Hedge Fund CIO: “Trump’s NSS Report Reads Like A Cold War Playbook. Deploy Capital Accordingly” By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management “What are America’s core foreign policy interests? What do we want in and from the world?” wrote the authors of the newly released ‘National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.’ The NSS is the kind of report I like to read. Because sometimes, policy people […]

‘Fourth Reich’: Musk Strikes Back At EU ‘Tyrants’ After X Fine Update (1300ET): Elon Musk is not taking the outrageous fine from Brussels bureaucrats lying down, lashing out at EU officialdom for taking on Nazi characteristics and oppressing their own citizens’ best interests… The tyrannical, unelected bureaucracy oppressing the people of Europe are in the second picture https://t.co/j6CFFbajJa — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) […]

Once Again, London Has The Most Pathetic Christmas Tree On The Planet Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, This weekend, London officially turned on it’s Christmas tree lights… Revealing once again the most tired looking pathetic tree and decorations on the planet. The London Mayor Sadiq Khan was there, pretending to be impressed by a display into which less effort has gone than than your Dad’s half baked effort in […]

US Issues NATO’s European Members New Self-Defense Deadline European members of NATO have been warned by Washington that they must assume greater responsibility for the alliance’s intelligence operations and missile production – which will require significantly more defense spending by 2027, Reuters has reported. Reuters in its exclusive Friday report said that the United States “wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO’s […]

Europe’s Innovation Is Drowned In A Sea Of Government Intervention Authored by Mihai Macovei via The Mises Institute, Europe became prosperous through a burst of innovation and capital accumulation during the eighteenth-century industrial revolution that allowed individual freedom to replace feudalistic rents and privileges. A new industrial revolution based on digitalization, advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and automation […]

Can Europe Keep Ukraine Armed With Limited US Aid? Over the past two years, Western support for Ukraine has undergone a drastic change, marked by a surge in European commitments and a notable retreat in U.S. engagement. According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy’s Ukraine Support Tracker, European countries have become the leading providers of government aid to Ukraine, allocating almost €50 billion from January to […]

How Resilient Is BRICS In The Storm Of Geopolitics? Authored by Peter Hanseler / René Zittlau via ForumGeopolitica.com, BRICS is a huge power factor whose members, partners, and candidates are currently undergoing a severe test. Today, we look to the future. Introduction In the first part of this series, we looked at the facts about BRICS and the major economic trends that can currently be observed. The second part dealt […]

The Key To Understanding The Cult Of Globalism’s War On The West Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us The culture war in the western world is currently hitting a crescendo. At first the media said it was all “conspiracy theory” being amplified by a “fringe minority” of radical right wingers. Then, they admitted the conflict was real but claimed that conservatives were monsters trying to “dismantle democracy”. […]

Over 20,000 Pounds Of Cocaine Seized By US Coast Guard More than 20,000 pounds of cocaine were seized by the crew of USCGC Cutter Munro, the “largest at-sea interdiction in 18+ years,” the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) said in a Dec. 5 post on X. “Through #OperationPacificViper, @USCG has accelerated counter-narcotics operations across the Eastern Pacific and delivered historic results in the fight against narco-terrorists,” the […]

AI Illiteracy Authored by Mark Bauerlein via The Epoch Times, In the old days, English class meant two things: one, reading Shakespeare, Tennyson et al., and two, learning to write. The classics plus grammar and punctuation—they made English a serious subject respected for its content and skills. Of course, it’s not like that any longer. The traditional literary canon is ever less central to the field, which now spends lots […]

Mapping US Income Inequality By State The wealth of America’s top 1% sits around $52 trillion today, rising by $4 trillion over the year. Overall, the top 1% of U.S. earners need to make around $800,000 or more in salary per household. Meanwhile, about 30% of American households earned less than $50,000 last year, highlighting clear divides in wage distribution across the country. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s […]

America’s New National Security Strategy: A Surprise Departure On China Policy Authored by Arnaud Bertrand via The Ron Paul Institute In a big development, the final US National Security Strategy was just published and the refocus on the Western Hemisphere (i.e. the Americas) is confirmed. The document clearly establishes this as the US’s number one priority, saying that the US will now “assert and enforce a ‘Trump Corollary’ to […]

China Successfully Operates World’s First Thorium Molten Salt Reactor By Haley Zaremba of OilPrice.com An experimental Chinese nuclear plant reportedly just crossed a historic threshold, successfully operating the world’s first thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR). The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics has broken a major scientific barrier by successfully converting thorium to uranium in a […]

