Israel Fires on Lebanese Troops Near Border, Launches Several Raids

"Too Many Things Are Out Of Whack..." Authored by James Howard Kunstler, "The people we care about most, the undocumented migrants..." - Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) Cult Classics Tensions rise as the green fuse drives the flowers of springtime (and thank you, Dylan Thomas, for the loan.) Too many things are out of whack. Some are actually breaking. A physics of events is at work that will bring our affairs back to true, but expect it to be painful. Okay, you’ve been warned. Asia, especially, suffers bigly with the Persian Gulf shut-down. For decades these countries took the oil flows...

Maersk CEO Warns Iran War Is A "New Wake-Up Call" For Global Trade It is becoming increasingly clear that reopening the Strait of Hormuz has become a top U.S. priority (really a global priority) , as oil executives and industry insiders warn that the clock is ticking toward an energy and global trade shock if the maritime chokepoint remains closed for another month. Frederic Lasserre, head of research at Gunvor, one of the world's largest oil traders, warned earlier this week: "The tipping point is clearly June. This is the point...

Musk Whips Out 'Macrohard' In Disruptive Tesla-xAI Bid To Shaft Software Companies Elon Musk on Wednesday announced a joint project between Tesla and his AI startup xAI, which he dubbed "Macrohard" or "Digital Optimus" that can 'basically automate entire companies' by observing and intelligently simulating their functions.  The way it works, per a Wednesday post on X:  "Grok is the master conductor/navigator with deep understanding of the world to direct digital Optimus, which is processing and actioning the past 5 secs of real-time computer screen video and keyboard/mouse actions. Grok is like a much...