The Middle East, Hormuz and the New Mercantilism
The provisional surrender document signed by Donald Trump appeared to represent a triumph for Iran and indeed for the world; but neither the USA nor Israel has the slightest sense of honour and they…
No Polestars For You!
Remember the Soup Nazi from the ’90s sitcom Seinfeld? His trademark was a bellicose no soup for you! if he decided he didn’t like you. Well, that’s what Uncle – the federal…
The End of Immunity for Internet Service Providers? C-188/24 WebGroup Czech Republic and NKL Associates and C-190/24 Coyote System, judgment 16 June 2026
Lorna Woods , Professor Emerita, University of Essex Photo credit : TodayTesting.com , via Wikimedia Commons This recent CJEU judgment has been flagged in some quarters as upholding the French rules…
In Offering Brazil to the US, Flávio Bolsonaro Endangers our Sovereignty and Democracy
By Marcelo Zero The “generous offer” made by candidate Flávio Bolsonaro—officially recorded in a letter from Marco Rubio—to provide the current US administration with a “transition team” should he be…
The Left Has Begun to Vote Tactically – if the Right Doesn’t Follow Suit, it Will Lose the Next General Election
Labour won 412 seats with the support of just a fifth of the electorate. That will happen again if the Right doesn't get organised. Thankfully, some coders have created a tactical voting site for…
What should my primary focus now be on?
As will be apparent from this morning’s posts, few of them relate to the events unfolding in the world right now. I have not speculated Read the full article...
We cannot trickle our way to a fairer Britain
Andy Burnham's speech at the People's History Museum in Manchester this morning has been trailed as a pledge to deliver "good growth in every postcode", Read the full article...
Inside The “Jewish” Anti-Zionist Congress
A look inside the "Jewish" anti-Zionist Congress, where antisemitism and terror support were on full display. Continue reading Inside The “Jewish” Anti-Zionist Congress at Radical Truth…
Gambling in Norway: Why Betting and Lotteries Are So Tightly Controlled
The post Gambling in Norway: Why Betting and Lotteries Are So Tightly Controlled appeared first on Life in Norway.
Hottest Ever? Really?
Did last week's heatwave really beat 1976? Not likely, says Paul Homewood, who argues the Met Office's "hottest evah" claims fall apart the moment you look at where the readings came from. The post…
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Cybersecurity Wiretap #114: From Sextortion Scams to Nation-State Espionage – with a Focus Dead Drops & AI Marketplaces (week of 06/22/2026)
Welcome back to the weekly digest about the Cybersecurity & Threats in the wild. Below you will find a very subjective summary of Cybersecurity events for the prior week 1.An Income Tax…
Weekle #19: a quiz about 29th June – 5th July
Weekle #19 29th June to 5th July The following events all took place in this week in history in the last 100 years. In which year did they occur? Answers go back in order from most recent to oldest…
From the school or culture eats technology for breakfast
Yes: The environments capable of creating meaningful change are almost always the ones that shorten the distance between assumption and evidence – ensuring that learning happens before institutions…
The Terrifying 5 Step Playbook That Destroys Entire Nations
You wont believe how fast a nation can completely self destruct when the radical left takes over. History proves there is a hidden five step playbook that the Soviet Union and Communist China used to…
OOPs #361
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How “Feminists” Abandon Women
I have read a lot of fiery op-eds over the years, but I haven’t read many as hot as this one by Camilla Long in the London Times. Her subject is the abandonment of women by supposedly feminist…
Ross Coulthart Accuses Lue Elizondo of Being a Front Man for the UFO Coverup
In his NewsNation Reality Check show, Ross Coulthart accused Lue Elizondo of being a part of the conspiracy to suppress the truth about UFOs. Coulthart alleged, without evidence, that…
Socialism kills
From the U.K. Daily Mail, Venezuela earthquake rescuers discover collapsed buildings were ‘held up by STYROFOAM’ as catastrophic death toll reaches 1,430. Styrofoam. Not concrete. The…
Enough is never enough
The pressing issues in Australian politics are not the lack of shared values but low productivity and greed. This is where reform efforts should be focused.
Surveying London's HS2 tunnels | GIM Int'l
As part of Britain’s new high-speed railway project (HS2), six tunnel-boring machines have been driving through clay, sand and ever-shifting ground beneath the streets of London. They are…
Transit access drives transit voting
I've been trying to show this for years with maps of car-free households, but there was a great example recently that used voting patterns directly. Last Tuesday was the date for party primaries in…
A party of independents is not a contradiction
The launch of Community Strong Australia was a strategic move to position independents so they can offer a positive alternative to the two-party system.
