“We live in the dumbest of times and Democrats are truly led by the dumbest of all of us.” —Sean Davis, The Federalist You can suppose the government will re-open this week, and then what? It could close back down in January when the latest funding patch runs out. And […]
As debates over SNAP funding intensify, one uncomfortable truth stands out: Tens of millions of Americans now rely on “temporary” aid programs. Brandon Smith of alt-market.com explores the im-plications for the larger U.S. economy… There’s a lot of black-pilling Republicans out there this week after a handful of elections in […]
The human capacity to sculpt the terrain that surrounds us is enormous but not without limits. While a farmer or a gardener may replace or modify the geographical and botanical features on a given piece of land, it is only quite rarely, and with the help of an enormous expenditure […]
Germany has announced its plans to reinstate mandatory military service as the government seeks to boost its armed forces. Conscription has been suspended since 2011, but a new law set to take effect on January 1st, 2026, will begin with a voluntary model that could pave the way for a […]
Blockchains won’t replace the traditional rails but will be integrated and work in tandem, the bank said in the report. What to know: Stablecoins and other forms of tokenized cash could grow to $3.6 trillion by 2030, according to a fresh report released by financial services giant BNY. The financial […]
It is starting to look a lot like the Great Recession again. I thought that the pace of layoffs in 2024 was bad, but it has just exploded here in 2025. Vast numbers of good paying jobs are being ruthlessly eliminated, and competition for any decent jobs that are still […]
Nearly 60% of weekly trades in December 2024 were flagged as likely wash trading, with coordinated networks of 43,000 wallets detected. What to know: Polymarket, one of the largest blockchain-based prediction markets, may have had its trading activity significantly inflated by a practice known as wash trading, according to new […]
The top 10 stocks in the S&P 500 account for 40% of the index’s market cap. Since ChatGPT launched in November 2022, AI-related stocks have registered 75% of S&P 500 returns, 80% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending growth. Meanwhile, AI investments accounted for nearly 92% of the U.S. GDP growth this […]
The FHA head said the proposal is a “complete game changer.” Yeah right. Complete Game Changer – Not People are already in trouble because they do not understand property taxes or maintenance. 50-Year mortgages won’t help with the down payment. For many, that is a huge obstacle. Home prices are […]
The West is planning a major sabotage of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, accoridng to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. Russia claims that European NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) members are pushing Kiev to cause an accident at the facility and blame it on Russia. The West is said to be […]
