Author: nick

[ad_1] Trump heads to China with a lineup of high-profile U.S. business leaders, but we can’t treat it like a normal trade trip. We dig into the uncomfortable reality underneath the photo ops: America’s dependence on rare earth minerals and specialized refining, including gallium used in key defense systems. When conflict drains equipment and replacement timelines stretch into years, “leverage” starts looking a lot like a supply chain problem with geopolitical consequences. From there, we track the signs that the Iran war could ramp back up fast, including talk of a new operation name and the legal gymnastics around the…

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[ad_1] From Wikipedia, photo by Dmitry Rozhkov of display “Rock on bones” in Gallery “Vinzavod”, Moscow (2008) My father Vladimir was remarking yesterday about an item from his youth in the USSR: People wanted to hear Western music (such as jazz and rock), but the Soviet authorities wouldn’t allow it to be distributed. One could sometimes hear it on foreign shortwave broadcasts, but how to record it? And if one could get a smuggled foreign LP, how to duplicate it? Consumer tape recorders were generally unavailable. People had record players, and some people managed to cobble together recording machines for…

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[ad_1] After a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te urged Washington to continue selling weapons to Taipei. During his summit with Trump, Xi said that the Taiwan issue would determine the future of the relationship between the US and China. Following the meeting, Trump said that he has not approved a $14 billion proposed weapons sale to Taiwan because it is a “negotiating chip” with China.  It is also notable that during talks with Xi, Trump did not commit to sending US forces to Taiwan if China invaded. The remark signals that…

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[ad_1] The mantra AI advocates keep repeating ad-nauseam: “You’d better jump on board, or else you’re gonna be left behind!” To which I reply: BY ALL MEANS. GO RIGHT AHEAD WITHOUT ME. SO LONG AND SEND ME A POSTCARD. If your idea of ‘progress’ is mindlessly following the herd without knowing where you’ll land, then that’s progress I can live perfectly without. And fortunately, more and more people are starting to resist the urge to follow the herd. Communities in the United States are protesting data centers that are stealing their power and water. Students are booing AI peddlers during…

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[ad_1] They really need that Ba’al Room… so much that they’ve staged yet another shooting at the White House, really cracking down on the need for SAFE ACCESS TUNNELS FOR ELITE PEDOVORES! In other news, Operation Epstein’s Fury is going terrifically, if you’re a Trump friend or relative, like the Trump Bros and the Brothers Butlick, who seem to profit each time Trump tweets oil or talks tariffs.  Or, to be honest, if you’re me. Oil has been skyrocketing, and I’ve been killing it in the markets. So have our Vigilance Insiders or TDV members who actually followed the Dollar Vigilante…

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