How I Stopped Worrying, And Learned To Love Data Centers Authored by Norm Singleton via RealClearMarkets, During this time of increased political polarization, it is good to know that there is one issue uniting Trump-loving MAGA Republicans, Bernie Sanders-style Democratic Socialists, and everyone in between: opposition to data centers, especially large data centers built for artificial intelligence (AI). Part of the opposition […]

Netflix Boots Content Chief As Viewership Sags Netflix shares are locked in a bear market, down nearly 25% year-to-date, as the platform’s viewership growth has slowed and recent shows have seen troubling audience declines in their second seasons. Bloomberg reports that chief creative officer Bela Bajaria has been abruptly booted and is set to be replaced later this month by veteran entertainment executive Peter Rice. Rice, a […]

5 Challenges Facing South America’s Copper Boom Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Escondida supervisors, about 1,020 workers at the world’s largest copper mine, said they would strike at 8 a.m. local time Wednesday, a week after workers walked out at Centinela. Chile’s August copper output fell 12.8% to 369,500 tons, the lowest monthly total since February 2011, and a fatal landslide hit Codelco’s El […]

Susie Wiles Reportedly Orchestrated Zacharia’s Firing With Hannity Hit White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who did not favor Katie Zacharia for press secretary, helped line up the Fox News interview that ultimately led to Zacharia’s being fired from the job, according to two people familiar with internal West Wing dynamics who spoke with Politico. One source described the appearance as a “sanctioned hit” on Zacharia. The […]

California Should Not Get To Set Policy For All Of The US Authored by Curtis Hill via RealClearMarkets, California has decided it should dictate how the rest of America packages everything from cereal and soap to industrial spare parts. Seventeen Republican attorneys general have filed suit to stop it. They are right. The rest of the country should say so – and reject California’s attempt to impose its policies on everyone […]

Oregon School Gunman’s Shotgun Was Bought By His Mother: Sources Police in Bend, Oregon, say they are still working out how a 16-year-old got the shotgun he used to kill three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary, even as multiple outlets, citing unnamed officials, say that his mother bought it. Griffin J. John IIThe shooter, identified by Police Chief Mike Krantz as Griffin J. John II, walked up to the school’s fence […]

Wall Street Converges On Almonty Investor Day As Pentagon’s Tungsten Clock Ticks Down We have highlighted “owning the bottlenecks” as one of our core themes (aside from nuclear, AI, etc.) as China tightens control over critical materials and the West races to secure conflict-free supplies ahead of a rearmament supercycle. Miners with operating assets and near-term delivery capacity are best positioned to capture the next leg of the […]

Has France Fallen? Far-Left Rioters Torch Buildings, Loot Luxury Stores As Macron Loses Control Summary: Macron In Crisis Mode, Unable To Contain Social Unrest  Riots Spread Beyond France Into Other EU States Far-Left Violence Escalates Across French Cities Yellow Vests Reemerge As Macron’s Political Crisis Deepens Has France Fallen?  France’s weeks-long social unrest appears to be intensifying this weekend, with footage […]

Clancy Contagion Spreads: Queens Mom Kills Her Kindergartener Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A 5-year-old about to start school is dead after her mother called 911 and said “I killed my daughter,” in what some are calling yet another Lindsay Clancy copycat killing. In a South Richmond Hill home in Queens, police found 5-year-old Fabiana Cabello unconscious, bleeding from her nose and mouth with a bruise on her […]

The NRC Lost A Sixth Of Its Staff… So Why Are Reactor Reviews Getting Faster? For the past year, critics have warned that DOGE gutted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission just as the nuclear renaissance was getting started. If the president really wants to kickstart the “nuclear renaissance,” gutting the NRC of its expertise and rubber-stamping projects isn’t the way to go. It will only slow processes down, increase the potential […]

Egypt’s Sisi Declares His Presidency Will End In 2030 Via Middle East Eye Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has declared that his presidential term will end in 2030 and that the question of his departure from office is now “settled and will not be discussed”. Sisi, 71, said on Saturday during a graduation ceremony at the Egyptian Military Academy that “the Egyptian constitution would not be touched”. He is […]

Nurse Deemed ‘Not Disabled Enough’ For Payout After COVID Jab Paralysis Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, An NHS nurse in the UK has been denied compensation despite being permanently damaged by a COVID vaccine during a trial. Marie-Claire Hoyle, who volunteered for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine trial in 2020 developed transverse myelitis two weeks after her second dose, temporarily shutting down the global trial. […]

