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Delta Air Lines Buys Its Own Oil Refinery

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Friday, May 4, 2012 Soaring fuel costs coupled with no relief from the Obama administration forced Delta Airlines to take the unusual step of buying its own oil refinery near Philadelphia, PA. Delta Air Lines will buy the Trainer Oil … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Attack on Libya Helps Drive Oil to $105

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Whether you support President Obama’s decision to attack Libya or not, one result of the U.S. military action is oil prices hitting $105 a barrel. On the New York Mercantile Exchange oil reached $104.97 per barrel … Continue reading →

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Rubber Bullets Fly at Anti-Obama Protest in Rio

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Saturday, March 19, 2011 Less than 48 hours before U.S. President Barack Obama & family arrive in Brazil, a Molotov cocktail was launched in front of the U.S. consulate in Rio de Janeiro late Friday in protest of his arrival, … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Secret Plan to Arm Libya’s Rebels

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Sunday, March 6, 2011 As the hapless Obama administration is “thinking about” tapping the US’s strategic petroleum reserves to help off-set historic increases in consumer gas prices, evidently Obama wasted no time making another decision: asking Saudi Arabia to supply … Continue reading →

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The Cost of Libyan Freedom

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Thursday, March 3, 2011 Gas prices continue to surge in the USA. Many oil analysts blame the meteoric rise to unrest in Libya which is an OPEC member nation. Pump prices are the highest in history for early March, jumping … Continue reading →

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Die Baby, Die

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Monday, May 3, 2010 Sea turtles have begun to wash ashore dead along the Gulf States where oil continues to leak from an uncontrolled gusher on the sea floor, some 5,000 feet below the surface. The best-case scenario for region … Continue reading →

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‘Gag-inducing’ Fuel Smell Wafting over New Orleans

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Friday, April 30, 2010 The Times-Picayune reports New Orleans has been overwhelmed by a “pungent smell” and that officials believe is the onslaught of the massive oil spill, pushed ashore by 20 mph winds, now five times larger than originally … Continue reading →

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