China & Japan Narrowly Avoid Live Fire Conflict After F-15 Radar Lock Incident A major and very dangerous incident occurred over waters off Japan’s southern islands on Saturday, but has only been publicly revealed Sunday. Chinese PLA military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets, at a moment Japan-China relations have deteriorated to their worst in many years Japan and Australia are urging calm in the wake of the […]

ChatGPT Accused Of Encouraging Alleged Serial Stalker In Latest OpenAI Controversy Authored by Jonathan Turley, We have been discussing how ChatGPT is accused of encouraging the suicide of various individuals as well as the defamation of other individuals. Various lawsuits have been filed against the company, but now federal prosecutors have indicated that ChatGPT may have played a role in enabling or encouraging an accused […]

Freshly Pardoned Cuellar Says Biden DOJ Tried To Entrap Him; Trump Lashes Out Over ‘Lack Of Loyalty’ As many of you know, President Trump pardoned Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) after he fell under investigation for alleged bribery after criticizing Biden’s open border policies. As Trump put it on Truth Social, “For years, the Biden Administration weaponized the Justice System against their Political Opponents, and anyone who disagreed […]

Russia Stands “Shoulder To Shoulder” With Venezuela, Blasts US War Footing Russia on Sunday issued new statements voicing deep concern over the US force posture in the southern Caribbean, warning against any possible slide toward direct military action. The fresh Kremlin statement said Moscow is standing shoulder to shoulder with Caracas, with a fresh appeal for the Trump administration to avoid exacerbating tensions which could […]

Oversupply Warning Jolts India’s Solar Buildout By Julianne Geiger of OilPrice.com, India’s solar sector has hit that awkward stage of adolescence where ambition seems to be outpacing demand. And now the adults in the room are issuing critical warnings. A new letter from the clean-energy ministry, quietly circulated to the finance ministry, urges lenders to think twice before showering cash on yet another wave of standalone […]

Mainstream Media Jumps On Bogus Narrative That J6 Pipe Bomber Was A Trump Supporter The arrest of Brian Cole Jr. on Thursday for planting pipe bombs near the DNC and RNC headquarters on January 5, 2021, has exposed yet another case of media malpractice. The Trump administration quickly noted that all the information needed to catch the suspect had been available to the Biden administration for four years, and yet nothing […]

Zelenskyy Says He Had ‘Long And Substantive’ Phone Call With Witkoff, Kushner As Peace Talks Continue Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that he had a “long and substantive phone call” with his national security secretary Rustem Umerov, Ukrainian negotiator Andrii Hnatov, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who were gathered in South Florida. “I am […]

‘Twas The Night Before Fed Day… By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Maybe it was being in Europe, with a particular shout-out to Zurich for putting me in a holiday mood. Academy also has our holiday party this week, which I’m looking forward to, though I’m not sure why I thought guest hosting Bloomberg TV at 6am the next morning would be a good idea. Or maybe it was the daunting task of needing to write about something that […]

Barclays Asks: Netflix-Warner Bros Deal – Holy Grail… Or Poisoned Chalice? Senators, including Mike Lee, quickly flagged antitrust concerns after Netflix unveiled its $72 billion bid for Warner Bros. (film and TV studios, HBO, and HBO Max), signaling a high likelihood of congressional hearings in the near future. Hollywood insiders were sharply divided, while Wall Street analysts questioned the marriage of a digital disruptor […]

Biden, Who Swore He Was Fit For Another Term, Butchers America’s Name Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Former President Joe Biden resurfaced on Friday and stumbled through his remarks once again, months after insisting he was fit to serve another term and not too long after announcing he had stage IV cancer.  The 83-year-old former president mangled the country’s name as “Amerigotit” while delivering a […]

Russian Forces Advance As Ukraine Hit By More Than 600 Drone Strikes Overnight Russian forces made advances in Ukraine as U.S. and Ukrainian officials prepared for a third day of peace talks in Miami. Russia unleashed 51 missiles and 623 drone strikes on Dec. 6, which was observed as Armed Forces Day in Ukraine. Ukraine shot down 30 missiles and neutralized 585 drones in the attack, which targeted residential buildings, energy […]

California Agency Approves Water Management Plan Increasing Output Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has approved a revised plan for managing California’s Central Valley Project (CVP), with the goal of sending more water to farmers in the state An aerial view shows Friant Dam, which holds back Millerton Lake in Friant, Calif., on March 7, 2025. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo The […]