As we had predicted from early on, the Ukraine peact talks are failing. Trump is threatening to pull the plug.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Come-Gimme! Why Do We Shrug When Apes Cross the Language Barrier?
Despite startling breakthroughs, the first words and signs of great apes are rarely publicly celebrated by scientists.
“Is Trump About to End Democracy in the USA?”
Trump asked the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to determine whether to use the Insurrection Act to secure the southern border
Your Face, Your Passport: The Hi-Tech, Dystopian Future of International Travel
“E-gates… open the possibility of harvesting the travel data and biometrics of the population across our lifetimes.”
Trump Makes Presumed Empty but Loud Threat to Fire Fed Chair Powell, Showing that Trump Will Continue to Wreck Markets and the Economy to Prove His Manhood
Trump is now taking on Fed chair Powell over Powell’s refusal to cut rates to bail Trump out of the economic messes he created.
Tariffs, the Dollar, and Equities: High-Frequency Evidence from the Liberation Day Announcement
Sales of US equities by foreign owners played a meaningful role in the falll of the dollar after the Trump tariff rampage began.
Trump Back on Track to Failed Iran Negotiations and Likely War
After only one US exchange with Iran, new noises from Witkoff and others show the US upping its demands to a level not acceptable to Iran
‘Only Hellfire’: Israel Says Lifesaving Aid, Troop Withdrawal Off the Table for Gaza
Israel defense ministers are chuffed about their genocide and and war crimes, now via starvation.
Trump’s Tariffs Just Torched His Own Energy Agenda
How Trump tariffs are whacking shale development and in turn, Trump’s prized energy dominace strategy.
‘You Don’t Need a Tariff, You Need a Revolution’
Chinese point out that Americans are exploited by oligarchs. But the tariffs, like it or not, are part of a radical right counter-revolution.
More on DOGE’s Fraud and Destruction
An update on DOGE’s rampage through government functions.
Embracing Climate Change to Hurt China
The U.S. goes all in on the burn-it-all-down strategy.
