first time either.. But, suddenly this old news is back at the forefront again. Why might that be? We’ll get to that. original url below- not accessible thanks to heavy handed internet […]
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Witkoff’s Peace Deal?
NewArab “We’ve brought some papers. It’s really some ideas, some sort of peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, and you’ll read that at your leisure,” Witkoff—Trump’s business partner and envoy—told Putin in Saint Petersburg’s Konstantinovsky Palace. We’ve brought some papers, really some ideas, some sort of a peace deal? Read at your leisure.? Pretty sure […]
The official narrative is moving away from gas wells being involved in the fire- Yet, several eye witnesses made this claim to the media. The soldiers were training for their deployment to Latvia… At least seven other soldiers have been killed at one of the Canadian Armed Forces busiest bases since 2005 Before the fire […]
Big win for the yes side In a historic referendum Monday, voters marked their ballots in overwhelming numbers to remain in the country that made Alberta a province 121 years ago. In early returns, about 76 per cent of Albertans said yes to Confederation, while 24 per cent said they wanted the province to hold […]
I started following this incident earlier today. And it concerned me that an opportunity would be taken to spin this tragedy into a politically convenient narrative. Similar to what England did with the diesel thieves. So far, this is not the case. 4 killed, dozens injured in fatal fire at CFB Wainwright Four people have […]