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WASHINGTON, March 10, 2026 — The Geneva talks ended without a deal on February 27th. The bombs fell on February 28th. Seven Americans are dead. The question almost no one in Washington is asking: what exactly changed between Thursday and Saturday? Those who think this is new should consult the record of the last great […]

German SPD Leader Faces Backlash After Claiming Migrants Burdening Welfare System Is A 'Right Wing Extremist' Lie Via Remix News, Labor Minister and Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-leader Bärbel Bas (SPD) says nobody is immigrating to Germany to take advantage of its social welfare system. However, she has received substantial pushback directed at her claim. Bas’ comment came during a session of the Bundestag, when AfD MP René Springer asked Bas why she wasn’t cutting spending on immigration due to the current budget crisis, given the clear burden it is putting on social...

Chaos Unleashed: When "Irrational" Makes Perfect Sense Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Once fairness and honesty have been stripped out of a social order, social trust collapses. Once trust collapses, society disintegrates. It's important to understand the dynamics of chaos before the certainties in our lives are swept away. Over the past few months, I've been exploring the dynamics of delusion and breakdown: 1. our reliance on models to make sense of the world and what happens when those models no longer track reality; 2. the difficulties in adapting when our old...