In Search Of The AI Bubble’s Economic Fundamentals Authored by William Janeway via Project Syndicate, The rise of generative AI has triggered a global race to build semiconductor plants and data centers to feed the vast energy demands of large language models. But as investment surges and valuations soar, a growing body of evidence suggests that financial speculation is outpacing productivity gains. In recent weeks, the notion […]

China-U.S. Rare Earth Deal “May Have Hit A Snag” As Beijing Reportedly Unlikely To Fully Reverse Restrictions China is developing a new rare earth licensing system that could speed up exports, though it’s unlikely to fully reverse restrictions as hoped by Washington, according to industry sources cited by Reuters on Friday. It’s a headline that furthers growing doubts about China’s trade deal with the U.S. that we have been […]

Top Trump Officials Moved Into Military Housing Due To Left-Wing Political Threats Via American Greatness, A number of top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration are being housed, along with their families, on military bases, due to increasing threats of left-wing political violence. High profile members of the Trump team, including Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, […]

“All Wars Are Based On Lies”; Renowned WWII Historian Faces Official Narrative Assault Mainstream historian Jim Holland and Libertarian Institute editor Keith Knight clashed over one of history’s most sacred narratives — the justification for America’s entry into World War II. Moderated by Mario Nawfal, the discussion cut through decades of conventional wisdom to ask uncomfortable questions like whether Roosevelt’s […]

Maryland Sues Trump Administration Over FBI Headquarters Relocation Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, Maryland officials filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday for canceling the previously approved construction of a new FBI headquarters northeast of the nation’s capital, arguing the action goes against federal law and congressional directives. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, along with other state […]

Trump Files Emergency Appeal To Block Full Release Of SNAP Funds The Trump administration on Friday filed an emergency request with the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals to immediately block an order that requires them to distribute full November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamp, benefits to be paid to the states by Friday.  “This is a crisis, to be sure, but it is a crisis occasioned by […]

Justice Dept About To Issue Subpoenas To John Brennan From DC & FL Grand Juries; Fox News Reports Authored by ‘sundance’ via TheConservativeTreehouse.com, I would not get too spun up about this yet because investigators and reviewers in/around Washington DC, have a ton of catching up to do on the material evidence against former CIA Director John Brennan. Additionally, there is an institutional aversion to targeting anything […]

ASP Isotopes Jumps After Investment By Trump’s Boys One month ago we discussed why isotope-developer ASP Isotopes (ASPI) is emerging as one of the nascent “nuclear” plays to provide fuel for the AI energy renaissance. It appears that Trump’s kids read what we wrote. This morning, just before the open, ASP Isotopes (ASPI) announced a private placement for convertible notes of their advanced materials subsidiary Quantum Leap Energy […]

Obama-Appointed Judge Restricts Trump’s Use Of Tear Gas, Other Anti-Riot Measures In Chicago A federal judge has restricted the federal government’s use of tear gas and other types of anti-riot measures in Chicago. On Thursday, Obama-appointed U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis said during a hearing that government witnesses’ claims of violence at protests in Chicago were not credible, citing several occasions where she said video […]

You’d Think A Trillion Dollars Opens A Few Doors For Elon By Michael Every of Rabobank US challenger job-cuts data were… challenging: the highest level of October firings in 20 years. While we wait for the US Supreme Court to decide on the challenge to one set of Trump tariffs, before they are replaced by others, and to see if the US Senate will reopen the US government today, as it rejects the Trump challenge to ‘nuke the […]

Initial & Continuing Jobless Claims Increased Last Week; Goldman Estimates Goldman Sachs economics research group estimates that seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims increased to about 228k for the week ended November 1st by combining the Department of Labor (DOL)’s pre-released seasonal factors with this afternoon’s release of state-level claims. While the DOL is not producing any official data releases during the […]

4 Reasons Why Ethereum Did Not Fall Below $3K, And Probably Won’t Authored by Nancy Lubale via CoinTelegraph.com, Ether’s profitability metrics drop to levels that have historically marked local bottoms. Ethereum fees up 83% weekly, signalling strong onchain demand. ETH supply on exchanges is at a nine-year low, with strong price support at $3,000. Ether’s latest sell-off was stopped at $3,000, as bulls […]

Thune “Willing To Give Democrats All The Things They Want” As Friday Shutdown Vote Looms The Senate will vote for a 15th time today on a short-term funding bill to reopen the government – with a growing number of Republicans indicating that they’re open to caving over Affordable Care Act enhanced subsidies.  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is offering Democrats post-shutdown votes on ACA and tax credits in an attempt […]

