Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS Joining me today is Charlie Robinson, here once again to discuss the madness that is partisan politics, and the chaotic nature of the world today. Charlie will be periodically joining Ryan to discuss current events, political machinations, foreign policy blunders, and just good old fashioned two-party illusion naivety. Our…
Lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued the city of San Jose, California over its deployment of Flock’s license plate-reading surveillance cameras, claiming that the city’s nearly 500 cameras create a pervasive database of residents movements in a surveillance network that is essentially impossible to avoid. The lawsuit was…
Is the Chinese economy collapsing? Or is something worse waiting in the wings? The short answer is that we could be looking at something much worse than a crashing economy. China could be part of a collapse of the global monetary system. We’ll begin the analysis with the latest official economic releases from China. These…
Why did China and Russia abstain at UNSC and sell out Palestine to the Trump peace scam? by vanessa beeley After UNSC resolution passed, Israel expanded aggression targeting Palestinian refugees in Lebanon Read on Substack After UNSC resolution passed, Israel expanded aggression targeting Palestinian refugees in Lebanon On the UK Column News today I explain…
The CDC quietly updated its website to acknowledge that studies “have not ruled out the possibility” that infant vaccines contribute to autism, contradicting its previous blanket claim that “vaccines do not cause autism.” Attorney Aaron Siri exposed the CDC’s revised language, highlighting that federal agencies have ignored credible studies linking vaccines to autism while suppressing…
The United States ruling class paid the African nation of Eswatini $5.1 million to accept migrants who were deported. This is a controversial agreement in which at least 15 migrants have been sent to Eswatini since the bilateral deal went into effect in May. The fifteen migrants deported to Eswatini have no ties to Africa…
The divergence emerged when newer nodes accepted a malformed transaction that older nodes rejected. What to know: A malformed transaction caused a brief chain split in Cardano, leading to an emergency patch and network-wide upgrade. The incident is under investigation as a potential cyberattack, with a former testnet participant’s wallet identified as the source. Cardano…
Yes, AI is a catalyst. But for what is not yet knowable. The current narrative holds that the big problem we need to solve is conjuring up cheap energy to power AI data centers. Fortunately for us, the solutions are at hand: building modular nuclear power plants at scale and tapping North America’s vast reserves of…
Once upon a time potatoes were what the poorest people in society would eat because they were so inexpensive. But now we are being charged an average of $4.19 for a carton of medium fries at McDonald’s. There are many that are very upset about the rapidly rising cost of fries, and this is yet…
On 18 November 2025, I appeared on Helena Cobban’s podcast, “Gaza and the World,” to discuss the recent UN Security Council resolution — 2803 — that incorporates President Trump’s 20-point plan for dealing with Gaza. This disgraceful resolution denies the Palestinians any real path to self-determination while essentially putting Gaza under the control of the…
