CDC (Centre for Disease Control and Prevention) research tells us that around 40% of U.S. American adults are affected by obesity. As a response to tackle this obesity epidemic, president Trump tells us that he has recently made a “landmark deal.” He reached an agreement with Big Pharma Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, manufacturers of…
The Democratic National Committee quietly took out a $15 million loan in October to replenish its depleted accounts, according to The New York Times, citing Federal Election Commission filings. “While it is true that party committees often take out loans and lines of credit, it is relatively rare for the D.N.C. to do so at this early point…
The United States is trying to shape the Middle East in the image it wants. From pushing through its plan for Gaza at the United Nations, to pulling Syria and Saudi Arabia closer into its orbit, President Trump may soon get the Middle East that he desires. However, he will not get it all his…
It’s hard to believe the United States government was ever debt-free. But it happened once—in 1835—thanks to President Andrew Jackson. He was the first and only president to pay off the national debt completely. One biographer says the former president viewed debt as a “moral failing,” a sort of “black magic.” When he became president,…
Erik Thedéen said a different approach is needed as the U.S. and U.K. refused to implement the rules already set out. What to know: The rules on banks holding large amounts of capital to cover cryptocurrency losses need a rework, the chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision said. The U.S. Federal Reserve’s vice-chair…
Governments use national security as the premise for increased surveillance. Due to a law passed in April, Canadians visiting the US must submit biometric data in order to enter the US if they wish to stay longer than 29 days. Beginning next month, everyone will be forced to submit their data to the government. We…
IMAGE: Chairman of the NATO Support and Procurement Organization Agency Supervisory Board (NSPO) Per Christensen (left), and General Manager of NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) Stacy Cummings (right). A new investigation has cast an uncomfortable spotlight on NATO’s procurement machinery, revealing a corruption scandal that reaches deep into the heart of the Alliance’s logistics…
What we’ve lost are the foundations of a healthy standard of living / quality of life. Amidst the constant drumbeat of tech “progress” and grandiose “solutions,” it’s a useful exercise to ask: what have we lost in the past 40 years despite all the “progress” and “solutions”? Put another way: what did we have in 1985…
Another nail in the coffin of the unipolar world order While the lamestream media obsess over a fire that broke out at COP30, another Brazilian fire—the metaphorical kind, the kind that zoomers use to indicate that something is very cool (multipolar), i.e., “that is fire”—went largely unreported: BRICS co-founder Brazil and the European Union have called on the nations…
More and more often we’re seeing them say the quiet parts out loud as they frantically scramble to manage perceptions and manipulate minds around the world. Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz made some very revealing remarks during an appearance at the Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly…