$60 Oil Undercuts Trump’s ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Agenda Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, U.S. shale producers are not embracing the “drill, baby, drill” mantra because current oil prices, which hover near or below their breakeven point, do not justify accelerating production. Instead of drilling new wells, companies are boosting output through efficiency gains, consolidation, and utilizing drilled but […]

UMich Unveils The Biggest Pile Of Propagandist Piffle Ever With American facing a ‘k-shaped’ economy (Main Street weak, Wall Street strong)… …and amid an almost complete vacuum of ‘hard’ economic data due to the government shutdown, ‘soft’ sentiment survey data continues to punch above its weight when it comes to market-moving news. This morning’s UMich Sentiment survey, with preliminary data for November, was expected to […]

FAA-Imposed Flight-Cuts Begin As Government Shutdown Deepens Travel Disruptions A wave of flight cancellations and delays is already rippling across U.S. airports after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered airlines to reduce 4% of flights at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports to ease pressure on unpaid air traffic controllers amid the record-long government shutdown. The airlines most at risk today include Spirit, Frontier, […]

Nexperia Chip Crisis Defused? Dutch Minister “Trusts” China To Resume Chip Exports Next Week There are encouraging signs that the global auto supply-chain chip crunch sparked by the dispute between the Netherlands and China has begun to cool. Dutch Economy Minister Vincent Karremans said Friday that China is expected to resume chip supplies to Nexperia’s customers in Europe and elsewhere “in the coming days,” signaling a softening […]

US Government Revokes 80,000 Visas Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Department of State said on Nov. 6 that 80,000 visas have been revoked. President Donald Trump and State Secretary Marco Rubio “will always put the safety and interests of the American people first,” the State Department said in a post on X. The department said in a follow-up post that visas were revoked for reasons including […]

Stocks Slide To Session Lows As Risk Sentiment Fractures US equity futs are trading at session lows driven by a tech-led dip in stock futures over the past two hours as global risk sentiment turns sour to end the week, and with Goldman TMT specialist Peter Bartlett observing that  “a more bearish/skeptical view of the AI trade is coming up in more and more of our investor conversations… even if positioning hasn’t changed much […]

Treasury Probes $9 Billion Small-Business Deals For Fraud After ATI Government Solutions Bombshell Weeks after O’Keefe Media Group released a bombshell investigation exposing how ATI Government Solutions exploited minority-preference programs to secure $100 million in no-bid federal contracts, while subcontracting out most of the work, the Wall Street Journal reports a significant new development: the U.S. Treasury Department has […]

Food Banks All Over The US Are Being Overwhelmed By A Tsunami Of Hungry People Authored by Michael Snyder via TheMostImportantNews.com, As grocery prices have risen, demand at food banks throughout the country has surged to very alarming levels.  At the end of 2024, I wrote about how demand at food banks had risen to record levels all over the United States.  Unfortunately, demand has continued to rise in 2025, and now the […]

Europe Poised To Roll Back the World’s Toughest AI Laws  The world’s first comprehensive law governing the development, deployment, and use of artificial intelligence was formally adopted by the Europeans in 2024 and began taking effect later that year. However, key provisions of the AI Act may be put on hold by the European Commission amid mounting pressure from Big Tech and the Trump administration. This all comes as the West […]

The Risk Of AI Isn’t Skynet Authored by Charles Hugh Smith, The risk that AI transitions from Servant to Master is dramatically appealing–Skynet!–but the real risks are in the mundane realms of the socio-economic order. As I explain in my new book Investing In Revolution, technological revolutions share the same dynamic: those profiting from the innovations push them pell-mell, without regard for future consequences, as the […]

Visualizing How Much Gold Is Left To Mine On Earth Gold’s scarcity is one reason it remains a sought-after safe haven. In 2025, the metal has seen its strongest rally in years, climbing over 50% as global investors react to uncertainty in the world economy. If all the gold ever mined were melted together—about 216,000 tonnes—it would form a cube only 22 meters tall, roughly the height of a four-story building. Meanwhile, the […]

Racism Fears: Is The UK Failing To Section Dangerous African-Caribbean Schizophrenics? Authored by via Paul Birch via The Daily Sceptic, It’s become an all-too-familiar tale. An individual who, at this stage, is thought to have been known to the police and mental health services, is alleged to have carried out a random, marauding knife attack. Anthony Williams appeared in court this week charged with 11 counts of attempted […]