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Wyoming's Helium Empire Ascends As Qatar Gas Goes Flat
Wyoming's Helium Empire Ascends As Qatar Gas Goes Flat
Readers have already been well briefed, see here and here, that roughly one-third of global helium supply has been disrupted, setting the perfect storm of chaos to spread across high-tech industries, particularly semiconductors. The shock is being driven by shipping restrictions through the Gulf and the shutdown of output from top producer Qatar, where damage to the Ras Laffan complex could keep supplies constrained for years.
As the U.S.-Iran conflict enters its second month, one of the clearest second-order effects of...
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Feb 23, 2026 / Dave DeCamp
Smotrich: ‘In the End,’ Israel Will Occupy Gaza and Establish Jewish Settlements
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has once again vowed that there will eventually be Jewish settlements in Gaza, saying that “in the end,” Israel will occupy and settle the Palestinian territory, according to The Times of Israel. Smotrich, who also holds a minister position in the Israeli Defense Ministry, said that he expects the US […]
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May 14, 2026 / Tyler Durden
US Govt Settles With Former NYT Reporter In Biden/Twitter Censorship Case
US Govt Settles With Former NYT Reporter In Biden/Twitter Censorship Case
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,
The U.S. government has reached a settlement with a former New York Times reporter who was kicked off Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic for posts about vaccines.
Officials in a settlement agreement dated May 11 and obtained by The Epoch Times said that the government “did in fact violate the First Amendment by exerting substantial coercive pressure on social media companies such as Twitter to suppress disfavored speech like Plaintiff’s,” referring to former...
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Apr 8, 2026 / Tyler Durden
A Pause To Negotiate A Deal? Some Caveats...
A Pause To Negotiate A Deal? Some Caveats...
Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities,
Basically we wound up at the better end of our “base case” in yesterday’s Spaghetti Western, and you could argue we made it all the way into our best case of “ceasefire” (I’m reluctant to label it that, as you will see, but it is touching on that end).
I do think we are far from a “real deal”.
In any case, markets are responding according as both sides send people to Pakistan to negotiate a deal.
Stocks are...
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