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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
You can thank Texas oil & natural gas frackers for the lack of $200 dollar oil.
They made the USA both an energy exporter and made natural gas powered US electricity the cheapest in the world.
🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇷The doomsday oil price never showed up, and the reason is quietly brilliant.
Everyone had the same number in their head, $200 a barrel, the second war shut the Strait of Hormuz, the lane that carries about a fifth of the world's oil. Brent, the global benchmark, did spike, topping out near $116 earlier this year, but $200 never came into view.
Two things stopped it, one on each side of the trade.
The buyers adjusted. Rich importers like China, Japan and South Korea burned through oil they'd stockpiled for exactly this. The poorer ones had no cushion, so they got priced out and used less, what economists politely call demand destruction.
Then the sellers opened the taps, nobody harder than the U.S. This time last year it shipped under 1 million barrels a day. The same two months this year, nearly 5 million. That wall of American oil is a big reason prices steadied instead of sprinting to $200, though it pulled U.S. pump prices up too, so the shock still hit American drivers.
And no, this wasn't a government rescue. The surge dwarfed anything released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the emergency crude stash. This was companies pumping harder and drawing down their own stockpiles.
Longer term, watch the dollar. Oil and the dollar used to move opposite ways, back when the U.S. was a big importer. Now that it sells oil to the world, that flipped, and pricey oil can lift the dollar.
But the honest read from Brooks is that oil is a sideshow. He thinks the dollar's strength is a bet that new Fed chair Kevin Warsh keeps rates high, and that markets have it wrong, that inflation is calmer than it looks and the Fed ends up cutting. Worth being straight though, that's a contrarian call, inflation is still hot above 4% and most expect the Fed to hold or hike.
The $200 panic missed the quiet machinery underneath, buyers rationing, sellers flooding, and America pumping like never before. The shock was real. The apocalypse just got out-produced.
Source: Robin J. Brooks (Substack), Capital. com, Al Jazeera, Federal Reserve / Writer: Daniyal
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
🚨BREAKING -- 🇨🇳Chinese scholars have "concluded" that the 🇵🇭#Philippines' northernmost Batanes Islands legally belong to #China, by way of 🇹🇼#Taiwan.
At a June 30th symposium in Guangzhou hosted by Jinan University, roughly a dozen researchers from prominent Chinese universities and institutes declared that Manila's control over Batanes lacks historical and legal basis, and in fact the islands belong to China.
"Participants unanimously concluded that the Batan Islands constitute a natural geographical extension of Taiwan, with sovereignty belonging to China, and that so-called Japan-Philippines maritime delimitation negotiations in the area hold no legal validity. The symposium was convened in direct response to the joint statement issued at the recent Japan-Philippines summit." [Link in the comments below]
In other words, Beijing -- via its academics and aided by state media -- clearly orchestrated this symposium to propose a new territorial baseline, a "lawfare" tactic to back up the patrols it launched far to the east of Taiwan last month.
So far PRC government officials have not endorsed the symposium's conclusions, but that's not unusual in PRC gray-zone narrative warfare. For now, muddying the waters over Batanes' legal ownership is sufficient to help justify its "sovereignty" patrols.
Full SeaLight analysis coming soon.
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
The point is not speed but access. More people can use the highway now.
Note how the same applies to concert tickets: a lot of what one does when complaining about rising prices, is complaining that more people have access to traveling to that concert (know about it, can travel to it, can afford the ticket, etc).
That’s a win!
Not if you are one of those who already had access, of course, and it’s legitimate for these to complain, but that complaint should be honest that things became worse for them and not overall. (Again, selfish complaints are legitimate, not disputing that.)
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
Amar Ilyas, who stood as a Labour candidate in 2016 and later worked with young people, was sentenced in absentia to 27 years in prison for sexual offenses against five girls in Sheffield. However, he has avoided jail after fleeing to Pakistan before sentencing.
His brothers were also convicted as part of the same case. The offenses involved the grooming and sexual exploitation of vulnerable teenage girls over a number of years.
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
As we all know, women in China (TFR 0.9) are FAR more free and autonomous than women in America (1.6), and women in Israel (3) are MUCH more oppressed than women in Iran (1.5)
The global decline in fertility is a function women's increased equality, autonomy, and opportunity. It should be celebrated, not fretted over. bookforum.com/print/2001/a-c…
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
Naudiņa ir jātaupa! Atsaucu iepriekšējās valdības virzīto projektu palielināt patvēruma meklētājiem izmaksāto dienas naudu no ~90 uz ~150 eiro mēnesī. Potenciālais ietaupījums budžetā aptuveni 500 tūkstoši.
Paldies Iekšlietu ministrijas darbiniekiem, kuri šo pamanīja! Valstij ir jāparūpējas par saviem pilsoņiem, tāpēc ir jāvērtē iespēja vēl vairāk samazināt ārzemniekiem pieejamo atbalstu.
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
The wolves are racists they need to be judged by EU commission 😂
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Drošība. Kārtība. Tīrība. Dombrava.
