Emmanuel Macron Says France's Fate Is "Tied To The African Continent"

Futures Rebound From Overnight Selling To Trade At Session Highs Amid Constant Iran Newsflow Stock futures have reversed overnight losses and traded at session high, just above the flatline, despite diesel topping $5 a gallon - the highest since 2022 - with Iran expanding attacks on energy infrastructure around the Middle East and Israel targeting military / security leadership, reportedly killing Iran security chief Ali Larijani and the commander of Iran’s paramilitary Basij unit. As of 8:15am ET, S&P futures were up 0.1%, while Nasdaq futures were still red, with most big...

The Big State Monetary And Fiscal System Is Over Authored by Daniel Lacalle via dlacalle.com, In 2021, The Economist ran an entire number hailing "The Return of Big Government" as the end of the so-called - but inexistent in practice - "austerity" paradigm and the evidence that more spending and a big state was the solution to the post-covid world, delivering economic growth, social spending, and sustainability. In 2025, the same publication ran a number called "The Coming Debt Crisis." The outcome of the return of big government was the return of...

The All-Seeing Eye Authored by Todd Hayen via OffGuardian, What was once the paranoid whisper of conspiracy has become the marketed convenience of 'life logging' - yet beneath the promise of perfect memory lies the total erasure of privacy, turning every shrew into a unwitting performer on the surveillance stage. (If you haven't read enough of my work to know what a "shrew" is, read this: Sheep and Shrew) During a recent three-hour ramble with my sister - one of those wide-ranging, idea-sparking talkathons we've shared for years - the little recording device...