Jim Edsel @EdselJim

Happy Birthday America 🇺🇸

The original Declaration of Independence In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

God, bless(ed) America!

BostonWriter @bostonwriter

5 days ago

If this sort of thing doesn’t stop you in your tracks and make even the slightest twinge of pride rise in your soul… well… I feel sorry for you.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Not downplaying this, but in one month they moved 5 days of normal oil/product transit. Thats not nothing, but it’s also well below normal deliveries. But it’s progress.

Jack Farley @JackFarley96

3 weeks ago

I am being told that Trump's 100 million barrel figure here is roughly accurate, and that over the past 3 weeks, huge dark fleets from Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), escorted by U.S. Navy, have traversed the Hormuz Strait (as high as 7 million barrels per day)

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@graddhybpc What causes oil to rise substantially and to your range? Timing? If we didn’t get much above $100 with SOH SI, what could be the catalyst for this substantial a move?

Graddhy - Commodities TA+Cycles @graddhybpc

5 days ago

The $68 gap is now filled, as expected we would see. Big oil CEOs are now saying next stop for oil is $150-$160. I posted that 6 months ago, just before the start of the present move. That is a very important red falling wedge breakout below, for many reasons. One being that it

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API Inventory Moves 06/30 Crude -6.072 million Gasoline -2.106 million Distillates +2.9 million Cushing +503,000 SPR actual -5.5 million #oott #crudeoil #gasoline #API

At this point don’t we have to assume that Iran is in on the grift…? It’s literally the same story leaked every Sunday afternoon.

First Squawk @FirstSquawk

a week ago

U.S. AND IRAN AGREE TO HALT STRIKES, SET TO HOLD TALKS LATER THIS WEEK – AXIOS, CITING U.S. OFFICIALS

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Without fail.

Erik Townsend 🛢️ @ErikSTownsend

a week ago

Translation: Crude oil futures open in less than an hour, so time for another Peace Deal announcement.

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What a coincidence.

Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) @chigrl

a week ago

phew the futures markets open in 90 min

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“Why am I reading this now?” Because futures opens in two hours so we’ve got to get that bearish oil story out there. Fight over the weekend, but emphasize the peace narrative Sunday - Friday. Does anyone truly believe there is an acceptable deal to be made with Iran?

Nick Sortor @nicksortor

a week ago

🚨 BREAKING: The US and Iran have agreed to HALT strikes on each other, with plans to meet on Tuesday in Qatar to address concerns over the Strait of Hormuz, per Axios It's unclear who from the US delegation will be sent over for negotiations, but they'd have to leave relatively

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God bless you.

Chris Evert @ChrissieEvert

2 weeks ago

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@S_Mikhailovich This must be surreal for you, Simon, having lived this reality early in your life. I’m with you: own gold. This reminds me of Parson’s Dying of Money, especially the Weimar-type volatility.

Simon Mikhailovich @S_Mikhailovich

2 weeks ago

Most in the West still think that escalating geopolitical conflicts, exploding debts & rising socialism won't affect them or their money. This is normal human behavior b/c the biggest lesson of history is that humans don't learn from history.

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This seems idiotic on behalf of the US. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Amit Segal @AmitSegal

2 weeks ago

Prime Minister of Pakistan: "I confirm that the memorandum of understanding that was signed does not include any reference to Iran’s ballistic missiles. This issue was not part of the negotiations."

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There was a NetJets crash (first in 40 years) that happened in Laredo. A man died in the crash. That man was a friend. Josh Baer, the founder and CEO of VC/Incubator Capital Factory, and his constant companion, a little white dog, died in the fire. My condolences to his family and his myriad close friends. He was principled Liberal who was tolerant of my Libertarian/Conservative ways. He had an abiding faith in mankind and its institutions that it could solve the big problems facing the Planet and our species. Austin's light dims a bit in his absence. I am sure he is planning how to fix Heaven as we speak... Adios, buddy.

Excellent and must listen All In podcast. There are makers and there are takers.

Arjun Khemani @arjunkhemani

2 weeks ago

.@friedberg: “We are now at a moment where we are saying there is no longer private property in the United States. This is one of the foundational rights that the founders of the United States tried to create: a distinction between these other nations that everyone flees from,

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Welcome to the future of the Strait of Hormuz. Whenever the benevolent govt of Iran is annoyed or needs money or just generally wants to be recognized, along comes the “SOH is Closed” notice.

The Kobeissi Letter @KobeissiLetter

2 weeks ago

BREAKING: Iran's top joint military command officially releases a statement closing the Strait of Hormuz. Full statement:

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Other countries haven’t vowed to wipe an entire country and religion off the map. I hope there is more to his statement because this quote is utterly ignorant.

*Walter Bloomberg @DeItaone

3 weeks ago

TRUMP: IF OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BALLISTIC MISSILES, IT'S 'A LITTLE BIT UNFAIR' FOR IRAN TO HAVE NONE

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Very sorry for the loss of our friend, Josh Baer, in the jet crash last night. Our Austin tech ecosystem is booming in large part due to his early and constant advocacy & enthusiasm. Josh was building here for years, over a decade before we moved to town. We’d often share notes; I appreciated his perspective and was proud to be a small supporter of his, as he helped so many. Tayler and I send our thoughts and prayers to his many friends and family.