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How Great Powers Fall Apart
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, We’re humoring our self-delusion. How do great powers come undone? We can start with a destructive force without equal: self-delusion. Emperor Norton comes to mind in this context. In 1859, in the Gold Rush-enriched city of San Francisco, Joshua Norton, a bankrupt businessman, declared himself “Emperor of these United States” in …
Class 8 Truck Orders Drop 35% from Year Ago, Medium Duty Down 40%
Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Truck sales plunge amidst tariff concerns and uncertainty. Class 8 Truck Orders Hit 15-Year Low CJC reports Class 8 Truck Orders Hit 15-Year Low FTR Transportation Intelligence marked declines of 25% month-over-month and 36% year-over-year, with 8,900 units booked last month. While June typically sees a modest month-over-month uptick, FTR …
Recession specials are back!
https://imgur.com/VNqBXDR Fears of a slowing economy and worries about tariffs have spurred young Americans to point out so-called recession indicators. Some businesses are also picking up on the trend, with dining establishments and bars offering “recession specials.” Consumer sentiment has been on the decline, according to data from the University of Michigan. As fears of …
Russia just hit a Ukrainian facility Zelensky calls a “factory producing coffee machines”.
1️⃣ The "civilian facility" hit in flames is Flex Electronics, run by US giant Flex Ltd. This plant was key to Ukraine's high-tech arms production. Why? Because it used to turn standard electronics into systems for drones, cruise missiles, and precision weapons. pic.twitter.com/4cxr2GZn8c — Sputnik (@SputnikInt) August 22, 2025 3️⃣Ukraine's high-tech arsenal just took a …
DC done, Chicago next, New York hinted — Trump’s federal push hits major cities
BREAKING – CHICAGO IS NEXT: It’s official, President Trump will SURGE federal resources and/or National Guard to the blue crime-infested city of CHICAGO after the mission in DC is complete “African American ladies, beautiful ladies, they’re saying, PLEASE President Trump, come to Chicago.” “I did great with the black vote, and they want something to …
Over $294 million in #Bitcoin long positions were wiped out in the past hour
JUST IN: Over $294 million in #Bitcoin long positions were wiped out in the past hour as $BTC flash-crashed below $110K. pic.twitter.com/8iJ7XE3ZmT — Jacob King (@JacobKinge) August 24, 2025
It gets more bizarre every minute…
🚨 BREAKING: Kilmar Garcia was just released by a judge and can now go to his property in MARYLAND. This MS-13 gang member beat his wife and facilitated human trafficking, ON TOP of being an illegal alien. BRING HIM BACK IN. pic.twitter.com/rpGC7jAPHT — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 22, 2025 BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been …
McDonald’s to slash combo meal prices
McDonald’s is slashing its combo meal prices — despite weeks of tussling with restaurant operators who pleaded that rising costs have made it difficult to sustain deals already on the menu. Its US franchisees have agreed to keep the cost of eight popular combos 15% below the sum of the individual items’ prices, according to …
INSIDE SCOOP: The Real Reason Why John Bolton was RAIDED by the FBI
The FBI raid on John Bolton wasn’t random—here’s the inside scoop on the real reason agents came knocking.
Check out the line for Washington’s first In-N-Out opening day. Two-hour wait. WTF?
“What a loser”🤣 pic.twitter.com/g4XUZiG6l0 — Devolution (@disevolutionism) August 22, 2025
Over 10 jets of the Israeli Air Force flew over 2,000 km from Israel to Yemen and dropped approximately 35 munitions on the Houthis.
Over 10 jets of the Israeli Air Force flew over 2,000 km from Israel to Yemen and dropped approximately 35 munitions on the Houthis. Israel shows the world how to deal with radical Islam like a boss. pic.twitter.com/xpoQyhMJzB — Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) August 24, 2025 08/24/25 🇮🇱 🇾🇪 More footage of an Israeli airstrikes on Sana, …
We need to send Biden to prison
We need to send Biden to fucking prison https://t.co/QeqtiddqYB — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) August 23, 2025
Bitcoin isn’t a store of value. It’s a Nasdaq ETF, making it irrelevant on every metric.
