The Sy Hersh effect: killing the messenger, ignoring the message

While the Saudi-backed government-in-exile for Yemen continues to present the STC separatists as a group that has disbanded and tries to focus on styling themselves as a legitimate government, rallies for the STC continue to grow across the south, hitting more and more cities calling for a restoration of South Yemen as an independent state. […]

Statists love to claim that government services would be better if only they were “fully funded.” However, given their nature, government services always will be seen as “underfunded” no matter how much money politicians throw at them.

Japan's $36 Billion Bet On US Energy Dominance Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Japan has committed $36 billion as the first tranche of its $550-billion U.S. investment pledge under last year’s trade deal, including plans to build a 9.2 GW natural gas power plant in Ohio. The remaining funds will support a synthetic diamond factory and the Texas GulfLink deepwater oil export terminal. The massive gas plant reflects surging U.S. electricity demand — particularly from AI-driven data centers — with natural gas emerging as the preferred source of reliable baseload power. Japan has...