Artificial Intelligence Breeds Mindless Inhumanity Authored by Bruce Abramson via RealClearWire, I began studying AI in the mid-1980s. Unusually for a computer scientist of that era, my interest was entirely in information, not in machines. I became obsessed with understanding what it meant to live during the transition from the late Industrial Age to the early Information Age. What I learned is that computers fundamentally alter […]

Ukraine Drone ‘Mega Deal’ Possible With US, Zelensky Says President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are negotiating what’s being widely dubbed a potential “mega deal” which allows for Ukraine to exchange its growing small drone arsenal and technology for more advanced American weapons. Reports say that under the scheme the United States would purchase Ukrainian-made drones, while Ukraine would in turn buy American […]

China Might Not Want Russia To Lose, But It Might Not Want Russia To Win Either Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, A Russian loss would be catastrophic for China’s security, while a Russian victory could end the discounted energy bonanza that’s helping it maintain its economic growth amidst the slowdown, not to mention accelerate the US’ “Pivot (back) to (East) Asia” for more muscularly containing it. The South […]

Pepsi Exec Floats Switch To Sugar After Trump Coca-Cola Announcement PepsiCo’s top executive indicated on July 17 that the company may switch Pepsi’s sweetener from high-fructose corn syrup to sugar, one day after President Donald Trump said Coca-Cola would soon be making the change. “Same journey that we have in foods, we’re following in beverages. This is a consumer-centric strategy. We’re following the consumer,” […]

Trump Should Index The Capital Gains Tax For Inflation Authored by Stephen Moore via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump should follow up on his historic “big, beautiful” tax bill with an extra booster shot for the economy by immediately indexing the capital gains taxes for inflation. engin akyurt/Unsplash.com There is a reasonable chance he can do this without having to go through Congress. And our sources […]

Chinese Consumer Brands Rapidly Expand In Southeast Asia It’s not just in autos where Chinese brands are expanding their global reach… Chinese consumer brands are quickly expanding in Southeast Asia, especially in home appliances and cosmetics—markets once led by Japanese, South Korean, and European companies, according to Nikkei Asia. Their rise is powered by acquisitions, e-commerce, and domestic overcapacity. “Innovation […]

Governmental Self-Preservation: Why We’ll Never See The Real Epstein List Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us If there’s one characteristic that defines Donald Trump it’s his habit of switching his positions on a dime – Leaving many a critic looking rather foolish when they establish an argument against him today, only to discover he mostly agrees with them tomorrow. I’ve learned it’s best to wait a little while […]

Avoid Hertz’s AI-Powered Rental Car Scanners Back in late 2023, Amazon unveiled an AI-powered scanner that drivers pass through at the end of each shift. The AI system detects even the most minor anomalies, such as tire deformities, undercarriage wear, and minor scratches or dents on delivery vans. A nearly identical AI scanner has now appeared in the parking lots of rental car giant Hertz.  Auto blog The Drive reports that […]

Belmont University Rebrands DEI Program, Defies Trump Executive Orders Via American Greatness, Belmont University is in the spotlight after videos surfaced showing top administrative officials discussing how they are defying President Trump’s Executive Orders ending official discrimination based on race and sex. Townhall reports that it has obtained leaked video of officials at the Nashville, Tennessee-based university […]

The Protest-Industrial-Complex Isn’t Peaceful, It’s “Civil Terrorism” … Ilya Shapiro and Jesse Arm of the Manhattan Institute authored an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, unveiling a plan for the federal government to take decisive action against the rogue permanent protest industry—comprising some Marxist groups and professional agitators—waging continuous color revolutions that have brought chaos to American […]

China’s Economic Demise And Its Impact On The US Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Few are as candid and historically accurate as hedge fund manager Kyle Bass when identifying structural breaks in the global economy. In a recent interview, Bass painted a grim but telling picture of China’s economic condition, warning: “We are witnessing the largest macroeconomic imbalances the world has ever seen, and […]

Infamous Sports Memorabilia Dealer Found Dead After Shocking $350 Million Counterfeit Confession On Tuesday, Brett Lemieux, a seasoned sports memorabilia dealer, was found dead by authorities during the execution of a search warrant at his business, which was under investigation for alleged fraudulent activities, the New York Post reports. Various memorabilia listed on the Mister Man Cave website. MisterMancave Lemieux, founder of […]

