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Zero Hedge: These Are The New Strategies That Tanker Tracking Firms Are Using To Monitor Iran's "Dark Fleet"
Despite Washington's pleas that UK/Gibraltar authorities refrain from releasing the Iranian-flagged Adrian Darya-1 tanker over concerns that it would deliver its 2.1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil to Syria, the ship was released last month. Shortly after, it "went dark" - turning off its transponder earlier this month to mask the fact that it was delivering a load of crude to Syria - or at least that's what National Security Advisor John Bolton suspects happened.
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WNU Editor: U.S. sanctions have certainly hit Iran's oil exports.
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How effective the US sanctions have been is interesting, BUT even more insightful is how effective they have been DESPITE Russian and Chinese interference. Despite those two (Putin less so, he is just a bit lost in this game it seems and needs a way out) messing with the sanctions every which way and bad state actors like Syria buying up stuff, despite all this it just shows you how much dominance the US has if it chooses to do so. Iran is at economic war with the US and loosing badly. China is at economic war with the US for decades - and only now the giant USA fights back and look at where China is. Tumbling in the ring, being hit every which way, not knowing what the f*ck happened. THAT to me is the more astounding thing. 1.5bn people on one side AND called SO SMART and called (by themselves) one of the oldest cultures on Earth and look at them. Thieves who got caught and barely capable of fighting back once the spotlights are on them.
Anon, the psychology of the whole thing is what baffles me. A fed that aims to degrade this currency's purchasing power 2% annually. Serial interest rate manipulators running this fed for decades whose manipulations raise hell with us dinosaurs who put money in savings institutions as insurance for the various surprises that come in a lifetime and, heaven forbid, don't want to be dependent on or a burden to others.
Thank goodness for the whole scheme the printing paper used for the currency printing is unique and not available at the local stationary store, or we'd all be trillionaires. Not that one need be bothered with carrying that currency around in order to purchase anything.
In 1954 my parents bought a newly constructed 3 bedroom, 1 3/4 bath, tract home with a DECENT sized lot here in SoCal, for a price that today buys 1/2 of a new Ford pick up truck. Left or right half, Mr. Smith. Which do you prefer?
So why is our promise to pay so acceptable to other countries? Especially after 8 years of the prior administration and it's serial interest manipulator?
I think Russia is a reliable debtor. It's old school in this respect it seems.
China's paper money is colorful. Maduro presides over a country with more oil than just about anyone but toilet paper sells by the sheet, I'll bet. Stay away from Ex-lax, IF you can afford it. What gives here?
Oh boy. Now to face the blind robot that can't count. Must be made in ....
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