Putin, Obama, Xi — and the back story the media won’t tell you

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By way of events on the foreign side, the past few weeks start to resemble some once-in-a-while event in the heavens when everyone is supposed to go out and watch as the sun, moon and stars align. There are lots of things happening, and if we put them all together, the way Greek shepherds imagined constellations, a picture emerges. Time to draw the picture.

The situation on the ground in Ukraine is getting messy again. Equally, events of the past year now leave Ukraine’s economy not far from sheer extinction. You have not read of this because it does not fit the approved story, but Ukraine’s heart barely beats. Further east, we hear in the financial markets that the ruble’s decline brings Russia to the brink of another financial collapse.

Let’s see. Oil prices are now below $80 a barrel. It costs me nearly $20 less to put gasoline in my car than it did a year ago, and good enough. But why has the price of crude tumbled in so short an interval? It makes little sense when you gather the facts, and — goes without saying — you get no help with that from our media.

More:
http://www.salon.com/2014/11/13/what_really_happened_in_beijing_putin_obama_xi_and_the_back_story_the_media_wont_tell_you/

[bemildred]

1. +1. nt

[magical thyme]

2. they'll keep oil around $80/barrel

$70/barrel would break the fracking industry.

[Nitram]

3. No help from the media? Which media do you rely on?

NPR has reported the reasons for the precipitous drop in oil prices. On one hand, production in the U.S. has soared. On the other, Saudi Arabia is refusing to lower production in hopes of driving smaller players who can't survive a price war out of the market. Resulting in a glut of oil and a big reduction in price.

[cprise]

4. I think you just underscored the OP

and its point about "the media", which means the mass media.

I suggest reading the article; its interesting.

[KoKo]

5. Recommend...

[Blue_Tires]

6. I have no idea what agenda that writer is trying to pimp

with no sources and no proven correlation between all the events he's trying to string together, but I will say I stopped reading once he denied the unquestioned fact that the Russians moved troops and armor across the border...

Nothing is being "hidden" in Ukraine; and there is no media conspiracy anymore than it was once a hot story pushed off the front pages by other stuff, ala Syria, Egypt, Boko Haram, Ebola, etc. etc...The information is readily available for anyone who knows how to do a basic search...