U.S. Commerce Department released September Retail Sales, up or down? U.S. Labor Department reported initial unemployment claim filings, increasing or decreasing? Phil Flynn, Senior Market Analyst, Author of The Energy Report & Contributor to Fox Business Network; we discuss a wide range of topics from Geopolitical issues in the Middle East, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and the failure of green energy. Oil prices react to increased fighting in the Middle East, the expectation of retaliatory Israeli attacks on Iran and falling oil demand in China due to their slumping economy.