Wednesday, 19 August 2026

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NEWS AGGREGATOR & COMMENTS

Great Spirit bless 🙏

Be well and be safe on this grey Wednesday afternoon. And I do pray, no more floods. Thank you, Great Spirit of the Universe, for watching over the people. The chosen YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE; just believe! Amen.

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Question: Bible, if you had the faith of a mustard seed

In the Bible, - Matthew 17:20 - Jesus says that if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can tell a mountain to move from one place to another, and it will move. He states that nothing will be impossible for you.

My thoughts: For example, the Tower of Babel, the Great Temples, and the pyramids, etc., were built approximately 12 to 15,000 + years ago. But then it's hard to nail down how many years ago these mysterious stone masons mentioned in the Holy Books were around, as it seems to be just prior to the Great Ice Age and just after it ended, around the same time as the stone masons showed up, 15 to 20,000 years ago. Given that these stone masons may have been here long before the Ice Age, we may learn more about them as the permafrost melts away. How long have these stone masons been around? Just something to think about.

Did we come out of the trees before the Ice Age and learn the great secret of shaping stone like clay pottery? Or did we have teachers?

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TODAY'S DISCUSSION:

Good Morning,

Fuel markets are having a bit of a moment.

Global oil inventories are being watched closely. Refineries are making headlines. And disruptions around the world continue to affect the cost of moving people and goods.

We’ve covered some of these market fundamentals before, but they are important enough to revisit, especially with the large influx of new subscribers who joined our conversation over the past few weeks and for those who may not have seen some of our previous articles.

So, this week we’re keeping it practical: what is driving today’s volatility, why do crude supply and refinery capacity both matter, and what can Canada do closer to home to strengthen reliability?

We also have a special surprise in this edition, so keep reading!

Today’s reading time is 4 minutes.

How much buffer is left?:

What’s Happening

Reuters reports that as the U.S.-Iran war continues, oil traders and policymakers are asking the same difficult question: are global oil inventories strong enough to withstand another six months of disruption?

The answer is not simple.

Why it matters:
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Another refinery goes offline

What’s happening

The Associated Press reports that Ukrainian drone strikes have hit the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat refinery and petrochemical complex in Russia, one of the country’s largest integrated refining and chemical facilities.

The strike is part of a broader pattern of repeated attacks on energy infrastructure over the past couple years of the Russo-Ukraine war and is the latest example of a refinery reducing or suspending operations due to the conflict. In many of these cases, repairs to the damaged facilities are expected to take months.

Why it matters

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Global disruptions will always happen.

A strong domestic fuel system gives Canada more options when they do.

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🔹AI Overview

Forwarded Engine13 newsletter discussing oil volatility, refinery capacity, and Canadian reliability.

Content covered global oil markets, US-Iran war impact, and Russian refinery drone strike impacts.

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This is the latest I have come up with as to any idea of what Canada is going to do. I know one thing! They will NOT LET THE LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN WE HAVE OUR OWN FUEL TO KEEP THEM ON, unless we become the fifty-first Nazi state of the Shmukarica and the subjects of Kink Orange Slime Slob Jabba The Hutt.

He's so full of 💩💩💩 now he has to carry the bucket 🪣 in his pants.

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BREAKING NEWS RECAP:

Trump postpones 50% tariff he threatened on some Canadian goods

President Donald Trump, late Tuesday, postponed his threat of a 50% tariff on a wide range of Canadian goods that was set to take effect at midnight and would have affected roughly $20 billion worth of imports.

“I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!” Trump wrote late Tuesday on Truth Social.

In his post, Trump referred to the Keystone XL pipeline, which he said “may be awoken from the grave!” without providing further details. The tariffs would have covered products including dairy, alcohol, and furniture — about 5% of the total value of US imports from Canada last year...

The US Chamber of Commerce had also warned Tuesday that higher tariffs “would damage both economies

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Updated Aug 18, 2026, 11:28 PM ET - 9 hr ago

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Trump launches personal attack on CNN’s Kristen Holmes in Oval Office

She’s the latest female reporter the president has targeted, often over their intelligence or appearance, in a way he has rarely gone after men.

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In his latest attack on female journalists, President Donald Trump berated a CNN reporter, telling her to “be quiet” after she asked questions about U.S. military exercises with South Korea.

CNN White House correspondent Kristen Holmes asked Trump on Monday if he ordered the reduction in military activities at the request of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

“Did he ask you specifically to scale back on those?” Holmes asked. “You’re very disrespectful,” Trump said while seated next to a teenage lifeguard he invited to the White House who rescued a child in California. Trump did not stop there, calling Holmes a “loud, boisterous person.

CNN issued a statement Monday reaffirming its support for Holmes, calling her “one of the most respected and accomplished journalists covering the White House

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Aug. 18, 2026, 5:17 PM EDT

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“Quiet, piggy,” 🐷 ... Kink Orange Pig 🐖 commands, a female reporter! Yeah, and I belong to the Orange 🟠 Piñatas 👃🏏 beaters Mickey Mouse 🐭 🕍 club. WANNA SEE MY HARLEY?

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There you go, eh!

Don't worry, I'm just a journalist, not a whistleblower, but I do speak what I believe to be the truth. But I am human and can make mistakes or can be fooled, but I do all I can to substantiate the hearsay before making news from it.

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Pete Hegseth’s effort to campaign for GOP lawmakers makes zero sense

It’s not just inappropriate. It’s also politically self-destructive.

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For what feels like the 10,000th time, I find myself asking: What on Earth is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth thinking? This time, though, the question arises not from a policy decision but from a political one. For the second time this year, Hegseth hit the campaign trail.

Hegseth traveled to Iowa this week to appear alongside Rep. Zach Nunn, three months after speaking at an event for House candidate Ed Gallrein in Kentucky. On both occasions, Hegseth and the Pentagon have said that he made these stopovers in a “personal capacity” rather than as defense secretary. Yet there is no known precedent for this kind of behavior by someone in his position. Hegseth is a political appointee, but his work overseeing the Pentagon is meant to be conducted in a nonpartisan manner — he’s supposed to be defending all Americans...

Hegseth is exceptionally unpopular in the Trump administration.:

In the Quinnipiac poll, Hegseth’s job approval is 22 points underwater

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Aug. 19, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT

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Trump pauses 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods for 3 days

Prime Minister Mark Carney says administration agreed to 'postpone' levies as negotiations continue

U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday he will pause the implementation of 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods for three days, posting the decision less than two hours before the crushing levies were set to take effect.

In an initial online post, the president said he delayed the levies "based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!"

A White House declaration later said the suspension is "in the public interest" because Canadian negotiators "expressed a commitment" to concede on trade grievances the Trump administration had cited as the reason for threatening the tariffs in the first place...

WATCH | Tariffs to be delayed for at least 3 days:

U.S. business owners don't want to leave their Canadian suppliers, but 50% tariffs might leave them no choice_

These 3 charts show where Trump's new tariffs could have the biggest impact.