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Another view from Chalmette Refinery earlier today. pic.twitter.com/qEnwvoBRzk — Mark Tournier🇺🇸 (@marktournier2) May 8, 2026 Update from Chalmette Refinery: pic.twitter.com/C2tvGupX0A — Mark Tournier🇺🇸 (@marktournier2) May 9, 2026
بورك في أعين الوطن المتيقظةأبطالنا في كل الميادين 🇸🇦 نسأل الله أن يسدد رميهم ويحفظهم 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/CjhUrH3CQe — بدر العساكر Bader Al Asaker (@Badermasaker) March 19, 2026
It is important to understand why the MOAB (Mother of All Bombs) may have seen its second operational use in history: Iran was planning to manufacture around 200 missiles per month, with ambitions to ramp up production to 500. Within three years, such a facility could have… pic.twitter.com/GJXKnvVEMh — Eyal Ofer אייל עופר (@Eyalo365) March …
For decades young Americans were given a very simple formula for success. Go to college. Take on the debt. Get the white collar job. That formula is now colliding with a technological revolution that very few universities seem prepared to confront. Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving into the same office jobs that millions of college …
S&P 500 free cash flow yield has fallen to 2.58%, the lowest level since the Global Financial Crisis 🚨🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/pya0wO8QNK — Barchart (@Barchart) September 26, 2025 That means stocks are rising because people are willing to pay more for less cash flow. The S&P 500’s free cash flow yield is at 2.58%, the lowest since …
The illusion is unraveling. The AI boom isn’t growth. It’s a public hemorrhage disguised as inevitability, a silent collapse dressed in corporate slogans. Every headline about funding, every press release about partnerships, every glossy demo conceals a truth the spreadsheets cannot hide. The titans are burning cash to keep the lights on, and the fire …
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 …
Press Outlets Accuse Pete Hegseth of Domestic Abuse, but His Ex-Wife Nukes Them. On the surface, this seems serious. After all, there’s an on-record source making the claim, which is a step up from most press allegations these days. Surely, this is going to sink Hegseth’s nomination, right? There’s just one problem: Hegseth’s second wife, …
"Americans are consuming more capital than they produce. US national net savings by households, businesses and the government have been negative since 1Q23, for only the third time since 1947. The other two times were 2008-11 and 2020." Gavekal pic.twitter.com/jWUcaT66Md — Win Smart, CFA (@WinfieldSmart) September 18, 2024 BREAKING: Total consumer credit jumped by $25.5 …
Russia is able to produce artillery shells much faster and cheaper than Ukraine’s backers in the US and Europe, Sky News has reported, citing a study by the consulting firm Bain & Company. According to the research, based on publicly available data, Russian factories are projected to make or refurbish approximately 4.5 million rounds this …
via naturalnews: We are now being told that producing food is bad for the planet. To “save” the planet, globalists insist, farms must be shut down across the globe. Under the guise of reducing “methane emissions,” thirteen nations have signed a pledge to engineer global famine by gutting agricultural production and shutting down farms. Announced …
The Russian air-launched Kinzhal hypersonic missile has gone into mass production and is now manufactured in quantities sufficient to meet the needs of the military, an executive for the Rostec defense conglomerate has reported. The weapon is widely perceived as impossible to intercept, though Kiev claims it has shot down many of the projectiles. “Previously, …