“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 then what? Another shut-down 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 northeastern U.S. led to…
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 of very scarce resources, that…
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 broader draft. Germany has been…
Blockchains won’t replace the traditional rails but will be integrated and work in tandem, the bank said in the report. What to know: BNY projected stablecoins and digital cash instruments could reach $3.6 trillion in the next five years. The report cited institutional demand and regulatory progress as major accelerators. The bank emphasized integration, not…
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 available has become extremely fierce….
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: Columbia researchers found nearly 25% of Polymarket’s trading volume may be fake, driven by wash trading. Some weeks saw over 90% of trades in election and sports markets flagged as suspicious….
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 year. Without those AI investments,…
The FHA head said the proposal is a “complete game changer.” Yeah right. This is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Imagine a 50 year mortgage, spending almost a million in interest for a 400k home. Fuck no https://t.co/x4x9sP8L1i pic.twitter.com/BFcBxiqKQl — Kerry (@k3rrytrad3s) November 8, 2025 Complete Game Changer – Not People are already…
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 considering orchestrating an accident at…
