Instead, Democrats pretend that their proposal would have stopped the Charleston shooting when their actual goal is to obtain a long waiting period. This is the only outfit that is exempt from being sued.” The president claims this is the top change he wants. “The vast majority of Americans believe Read more…
Blinken Warns Of “Consequences” If Russia Acts “Aggressively” In Ukraine US Secretary of State Antony Blinken took to the Sunday talk shows to put Moscow on notice after Ukraine's leaders have alleged a nearly unprecedented Russian forces build-up along the border… bigger than any time since 2014. Blinken said on NBC's “Meet Read more…
Section 230 grants companies like Twitter protection from the kind of legal liability that makes a traditional publisher, like a newspaper, vulnerable. Why should tech companies have that privilege, given that they obviously make editorial decisions. That's what the common carrier solution does.” I think Sacks's view of the big Read more…
via AP The Natanz facility, it must be remembered, was previously sabotaged in a June 2020 attack which resulted in a major fire – later widely pinned in Israeli intelligence. Natanz has in the past been targeted by Israeli cyber operations, according to foreign reports. In 2010, the Stuxnet virus attacked the Read more…
During “bear markets,” valuations are reversed from extremes as prices decline. A case in point is the historical “price to sales” ratio. As stated, while there are incredibly optimistic expectations of booming economic growth, to support current valuations, higher rates and inflationary pressures will undermine that outlook. While markets quickly dismissed the recent collapse Read more…
Unsurprisingly, given the tremendous rally in asset prices over the past year, the 2,365 billionaires living on planet earth have seen their wealth increase by a collective $4 trillion – a 54% increase over the span of a year. 270 billionaires were added to the Institute's billionaires list – ie Read more…
The art itself is available for anyone to view – for free – on Beeple's web site. The entire $2T crypto asset class rests on scarcity cred. Of course, in a system that is still heavily skewed in favor of older, white men, “getting it” for that cohort can be worth Read more…
USAF Hypersonic Missile Fails To Launch In Highly Anticipated Test Late Tuesday morning, a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber took off from Edwards Air Force Base (located in Kern County in Edwards, California) carrying the US Air Force's AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, and encountered a technical issue. The highly anticipated test, Read more…
In fact, the socialising EU nations' government spending, being an average of almost 50% of their economies, means that their indebtedness relative to their tax bases can be doubled from the comparison with total GDP to give a more relevant assessment of their financial sustainability. And government debt to private Read more…
Over 1 Million Brits Are Reportedly Suffering From “Long COVID” According to the latest ONS figures, over one million people were estimated to be suffering from 'Long COVID' in the UK in the four weeks ending 6 March. As Statista's Martin Armstrong explains, 'Long COVID' is defined as “symptoms persisting more Read more…