https://freerepublic.com/tag/bigoilmoney/ en-us Sun, 4 Jan 2026 05:45:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4360310/posts Donald Trump likes to start the new year with a bang – or better yet a series of loud bangs. On January 3, 2020, his first administration ordered the drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force. Exactly six years later, his second administration has carried out a large-scale regime-change operation in Venezuela, blowing several sites to smithereens and capturing the Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife and flying them out of the country. This after a series of military strikes against Venezuelan and cartel targets in recent weeks and months. There... Spectator World https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4360310/posts#comment Sun, 4 Jan 2026 05:45:57 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3422415/posts There was a time in America — and it wasn't even so long ago — that liberals cared a lot about working-class people. They may have been misguided in many of their policy solutions — e.g., raising the minimum wage — but at least their hearts were in the right place. Then a strange thing happened about a decade ago. Radical environmentalists took control of the Democratic Party. These leftists care more about the supposed rise of the oceans than the financial survival of the middle class. The industrial unions made a catastrophic decision to get in bed with these... Newsmax https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3422415/posts#comment Tue, 19 Apr 2016 12:07:17 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3416390/posts Hillary Clinton owes Bernie Sanders’ campaign an apology, the campaign said Friday. Clinton on Thursday accused Sanders’ camp of “lying,” alleging that his campaign has been claiming Clinton accepts money from the fossil fuel industry — a statement she forcefully rejected when confronted by an environmental activist. “I think she probably owes the senator an apology for that because the senator is not lying about her record,” Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told MSNBC. “He’s talking about her record. He’s talking about her practices. She obviously doesn’t like it, but that doesn’t make it lying because you don’t like it.”... POLITICO https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3416390/posts#comment Fri, 1 Apr 2016 14:25:58 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3411614/posts If you still own shares in solar energy it’s probably a sign that you’ve been in the sun too long: the sector is tanking – and deservedly so – as reality dawns that this is a Potemkin industry, an Enron of a con-trick, whose survival depends not on the energy it generates but on the subsidies it squeezes from the taxpayer. Consider Exhibit A: the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the California desert. This $2.2 billion project, heavily backed with federal grants by the Obama administration, is absolutely brilliant at killing birds. According to some estimates it accounts for... Breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3411614/posts#comment Mon, 21 Mar 2016 00:20:30 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3409739/posts According to a March 11 Bloomberg article, the Russian government is considering changes in the tax regime for the Russian oil and gas industry in order to bolster government revenues. Should Vladimir Putin consider nationalizing this industry as one of the alternatives? Possibly—if the U.S. shale revolution represents a paradigm shift that will result in sub-$50-$60 crude prices and substantially lower natural gas prices well into the future. Should this be the case, without significant changes in its approach to generating revenue from this industry—which historically has funded ~50 percent of the government’s budget—it seems the Russian government could consign... Oilprice.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3409739/posts#comment Wed, 16 Mar 2016 00:32:46 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3405522/posts Take a look at this abstract from the journal Progress in Human Geography: ………………………………………………………………………Glaciers, Gender, and Science:A FEMINIST GLACIOLOGY: framework for global environmental change research Mark Carey, M Jackson, Alessandro Antonello, Jaclyn Rushing ABSTRACT Glaciers are key icons of climate change and global environmental change. However, the relationships among gender, science, and glaciers – particularly related to epistemological questions about the production of glaciological knowledge – remain understudied. This paper thus proposes a feminist glaciology framework with four key components: 1) knowledge producers; (2) gendered science and knowledge; (3) systems of scientific domination; and (4) alternative representations of glaciers. Merging... .powerlineblog https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3405522/posts#comment Sat, 5 Mar 2016 19:13:14 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3404289/posts Just one day after the DOJ unveiled its had indicted Chesapeake Founder and former CEO Aubrey McClendon on federal charges of conspiring to rig bids for oil and natural gas leases, moments ago the Oklahoma Police announced that he was found dead in a car accident, when while traveling in a 2013 Chevy Tahoe at a high rate of speed he crashed while driving on a two-lane highway and was engulfed in flames. FORMER CHESAPEAKE CEO MCCLENDON DEAD AFTER CAR ACCIDENT: CNBCOKLAHOMA CITY POLICE SAY AUBREY MCCLENDON DEADMCCLENDON WAS GOING FASTER THAN SPEED LIMIT: POLICEMCCLENDON WAS ALONE IN 2013 CHEVY... zero hedge https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3404289/posts#comment Wed, 2 Mar 2016 20:28:02 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3402971/posts Washington could become the first state in the nation to impose a direct tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuels such as coal, gasoline and natural gas. A ballot measure before the state Legislature would create a carbon tax of $25 per metric ton of fossil fuel emissions burned in Washington, while reducing taxes. ... Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3402971/posts#comment Sun, 28 Feb 2016 18:10:38 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3215816/posts UK Special Envoy to Yemen Alan Duncan Claims US Controlled by Jewish BankersPosted By Daniel Greenfield On October 15, 2014 @ 12:24 pm In The Point | 18 Comments Alan Duncan, the UK’s Special Envoy to Yemen and Oman, a former oil industry man and current MP, offered a calculated insult to the United States and a staple of Nazi anti-Semitic propaganda as part of his unfortunate campaign against the Jewish State.After denouncing Israeli “Apartheid” despite having built his career working with an oil company that actually propped up Apartheid in South Africa, Duncan demanded that all candidates be... FrontPage Magazine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3215816/posts#comment Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:30:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3399689/posts Link only due to copyright issues: http://www.expressnews.com/business/eagle-ford-energy/article/Cruz-is-big-oil-s-new-crush-as-donors-cool-to-6843524.php The San Antonio Express-News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3399689/posts#comment Sat, 20 Feb 2016 23:02:44 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3399618/posts <p>Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says he favors equipping Syrian rebels with surface-to-air missiles, arguing it would shift the balance of power.</p> <p>Saudi Arabia is a key backer of rebels against President Bashar Assad. Foreign Minister Adel el-Jubeir was quoted as telling German weekly Der Spiegel in an interview published Saturday: "We believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground."</p> Hickory Daily Record https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3399618/posts#comment Sat, 20 Feb 2016 18:51:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3397864/posts Saudis, Russia Agree to Freeze Oil Output; Iran Still Resists by Reuters Feb 16 2016, 9:34 am ET Top oil exporters Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed on Tuesday to freeze output levels but said the deal was contingent on other producers joining in - a major sticking point with Iran absent from the talks and determined to raise production. The Saudi, Russian, Qatari and Venezuelan oil ministers announced the proposal after a previously undisclosed meeting in Doha. It could become the first joint OPEC and non-OPEC deal in 15 years, aimed at tackling a growing oversupply of crude and helping... nbcnews.com https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3397864/posts#comment Tue, 16 Feb 2016 19:08:01 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3396844/posts "...Some of the last fireworks of the night came when Cruz attacked Trump's supposedly "very, very liberal" policies."Flexibility is a good thing, but you shouldn't be flexible on core principles," Cruz said. "I like Donald. He is an amazing entertainer. But his policies for most of his life..have been very, very liberal."Cruz continued:For most of his life, he has described himself as very pro-choice and as a supporter of partial-birth abortion. Right now today as a candidate, he supports federal taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood. I disagree with him on that."You are the single biggest liar," Trump shot back. "You... Business Insider https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3396844/posts#comment Sun, 14 Feb 2016 10:02:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3396309/posts Wood Mackenzie's report, cited by the energy news service Platts, said about 3.4 million barrels' worth of oil a day was not profitable below $35 a barrel. According to the International Energy Agency, the world's supply is 97.07 million barrels a day. While today's oil prices are below this threshold, the report suggests the price at which US shale and other producers would be forced out of the market is lower than previously thought. As Platts writes, "For many producers, being cash negative is not enough of an incentive to shut down fields as restarting flow can be costly and... Business Insider https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3396309/posts#comment Fri, 12 Feb 2016 20:52:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3395484/posts Syria’s national wealth, infrastructure and institutions have been “almost obliterated” by the “catastrophic impact” of nearly five years of conflict, a new report has found. Fatalities caused by war, directly and indirectly, amount to 470,000, according to the Syrian Centre for Policy Research (SCPR) – a far higher total than the figure of 250,000 used by the United Nations until it stopped collecting statistics 18 months ago. In all, 11.5% of the country’s population have been killed or injured since the crisis erupted in March 2011, the report estimates. The number of wounded is put at 1.9 million. Life expectancy... The Guardian https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3395484/posts#comment Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:51:52 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3379147/posts News articles concerning the most influential political donors in America typically list the same names: The Koch brothers, George Soros, Sheldon Adelson and, lately, Tom Steyer. But as we reach the end of 2015, none of these billionaires has spent big in the 2016 contest, at least not at an individual candidate level. In their absence, a number of lesser known donors are shaping up to be major players in 2016. Here are five to watch: 1. The DeVos Family We're cheating by including a whole family in our list, but there is no way of separating out this high-spending... MSN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3379147/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2016 06:41:55 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3394908/posts No excerpt from Bloomberg allowed, story here. Bloomberg https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3394908/posts#comment Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:27:48 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3394706/posts The president has nominated attorney J. Mark McWatters for the bank board. However, Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, has said he's "in no hurry" to hold a hearing or a vote on the nomination. Other pending confirmations take precedence, he said.The last of the 2015 lobbying reports are in, and the top corporate spender turns out to have been the Boeing Company, at $21.9 million. Not coincidentally, the aerospace giant also outranks thousands of other firms in profiting from the subsidies doled out by the Export-Import Bank. Last year, Boeing benefitted... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3394706/posts#comment Tue, 9 Feb 2016 12:29:56 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385083/posts Pointing to the effects of "horrible" super-PACs, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Sunday said America needs to come up with a solution to keep big money out of politics. "Well, I think you need it, because I think PACs are a horrible thing," Trump said on CNN's "State of the Union" when asked if he would pursue campaign finance reform. The billionaire businessman, who said he is self-financing his campaign, said the wall separating super-PACs and candidates running for public office is illusory. "First of all, everyone's dealing with their PAC. You know, it's supposed to be like this... The Hill https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385083/posts#comment Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:29:32 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385188/posts ...U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv The U.S. Embassy in Israel is currently in Tel Aviv. Cruz wants to move it to Jerusalem, Israel's "once and eternal" capital.Commerce DepartmentIn a piece for the National Review, Cruz said shuttering the department would "close the congressional cookie jar" and promote free trade.Education DepartmentAnother standard line from Cruz: "U.S. Department of Education, which should be abolished." Cruz is a states' rights guy -- he wrote his college thesis on the 10th Amendment -- and wants to give control of schools to states or localities....Energy DepartmentCruz has said the country needs an "energy renaissance." ....... Washington Post https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3385188/posts#comment Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:50:12 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3393419/posts If Donald Trump is the Tony Soprano of American politics, Ted Cruz is a less-affable version of Mr. Haney from Green Acres (Ok - not quite, but sort of! Do feel free to say, H&R readers, which movie character is a better fit with Cruz). But the only thing cleverer than Cruz's impression of Inigo Montoya in Princess Bride (and not the least because it irritates Billy Crystal and the insufferably self-righteous Mandy Patinkin so much) is the campaign strategy he devised in Iowa to defeat the ethanol cartel and win the primary, I note in my column at The... Reason https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3393419/posts#comment Fri, 5 Feb 2016 21:30:16 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3392261/posts When Obama carried out his Solyndra con game, he broke the same law that Martha Stewart went to prison for breaking In 2009 the Obama administration gave $535 million to Solyndra, claiming that it would create 4,000 new jobs. However, instead of creating those 4,000 new jobs, the company went bankrupt. It was later revealed that the company’s shareholders and executives had made substantial donations to Obama’s campaign, that the company had spent a large sum of money on lobbying, and that Solyndra executives had had many meetings with White House officials. It was also revealed that the Obama administration had... wordpress https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3392261/posts#comment Wed, 3 Feb 2016 16:22:06 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3346710/posts Over the last week, the world has once again looked on aghast as President Vladimir Putin has taken violent advantage of regional instability to re-establish Russia's influence, this time in the Middle East. Despite promises to join the United States in a counterterrorism effort against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, Putin is on a mission to protect Russian assets in the Mediterranean by propping up his client, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Ted Cruz Ted Cruz Meanwhile, the Obama administration has been caught flat-footed as Putin's actions threaten to inflame and destabilize an already acute crisis. Enough already. We don't need... CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3346710/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2015 16:49:11 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3346390/posts ICYMI: CRUZ: We Have No Business Getting in the Middle of the Syrian Civil War; Goal Should be to Defeat ISIS Speaks with WRKOÂ’s Jeff KuhnerHOUSTON, Texas – Today U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, spoke with The Kuhner Report regarding the Obama administrationÂ’s disastrous foreign policy, the 2016 presidential race and the President’s decision to politicize the tragedy in Oregon.Below is an excerpt. Listen to the full interview here:Ted Cruz on the Kuhner Report (Audio)“I think it would be a mistake to get involved in the Syrian civil war. There have been voices in Washington eager for us to send... TedCruz.org https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3346390/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2015 22:02:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3391804/posts Russian warplanes in Syria are targeting civilian oil refineries and trucks while deliberately ignoring ISIS facilities to allow the extremist group to continue its oil trade with the Assad regime, local activists claim. Citizen journalists from the Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently group claimed Russia's airstrikes are aimed at destroying local oil facilities which are mostly owned by the local population 'and have no direct links with ISIS'. Oil trucks that move between the ISIS-held cities of Deir Ezzor and Raqqa, owned by civilians, are also targeted by Russian jets. London Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3391804/posts#comment Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:47:35 GMT