US officials reportedly cited political reasons for pressuring an international health group to drop limitations on such operations US health authorities pressured the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) to remove age restrictions for teenage surgeries from its guidelines published in 2022, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing newly unsealed court documents. …
US Air Force fires top missile program manager
Congress had launched a review as a result of rising costs as Washington seeks to replace a key element of its nuclear triad The US Air Force has sacked Colonel Charles Clegg, the official responsible for the development of the next-generation ‘Sentinel’ intercontinental ballistic missile. The rocket is earmarked to replace the 1970s-era Minuteman III…
Trudeau In Trouble After Conservative Upset In Toronto “Must-Win” Special Election
Trudeau In Trouble After Conservative Upset In Toronto “Must-Win” Special Election Two years ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared war on conservatives – invoking the Emergencies Act to punish protesting truckers in a move that was ruled flatly unconstitutional in January. Now, his political future is on the line after the ruling liberal party…
Soaring Costs Put New U.S. LNG Export Projects At Risk of Delays
Soaring Costs Put New U.S. LNG Export Projects At Risk of Delays By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com Surging labor and construction costs are plaguing some major U.S. LNG export projects, threatening to delay new LNG supply to international markets. Wage growth since 2021, a shortage of skilled workers, and rising costs of materials with…
Biggest Short Squeeze In Brent Since 2016 Sparks Flood Of Bullish Oil Commentary
Biggest Short Squeeze In Brent Since 2016 Sparks Flood Of Bullish Oil Commentary Two weeks ago we observed that with oil prices tumbling, a full-blown capitulation was taking place in the market as the weekly bullish bets on Brent had just plunged the most on record… … which we said a was “a clear sign…
Xi outlines intention to resolve Ukraine conflict
The Chinese president has reiterated that Beijing is seeking to end the crisis through diplomacy China is seeking to foster peace through diplomacy in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and opposes any attempts to escalate the hostilities or smear Beijing over its stance, President Xi Jinping has said. The US and its allies have accused China of…
Assange ‘buried alive’ for telling the truth – ex-Ecuadorian president to RT
Rafael Correa granted the WikiLeaks co-founder asylum in the country’s embassy in London in 2012 WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange should never have been jailed in the first place, former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has told RT in an exclusive interview. Correa, who granted Assange asylum in his country’s embassy in London in 2012, spoke to…
New law ‘pushing Georgia away from EU’ – Borrell
Tbilisi adopted legislation earlier this month which tightens the rules on ‘foreign agent’ transparency EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned Georgia that its potential accession to the bloc is in jeopardy after Tbilisi adopted a controversial ‘foreign agent’ law earlier this month. The US has also indicated it will not hesitate to penalize…
There’s No Good Reason To Raise The Inflation Target
There’s No Good Reason To Raise The Inflation Target Authored by Alexander William Salter via The American Institute for Economic Research, The Federal Reserve has a 2-percent inflation target. Central bankers are supposed to conduct monetary policy such that the long-run trajectory of the price level follows a 2-percent growth path. Most policy-focused macroeconomists think this is a…
Netanyahu Ready To Wind Down Gaza Operations To Battle Hezbollah In North
Netanyahu Ready To Wind Down Gaza Operations To Battle Hezbollah In North Several Western officials have warned that the Middle East is on the brink of a wider war between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah, which includes a fresh statement by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warning “We are on the eve of the war expanding.”…
Biden DHS Group Used Jan. 6 To Justify Supercharged Surveillance Of Trump Supporters: Court Docs
Biden DHS Group Used Jan. 6 To Justify Supercharged Surveillance Of Trump Supporters: Court Docs A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ‘Experts Group’ that included deep state ‘laptop letter‘ partisans James Clapper and John Brennan, advocated using Jan. 6 and the Mar-a-Lago raid to justify expanding surveillance of political dissent. Illustration via aflegal.org This latest…
Israel accuses close ally of withholding weapons supplies
Benjamin Netanyahu claims Washington hasn’t changed its stance despite appeals at all levels The US has significantly scaled down deliveries of weapons to Israel amid the war in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. Speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting, Netanyahu alleged that there had been “a dramatic drop” in US weapons supplies.…
EU to tap Russian money next week – Borrell
The bloc plans to expropriate €2.5 billion in interest earned by the frozen assets, the top diplomat has said The EU will receive the first tranche of revenues generated by Russia’s frozen central bank assets within a few days, the bloc’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, has said. The funds will later be sent to Ukraine.…
Scholz admits many Germans are unhappy about Ukraine aid
Despite disappointing recent election results, the chancellor insists there is no alternative to arming Kiev Many Germans are not happy with their country’s support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, which is causing ratings for the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) to plummet in many regions, Chancellor Olaf Scholz has acknowledged. In an interview…
Children Among Mass Casualties After US-Supplied Missile Targets Crowded Crimean Beach
Children Among Mass Casualties After US-Supplied Missile Targets Crowded Crimean Beach Russia on Sunday is reporting a mass casualty event in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, and is saying that a US long-range missile was behind it. The Russian Ministry of Health in a recent update said that five people were killed in a…
Fragility In A One Stock, Stock “Market”
Fragility In A One Stock, Stock “Market” By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Ok, calling this a “one stock” stock “market” seems a bit extreme, but is it? On Thursday when stocks rolled over (the Nasdaq 100 started higher at the open and then dropped almost 300 points from there), virtually everyone I spoke to…
Unhinged Jamaal Bowman Goes On Profanity-Laden Rant At Bronx Rally With AOC
Unhinged Jamaal Bowman Goes On Profanity-Laden Rant At Bronx Rally With AOC Fire alarm specialist Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York delivered a an unhinged rant at a rally on Saturday, criticizing U.S. involvement in Israel and AIPAC and flailing his arms wildly while starting to chant his own name at one point. “We are…
EU state could close border with Russian ally – FM
Warsaw must make sure the move would hurt Belarus rather than Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski has said Poland is considering fully closing its border with Belarus due to an influx of Middle Eastern migrants, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said. Two crossings out of six on the border between the two countries currently remain operational,…
Italy’s Salvini demands ten-year jail sentences for surrogacy
The parliament is currently debating a bill that would make the practice a “universal crime” The right-wing Italian League Party led by Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini is seeking to double penalties for those using surrogate mothers abroad, in an amendment to a bill proposed by the ruling Brothers of Italy party that would make…
White House fears Netanyahu visit – Politico
US officials are worried that the Israeli leader could stage a “politically dicey spectacle” just months ahead of the election The White House is reportedly becoming increasingly concerned that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use his upcoming speech in the US Congress to publicly criticize President Joe Biden and his administration’s response to Israel’s war in Gaza. …
What Chinese AI Tells Us About The Semi Market
What Chinese AI Tells Us About The Semi Market By Russell Clark of the Capital Flows and Asset Markets substack Back in January I wondered if semiconductors were the new oil. The price action this year probably says yes. Just as the Soviet Union tried to cripple the US in the 1970s through helping organise…
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Americans Are Going “Off Grid” In Anticipation Of What Is Coming
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Americans Are Going “Off Grid” In Anticipation Of What Is Coming Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, As our society descends into chaos, vast numbers of people are choosing to pull the plug and walk away. Of course it is nearly impossible to completely escape the ubiquitous madness…
