Persistent Delusion Among the American and NATO Defense Establishment

US Q4 GDP Growth Cut In Half To Just 0.7% After Revision While it's useless most of the time, and especially so when the US has just entered war throwing a wrench into the entire economic calculus, moments ago the BEA reported that Q4 GDP in the US was slashed by half after the 1st revision of data: instead of 1.4%, the US grew just 0.7% in the last quarter of 2025 (0.660% to be precise), and far below estimates of a 1.4% print. It was also the lowest GDP...

Half-Way Into Fiscal 2026, US Budget Deficit Is 11% Lower Than 2025, But It's About To Get Much Worse While not as dire as previous years, the US budget deficit remains a ticking time bomb. There was some good news and some not so good news, when the Treasury reported the monthly revenue and outlays for the month of March.  First the good news: The US federal government reported that the March budget deficit rose $4 billion or 2% ​to $164.1 billion from $160.5 billion a year ago, and higher than the $153.3BN...

Outrage In Sacramento: California Parole Board Grants Release Of Serial Child Rapist Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, The California Parole Board’s decision to release a serial child molester who used candy and toys to lure children as young as three years old has sparked outrage from victims, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials. David Allen Funston, 64, was convicted in 1999 of sixteen counts of kidnapping and child molestation after a horrific crime spree in Sacramento County, during which he kidnapped, raped, and beat eight children aged 3 to 7. The judge described...