Musk Responds After SpaceX Loses Guarantee Of First Moon Landing Up until Oct. 20, the return of NASA astronauts to the lunar surface was set to be carried out by a variant of SpaceX’s Starship upper stage. Now, according to Acting Administrator of NASA Sean Duffy, that may not be the case. Elon Musk’s behemoth rocket still has not conducted a successful mission into low Earth orbit, sparking some doubt about whether or not […]

Hillary Joins Freak-Out Leftists Screeching About Trump’s Latest Innocuous Project… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Leftists are all over BlueSky and X crying about President Trump ordering the demolishment of portions of the East Wing of the White House to begin renovations for the grand ballroom. As we previously highlighted, Trump is closely overseeing construction of the new White House ballroom to ensure it […]

Pivotal Research On Creatine Finds Foundational Applications Way Beyond The Gym – Including Brain, Bone, And Healthy Aging There’s new science out on creatine monohydrate that reveals it’s way more than just a performance enhancer for athletes. In fact, it’s pretty amazing for a wide variety of applications throughout all stages of life. If you already take creatine, you know it’s great for increasing muscle strength, size and […]

A Dip Below $100k “Seems Inevitable”, But StanChart Sees Bitcoin At $200k By Year-End The 10 October US-China trade war fear-driven selloff put paid to any further push higher in crypto, according to Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick, and the question now is how far does Bitcoin need to fall before finding a base? On that Kendrick is now thinking a dip below 100k seems inevitable, although the dump may be short-lived.  To […]

Impressive 20Y Auction Sees Jump In Foreign Demand, First Stop Through In Months With market risk mostly off, especially among high beta momentum stocks, bonds have again emerged as a flight to safety and this was certainly on display during today’s auction of 20Y paper. The reopening of 19 Year, 10 Month paper (cusip UN6) was the week’s only coupon auction, and was issued flawlessly and without a glitch amid solid -mostly foreign […]

The “Triumph Of Big Government” Created The Current Sovereign Debt Crisis Authored by Daniel Lacalle, A few years ago, The Economist published an issue called “The Triumph of Big Government,” highlighting the rise of government intervention as the main driver of economic recovery and growth. The years of budget and deficit control were over. Mainstream economists hailed the decisive action of governments in developed nations, […]

Reddit Army’s Beyond Meat Squeeze Implodes As WallStreetBets Apes Panic Update (Lunchtime Wednesday in New York): After a series of volatility halts, the Reddit-fueled squeeze in Beyond Meat shares has completely reversed, collapsing 68.5% from premarket highs and returning to yesterday’s close. The wild Reddit-fueled day trader squeeze of short hedge funds since last Friday has been nothing short of eye-popping, with gains […]

Another ‘Cockroach’: Subprime Auto-Lender PrimaLend Enters Bankruptcy Another cockroach? PrimaLend Capital Partners, which provides financing to auto dealerships that cater to subprime borrowers, filed for bankruptcy after months of negotiations with creditors following missed interest payments on its debt.  Its products include financing for receivables, real estate and automobile inventory, according to its website. This […]

Bolivia’s New President Backs Blockchain To Tackle Government Corruption Authored by Bryan O’Shea via CoinTelegraph.com, Bolivian President-elect Rodrigo Paz plans to tackle corruption in his country’s government using blockchain technology. The Associated Press reported Monday that Paz defeated rival Jorge Quiroga 54.5% to 45.5% and is set to take office on Nov. 8. Paz won Sunday’s runoff on a centrist, pro-market message […]

High Casualty Russian Attack On Ukraine As NATO Chief In Washington Just as NATO secretary general Mark Rutte is in Washington and is set to meet with President Trump Wednesday afternoon, Russia has launched another major overnight drone and missile attack which resulted in a high amount of civilian casualties. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on X that the attack killed at least seven civilians, including […]

Riot Erupts At Irish Migrant Hotel After 10-Year-Old Allegedly Sexually-Assaulted Outraged by accusations that an asylum-seeker had sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl, thousands of flag-waving, bottle-throwing, firework-wielding Irish citizens surrounded a migrant hotel in southwest Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday night, setting fire to a police vehicle.  This is what happens when the citizens who are fed up with illegal invaders […]

Government Science Is An Oxymoron Authored by Lipton Matthews via The Mises Institute, Donald Trump has been criticized heavily for cutting federal funding of science. Opponents claim that his decision threatens to undermine American innovation, weaken the nation’s economy, and diminish its global influence. Yet the assumption behind these complaints is rarely examined. It is taken for granted that the government must play a […]

