Gasoline and Oil Prices

It has always bothered me how diesel costs more than gasoline when it takes less refinement. How are we affected by global oil markets in the form of inflation when we are exporting oil? There is no common-sense explanation for this. There is a gibberish explanation that fake economists will raise about global oil prices, which will defy the basic economic laws of supply and demand.

Are Putin and United Russia in Decline? – LewRockwell

Gilbert Doctorow and John Helmer are two observers of Russia who often do not agree.  But in the past day or two both have raised the same question.  Doctorow asks if Putin is on the ropes in the forthcoming September election and facing the possible defeat of his governing party, United Russia? Helmer asks: “Does Putin understand […]

Source: Are Putin and United Russia in Decline? – LewRockwell