From oil rich North Dakota, U.S. senators introduce energy independence legislation North Dakota can produce enough crude oil to offset dependence on Russian imports, but the Biden administration is prohibiting it from doing so, the state’s governor and U.S. senators argue. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and 24 Republican governors have called on President Joe […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/oil.webp340510Bethany Blankleyhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBethany Blankley2022-03-12 02:10:052022-03-10 14:44:5725 Republican Governors Call on Biden to Prioritize U.S. Oil and Gas Production
Sometimes the average person wonders whether what passes for Government is really just organized confusion. Consider the current situation involving Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. energy policy. The stated positions of the United States are: Climate change is an existential threat. Fossil fuels must be eliminated, and the energy industry shrunk. Russia is bad for invading […]
Almost all of America’s past presidents have had blunders occur on their watch. For Jimmy Carter, it was skyrocketing inflation and the Iran hostage situation. (Few people recall that when the “students” took over the United States Embassy in Tehran, it was the second seizure, not the first — yet Carter had done nothing to […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/dumb.jpg350492Mark Wallacehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngMark Wallace2022-03-11 02:00:402022-03-10 12:22:24Catastrophe in Progress: The Biden Presidency
The average price of gasoline surged to the highest level ever recorded in the U.S. on Monday as the White House scrambled to negotiate increased global oil production. The nationwide average price at the pump hit $4.104 per gallon, the highest level in U.S. history, according to energy analytics firm GasBuddy which tracks gasoline costs. […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/arm-and-aleg.jpg463370Thomas Catenaccihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas Catenacci2022-03-10 02:00:322022-03-09 06:46:35Gas Prices Hit All-Time High As White House Turns To Dictators For Help
Food for thought in light of the biggest stock market bubble in the US ever. Major European stock indices plunged below their bubble highs from over two decades ago. This is not to say that they plunged that much this week, but that they had finally risen past their prior bubble highs from over two decades ago, […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/man-in-the-gap.jpg344497Wolf Richterhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngWolf Richter2022-03-10 01:50:462022-03-09 06:23:52Stocks in Germany, the UK, France, Italy, and Spain Plunge Below Year 2000 Levels: Buy-and-Hold Horror Shows
The Goldwater Institute won a victory for taxpayers this morning when the Arizona Supreme Court struck down Pinal County’s illegal transportation excise tax. Goldwater represented a group of taxpayers and business owners in challenging the tax, which, among other things, only applied to purchases of less than $10,000, with the consequence that the tax burden fell primarily […]
Following the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests, former CEO of HSBC Asia, Peter Tung-shun Wong, supported the National Security Law, which Secretary of State Blinken said: “systematically undermined Hong Kong’s democratic institutions.” Wong is a member of a core Chinese Communist Party organization that oversees one of the nation’s most influential propaganda and intelligence agencies, the […]
The consequences are myriad. Some are quite visible while some are only now becoming evident. Some are intended, and some are unintended. Almost all of them are not good. Among the more obvious are that war destroys a lot of wealth. Don’t buy for a moment that war spending stimulates economies. The French economist Frederic Bastiat […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/tearing-dollar.jpg339509Neland Nobelhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngNeland Nobel2022-03-08 02:00:162022-03-07 20:04:11The Economic Consequences of the Russian/Ukrainian War
As Big Tech gatekeepers like Google and Amazon face long-overdue scrutiny in Washington for anti-competitive practices that limit choice and reduce quality online, they have resorted to a national security defense: Breaking us up, they claim, will only help China. It’s an ironic move. These tech giants have extensive, well-documented ties to Beijing, doing high-volume […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/aaple-in-china.jpg336513Steven Buccihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngSteven Bucci2022-03-08 01:45:082022-03-06 07:06:47Big Tech Promotes a Big Lie
With exquisite timing, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has seized the opportunity of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to warn of impending doom – not from Putin’s putting Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert, but from countries failing to reduce their carbon emissions. “Climate change is killing people,” said Helen Adams […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Russian-tank-Ukraine-800x531-1.jpg531800Bonner Cohenhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBonner Cohen2022-03-07 01:55:022022-03-05 07:42:35UN doubles down on climate as Putin’s tanks roll
