Aluminum Market Descends Into Supply 'Black Hole'

International Energy Agency Pushes Rationing Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The International Energy Agency in Paris has released a new and urgent document that it wishes all nations with energy struggles to adopt. Many are doing that now. The website even maintains a spreadsheet updated daily to celebrate the countries that are following its plan for controlling energy use. Before explaining why none of this will work, let’s look at what they are suggesting. Seeming out of nowhere, the head of the IEA, Dr. Fatih Birol, is being quoted in the...

'Impossible To Negotiate With Ukraine' After School Dormitory Strike, Kremlin Informs UN The last year of the Ukraine war has been marked by both warring sides remaining far from the negotiating table, instead opting for a battlefield solution, also as a deadly tit-for-tat drone and aerial war continues to unfold. This week things just got even worse concerning the distant prospect of restarting direct peace talks, something underscored by a fresh statement of Russia's Ambassador to the United Nations. Russia's UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Friday after a massive Ukrainian drone...

Are There Really 'No Bad Ideas' When It Comes To 'Saving Or Democracy'? Authored by Eric Utter via AmericanThinker.com, Former Vice President Kamala (hic!) Harris recently opined that there are “no bad ideas” when it comes to brainstorming ways to reinvigorate the Democrat party. During a May 13th livestream on something called the "Win with Black Women" podcast, Hic! Harris suggested that the Democrat party prepare an "expanded playbook" of ideas to help it retake power after the 2026 midterm elections. Harris opined: "And in that no bad ideas brainstorm, we talk about what we need to do...