America's 250th Birthday Bash Special Event Station
The following is a message from John (W2JLD): HERE WE ARE FELLOW HAMS FAST APPROACHING AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY BASH!! Join me on JULY 4TH on the hf bands and help me help you celebrate America's…
The Dragon-Tyrant
Bostrom's dragon parable is right that normalized death by aging is still a horror, but it does not by itself solve mortality, meaning, political succession, or the design problem of a society where…
The Seldon Paradox and the (alas) revival of Karl Marx
== Marxian predictions == In my parents' time, everyone - even the poor and certainly even rich plutocrats - understood the Marxian predictions which - like those of Hari-Seldon - seemed bound to…
HS2 reset on track – but watchdog warns of risks ahead
The National Audit Office says the government's overhaul of HS2 is progressing, but cautions that rushing into the next phase could repeat the failures that sent costs soaring and delayed the railway…
Letter to the Editor: Scott Perry is Protecting Surrogate Children from Predators
It’s hard to believe there’s no local coverage to date on Rep. Scott Perry’s recent bill, dubbed the “Protecting Kids from Creeps Act” (HR 9131), for which he issued a press release June 11th. …
Is China winning... by doing nothing?
CGTN Confidence in the United States is declining across much of the world, while international perceptions of China continue to improve, according to multiple global opinion surveys. From Gallup and…
Two notable events
Two notable events today: The NYC Pride Parade and Mel Brooks’ 100th birthday. In my mind they tie together nicely. The Pride Parade was an hours long celebration, mostly of young people, that…
Some Friendly Advice for Andy Burnham
Everywhere you turn, there's advice pouring from every media orifice. Indeed, there is a concerted campaign running through unnamed (naturally) Labour MPs, the right wing press, and former military…
Don't mention the Isle of Wight Separatists' 1950s terror campaign
If it weren't for Lord Bonkers, I should have taken this as a charming portrait of an English backwater 70 years ago. In reality, 1956 saw the height of the Isle of Wight Separatists' terror campaign…
Chatham County Commissioners, CAT, and Lessons in Semantics
“It sucks for you, but we’re not gonna pass a tax on your citizens without them deciding,” Kicklighter said. “If they let their citizens vote on it and their citizens approve it, it’ll be approved by…
Guest Post by Peter Brass on the new NSF guidelines
Peter Brass is a prior NSF theory director. He has written an intelligent guest post on the new NSF guidelines that we present here. You have received many mails regarding the proposed OMB Uniform…
A Silicon Valley Genocide
World's First Trillionaire is Killing the World's Poorest Children
NVidia AI Murder Bots Found Attacking Ukraine
A new Berlin Story report, about drones attacking Ukraine, discusses the NVidia AI hardware used by Russia. Inside the Russian Zala drone, we found the NVidia TX2-A (Jetson Tegra X2) AI chip with 8GB…
How Not To Design A Country
Don’t be USA.
Fergus McClelland was the last illegal major British child actor
Before Section 37 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1963 was enacted it was illegal for a child under 13 to appear in a film made in Britain. As I pointed out in an earlier post, this law was…
3 things I like about FIFA
Generally, I regard FIFA with indifference or vague ill will. I am not into sportsball, the organization is widely regarded as corrupt, it paid fealty to Trump to by awarding him a nonsensical…
Why Growing Pink Pineapples is Illegal
YouTube description: .............................. A pineapple grown in Costa Rica can sell for $400 in the U.S. but it's illegal to buy, sell, or even grow in Costa Rica itself. That's the…
America's Data Center Nightmare
How shady deals and unjustifiable tax incentives have allowed Big Tech to commandeer America's most precious land and resources
There is nothing new under the sun, even for encyclicals
In a previous life, i was a history major researching the French-Catholic migration to the Canadian Prairies between 1870 and 1915. Published in 1891, Rerum novarum is the foundational text of the…
DR Congo superfan Michel Kuka Mboladinga denied a visa for future World Cup matches
We'll miss him. The post DR Congo superfan Michel Kuka Mboladinga denied a visa for future World Cup matches appeared first on Playrface.
[Politics] Union Merit Badges
For several years while working at Google I was part of Alphabet Workers Union . I wholeheartedly believe that big tech needs curbs on its power and the union is the most likely path towards making…
Burnham's opportunity
Andy Burnham is the first PM since Brexit not to have to make immigration his top priority. What will this mean for Britain and British politics?
Christopher Clark - Revolutionary Spring: Fighting for a New World 1848-1849
In January 1848, Francesco Bagnasco, a radical Scilian who believed in the "universal regeneration" of society in the face of inequality, unemployment and hunger, spoke:The time of useless prayers…
Misogyny as the driver of violence
A good piece has been posted Sunday on Radio‑Canada by Jeff Yates analyzing the notorious Hatfield manifesto as based on hatred of women, and how misogyny becomes the driver of violence. What…
Cartoonists this week
With a shooting as the biggest news story of the week, cartoonists mostly turned to other topics – summer festivals, rainy weather, the hopes of backyard agriculturalists. The revival of Quebec…
CORRUPTION
THE YOUTH WILL TALK SHIT ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT (YES THEY HONESTLY SUCK) YET WILL COMMIT BLATANT HYPOCRISY IN FRONT OF YOUR VERY OWN EYES AND PUT OUT THE BIGGEST SMILE ON YOUR FACE. I AM HONESTLY…