25 Republican Governors Call on Biden to Prioritize U.S. Oil and Gas Production
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Bethany BlankleyFrom oil rich North Dakota, U.S. senators introduce energy independence legislation North Dakota can produce enough crude oil to offset dependence on Russian imports, but the Biden administration is prohibiting it from doing so, the state’s governor and U.S. senators argue. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and 24 Republican governors have called on President Joe […]
Organized Confusion
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Ken VeitSometimes the average person wonders whether what passes for Government is really just organized confusion. Consider the current situation involving Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. energy policy. The stated positions of the United States are: Climate change is an existential threat. Fossil fuels must be eliminated, and the energy industry shrunk. Russia is bad for invading […]
Catastrophe in Progress: The Biden Presidency
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Mark WallaceAlmost all of America’s past presidents have had blunders occur on their watch. For Jimmy Carter, it was skyrocketing inflation and the Iran hostage situation. (Few people recall that when the “students” took over the United States Embassy in Tehran, it was the second seizure, not the first — yet Carter had done nothing to […]
Gas Prices Hit All-Time High As White House Turns To Dictators For Help
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Thomas CatenacciThe average price of gasoline surged to the highest level ever recorded in the U.S. on Monday as the White House scrambled to negotiate increased global oil production. The nationwide average price at the pump hit $4.104 per gallon, the highest level in U.S. history, according to energy analytics firm GasBuddy which tracks gasoline costs. […]
Stocks in Germany, the UK, France, Italy, and Spain Plunge Below Year 2000 Levels: Buy-and-Hold Horror Shows
/in Economy, Featured, Politics/by Wolf RichterFood for thought in light of the biggest stock market bubble in the US ever. Major European stock indices plunged below their bubble highs from over two decades ago. This is not to say that they plunged that much this week, but that they had finally risen past their prior bubble highs from over two decades ago, […]
Victory! Arizona Supreme Court Strikes Down Pinal County’s Illegal Tax
/in Arizona News, Economy, Liberty, Politics/by Timothy Sandefur & Matt BeienburgThe Goldwater Institute won a victory for taxpayers this morning when the Arizona Supreme Court struck down Pinal County’s illegal transportation excise tax. Goldwater represented a group of taxpayers and business owners in challenging the tax, which, among other things, only applied to purchases of less than $10,000, with the consequence that the tax burden fell primarily […]
Congress Demands Answers From CCP-Friendly HSBC Bank
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Philip LenczyckiFollowing the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests, former CEO of HSBC Asia, Peter Tung-shun Wong, supported the National Security Law, which Secretary of State Blinken said: “systematically undermined Hong Kong’s democratic institutions.” Wong is a member of a core Chinese Communist Party organization that oversees one of the nation’s most influential propaganda and intelligence agencies, the […]
The Economic Consequences of the Russian/Ukrainian War
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Neland NobelThe consequences are myriad. Some are quite visible while some are only now becoming evident. Some are intended, and some are unintended. Almost all of them are not good. Among the more obvious are that war destroys a lot of wealth. Don’t buy for a moment that war spending stimulates economies. The French economist Frederic Bastiat […]
Big Tech Promotes a Big Lie
/in Culture War, Economy, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Steven BucciAs Big Tech gatekeepers like Google and Amazon face long-overdue scrutiny in Washington for anti-competitive practices that limit choice and reduce quality online, they have resorted to a national security defense: Breaking us up, they claim, will only help China. It’s an ironic move. These tech giants have extensive, well-documented ties to Beijing, doing high-volume […]
UN doubles down on climate as Putin’s tanks roll
/in Culture War, Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics/by Bonner CohenWith exquisite timing, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has seized the opportunity of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine to warn of impending doom – not from Putin’s putting Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert, but from countries failing to reduce their carbon emissions. “Climate change is killing people,” said Helen Adams […]