Bitcoin isn't a store of value. It's a Nasdaq ETF, making it irrelevant on every metric. It will drop below $1,000, if not $100, in the coming years. Pin this post. https://t.co/Px0GqOUpur — The Great Martis (@great_martis) August 23, 2025
Canada is Turning Itself into a Death Cult
The below article is a great read on this travesty. Yes it is long. Some SNIPS from the article mentioned: The euthanasia conference was held at a Sheraton. Some 300 Canadian professionals, most of them clinicians, had arrived for the annual event. There were lunch buffets and complimentary tote bags; attendees could look forward to a Friday-night …
Life is Hard in This Economy – Existing Feels Impossible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8r_YfN0AXo
Can America stay capitalist if Washington owns chunks of private companies?
Shock deal: America takes 10% of Intel, government now in the chip business How it started… how it's going pic.twitter.com/3Lq3iC1ult — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 22, 2025 Our government should not have ownership in private companies. There are so many specific problems with an arrangement like this, but fundamentally, this is not who we are as …
More international aid air dropped into Gaza
Pallets of international aid were airdropped into the Gaza strip on Sunday, two days after the world’s leading authority on food crises said parts of the enclave are gripped by famine.
I bet we’ll hear more about stuff like this …
I bet we'll hear more about stuff like this … pic.twitter.com/afbeLlMk3X — Markets & Mayhem (@Mayhem4Markets) August 22, 2025
Japan’s Exports Fall to Four-Year Low
by Martin Armstrong Japan experienced a contraction in exports for the first time in four years this July. Exports declined 2.6% on an annualized basis, falling beneath the median forecast of a 2.1% contraction, according to the Ministry of Finance. As with Canada, tariffs have caused a downturn in the auto sector. Autos, auto parts, …
Massive fire breaks out at Louisiana auto supply facility
An explosion and fire Friday at an automotive supply company in southeast Louisiana sent flames into the air and a tower of thick black smoke billowed above rural communities, forcing nearby residents and an elementary school to evacuate. Officials said no injuries have been reported in the fire at Smitty’s Supply just north of the …
The FALL of Germany – Total Economic Collapse Amid Plans to Send Troops to Ukraine
Good Morning from Germany, where Chancellor Friedrich Merz is looking for excuses after a rough start on economic policy.“This task is bigger than some may have imagined a year ago – and I say that self-critically,” Merz admitted in a speech on Saturday in Osnabrück. “We’re not… pic.twitter.com/Q3BcYBvYUC — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) August 24, 2025 …
4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC
A lawyer representing the online message board 4chan says it won’t pay a proposed fine by the UK’s media regulator as it enforces the Online Safety Act. According to Preston Byrne, managing partner of law firm Byrne & Storm, Ofcom has provisionally decided to impose a £20,000 fine “with daily penalties thereafter” for as long …
Making $100,000 before you turn 21 — in pipe fitting.
It’s noon on a Thursday, but the day’s lunch break is already over and the cement building in Concord is once again full. Class is in session. A dozen students — most dressed in gray canvas button-downs and baseball caps — sit with rapt attention facing the whiteboard at the front of the room. But …
Wait 13 months for MRI in Canada.
The horrifying truth about Canada’s healthcare. “Today on how f*cked is Canadian healthcare: I need an MRI to see if I have a f*cking brain tumor. Go ahead guess when it is? Go ahead, guess. It’s in 2026” “My MRI to see if I have a brain tumor is in 2026. It’s March 2025 right …
Kellyanne’s ex husband shows up at John Bolton’s house in middle of FBI raid — immediately wants TV time.
George Conway, outside of John Bolton’s house in a turtleneck, speculates that Trump ordered the raid because Bolton wrote a negative book about him. TDS patient zero. pic.twitter.com/Y2YaefL0Em — johnny maga (@johnnymaga) August 22, 2025
Trump wants concealed carry in DC.
Trump on expanding concealed carry to Washington DC: “I’m a second amendment person. People have to be able to protect themselves.” Trump on expanding concealed carry to Washington DC: "I'm a second amendment person. People have to be able to protect themselves." pic.twitter.com/BSurzKGC94 — The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 22, 2025
Democrat pleads guilty to $250 million carbon credit scam.
Joe Sanberg, a top California Democrat activist who decried the corruption of big Wall Street banks and started a company marketed as the “cleaner” alternative, actually propped that company up through blatant fraud, he admitted Thursday. Sanberg and other high-profile Democrats started the carbon-credit platform and online banking app Aspiration Partners Inc., promising to plant …