...We felt a disturbance in the farce, as if millions of establishment GOP voices cried out in terror... and were suddenly silenced. Just minutes after we opined on "what Paul Ryan was up to" suggesting he is positioning for a 2020 run, The Hill reports the Speaker will make a statement at 1515ET "to rule himself out [of the 2016 nomination debacle] and put this to rest once and for all."
Intelligence agencies from several countries, including intermediaries of the CIA, used the services of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca to “conceal” their activities, according to German media Citing leaked documents, the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) said that both “secret agents and their informants have used the company’s services” “Agents have set up shell companies to conceal their activities” the newspaper reported, adding that there were CIA mediators among them.
While many establishment Republicans would love Paul Ryan to emerge in Cleveland to rescue the party from what they think is a doomed presidential bid, as The Hill reports, some among their number recognize that any effort to take the nomination away from Trump or Cruz, if either goes to Cleveland with far more delegates than anyone else, could hurt the GOP for years.
Having surged from nowhere to "a contender" during March's fiascos, April has seen Speaker Ryan's odds of a nomination decline substantially...
Submitted by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com,
A report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has revealed that most of the world’s nations hiked their military budgets last year, marking the first increase in spending since the 2008 crisis.
It seems that the only ones not taking part in this military spending hike are some of the world’s biggest oil producers.
While the algos are focusing on where the next "OPEC freeze" headline (and subsequent rejection) will come from, Saudi Arabia is quietly creating a new alliance among the U.S. "reject" nations in the region.
Earlier today, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on Tuesday. After an official welcoming ceremony, Erdogan presented the order of the State of the Republic of Turkey to the Saudi monarch. It is the Saudi king's first visit to Turkey since ascending the throne early last year.