Former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning is no longer interested in buying a minority stake in his old team, telling CNBC Sport Wednesday that he’s been priced out. “Basically, it’s too expensive for me,” Manning told CNBC Sport in an interview. “A 1% stake valued at $10 billion turns into a very big number.” […]
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Yves here. I was considering running another piece in this slot, but the evidence of the collective establishment meltdown over Mamdani continues. It’s revealing how the prospect of an supposed economic radical in a nationally prominent executive position is so threatening. Warren, Sanders, AOC and the rest of the squad, even if they had not
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Blood in the Water, Blood on the Beach: History of Naval Warfare, Part 11 Big Serge How SpaceX is blocking astronomers’ view of space Musk Watch Why don’t we trust technology in sport? BBC. resilc: “You can’t spell shIT without IT.” Hundreds of thousands of children have type 1 diabetes. Now, there’s a Barbie who
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On Monday we looked at Azerbaijan’s deteriorating relationship with Russia on manufactured grounds—with a heavy assist from the US and Israel—and how it fits into a long-planned Turkic corridor project slicing through the South Caucasus. Key to that plan is Armenia where the US and company have been laying the groundwork for this operation for
Yves here. Trump’s fixation with trying to retreat into the past is producing even more destruction to the US than we would have suffered from the progress of imperial decline. This post describes how Trump’s “big beautiful bill” has all sorts of bennies for China. By Dana Nuccitelli, research coordinator for the nonprofit Citizens’ Climate
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Yves here. Nick Corbishley has been chronicling Ursuala von der Leyen’s scandals and misrule as EU Commissioner. Some of his offerings: Looking Ahead, But Not Forward, to Five More Years of “Queen” Ursula von der Leyen EU Commission Plans to Strip Funding From Public Prosecutors Investigating Ursula von der Leyen’s Pfizergate Scandal Is Justice Finally
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks next to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 8, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to impose up to 200% tariffs on pharmaceuticals imported into the U.S. “very soon.” “They’re going to be tariffs
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As the war in Ukraine moves toward an ugly conclusion unfavorable to the U.S., I anticipate the appearance of a common propaganda phenomenon following lost wars: the stab in the back. This is a propaganda tactic in which military defeat is attributed to domestic treachery undermining the heroic efforts of the military. The bellicose elements
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We’re soon going to discuss the headline thesis, advanced by Douglas Macgregor in a new discussion on Daniel Davis’ Deep Dive channel, that threats in Central Asia will press Russia to move much faster than it might have otherwise to wrap up the Ukraine conflict. While this view is certainly plausible, and bears monitoring, let’s
The war in Gaza has “created a once-in-a-century opportunity to rebuild Gaza from first principles . . . as a secure, modern prosperous society.” Something rather unusual happened this past Sunday. The Financial Times published an article exposing how Tony Blair’s eponymous foundation, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (often shortened to TBI), had been involved in consultations
