Politics

Former Governor of Massachusetts and 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney has warned his party that Donald Trump would secure this year’s presidential nomination if both Senator Ted Cruz and Governor John Kasich stay in the race after tomorrow’s New York primary. Business Insider Reports: In a preview of his interview with David Gregory for his podcast, “The David Gregory Show,” Romney insisted that stopping Trump depends on whether both Cruz and Kasich continue campaigning. “I think that Mr. Cruz and Mr. Kasich divide the vote, and that makes it easier for Mr.

Syria’s permanent representative to the U.N. and chief government peace negotiator Bashar Jaafari has accused Israel of cooperating with ISIS and Al-Qaeda terrorists in the Golan Heights. Ja’afari made the accusation in response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent comments that the Golan Heights captured from Syria in 1967 is part and parcel of an ancient Jewish land, historically belonging to the modern state of Israel, and being better off for it.

Via AntoniusAquinas.com,

The Oppressed U.S. Taxpayer

This year, Americans’ day of tribute to their federal overlords falls on April 18.  As calculated by the Tax Foundation, the average American will work from January 1 to April 24 (Tax Freedom Day) to pay his share of taxes to all levels of government with some $3.3 trillion to be forked over to the federal government and $1.6 trillion to state and local jurisdictions.

It appears the "excuse" for today's panic-buying spree in crude - a refineries strike in Kuwait affecting supply - has just been demolished:

• KUWAIT OIL CO. SAYS OUTPUT FROM NORTHERN FIELDS BACK TO NORMAL

Now what excuse will there be? Especially as Venezuela confirms production will not slow.

While much of the blame for the failed Doha agreement (which impacted the price of oil for about 12 hours before another squeeze pushed both Brent and WTI back to unchanged for the day), a new allegations has emerged, this time from the Venezuela oil minister Del Pino who, after saying that he is disappointed with the Doha results (but why - oil is basically unchanged) accused none other than the US for sabotaging the Doha deal, saying that the US acted to block the Doha oil production freeze accord.