As Auto Loan Delinquencies Soar, Repossessions On Track To Break Record On Friday we noted that auto loan delinquencies among low-tier consumers have surged 50% since 2010, as new vehicle prices have spiked over 25% since 2019 and 20% of borrowers forking over at least $1,000 per month for their depreciating asset (at 9% APR, no less).  Via CBS / Vantagescore And so it makes perfect sense that with over 100 million auto […]

‘Worst Of The Worst’ Illegal Immigrants Arrested In Memphis, DHS Says Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have arrested multiple “worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens” in Memphis, Tennessee, as part of President Donald Trump’s push to crack down on violent crime and make the city safe, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in an Oct. […]

Stocks Extend Momentum Meltdown As Trump Admin Mulls Massive China Export Ban Update (1235ET): US equity markets were already down notably, dragged down by momentum weakness, when Reuters reported the Trump admin is mulling broad software curbs on chip exports to China. The United States has ordered a broad swathe of companies to stop shipping goods to China without a license and revoked licenses already granted to certain […]

Senate GOP Mull Filibuster Reform To End Shutdown As Democrats continue to dig in their heels over Obamacare, Senate Republicans are now considering changing the filibuster’s rules to end the shutdown.  Senate Majority Leader John Thune , June 24, 2025. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Shutterstock) “Nobody talked about filibuster two weeks ago. Now that we see that the Democrats are just not going to agree to anything, then that’s probably a […]

“They’ve Cut It Way Back” – WTI Holds Gains After Trump Comments On Indian Imports, Record US Crude Production Oil prices are higher this morning (extending yesterday’s gains) on a report the US and India are nearing a trade deal that could see the South Asian nation gradually reduce imports of Russian crude, which would boost demand for alternative supplies. President Trump said on Oct. 21 that Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]

Tylenol Manufacturer Resists Proposed Label Changes Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Kenvue Brands LLC, the manufacturer of Tylenol, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration on Oct. 17, pushing back against demands to modify the medication’s label to show more safety warnings. Tylenol lines the shelves of a store in Brandon, Miss.., on Sept. 24, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times On […]

Apple Slashes iPhone Air Output, Boosts Production Of Base, Pro iPhone 17 Models, Nikkei Reports Building on the “Are We In An iPhone Supercycle?” note we published on Tuesday, a new report from Nikkei Asia says Apple has sharply cut production of the iPhone Air due to soft demand while boosting orders for other iPhone 17 models, particularly the base and Pro versions. Nikkei cited multiple sources with access to Apple’s supply […]

VW Halts Golf Production In Wolfsburg As Chip Shortage Worsens  In 2022, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address bragged about “toughest sanctions the world has ever seen” against Russia which she claimed at the time, “Russia’s financial sector is on life-support. We have cut off three quarters of Russia’s banking sector from international markets” and “The Russian military is taking […]

Slovak PM Claims EU Tried To Sabotage Canceled Trump–Putin Peace Summit In Budapest Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused some within the European Union of attempting to sabotage peace by disrupting the now-canceled meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Budapest. “The foreign minister of a European Union member state says that […]

Futures Flat As Gold Selloff Extends US equity futures are flat again, with tech and small caps lagging as traders parsed the latest earnings reports and corporate news amid worries over trade, the US government shutdown and geopolitical risks. Gold and silver extended declines after Tuesday’s slump. As of 8:00am, S&P futures were unchanged while Nasdaq futures dropped 0.2% after a rally on Wall Street lost […]

India-US Trade Deal “Likely Soon,” Could Be Announced At ASEAN Summit: Mint The U.S. and India are close to a possible trade deal that would reduce tariffs on Indian exports to about 15% to 16% from the current 50%, according to the Mint. In return, India may reduce imports of Russian oil and open its market to non-genetically modified American corn and soymeal products. The bilateral trade agreement could be announced when […]

Oxford Union President-Elect Who Celebrated Charlie Kirk Shooting Ousted Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The president-elect of the Oxford Union has been voted out of the role following comments he made celebrating the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. The Oxford union library, Oxford, UK, on June 2, 2021. IR Stone, Shutterstock In a leaked message in a WhatsApp chat, […]

The Bering Strait Tunnel Will Likely Remain A Pipe Dream Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Russia might still fund some less ambitious infrastructure projects in its Far East-Arctic region to keep the economy hot after the war ends, help veterans find work, and encourage settlement there… Trump reacted positively to the proposal by Kirill Dmitriev, chief of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and envoy in ongoing […]