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The New Oil Cartel Threatening OPEC

China is the undisputed leader in global EV adoption

(LONDON / OilPrice.com) - When reports emerged that India and China are in talks about forming an oil buyers' club, OPEC was probably too busy with its upcoming June 22 meeting to concern itself with that dangerous alliance. Now, it may be time for it to start worrying.

"The timing is right. The boom in U.S. oil and gas production gives us greater leverage against OPEC," the Times of India quoted an Indian official as saying last month after the formal start of said talks.

Burial at Sea

"Mister, I wouldn't have your job for a million dollars." I shook his hand and said, "Neither would I."

(USA) - War is the seminal event in the life of everyone that has endured it. Though I fought in Korea and the Dominican Republic and was wounded there, Vietnam was my war.

Now 42 years have passed and, thankfully, I rarely think of those days in Cambodia, Laos, and the panhandle of North Vietnam where small teams of Americans and Montangards fought much larger elements of the North Vietnamese Army. Instead I see vignettes: some exotic, some mundane...

Midterms No Slam Dunk for Democrats

Trump-bashing alone won’t win the midterms for the Democrats.

(SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) - For those of you who thought the midterms are a slam dunk for Democrats, think again. Calling immigrants MS-13 gang members (animals) and criminals, Trump seems to have turned his cruel, inhumane child separation, zero-tolerance immigration policy into a border security issue for too many likely voters.

Democrats must come up with a platform that addresses the average voters’ hopes and concerns.

Different forms of Both Teams To Score Bets

Doing your research will give you needed knowledge.

(SALEM, Ore.) - After the basic ‘match result’ market, betting on Both Teams To Score bets are one of the most favourable. The primary version of this doesn’t affect what the final score is, how many goals there are or which side wins, as long as both teams score at least one goal each, meaning there needs to be a minimum scoreline of 1-1 by the time the games reached the full ninety minutes.

As there’s far less at stake and plenty more time for your bet to land, BTTS bets are arguably even more worth doing than match result bets.

Trump doing Putin`s Work for Him

“America First” is slowly becoming “America alone.”

(SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) - At the Group of Seven (G7) meeting on June 8, President Trump called for the readmission of Russia into the group.

Russia was tossed out of the Group after it annexed Crimea and intervened in the Ukraine and did so even after Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election. Soon there will be only a de facto G6 Group.

Oregon Congressional Delegation Presses ICE on Rights of Immigrant Detainees at Federal Prison in Oregon

The detainees in Sheridan are among the more than 1,600 people that ICE is holding in federal prisons.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Monday, Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, with House members Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer, Peter DeFazio and Kurt Schrader, demanded that the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immediately allow individuals being held at a federal prison in Sheridan, Ore., under the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy” to access legal services through free phone calls.

Red Cross Says: A`s, B`s and O`s are missing!

Red Cross campaign calls for new blood donors to fill the Missing Types

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - As part of an international movement, the American Red Cross is launching the Missing Types campaign today to recruit new blood donors – and those who have not given recently – to ensure lifesaving blood is available for patients.

During the Missing Types campaign, the letters A, B and O – the main blood groups – will disappear from brands, social media pages, signs and websites to illustrate the critical role every blood donor plays.

Gas Stations and Your Wallet

Masters of the impulse and convenience

(SALEM, Ore.) - Recently in Oregon news, BP gas stations were forced to pay a hefty price for up-charging debit card users a $.35 service fee for each of their gas transactions.

A $409 million dollar verdict was reached for a cluster of ARCO stations that were charging the fee and did not properly advertise to their customers.

Surcharges Stealing the Show

Fuel prices are blamed for huge leaps in surcharges

(SALEM, Ore.) - It is a song by the Rolling Stones, but it could easily pass as a conversation between any e-commerce business and that nasty 10-letter word.

Surcharge:
If you start me up,
If you start me up I’ll never stop.
Business owner:
I’ve been running hot,
You got me just about to blow my top...

Mistakes Business Owners Make That Can Come Back to Haunt Them

Knowing what NOT to do is part of the formula for success.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Being a business owner these days is no mean feat, and you need to make sure you are making the right decisions.

There are innumerable things that go into running a modern business, and it’s easy to make mistakes if you aren’t careful about it. Every business owner will make mistakes at some point in their lives, it’s just making sure the mistakes are not too catastrophic.