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▪️Tiek regulāri kontrolēts, lai personas nebūtu ieguvušas ieročus vai narkotikas.
▪️Imigrantiem ir jāuztur kārtībā centra telpas, lai netiktu piemērotas sankcijas.
▪️Galvenā prioritāte - samazināt imigrantu skaitu, tāpēc PMLP ir izmainījuši procedūras, lai saīsinātā kārtībā pieņemtu lēmumus par nelegāļu izraidīšanu.
Mucenieki pakāpeniski sakārtojas. Varbūt jāaizbrauc līdz Rīgas Centrālās stacijas apkaimei?
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"Pirms diviem gadiem izstrādātais, vēsturiskajās Rīgas apkaimēs balstītais Ritvara Eglāja priekšlikums ir labāks."
Pārlasīju priekšlikumu, piekrītu. Saite uz to — rakstā.
Pētot Dzirciema robežas un tā rašanās vēsturi, sāku šaubīties, vai tam maz ir jābūt mūsdienu Rīgas apkaimju sarakstā.
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
“History shows that the government will spend whatever the tax system will yield plus as much more as it can get away with and now government is too big.”
— Milton Friedman
The Rabbit Hole
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
Percentage of births in New Zealand to ethnically Indian mothers:
2008 2.8%
2012 3.5%
2016 5.5%
2020 7.9%
2024 12.6%
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
I have been ordered to pay $95,000 in "damages" to two men in women's sport because I apparently hurt their feelings. It is potentially going to be doubled because I didn't pay in 30 days. So that is $190,000 in total to reward two men in women's sport. I am appealing in the NSW Supreme Court, so for now, there is a stay on the orders.
@salltweets has been ordered to pay a man $20,000 for not allowing him on her female only app. His hurt feelings claim is hoping to be challenged in the High Court. Sall is still waiting to see if leave will be granted for the appeal.
Jasmine Sussex could have to pay up to $95,000 to a man with hurt feelings who falsely claimed he could breastfeed a tiny baby. Her case is still to be heard by a Queensland tribunal.
None of these numbers include the court costs which run into millions.
Others have lost jobs, been censored, gaslit or threatened if they speak the truth or object to the lie that men can be women.
Men who wish they were women not only want to dominate our sports, spaces and services, they are also trying to make money as they go. It appears quite lucrative if they succeed.
Stand with us. Men are not women and we should never be penalized for stating the facts - especially in court where evidence and facts are meant to be paramount.
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
When insurance becomes unaffordable or disappears, it is a signal governments should listen to, not silence.
My latest newsletter issue: luca-dellanna.com/posts/insu…
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
This is a devastating blow for russia and I’m incredibly proud of the result. It’s proof that if you put enough pressure on politicians and wake enough people up, real change can happen.
The power of journalism when used for good. 🙏❤️
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
Sabiedrībā ir mīts, ka M. Čehova Rīgas krievu teātris esot anti imperiālistisks. Bet darbi runā skaļāk par bezpersonisku paziņojumu pirms izrādes.
Intars Rešetins - Pētersons strādāja teātrī 2022.gadā, kad jauca nost okupekli. Viņš atceras,kā bija patiesībā (ierakstīts 2024.g.):
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
Dažiem karikatūras nepatīk. Pirms četriem gadiem tautības norādīšana nebija problēma, bet tagad pēkšņi, nokļūstot pie “Progresīvajiem”, sāk rēgoties Šķēdes kāpas un holokausts…
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Turklāt Abrenes novadā ir mazāk krievu nekā Ziepniekkalnā.
Krievijas sairuma gadījumā, kas var nebūt tik tālu nākotnē, Latvijai būtu jāpiesaka savas tiesības uz Abreni, sperot nepieciešamos soļus mūsu teritoriālās integritātes atjaunošanai. Abrene ir sena latgaļu teritorija un pirms okupācijas bija skaista un sakopta vieta. Tagad tā ir daļa no nolaistā un izmirstošā Pleskavas reģiona - kā parasti, Kremlis okupē teritorijas un pēc tam tās noved līdz pārējās Krievijas līmenim. 2007. gada robežlīgums bija nodevīgs un kaitīgs Latvijas valsts interesēm - tas deva pamatu atteikties no 1920. gada miera līgumā nostiprinātajām tiesībām, kā arī ignorēja Latvijas valsts okupācijas un konstitucionālās nepārtrauktības jautājumu. Tā laika politiķi solīja attiecību uzlabošanos ar valsti, kas nemitīgi draud ar mūsu neatkarības iznīcināšanu, taču mēs saņēmām tieši to, ko austrumu diktators bija apsolījis - beigta ēzeļa ausis.
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
Prieks, ka arvien vairāk uzņēmumu aizstāv savu darbinieku tiesības lietot valsts valodu un toleranti atgādina saviem klientiem par viņu atbildību, nespējot sazināties tajā!
Paldies Vitamins.lv (Akropole Riga)!
Un ,@liana_langa, arī paldies!💪
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Ritvars Eglājs 🇱🇻🌻🇺🇦 retweeted
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