Atlas Shrugs Twice
Atlas Shrugs Twice Authored by Charles Krblich via The Brownstone Institute, One fateful day in March 2020, the incompetent men shut down the world with lockdowns. It was the opposite of the premise in Atlas Shrugged. Who is John Galt? Who cares? The incompetent people could stop the motor of the world too. Atlas shrugs either […]
Copper Breaks Trend Line As Trafigura Questions Spike, Hedge Funds Bet Big
Copper Breaks Trend Line As Trafigura Questions Spike, Hedge Funds Bet Big Tight supplies from copper mines and the looming threat of a worsening global deficit rocketed copper prices from February to June, and the AI trade, which drove momentum from speculative traders, pushed prices even higher. But in recent weeks, prices have tumbled, breaking a critical […]
FDA Rescinds Ban On Juul E-Cigarettes
FDA Rescinds Ban On Juul E-Cigarettes Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reversed its two-year ban on Juul’s e-cigarettes on Thursday. The decision was made in response to new case law and the FDA’s review of the information Juul provided, the agency wrote in its public […]
How Homicide Rates Have Changed Since 2012 By US State
How Homicide Rates Have Changed Since 2012 By US State Are the United States getting more dangerous or more safe? The answer partially depends on your metric of choice. For example, by examining homicide rates by state from 2012 to 2022, it can be seen that rates have increased almost across the board. That said, […]
European Elections: Forging Ahead Or A Spanner In The Works
European Elections: Forging Ahead Or A Spanner In The Works By Elwin de Groot, Stefan Koopman, and Maartje Wijffelaars of Rabobank (pdf link) Summary The European Parliament elections will serve as a pivotal test of the far right’s influence on the European political landscape. It appears another centrist coalition can be formed, but the far […]
These Are The World’s Biggest Mining Nations
These Are The World’s Biggest Mining Nations China was the world’s biggest extractor of domestic materials in 2023, according to the UNEP’s Global Material Flows Database. The country extracted a total of 34.2 billion tonnes of materials, including biomass, fossil fuels, metal ores, and non-metallic minerals. This is more than four times the amount of either […]
DEI Programs Could Soon Face Supreme Court
DEI Programs Could Soon Face Supreme Court Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, The controversial business practice known as “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) could soon see its legal challenges take it all the way to the Supreme Court. According to Axios, the case that could spark Supreme Court action was filed by the same […]
Tokyo Government Dating App Helps Residents Get Laid To Avoid Population Collapse
Tokyo Government Dating App Helps Residents Get Laid To Avoid Population Collapse Officials in Tokyo, Japan are launching a new dating app to help promote marriage and boost the collapsing national birth rate. The fee-based app from the Tokyo Metropolitan government will ask people to prove that they are legally single, and sign a letter […]
American Airlines Threatened With Travel Ban From NAACP After Passengers Removed For Body Odor
American Airlines Threatened With Travel Ban From NAACP After Passengers Removed For Body Odor Via American Greatness, American Airlines is under fire from the NAACP after 8 black men were removed from a flight in May following a complaint about body odor. Last month three of those passengers filed a lawsuit against American Airlines, after alleging that […]
New Texas GOP Platform Calls For Secession Vote, Resistance To Federal Infringements
New Texas GOP Platform Calls For Secession Vote, Resistance To Federal Infringements Reflecting plummeting patience with overstepping federal overlords, the Texas Republican Party has adopted two platform planks that call for legislators to assert state sovereignty, and to schedule a secession referendum in the next general election after November’s. “This historic vote at the 2024 Republican […]