Day: October 9, 2026
🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 America is now the world’s last big gas station, and US refiners are headed for RECORD PROFITS while diesel sits at $6.53 a gallon
Middle East refineries crippled, about 15 Russian plants knocked out by Ukrainian drones, China holding back exports, and 12% of the world’s refining capacity offline…
That leaves US refiners selling into a starved market, and the gap between the crude Valero buys and the fuel it sells jumped from about 72 cents a gallon to $1.12 in a single quarter.
Trump already told the industry it’s “making too much money,” yet nobody is building new plants because they expect the boom to fade.
So who’s paying for that extra 40 cents?
Farmers, truckers and families are.
Source: The Wall Street Journal / Writer: Daniel
🇮🇷 Merchant sailors are being pushed through Hormuz for the cameras, and the strait is just as deadly as before.
Philip Pilkington calls it a gross bloodsport, with crews treated as expendable props in an information war so somebody can claim the waterway is open.
The headlines change, but the drones and missiles stay right where they were.
Good optics have never stopped a single drone.
@philippilk
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Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal)🇸🇦 🇾🇪 Saudi Arabia is taking losses to the Houthis while leaning on outside military help, and its credibility is paying the price.
Philip Pilkington says Riyadh badly underestimated what the Houthis could do, and now every setback and every call for foreign firepower makes the kingdom look weaker at home and abroad, with no easy exit in sight.
The longer this drags on, the more the danger moves from the battlefield to the palace.
@philippilk
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— https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/2108412678347661538
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has expressed hope that efforts by US President Donald Trump to help establish lasting peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia will be recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize.
According to Report, the head of state made the remarks in a post on his X social media account.
“President Donald Trump played a historic role in advancing peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia at the Washington Peace Summit he hosted on August 8, 2025.
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the peace process, Azerbaijan and Armenia jointly nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize at my initiative.
We sincerely hope that President Trump’s historic efforts to secure lasting peace in our region will receive due recognition in this year’s Nobel Peace Prize decision,” reads the post.
