# PFYT2

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## Posts
- [Flashback 2018- Is The US Pivoting the Fight In Syria Toward A War With Iran? YES!](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/24/is-the-us-pivoting-the-fight-in-syria-toward-a-war-with-iran-yes.md): My chosen headline for this 8 year old post- cause the writing has been on the wall all along- You just had to be able to read the writing. Relinking
- [$120 Oil Is Almost Here, and Trump Has Few Good Options](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/24/120-oil-is-almost-here-and-trump-has-few-good-options.md): Oilprice.com Check the charts at the link above. Friday, October 23, 2026 The slow creep of oil prices towards the $120 per barrel mark is a nightmarish scenario for US
- [US, Israel weigh new Iran strikes](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/23/us-israel-weigh-new-iran-strikes.md): As I’d mentioned in today’s earlier post The US appears to be gearing up for a possible escalation with Iran. ( There will be a second post today covering the
- [Iran hosts Russia’s FM Lavrov](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/23/iran-hosts-russias-fm-lavrov.md): A little late, but, still necessary to know and share Jerusalem Post– Israeli Source This week, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian Foreign
- [The Saudis Are About To Pay The Price For Trump’s Oil Market Fix](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/22/the-saudis-are-about-to-pay-the-price-for-trumps-oil-market-fix.md): Multipolarity I like the analysis they do, always, Interesting guests too – Enjoy the talk
- [Witkoff’s Peace Deal?](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/21/witkoffs-peace-deal.md): NewArab “We’ve brought some papers. It’s really some ideas, some sort of peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, and you’ll read that at your leisure,” Witkoff—Trump’s business partner and envoy—told
- [Turkey and Libya Reaffirm the 2019 Maritime Deal.. Troubles coming](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/21/turkey-and-libya-reaffirm-the-2019-maritime-deal-troubles-coming.md): Turkey and Libya made this agreement years ago. I wrote about it at my censored site back in 2020. And not for the first time either.. But, suddenly this old
- [Maple leaf love: Albertans vote strongly to stay in Canada](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/20/maple-leaf-love-albertans-vote-strongly-to-stay-in-canada.md): Big win for the yes side In a historic referendum Monday, voters marked their ballots in overwhelming numbers to remain in the country that made Alberta a province 121 years
- [Fatal CFB Wainwright fire the latest tragedy at the Alberta CAF base](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/20/fatal-cfb-wainwright-fire-the-latest-tragedy-at-the-alberta-caf-base.md): The official narrative is moving away from gas wells being involved in the fire- Yet, several eye witnesses made this claim to the media. The soldiers were training for their
- [CFB Wainwright tragedy- NOT a terror attack](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/18/cfb-wainwright-tragedy-not-a-terror-attack.md): I started following this incident earlier today. And it concerned me that an opportunity would be taken to spin this tragedy into a politically convenient narrative. Similar to what England
- [Israeli Fanatics aka “Settlers” Attack European Diplomats](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/17/israeli-fanatics-aka-settlers-attack-european-diplomats.md): The “settlers” have long been out of control. And why call them settlers? More accurately they are roving bands of terrorists. Filled with a sense of entitlement, committing violence against
- [Chevron CEO warns oil buffers that cushioned the Iran war shock have been ‘drained’, diesel relief may not come until 2027](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/15/chevron-ceo-warns-oil-buffers-that-cushioned-the-iran-war-shock-have-been-drained-diesel-relief-may-not-come-until-2027.md): Link Since I’ve been covering the diesel situation here in a few previous pieces. “The Iran war has pushed fuel prices to record highs, and the head of America’s second-largest
- [Covert U.S. effort led to Canada’s acceptance of dubious postwar immigrants: CIA resettled Nazis](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/14/covert-u-s-effort-led-to-canadas-acceptance-of-dubious-postwar-immigrants-cia-resettled-nazis.md): The Maple ; A leading CIA officer in charge of resettlement was later posted to Ottawa. by Taylor C. Noakes Keep in mind this is a VERY LIMITED release of
