PODCAST: Why This Recession is Different

The latest American-Israeli aggression against Iran has exposed the United States’ inability to defend our big bases in the Gulf Countries and smaller bases in Iraq. For decades, these countries have had to endure the ire of their populations who are unhappy with the presence of U.S. forces in their lands. Their citizens are painfully […]

US Core Durable Goods Orders Surge For 11th Straight Month After recent string 'soft' survey data, this morning we get some 'hard' data and it's mixed...ish... Preliminary headline durable goods orders for February fell 1.4% MoM (worse than the -1.2% MoM exp). That is the third monthly decline in a row (the first 3-month decline since Nov 2019) Source: Bloomberg The monthly decline of the headline print largely reflected a decline in orders for aircraft. Boeing said it received fewer orders for its planes in February than a month earlier. On the other hand, core durable...

'Miss America' Org Dethrones Winner For Daring To Say 'A Woman Is A Woman' Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Kayleigh Bush, the 2024 Miss North Florida champion, has been stripped of her title and barred from competing in the Miss America nationals—all because she wouldn’t sign a revised contract that essentially erases the biological definition of womanhood to include men who’ve undergone surgeries. The Miss America organization demanded Bush affirm transgender participation, turning a century-old celebration of women into another battleground for gender ideology.  Bush, standing her ground on basic truth, called...