Economy Heading for Cliff
The US economy is in trouble, with nations abandoning the dollar to settle trades, the real estate market crashing, and the number of homeless Americans increasing at a record pace.
The US economy is in trouble, with nations abandoning the dollar to settle trades, the real estate market crashing, and the number of homeless Americans increasing at a record pace.
The co-founder of Wikipedia said in an interview this week that CIA and FBI computers have been used to manipulate the online encyclopedia since at least 2008, making it “the most biased encyclopedia in history.”
The biggest air exercise in NATO’s history began today and runs through June 23. It may be a readiness drill, or it could be cover for moving assets into position for NATO to play a direct role in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland told an audience in Kyiv last week that the US has been helping Ukraine plan its counteroffensive against Russia for nearly half a year. Watch for it to launch during NATO air exercises in June.
Vladimir Putin claimed the US masterminded the apparent drone attack on the Kremlin Monday night. It’s dangerous when one nuclear-armed power blames another for trying to assassinate its head of state.
New rules on mortgage fees offer discounts to homebuyers with riskier credit histories—discounts subsidized by higher fees on borrowers with better credit.
Ceasefires between rival groups in Sudan this week have not held. The situation is chaotic, but one fact is emerging: Russia appears to be the one beneficiary from the Sudanese civil war.
A 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard IT tech is alleged to have leaked secret documents from a DOD server to the Internet. Is that plausible? And why isn’t the media asking that question?
Silicon Valley Bank was seized by the federal government Friday in rather spectacular fashion, the second largest bank collapse in US history. What happens next?
Ukraine’s president Volodomyr Zelensky said Feb. 24 that Americans will need to fight if we don’t send him the money and weapons he needs to defeat Russia—a goal that Western officials now admit is unrealistic.
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