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Tarrant County Public Health confirmed West Nile virus in local mosquito traps. Arlington and Pantego are conducting massive ground spraying between 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM. Spraying uses an ultra-low volume permethrin application to kill off infected adults. Officials are targeting a half-mile radius around North Cooper Street and Douglas Court. Two positive samples in …
via notayesmanseconomics The economic problems of Germany have been an issue for some years now. Regular readers will recall the period around 2018 when notable downwards revisions to the economic growth or GDP numbers rather changed the mood. Things went from being part of what was considered to be the Euro Boom at the time …
If you think physical jobs are safe from AI, you're a moron pic.twitter.com/ryfA7tUIg4 — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) July 8, 2026 It'll be a while before robots can pull this off. pic.twitter.com/Cr66U6MX65 — Kaleb (@scaasibelak) July 8, 2026
by Michael As I write this article, large explosions are being reported all over Iran. Does this mean that the “Memorandum of Understanding” is doomed? Iran made a very foolish move when it decided to start attacking commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz again. It was inevitable that the U.S. would respond militarily, and this time …
He is right about that. 🚨 HOLY SMOKES. President Trump just OBLITERATED NATO, basically calling them freeloaders who barely deserve his presence if it weren't for Turkey "ITALY turned us down. GERMANY turned us down. FRANCE turned us down." "We WEREN'T TREATED WELL." "I was VERY disappointed with… pic.twitter.com/cESu8wIrw3 — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) July 7, …
Healthcare, college tuition, and childcare prices exploded with heavy government involvement. TVs, smartphones, and clothing prices collapsed through market competition. Subsidies create donor lobbies that push costs higher. Neglected sectors face real competition and innovation pressure. Pattern holds across decades of data on price changes. Everything government subsidizes gets expensive, from medical to college to …
This isn’t about one chemical plant. It’s about what the Pentagon thinks it may need for years to come. Alzchem Group AG is building a $150 million nitroguanidine plant in Bushy Park, South Carolina. Nitroguanidine isn’t a household name. But it is a critical ingredient for modern military propellants. No propellant. No steady flow of …
Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs globally, roughly 2.1% of the total headcount. Xbox division is taking a massive 3,200-job hit, with 1,600 already gone. Four game development studios are being spun off as “non-core.” CEO Asha Sharma explicitly blamed margins being 3 to 10 times lower than other Microsoft business units. Company is hiking console …
1. 10 year and 20 year bond yields just hit 30 year highs. Every business and the government itself now pays more to borrow. 2. Debt is at 206% of GDP, the highest in the developed world. As yields rise, the interest bill rises with it automatically. 3. Working age population has fallen by 14% …
Stop changing the race of characters. Please and thank you. https://t.co/JlVYl37J0z — Rodney (@cryptojourneyrs) July 7, 2026 Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey second trailer faced heavy online dislike (reported ~87% ratio). Official accounts locked comments on major trailers. Casting of Lupita Nyong’o in a lead role (widely discussed as Helen) drew criticism for deviating from traditional …
Lie pic.twitter.com/8ml52QJnBQ — geek en vogue (@geekenvogue) July 7, 2026 Expanding discounts helps working families but shifts costs elsewhere. Free or heavily subsidized transit sounds good until revenue gaps appear.
