Story at-a-glance Nearly 38% of cardiovascular deaths in Canada are linked to ultraprocessed foods. These products contribute to 96,000 new heart disease cases and 17,400 deaths each year Eating just one additional daily serving of ultraprocessed food raises your risk of obesity by 7%, abdominal fat by 5%, and Type 2 diabetes by 12% Ultraprocessed…
In this week’s episode of Pluralia Dialogos, I will be speaking with geo-economic analyst Alex Krainer about the dangers of a global systemic shockwave triggered by the disruptions in global energy supplies and an over-bloated speculative system of debt. How does the Iran war play into this broader danger, and what should be done? Tune…
Universities function as debt factories, producing degrees with diminishing real-world value while delaying adulthood. Forty percent of graduates are underemployed, while tradesmen and entrepreneurs often out-earn them without crippling student loans. Institutions indoctrinate students with ideological dogma while failing to teach essential life skills. Reject consumerist conditioning (Have-Do-Be). Instead, be: cultivate discipline, courage and integrity….
Only the blackest of hearts need apply The old line about “truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne” comes to mind regularly now, as I observe the dying throes of the American Republic. It’s probably fitting that we’ve closed most of the mental institutions, since the entire country has largely devolved into…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel Paparo called Bitcoin a “valuable computer science tool” for U.S. “power projection,” stating its proof-of-work technology has “really important” applications for cybersecurity, according to testimony delivered during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 22, 2026. The hearing examined the strategic posture of U.S. forces concerning threats from…
From June 3 to 6, 2026, the historic city of St. Petersburg, Russia, will host the annual international economic forum, a key platform for dialogue among governments, the business community, and experts amid the ongoing transformation of the global economy and the emergence of new financial risks. The forum will also focus on the energy…
This analysis originated as a student project in my Data Science course at Palacky University, Czech Republic. Several students contributed, with Michal Malcik doing the most. It might be one of the more consequential pieces of coursework. Introduction At the beginning of 2022, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in many European countries started to decrease dramatically….
Tether froze $344M in USDT on Tron in coordination with OFAC. BlackRock adds $900M in BTC. BOJ studies US private credit contagion. UK courts approve nationwide facial recognition. TFTC – Truth for the CommonerBitcoin Brief Sup, freaks.Tether just froze $344 million in USDT across two addresses on the Tron blockchain in coordination with OFAC and…
If the objective of the U.S. war upon Iran is to ensure that that country does not develop nuclear weapons, that goal was attained more than a decade ago through a far different approach than the one now being followed by the Trump administration. Iran, as a signer of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty of 1970,…
I have said for years that people misunderstand the global monetary system. It is not driven by trade balances. It is driven by capital flows and access to dollar liquidity. The discussion of a currency swap between the United States and the United Arab Emirates shows how the system actually works under stress. The United…
