by drjmcurtis | Jun 17, 2019
Blackmailing the European Union to continue buying oil from Iran, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened to start enriching uranium outside compliance with the terms of the July 15, 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [JCPA] AKA “The Iranian Nuke Deal.”...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 16, 2019
Giving 73-year-old President Donald Trump some bad news today, his favorite news outlet reported that a Fox News Poll showed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.-Vt.) beating Trump 49% to 40%.. Sanders, a self-labeled Democratic Socialist, promised if he makes it to the White...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 15, 2019
When 73-year-old President Donald Trump cancelled the Iranian Nuke Deal May 8, 2018, the world groaned, worried that Iran would start up its uranium enrichment program. Meeting with Saudi Arabia King Salman and his Defense Minister son Crown Prince Mohammed bin...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 14, 2019
When the British lease of Hong Kong expired July 1, 1997, there were concerns about how Communist Beijing would handle the turnover. Hong Kong residents, living under British rule for 100 years, were a different breed, proudly independent but, more importantly,...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 13, 2019
Two oil tankers, one from Norway and one from Singapore, were struck today by magnetic Limpet mines in the Gulf of Oman, causing fire and enough damage to evacuate personnel from the disabled vessels. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran for the attack, citing...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 12, 2019
Calling 72-year-old President Donald Trump and “existential threat” to the nation, former Vice President Joe Biden borrowed a phrase from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he called Iran an “existential threat” to Israel Jan 24, 2012. Calling Trump an...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 11, 2019
Meeting in Tehran today with Iran’s 59-year-old Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, 52-year-old German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas expressed concern about Iran’s threats to ramp up its uranium enrichment program. Though vehemently denying that it was working on an...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 10, 2019
Watching the Dow Jones Industrials retreat from a 250-point gain to end the session up 78-points to 26,062, 72-year-old President Donald Trump warned again that he would impose another 25% tariff on $325 billion in Chinese goods if he and Chinese President Xi Jinping...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 9, 2019
Heading to Tehran to engage in some high stakes diplomacy, 64-year-old Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes to talk some sense into the Mullah government. Rejecting all U.S. overtures for dialogue, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khaenei slammed the door on...
by drjmcurtis | Jun 8, 2019
Ordering the reopening the Columbia border, 56-year-old Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signals that that 35-year-old opposition leader Juan Guaido’s U.S.-backed coup is dead. Since declaring himself interim president Jan. 24, Guaido failed to deliver on his...