Oil prices fall, dogged by rise in crude, gasoline stocks Oil futures fell Thursday, feeling pressure a day after government data showed U.S. crude and gasoline stocks unexpectedly rose.Price moves West Texas Intermediate crude for July delivery ... 06/13/2024 - 9:27 am | View Link
Oil prices end with gains, but off session highs, after rise in U.S. crude, gasoline inventories Oil futures trimmed gains Wednesday, pulling back from session highs attributed to a cooler-than-expected May consumer-price index reading, after ... 06/12/2024 - 9:23 am | View Link
Oil may rise to $86 per barrel due to 'solid summer demand': Goldman Sachs Oil prices may rise to $86 a barrel in the next few months due to "solid summer demand" and consumer spending remaining strong, according to a new forecast by analysts at Goldman Sachs. 06/11/2024 - 8:50 am | View Link
Blasts precede Baltic pipeline leaks, sabotage seen likely “It is the authorities’ clear assessment that these are deliberate actions--not accidents,” Danish Prime ... Andersson added that neighboring oil-rich Norway “has informed us about ... 06/10/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Crude Oil News Today: Prices Rebound but Face Weekly Loss Ahead of Jobs Report High import levels from China can support global oil prices by indicating robust demand from one of the world’s largest consumers. Given the anticipated rise in supply from OPEC+ and mixed signals ... 06/6/2024 - 10:07 pm | View Link
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EDT today (10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves from Virgo into Libra.
Happy Birthday for Friday, June 14, 2024:
You are organized and have a strong desire to take charge of most situations around you.
Authorities are investigating after vandals targeted the homes of the Brooklyn Museum's Jewish director and some board members in a cowardly act, using red-smeared paint. This act of targeting Jewish people will not help the Palestinians. What a despicable thing to do, and I'm not sure how, in their minds, they felt this was productive.
Steve Bannon was ordered to report to prison on July 1st to begin a 4 month sentence for contempt of court after failing to comply with a lawful subpoena issued by the January 6th Committee.
Immediately after being ordered to report to court, he was defiant, saying "Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, the entire Justice Department, they're not going to shut up Trump, they're not going to shut up Navarro, they're not going to shut up Bannon, and they're certainly not going to shut up MAGA."
Well, just a week later, Bannon has changed his tune and is now begging the Appeals Court to intervene and pretty please keep him out of prison.
Read the filing here.
In the filing, he claims this is a "landmark case." It absolutely IS NOT.
Above, RAC performs, Why Even Try. Sometimes I wonder why we even try to make sense of the media.
MPC Commentary presents, Much Ado About Hunter.
The Psy of Life asks, "Does it even matter?"
Adventus says it's all inside MAGA Baseball.
Play Typer Guy talks "West Wing."
Bonus Track: Because we are all about the music and about the art Open Culture presents Andy Warhol creating a portrait of Debbie Harry.
Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors.
Two things died recently. First, Republican dignity when Ted Lieu was done listing all of Trump's associates who are convicted felons--criminals--just like he is. Lieu went on a rant that laid out perfectly why Trump is so unfit to clean floors much less be President.
And the best part, Lieu made sure to remind Trump whose choices it was that got him where he is, and he didn't do it nicely
Second, Lieu also pointed out how Democrats like Bob Menendez and Hunter Biden have been pursued, again showing what a joke Republican claims are of a "rigged" Department of Justice.