- [Saudi Arabia/Yemen Conflict](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/13/saudi-arabia-yemen-conflict.md): I don’t even know where to begin with this one.. So, I’m going to grab a bunch of news article covering the latest Saudi Arabia faces economic strain as Yemen
- [Will bonds blow up?](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/11/will-bonds-blow-up.md): From the Economist via Archive.ph Bankers used to say that countries, unlike companies, can’t go bust. They repeated that comforting slogan until a wave of Latin American countries defaulted in
- [On the Russia- US diesel arrangement](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/11/on-the-russia-us-diesel-arrangement.md): Excellent explanation of the deal- I agree with this analysis! On the Russia-US diesel arrangement This arrangement (or “deal”) could be read as a narrow transaction within an escalatory relationship:
- [Desperate Trump makes a deal with Russia to supply tons of Diesel to the US & Global Markets](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/09/desperate-trump-makes-a-deal-with-russia-to-supply-tons-of-diesel-to-the-us-global-markets.md): Trump. Thanks to his many foolish actions, created the massive global diesel shortage. I’ll mention 2 very short sighted and unnecessary actions. Sanctioning Russia. Attacking Iran. Now there are global
- [Putin needs to talk to Trump about all the American Plague Cases…](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/07/putin-needs-to-talk-to-trump-about-all-the-american-plague-cases.md): Can’t help but notice Trump is pushing the plague disinfo- in a rehash of his Covid spin. Perhaps Putin needs to bring Russian concerns about all those US plague cases
- [Elephant in the Room- Alberta Separatists in DC](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/06/elephant-in-the-room-alberta-separatists-in-dc.md): Not sure how many of you got to read the Globe and Mail Investigation- Here’s the whole thing via Archive.ph I will include some highlights from the piece directly below
- [News Round Up: Bond crisis, US Debt, Plague in Russia??](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/05/news-round-up-bond-crisis-us-debt-plague-in-russia.md): Some interesting news reports, gathered together for your reading enjoyment French Bond Crisis French 10-year yield hits highest since 2002, nearing 5%; French-German spread heads for biggest weekly jump since
- [Scientists predicted Friday 13 November 2026 will be ‘Doomsday.’ Should you be worried?](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/03/scientists-predicted-friday-13-november-2026-will-be-doomsday-should-you-be-worried.md): Now for something a bit different. Scientists predicted this doomsday scenario. So many completely wrong “scientific” predictions over the many years. Any others come to mind? Read on..Yahoo.news In 1960,
- [Narrative Tweaked- Iran is the “culprit”](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/02/narrative-tweaked-iran-is-the-culprit.md): To be clear, I’m using “tweaked” in the heading as defined ; To fine tune- to make adjustments. Here’s how I’m interpreting the spin around the Fairford 5 diesel theft,
- [US Moving Roughly 9,000 Troops to Middle East- To Attack Iran?](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/01/us-moving-roughly-9000-troops-to-middle-east-to-attack-iran.md): US is moving around 9,000 troops aboard ships to Middle East as Trump weighs new attacks on Iran A group of ships en route to Middle East carry over 7,000
- [When America walks away](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/10/01/when-america-walks-away.md): I am extremely doubtful that the US has fully and truly walked away from Iraq. This is not the first time US troops have “left” Iraq… So, this exit is
- [Why diesel prices are soaring and what it means for Europe](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2026/09/29/why-diesel-prices-are-soaring-and-what-it-means-for-europe.md): I’d mentioned in yesterdays report that diesel is very expensive in Europe, so expect to see more fuel theft.. like what happened outside of the Fairford base. And, other problems.

## Pages
- [About PFYT2](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/about-pfyt2.md): Or pennyforyourthoughts2? Would you believe it was the ‘long and winding road’ that finally brought me here? Seriously though, it was a rather serendipitous series of events that saw me

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