Yves here. We’ve repeatedly argued that one of the reason immigration has gotten a bad name, particularly officially-sponsored refugee initiatives such as Germany and other EU members accepting large numbers of Syrians in 2015 and 2016, is the lack of planning (including basics like temporary housing) and little to no thought about how to get […]

Yves here. This is a workman-like overview US, Russian and Chinese space initiatives. I suspect this topic is of keen interest to some readers who will hopefully add more. Recall that Haig provided a long-form debunking of the Trump  Golden Dome boondoggle. One question for those in the know: this post discusses threats to US

Strip away the patina of celebrity gossip and frippery and the Sean Combs trial becomes a lens through which to look at prosecutorial overreach and abuse of RICO statutes in an era of collapsing rule of law. The indictment is here. The New Yorker summed up what the prosecutors from the US Attorney’s Southern District

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

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

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

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