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by Michael The speed at which global events are moving is simply breathtaking. All over the world, leaders keep talking about the need for peace, but we just keep getting more war. This month we have seen a series of very alarming escalations, and it is easy to imagine how things could spiral completely out of …
Well well well, if it isnt the consequences of the world bootlicking one non-state byu/Excellent_Archer6791 inconspiracy What a “coincidence”. by inconspiracy Pope Leo expressed concern on Tuesday for the consequences of Israel's strikes on Qatar. https://t.co/Iq8ASb7e3n pic.twitter.com/gLIGONVW4D — NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) September 9, 2025
Wait times for rides at all time low. Translation: Nobody is f**king there. They deserve what they’re getting! It’s not just Disney. Vegas is also seeing a decline in tourism. People are finally fed up with the price gouging. h/t Kingzzor Sr.
It’s 2025 and the American middle class is dead. Completely gone. And we’re acting like this is fine. The country we grew up believing in doesn’t exist anymore. The promise that hard work gets rewarded? That’s over. Millions of Americans are living in conditions that would make third-world countries feel sorry for us. The average …
NEW – Venezuela’s Maduro says he has a Huawei smartphone gifted by Xi, calling it “the best in the world” and immune to U.S. surveillance pic.twitter.com/4xk8eQVce6 — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 3, 2025
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit did not signal unity. It revealed fracture wrapped in ceremonial silk. Xi Jinping’s unveiling of the Global Governance Initiative was not a blueprint. It was a warning. “Global governance has come to a new crossroads,” he said. source The crossroads is a mirage. The road behind is scorched. The road …
Too much debt, breaking points are close, so many signs. THE ENTIRE WORLD IS ABOUT TO GO BANKRUPT. — Make Gold Great (@MakeGoldGreat) August 28, 2025 Trump wants the Fed to cut interest rates so the government can lower its borrowing costs. But creditors won’t lend the U.S. Govt. more money if interest rates are …
A lung from a genetically modified pig has been transplanted into a person for the first time1. The recipient, a 39-year-old man in China, was brain dead, but the organ survived for nine days. At least half a dozen people in the United States and China have received organs from genome-edited pigs, including hearts, kidneys, …
He’s on top of the world now and changing everything we thought we knew about how things work. by David Haggith Trump sitting as a king on top of the world Of course, Trumpworld is sinking rapidly into recession at the same time prices are rising more quickly under the new Trump Tariffs. So, before …
https://twitter.com/_Irate_American/status/1960045925671272913 Musk: “Why Are They Allowing the Rape of Europe?” Tesla entrepreneur Elon Musk highlighted skyrocketing sexual assaults unfolding in the EU, following outrage over the stabbing death of a 17-year-old Dutch girl by a migrant who had been arrested for rape just days earlier. Responding to a chart illustrating how rape figures have surged …
The parasite didn’t sneak in. It flew. It burrowed. It ate. On August 4, 2025, the CDC confirmed the first human case of New World screwworm in the United States. A Maryland resident returning from El Salvador carried it in their flesh. “This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis from …
The end was always inevitable for Beyond Meat, because being an innovator does not mean having a moat to protect your business. The pioneering company arguably created the category of plant-based meat that acts like actual meat. That’s clever, but it’s not a defensible business. Once Beyond Meat BYND created the category, it was inevitable …
Trump Unveils Multiple Policies to Stop India from Taking U.S. Tech Jobs and Suppressing Wages India has been taking U.S. tech jobs through job relocation, telework, and special visas that bring Indian workers to the United States. This shift has driven Americans out of the tech industry, reduced job availability, depressed wages, and drained U.S. …
by David Haggith My last trip through TSA was … a little surreal. I will probably come across here as being a fossil like President George H.W. Bush did when he went out to buy some socks—you know, like ordinary people do—in order to encourage the ordinary people like the rest of us to stimulate …
by Michael What I have to share with you today is truly strange. Is it just a coincidence that the dates when World War I, World War II and World War III all started share a very eerie similarity? You will see what I am talking about below. This is something that has been circulating …
https://twitter.com/nogulagsagain/status/1949359580791894303 Starting 10 December 2025, it will be illegal for anyone under 16 to hold accounts on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and Facebook even if they signed up before the law passed or have parental consent. The burden falls entirely on tech platforms. If they fail to block underage users, they face fines up …
The UN’s highest court has ruled that climate change is an urgent and existential threat. It also said that greenhouse gases are unequivocally caused by human activity. The ruling came in response to a case brought by the island state of Vanu-atu. However, it is only an advisory opinion, which is non-binding. Details: No mention …
by Michael By the time we got to this stage, I always thought that far more people would be awake. Perhaps the reason why so many Americans are still sleeping is because the major wars that are currently raging are happening on the other side of the planet. It is easy to relax when nobody …
Source: https://t.co/P7adyN24PF — Jostein Hauge (@haugejostein) July 18, 2025
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, If we borrow all of tomorrow’s prosperity to spend today, there won’t be any future prosperity, there will only be penury. The developed nations share many of the same sources of stagnation: 1. Demographically, their cohort of retirees drawing government benefits is expanding with no end in sight while …
“Mastercard Inc. is joining the competition for big spenders, announcing a higher-yet tier of rewards card designed to help banks challenge offerings from Chase, American Express and Capital One, among others. The company plans to debut the World Legend category with one of the firm’s largest US partners before the end of September, according to …
Vegas resident since 2006. Yesterday was not normal. I’ve NEVER seen a more intense monsoon season. Only even witnessed flooding in the streets and parking garages. Gone in a few hours. Few trees snapped and garbage cans everywhere. But I have never seen rows of power lines,… — DeenieLee (@DeenieLeeB) July 2, 2025 LAS VEGAS …
by Michael Nobody seems to know what happened to Iran’s enormous stockpile of enriched uranium. Until we learn the fate of that uranium, I think that it is premature for anyone to be declaring victory. Of course now that the ceasefire appears to be holding, everyone is declaring victory. Israel is declaring victory, Iran is …