VDH: The World Woke Up Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, In less than six months, the entire world has been turned upside down. There is no longer such a thing as conventional wisdom or the status quo. The unthinkable has become the banal. Take illegal immigration—remember the 10,000 daily illegal entries under Biden? Recall the only solution was supposedly “comprehensive immigration reform”—a euphemism for mass […]

China Pledges To Curb EV Price Wars Amid Deflation Worries China has vowed to rein in “irrational competition” in its electric vehicle (EV) sector as deflationary price wars threaten economic stability and industrial progress, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The pledge came from a State Council meeting led by Premier Li Qiang, where officials emphasized guiding automakers toward innovation and higher quality rather […]

“I Can’t Believe The New York Times Thought It Would Get Away With This…” Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, The irony is thick enough to choke on… The New York Times, that bastion of so-called journalistic integrity, churned out yet another hit piece on President Donald Trump, painting him as some vengeful tyrant hell-bent on crushing his political foes.  According to the paper, Trump supposedly views his […]

Congressional Cuts To PBS, NPR Could Unravel Leftist Propaganda Nodes Nationwide  The Republican-controlled House delivered the final blow with a 216-213 vote on Thursday night to eliminate $1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports leftist propaganda networks such as NPR, PBS, and affiliated stations nationwide. Attached to the bill was also an $8 billion cut targeting the U.S. Agency for […]

Can The Developed World Grow Its Way Out Of Stagnation Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, 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 their workforces are […]

“A Treasonous Conspiracy” – DNI Gabbard Exposes Obama At Center Of Trump ‘Russia Hoax’ Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, has declassified documents revealing “overwhelming evidence” showing how then-President Barack Obama and his national security team laid the groundwork for what would become the years-long Trump-Russia collusion investigation after President Trump won the 2016 election. “This is surreal,” says […]

“False, Malicious, Defamatory” – Trump Demands Unsealing Of Epstein Files, Threatens Lawsuit After WSJ Hit Piece Donald Trump sent notorious sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein a bawdy birthday letter with a drawing of a naked woman, an acknowledgement that the two “have certain things in common,” and a wish for “every day [to] be another wonderful secret,” the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday evening, citing “documents” that its […]

The Epstein Enigma Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “It would make [Epstein] a story with which we have to be persistent and steady in our demands; but also cautious, and methodical, and discerning.” – Naomi Wolf Do you detect the signs of Rope-a-Dope in Mr. Trump’s recent blasts against the Epstein mess? It must be obvious that anything he says will be violently opposed by his Democratic Party enemies. So, now […]

It Will Take More Than Low Interest Rates To Make Houses Affordable Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute, On Tuesday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury surged nearly 10 basis points in a few hours, rising above 4.49 percent. The rising yield came after the release of new price-inflation data showing that CPI growth had hit a five-month high and remained well above the Federal Reserve’s two-percent target for price […]

Capping Crypto Week: All You Need To Know About The Three Crypto Bills Passed By Congress On Thursday, July 17, capping off what was dubbed “Crypto Week” by Congress, the US House just passed three digital assets related bills. Here is a breakdown of all that was passed: The GENIUS Act: The Senate’s stablecoin bill, by a vote of 308-122.  By bringing regulatory clarity to the asset class, the law is expected to stimulate […]

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? New York Democrats—and the broader party in desperate need of a course correction—continue to double, triple, and even quadruple down on all things woke. They’ve now taken it a step further by openly cheerleading socialism and Marxism. This increasingly radical un-American direction, backed by a network of dark money-funded NGOs, has even drawn criticism from prominent figures like JPMorgan CEO […]

Nasdaq Files Application To Add Staking For BlackRock iShares ETH ETF Authored by Vince Quill via CoinTelegraph.com, The Nasdaq stock exchange filed an application with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday on behalf of BlackRock to add staking to the asset manager’s iShares Ether exchange-traded fund (ETF). If the application is approved, the fund would give investors exposure to staking rewards […]

Pope Leo Under Fire For ‘Vague’ Statement On Israel’s Bombing Of Gaza Catholic Church Via Middle East Eye Pope Leo is facing growing criticism over his response to an Israeli air strike on the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, which killed three people and wounded several others, including a pastor.  The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem confirmed that Father Gabriel Romanelli was among the wounded and said […]