The US May Have Shot Down a Small Hobby Balloon With a Sidewinder Missile

US PMIs Signal Stagflation Fears Accelerating As War Started With 'hard' US macro data having drifted weaker all year, consensus was expecting only a modest decline in S&P Global's US Composite index in preliminary March data (that presumably will be affected in some part by the war and its consequences). The consensus was right, but the picture was mixed with Manufacturing PMI surprising to the upside (52.4 vs 51.5 exp vs 51.6 prior) - highest since Oct 2025. Services PMI, on the other hand, disappointed, falling to the lowest since April 2025... Source: Bloomberg Overall,...

Dems' Ballroom Hate Is the Saddest Proof Yet of Their State of TDS Mental Unwellness Authored by Stephen Kruiser via PJMedia.com, There was a time not so long ago when the Democrats were formidable and — I'm not kidding here — occasionally enjoyable political foes. During the Tea Party years, we would often encounter Dem activists and hang out with them for a while. Sometimes we would even socialize. The Democrats of recent yesteryear bore no resemblance to the feral, frothing rage mob that the No Kings/Resist Dems are today.  It's both...

Czech Government Caps Fuel Prices And Cuts Diesel Tax To Combat Surging Costs At The Pump By Thomas Brooke of RMX news, The Czech government has moved to cap fuel prices and slash diesel taxes in an effort to curb rising costs due to the ongoing international energy crisis, announcing a system that will see the state set maximum daily prices for fuel across the country. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said the intervention follows concerns that fuel retailers were charging excessive margins, despite earlier pressure from the government to bring prices down...