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Trump Belatedly Blasts Merz Over Pointed Iran War 'Humiliation' Remarks
Trump Belatedly Blasts Merz Over Pointed Iran War 'Humiliation' Remarks
President Trump on Tuesday belatedly hit back at Chancellor Friedrich Merz after on Monday the German leader told students in a talk that the United States is being “humiliated” by Iranian leaders, amid struggling on-and-off negotiations, and as a crisis in the Strait of Hormuz shows no signs of de-escalating.
Merz had said he didn’t see "what strategic exit the Americans are now choosing" while simultaneously describing that Tehran’s negotiators are proceeding "very skillfully - or indeed very skillfully not negotiating."
The result,...
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May 9, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Hantavirus: Stop The Spread Is Back
Hantavirus: Stop The Spread Is Back
Via the Brownstone Institute,
Hollywood loves a good sequel and so does politics and pharmaceutical development.
Since Covid, there have been several attempted disease scares – Mpox, Swine flu, Bird flu, Chikungunya, Measles – but nothing has really caught the attention of audiences like the new Hantavirus frenzy.
Today’s evidence comes from DRUDGE REPORT: global effort to stop the spread. Is “flatten the curve” next?
Let’s remember how this began last year, with of course, a hantavirus death in the family of one of America’s most beloved Hollywood...
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May 7, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Hochul Targets NYC's Multimillion-Dollar Second Homes In $268 Billion Budget Framework
Hochul Targets NYC's Multimillion-Dollar Second Homes In $268 Billion Budget Framework
New York is taking direct aim at the city’s ultra-wealthy absentee owners. In a major policy shift announced Thursday, Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislative leaders reached a framework agreement on a $268 billion state budget that includes a new annual tax on multimillion-dollar second homes in New York City - a move designed to generate roughly $500 million a year to help close the city’s projected $5.4 billion budget deficit.
The proposal, often called a “pied-à-terre” tax (French for...
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Jun 11, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Middle Schoolers' Reading & Math Scores Remain Below Pre-Pandemic Levels, US Results Show
Middle Schoolers' Reading & Math Scores Remain Below Pre-Pandemic Levels, US Results Show
Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times,
Although math and reading scores for 9-year-old students across the country have improved slightly over the past three years, their 13-year-old peers have seen no gains in the same subject areas, according to U.S. Department of Education data released on June 10.
Still, scores for both age groups remain below the levels before the COVID-19 pandemic in both subject areas.
That’s according to the latest release of the Nation’s Report Card, which...
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