The A320 is about to pass the 737 in total deliveries.

Cirium, an aviation analytics company, predicts that the Airbus A320 family will overtake the Boeing 737 series this month. As of early August 2025, the European aircraft maker has delivered 12,153 A320-family aircraft since Air France took delivery of the first 100 units of its single-aisle jetliner in March 1988, Cirium data showed. Boeing’s 737 …

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High Electric Bill? thank Meta’s AI

Electricity bills are skyrocketing and water reserves are dwindling, yet Big Tech giants like OpenAI, Meta, and Amazon are thriving. They’ve secured billions in tax breaks while you foot the bill through higher rates and taxes to power their AI servers. ChatGPT’s true cost goes far beyond its $20 monthly subscription: consumers are shouldering $9.3 …

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Just got back from a short trip in China. The locals were telling me the economy has pretty much ground to a halt. Brace…

Just got back from a short trip in China. The locals were telling me the economy has pretty much ground to a halt. Brace… — David's Capital (@davids_capital) August 18, 2025 Chinese Economy’s Worst Month of 2025 Puts Stimulus Back in Play (Bloomberg) — China’s economy clocked its deepest slowdown of the year in July, raising …

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Are You Ready for a Humanoid Robot to Assist in Household Chores?

Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Color me quite unimpressed with the current capabilities. Let’s investigate. The Coming Robot Home Invasion In what appears to me to be far more hype than reality, the Wall Street Journal discusses The Coming Robot Home Invasion. Robots are hot. Humanoid ones were literally running amok at this month’s World …

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UK and European allies plan to send troops into Ukraine but insist they will stay far from fighting and focus on training

UK & ALLIES PREP TROOP DEPLOYMENT TO UKRAINE – MILES FROM THE FRONT LINE Western nations are quietly preparing to put boots on the ground in Ukraine – but not to fight. The idea? Guard key infrastructure, train troops locally, and avoid combat zones at all costs. UK-led training of Ukrainian forces, currently done on …

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LA curfew spells disaster for restaurants

In the wake of the military occupation and nightly curfews in downtown Los Angeles, not only have hotels seen cancellations and steep declines in reservations, but restaurants are reporting losses of up to $100,000. It’s a dire situation for an industry that’s been battered for the past five years, first with the pandemic and most …

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Pew Reports Trump’s Approval Rating Drops to 38 Percent

Authored by Mike Shedlock via mishtalk, Trump’s support, even among Republicans is dropping. But does it matter? More Opposition than Support Pew reports Trump’s Tariffs and ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Face More Opposition Than Support Six months into his second term, public evaluations of President Donald Trump’s job performance have grown more negative. His job approval …

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China firm plans world’s first pregnancy humanoid robot using artificial womb. Transhumanism keeps marching forward.

What’s next? Human baby farms mass producing babies? https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-worlds-first-pregnancy-humanoid-robot China firm plans world’s first pregnancy humanoid robot using artificial womb The innovation uses artificial amniotic fluid and nutrient delivery via hose, replicating natural gestation, now to be integrated into humanoid robots Jijo Malayil A Chinese tech firm is racing to deliver what could be the …

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Changeling! 511,000 New Homes For Sale In US, Highest Inventory Since October 2007 (Mortgage Rates About The Same As In 2007 But Home Prices Are 87.5% Higher Today Than In 2007!)

by confoundedinterest17 The US housing market is a changeling, going from a mega glut during the financial crisis to a tight market, then back to a glut … again. In fact, there are 511,000 new homes for sales in the US, the highest inventory since the financial crisis. Combine all-time high home prices with RELATIVELY …

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When ‘invest like the 1%’ fails: How Yieldstreet’s real estate bets left customers with massive losses

via Reddit: Yes, I know this is obvious to most but there’s still enough questions about these sorts of services (and wanting to invest because they think diversifying away from stocks is good or they are attracted to the novelty of asset classes previously unavailable to them with “invest like the 1%” tag lines, etc) …

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If people in NY vote for this dude, they deserve what they get.

Thank you @SamAntar .Too few people realize it's not organic. pic.twitter.com/8mxh3G2yIh — Jennifer 31 (@jennifer3185) August 18, 2025 How the Working Families Party sells itself as “grassroots” — with IRS-documented, publicly admitted “common control” revealing it’s really a Soros-financed political money washer. In New York politics, there’s one machine that towers above the rest. No, …

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ZELENSKIY SAYS IT WOULD BE ‘IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE UP TERRITORY’ TO RUSSIA: FOX NEWS

ZELENSKIY SAYS IT WOULD BE 'IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE UP TERRITORY' TO RUSSIA: FOX NEWS — zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 18, 2025 President Trump tells Zelensky – NO NATO membership, and NO re-claiming Crimea from Russia. 🚨 BREAKING: President Trump tells Zelensky – NO NATO membership, and NO re-claiming Crimea from Russia. "President Zelenskyy of Ukraine can …

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Brian Stelter: “MSNBC splits up with NBC News, it is also dropping the ‘NBC’ from its name: It will become MS NOW”

As the cable news channel MSNBC splits up with NBC News, it is also dropping the "NBC" from its name: Later this year, it will become MS NOW, which stands for My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. https://t.co/3RLNTwoONk pic.twitter.com/noiZgHgPCA — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) August 18, 2025 "While our name will be changing, who …

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