# barrel (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover barrel. Page: Feed: --- ## [Gold And Silver Led The Current Run In Interest Rates; Diesel Shortage Hits Markets; Trump Calls UAE After Its Gold Transfer To Iran](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/gold-and-silver-led-the-current-run) _2026-08-18 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ An interesting pattern has been developing since 2018. ## [The Order Goes Spot](https://kardamow.substack.com/p/the-order-goes-spot) _2026-08-18 · Riko Kardamow · Kardamow_ Marc Lynch reaches for Suez to date the death of the American Middle East — the contract book is quicker: delivery still taken at ninety-dollar Brent, and nobody signing tenor. ## [In Memoriam: The US Gold Dollar (Like It Or Not, It Will Be Forced Back And Soon)](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/in-memoriam-the-us-gold-dollar-like) _2026-08-15 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ On August 15, 1971, the Nixon Administration ‘temporarily’ closed the gold window defaulting on the foreign central banks’ ability to redeem US dollars for gold at the official rate of $35 /oz. ## [The Crowded Repayment](https://kardamow.substack.com/p/the-crowded-repayment) _2026-08-15 · Riko Kardamow · Kardamow_ One invoice, four settlements, two sets of books — an American account repaid into surplus while the world's drew three million barrels a day. ## [UAE Gold Movements To Iran; Is Bessent Forced To Speak?](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/uae-gold-movements-to-iran-is-bessent) _2026-08-14 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ Following-up on yesterday’s post that Iran will be moved to take Strait of Hormuz toll payments in gold ultimately migrating the Gulf region to gold payments for oil, aircraft have been observed flying from Abu Dhabi, UAE to Iran on August 11 and 12. ## [Iran Is Tracking Toward Gold Hormuz Toll & Oil Trade Settlement / Record Diesel Market Shortage](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/iran-is-tracking-toward-gold-hormuz) _2026-08-14 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ With global crude supplies to refineries truncated for the past 5 months, the world is becoming increasingly desperate for diesel fuel supply. ## [Where Does Spare Capacity Live Now?](https://kardamow.substack.com/p/where-does-spare-capacity-live-now) _2026-08-12 · Riko Kardamow · Kardamow_ At four forwarding addresses — demand, tanks, last year's glut, a forty-eight-dollar rig line — which cleared 12.6 million barrels a day at eighty-five dollars; the Gulf returns to rooms already let. ## [The Wisdom of Clocks](https://kardamow.substack.com/p/the-wisdom-of-clocks) _2026-08-10 · Riko Kardamow · Kardamow_ Crowds calibrate to the percentage point wherever a bell closes the book; the market that never settles overpays half its listings fivefold — and the exchanges are unbolting the bell. ## [The Underwriter of Last Resort](https://kardamow.substack.com/p/the-underwriter-of-last-resort) _2026-08-09 · Riko Kardamow · Kardamow_ China writes the world's insurance on what it buys and prices the catastrophe in what it makes — the premium collected in Shandong, the claim invoiced in Rotterdam. ## [Where Did the Deficit Go?](https://kardamow.substack.com/p/where-did-the-deficit-go) _2026-08-06 · Riko Kardamow · Kardamow_ Nowhere. A 1.6-million-barrel-a-day loss shrank to 52 thousand with nobody repaying it — Canada advanced 595, the paper line printed 561, and the deficit was rolled overnight, not retired. ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rY3u9GynGlS0) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [A Reclassification Is Not a Bubble](https://kardamow.substack.com/p/a-reclassification-is-not-a-bubble) _2026-08-04 · Riko Kardamow · Kardamow_ Deutsche Bank's frames disagree by two thousand dollars an ounce because two of them price the book gold has left — and an explosiveness test cannot see a transfer between books. ## [Continued Drop In US Weekly Supply From Crude Oil SPR - Access Issues?](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/continued-drop-in-us-weekly-supply) _2026-08-04 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ The US draw of crude oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR) dropped during the week to July 24, 2026 to 3.8 million (M) barrels (bbl) down from a weekly peak of 9.9M bbl in May 2026. ## [Who Reinsures the Ministry?](https://kardamow.substack.com/p/who-reinsures-the-ministry) _2026-08-03 · Riko Kardamow · Kardamow_ The bond market does — forty-seven per cent of EM sovereign credit carries El Niño exposure on which no premium was ever collected, and the claims report late. ## [Which Gauges Read the Rock?](https://kardamow.substack.com/p/which-gauges-read-the-rock) _2026-07-31 · Riko Kardamow · Kardamow_ Not all eleven: half the Fed's new AI log is wired to the steering assembly, and the one curve no belief can steer still reads flat. ## [The Short Position on the Quay](https://kardamow.substack.com/p/the-short-position-on-the-quay) _2026-07-30 · Riko Kardamow · Kardamow_ More than a million Chinese electric cars have left port without registering as a sale anywhere — a warehoused short on gasoline demand, waiting for its clearing price. ## [US Oil & Fuel Supply To Market Is Constricting: Tipping Us Into Accelerating Economic & Financial Crisis](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/us-oil-and-fuel-supply-to-market) _2026-07-25 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ On July 11, 2026, this Substack noted that informed energy experts were stating that US Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) stock levels of crude oil could not be drawn below 300 million (M) barrels (bbl) without damage to physical storage facilities. ## [US Strategic Petroleum Reserve Crude Oil Releases Decline Even As Diesel Shortages Intensify](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-crude) _2026-07-17 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ Diesel Shortages Are Not The Road To Prosperity ## [Four Weeks Ago, Trump Said Oil Reserves Could Be 'Running Out' In Four Weeks Risking 'Bedlam'](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/four-weeks-ago-trump-said-oil-reserves) _2026-07-14 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ Here We Are ## [Hard Stoppage Of US Strategic Oil Reserve Supply To Market Is Imminent: Former White House Chief Energy Advisor](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/hard-stoppage-of-us-strategic-oil) _2026-07-11 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ President Trump: "We're going to knock the hell out of them" - Out Of Iran Or The US Population? ## [Signals That Fuel Shortages Will Drive The Next Wave Of US Fuel Price Increases](https://jensendavid.substack.com/p/signals-that-fuel-shortages-will) _2026-07-09 · David Jensen · Jensen's Economic, Precious Metals, & Markets Newsletter_ After the June 18, 2026 ‘Peace MOU’ between Iran and the US, over 150 million (M) barrels (bbl) of previously trapped crude oil surged out of the Persian Gulf by tanker onto the world market. ## [Fast, secure international transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0kXLDFZ8BuxQ) _2026-07-09 · **Sponsored**_ Bank transfer, cash pickup, mobile wallet — low fees and real-time tracking ## [Candinas Chocolates](https://chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/candinas-chocolates/) _2026-05-07 · Timothy Cain · Chocolate I Have Known_ My co-worker Shaina G. brought in a box of chocolate truffles from Candinas Chocolates. Under the box lid was an insert with the company name and logo. Inside were nine delicious truffles, like these. I tried the one on the Continue reading ## [Bourbon Barrel Foods Benne Dark Chocolate Bar](https://chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/bourbon-barrel-foods-benne-dark-chocolate-bar/) _2026-04-02 · Timothy Cain · Chocolate I Have Known_ My very generous friend Tiff C. also gave me this third chocolate bar to try: I liked this bar a lot. The sesame seeds (which are called benne seeds here) added a nice smokey crunch, and the chocolate was very Continue reading ## [Bourbon Barrel Foods BBQ Dark Chocolate Bar](https://chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/bourbon-barrel-foods-bbq-dark-chocolate-bar/) _2026-04-01 · Timothy Cain · Chocolate I Have Known_ My friend Tiff C. gave me this bar to try too: This bar was fine. It mostly tasted like a regular dark chocolate bar, with a bit of smokey flavor at the end of the chew. It certainly wasn t as Continue reading ## [Bourbon Barrel Foods Coffee Cacao Dark Chocolate Bar](https://chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/bourbon-barrel-foods-coffee-cacao-dark-chocolate-bar/) _2026-03-31 · Timothy Cain · Chocolate I Have Known_ My friend Tiff C. gave me this bar to try. This bar was delicious! The chocolate was dark and flavorful without being bitter, and the bottom was studded with coffee and cacao bits, making it crunchy to eat. I thought Continue reading ## [Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Bark With Puffed Quinoa And Dried Raspberries](https://chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/2026/01/28/trader-joes-dark-chocolate-bark-with-puffed-quinoa-and-dried-raspberries/) _2026-01-28 · Timothy Cain · Chocolate I Have Known_ My coworker Bonnie B. brought in this treat from Trader Joe’s. I really expected to love this, because it’s dark chocolate and from Trader Joe’s. But as much as the dark chocolate was rich and the quinoa was crunchy, the Continue reading ## [Dabble & Drizzle Truffles Dark](https://chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/dabble-drizzle-truffles-dark/) _2026-01-19 · Timothy Cain · Chocolate I Have Known_ I found this chocolate in the company kitchen on the sharing counter. It was pretty good dark chocolate, very creamy and smooth. I don t know what European Quality and Taste is supposed to mean, but the chocolate was made in Continue reading ## [Emily Joubert Belgian Dark Chocolate Bar](https://chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/emily-joubert-belgian-dark-chocolate-bar/) _2026-01-16 · Timothy Cain · Chocolate I Have Known_ My friend Tiff C. gave me this dark chocolate bar at lunch a few weeks ago. This label was beautiful! It was based on an early 20th century New Year s post card, and yes, it had actual silver glitter glued Continue reading ## [Trader Joe’s Dark Chocolate Sticks with Crispy Rice](https://chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/2026/01/13/trader-joes-dark-chocolate-sticks-with-crispy-rice/) _2026-01-13 · Timothy Cain · Chocolate I Have Known_ My co-worker Bonnie B. brought me this chocolate at work on Friday. This chocolate was very good. The perfect level of dark chocolate and sweetness, with a crunch from the crispy rice. I ate way too many of these before Continue reading ## [Maeve Assorted Chocolate Bonbons](https://chocolateihaveknown.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/maeve-assorted-chocolate-bonbons/) _2025-12-30 · Timothy Cain · Chocolate I Have Known_ My friend Matt P. sent me these chocolates for Christmas. These were really good, yes even the milk chocolate ones. 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