Sweden Seizes Another Suspected Russian 'Dark Fleet' Tanker, Despite US Easing Sanctions

Iran Demands Israel Halt Lebanon Attacks As Both Sides Arrive In Pakistan, Trump Threatens Strikes If Peace Fails Summary:  Iran makes clear Lebanon fighting must end or else Pakistan talks "meaningless" - as its delegation arrives in 'locked down' Pakistan. Speculation abounds related to ongoing Pentagon transport flights into Mideast region. Trump threatens more military action if Iran doesn't 'comply' - also as Israel-Lebanon talks scheduled in Washington next week. US delegation headed by Vance en route to Islamabad. But parliament speaker makes fresh demands on Lebanon. Lloyd's: "The Iranians are willing to negotiate...

Epstein-itis Authored by James Howard Kunstler, "If you tolerate the intolerable, you’re communicating that it’s okay to mistreat you." - Aimee Terese on X Did you think the American zeitgeist - our collective spirit plus our thinking - could not get crazier? Gird your loins. It’s getting worse by the hour. The Jeffrey Epstein files suggest that people will do anything and that people will believe anything. Pizza, hot dogs, white sharks. . . boys, girls, babies, teens, Russian whores. . . celebrities by the score. . . billionaires. . . cannibal orgies. . . vivisection parlors. ....

Bob lays out California’s proposed 5% wealth tax on billionaires, using it to explain why taxes on wealth are especially destructive, how different tax structures change incentives, and what recent migration data says about people voting with their feet.