US Army Commander Thought This New Technology Was “Crazy” – Until He Saw It In Action A top U.S. Army commander has revealed how a once-dismissed military technology is emerging as a potentially game-changing weapon of modern warfare, capable of spying on enemy territory, launching drones and supporting military operations from the edge of space. Lt. Gen. John Rafferty, commander of the Army’s Space and Missile Defense Command, […]

“Trans ID In Free Fall”: After Decade-Long Surge, Far Fewer Teens Identify As Lesbian, Gay, Or Bisexual Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, The percentage of American high schoolers who say they are homosexual or bisexual has plummeted after years on the rise. Based on data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, psychologist and researcher Jean Twenge found that “the decline appears to be driven […]

One Of The Longest-Running Partnerships In Fast-Food Industry Comes To A Sudden End KFC plans to ditch Pepsi in favor of Coca-Cola at thousands of restaurants across the United States, ending one of the longest-running partnerships in fast-food history. The fried chicken giant confirmed Thursday that it will begin replacing Pepsi products with Coca-Cola beverages in January 2027, with the transition expected to reach all of its […]

Russia Intercepts Over 600 Drones Even After Trump Called Ukraine’s Attacks On Refineries A ‘Disgrace’ On Friday Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that 644 Ukrainian drones were intercepted over 26 Russian regions as well as Crimea. Some Russian sources said among the targets was a data center owned by tech giant Yandex in Vladimir – after Ukraine made it known it is going after the country’s data centers, and as the war […]

Groups Sue DHS, Alleging Effort To Compile Voter Data Is Illegal Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, Federal officials obtaining and compiling data on voters as part of an effort to combat voter fraud is illegal, three organizations said in an Oct. 15 lawsuit. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) compilation of the data from nearly every state violates the Privacy Act, which only lets agencies maintain […]

Russia Celebrates ‘Historic Moment’ After Trump Formally Waives Graham Act Sanctions The Kremlin is praising the Trump White House after the US President on Friday signed an executive order to waive a new package of sanctions and tariffs on Russia. What’s essentially a major and unexpected ‘stay of execution’ comes after in September Trump had signed the “Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026” into law. It was […]

Gen Z Life Satisfaction Plummets, 1 In 4 Receiving Treatment For Depression; New Poll Finds Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, A recent Gallup Life Evaluation Index poll shows that Generation Z’s mental health and life satisfaction have plummeted, completely inverting historical happiness trends. The New York Post reports that less than half now describe their lives as “thriving,” compared to their Millennial […]

LNG Tanker Off Yemen Attacked By Small Boat Fire It begins in waters off Yemen now? This has been a big fear for global energy prices amid the seven-month long Iran war and Hormuz Strait crisis. The Houthis have while fighting a war with Riyadh and its coalition in Yemen so far declared that international shipping remains safe, but that only Saudi and Israeli-linked vessels will be targeted. But on Friday a liquefied natural gas […]

Evacuation Orders Issued As Wildfire Burns Homes In Southern California Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, Evacuation orders have been issued after a wind-fueled wildfire ignited Friday in a Southern California coastal community, burning through homes and 465 acres, fire authorities said. The fire started in vegetation in San Clemente, and strong winds quickly pushed it into neighboring San Juan Capistrano in […]

“Replacing Europe”: Undercover Film Follows The Money Behind Europe’s Taxpayer-Funded Mass Migration Pipeline A new documentary from investigative outlet Muckraker traces the migrant route from West Africa through Spain and France to Britain, examining what the outlet describes as a network sustained by taxpayer-funded aid programs, NGOs, and even Western governments. The 47-minute film, “Replacing Europe,” draws on months of […]

Global Gas Crunch Makes Europe’s Remaining Coal Plants Profitable By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com The global LNG supply crunch has made Europe’s last-standing coal-fired power plants profitable this year as gas supply costs soar while the need for conventional generation to stabilize grids remains. In Germany and Poland, which host most of the remaining operational or back-up-ready coal power capacity in Europe, coal-fired […]

After Brutal Hannity Interview, Katie Zacharia Sets Record For Fastest-Fired Trump Official Katie Zacharia, the Truth Social communications adviser and Fox/Newsmax fixture whom President Trump appointed on October 9 as his sixth White House press secretary, was fired Friday, barely a week after taking the job, the New York Times reported, citing three people familiar with the matter. Neither the White House nor Zacharia has […]

Two More Tankers Hit Off Saudi Coast As Brent Tops $110 Brent crude topped $110 a barrel to end the week for the first time since May as drone and missile attacks on energy infrastructure, from the Gulf to the war in Ukraine, cast a very dark cloud over oil and products market ahead of the Northern Hemisphere winter. The global benchmark rose 3.7% Friday, marking the second consecutive week of gains as traders ramped up bullish […]