I'm really tired of all the Trump has dementia nonsense. Goodness knows, there's plenty to complain about–worst president ever. But why exaggerate what appears to me to be normal aging? You discredit the vast legitimate criticisms. — John Fitzpatrick 🇺🇸 (@ewesaidit) July 7, 2026
By Claudio Grass Part of the upcoming “World War III” documentary Anyone who reads my work or knows me personally is well aware of my deep-seated skepticism toward the political class as a whole. Whether they wear a red tie or a blue one, whether they claim to be representing the Left or the Right, the underlying hunger for power, …
Under 2 months ago, Cambridge turned off their "racist" gunshot detectors to protect blacks & immigrants. Her brother just died because of it: pic.twitter.com/OCxtW6ovDS — End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 7, 2026
CENTCOM hit IRGC fast boats, radars, anti-ship batteries, command nodes. Largest direct U.S. operation against Iran since February. Iran retaliated against U.S. bases in Bahrain, Kuwait. Trump declared ceasefire over, revoked Iran oil sale licenses. Brent crude jumped over 5% near $78, WTI near $74. Stock futures turned red, Nasdaq down over 1% with AI …
This wasn’t supposed to happen. A former Pfizer headquarters was being turned into more than 1,600 luxury apartments. Then support columns started buckling. Construction workers described steel beams “bending like cigarettes.” Floors between roughly the 21st and 26th stories began sagging. 🚨🇺🇸 PFIZER HQ COLLAPSING IN NYC! The former Pfizer headquarters is at risk of …
by Michael Those that boldly proclaimed that the global energy crisis was over have been proven dead wrong. Within the past 24 hours, the Iranians have attacked numerous commercial vessels that were attempting to travel through the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranians have told the world over and over again that traffic through the Strait …
Tech executives have warned AI could funnel enormous wealth to a handful of people and create a “permanent underclass.” Why should Big Tech get all the profits while we pay the costs? It’s time to tax AI. — Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) July 6, 2026 SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: "IT'S TIME TO TAX AI." — The Wolf …
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan high-rise that was under construction when columns buckled and bricks tumbled into the street below during the Tuesday morning rush hour remained unstable and was still moving, forcing nearby buildings to evacuate, officials said. The 1970s-era office building was being converted to luxury apartments, and is the former global …
The View co-host claims Stars and Stripes signal danger. Benny Johnson blasts it as screeching anti-American nonsense. Suggests she move to Iran or Cuba if the flag scares her. Clip highlights growing left-wing discomfort with basic patriotism. Viral reaction shows public pushback against such views. pic.twitter.com/mXQuQelwqn — Yosemite Sam! (@JrYosemite) July 6, 2026
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Hamas ends government in Gaza, readies for panel https://t.co/TttxCTk9gc — The Right News, Right Now. (@BradPorcellato) July 7, 2026 DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Hamas militant group said Monday it had dissolved its government in Gaza and is preparing to transfer power to a technical committee backed by the United Nations as part of …
Alberto Galletti and Tiziana Accora were engaged and decided to bungee jump off a bridge in Italy – but the couple tragically fell to their deaths when safety equipment failed during their 330ft tandem jump A young engaged couple tragically lost their lives after plummeting more than 300 feet during what was supposed to be …
This is the kind of post that makes you laugh and then check if the person is actually right. A trader on WallStreetBets is telling everyone to stop buying SPY options and use SPX options instead. The argument is pretty simple. SPX options are cash settled. No assignment risk. They can be traded overnight. And …
Bad actors can launch complex attacks with less skill. AI makes cybercrime scale faster and cheaper. Real systems already got hit this way. Defenders face new speed of automated threats. Sysdig full report on JADEPUFFER: Ransomware has had a human at the keyboard, or at least a human writing its script, since it was first …
Abbott now says prohibit AI data centers in rural Texas. He wants to remove their tax breaks too. This is different from last year when he praised Google projects. Statement came during East Texas campaign event. Backlash from rural residents over power use and noise grows. Rural areas push back hard against big tech projects. …
Walmart is cutting prices because demand is crashing. Don't let the Trump propaganda fool you pic.twitter.com/I6u2zz061i — Darth Powell (@VladTheInflator) July 7, 2026 Walmart is cutting prices on thousands of products, not doing the Fed’s inflation theory any favors. Coca-Cola. Pepsi. Laundry detergent. Lawn mowers. You name it. This is great news for consumers who …
Foreign buyers stepping back from US debt market. This means more money printing and yield control later. Pain moves from bond markets to currencies and inflation. Japan holds about $1.21 trillion US Treasuries. UK holds about $937 billion. Both now face rising yields at home. Japanese 10-year and 20-year JGB yields at 30-year highs. BOJ …
