Some headlines that caught our eye …
Oil
Attacks Causes Global Oil Price Record Surge – Bloomberg
Discounting Geopolitical Risk In Mideast Was Foolish – Clyde Russell, Reuters
Yes, It Was Iran Who Attacked Saudi. Now What? – Eli Lake, Bloomberg
Dems’ New Villain Of The Month: The Saudis – Peter Weber, The Week
Beating A Dead Slander
NY Times Kavanaugh ‘Bombshell’ Updated; Accuser Can’t Remember – Gregg Re, Fox
Impeach Trump, Impeach Brett – Darryl Coote, UPI
Dem Candidates’ Vision For America: Impeach Kavanaugh – Cristina Cabrera, Talking Points Memo
Immigration
Another Brick In The Border Wall – Stuff.co.nzBloomberg
Dems Will Have To Embrace Merit-Based Immigration – Bloomberg
DNA Testing For Migrants To Curb Child Trafficking – Adam Shaw, Fox
Military
Trump: Locked & Loaded To Attack Iran – Jon Gambrell & Zeke Miller, AP
US Military Options Against Iran After Attack On Saudi – Rebecca Grant, Fox
Iran Warns US Bases, Carriers Within Its Missile Range – Parisa Hafezi, Reuters
Congress Checking For White Supremacists Under The Bunk In The Barracks – Gina Harkins & Matthew Cox, Military.com
Aircraft Carriers Are A Foreign Policy Tool, Not A Defense Necessity – Salvatore Babones, National Interest
Arctic Options Against Russia – Christopher Woody, Business Insider
World
A New Other Trade War: Japan Vs. South Korea – Rory Green, Business Insider
China Vs. The Philippines On Natural Gas – Oil & Gas Eurasia
Econ
UAW To Go On Strike Against GM (Government Motors) Fox 2 Detroit
Inside The Yield Curve – Scott Bauer, Seeking Alpha
Bitcoin Rising? – Nawaz Sulemanji, Yahoo
Crime
2,246 Fetal Remains At South Bend Abortionist’s Home – WSBT
Americans Clicked ‘I Agree’ To Foreign Surveillance – Julio Rivera, American Thinker
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