Logic Of Violence: We Are Nowhere Near The Endgame In Drone Wars

The Pentagon said on Thursday that US forces boarded another tanker in the Indian Ocean that it said was carrying Iranian oil, as the US continues to enforce a blockade against Iran. “Overnight, US forces carried out a maritime interdiction and right-of-visit boarding of the sanctioned stateless vessel M/T Majestic X transporting oil from Iran, […]

The Alchemy Of Wealth Taxation Authored by Robert Blumen via The Mises Institute, “Transmutation” is the process of changing one substance, element, or form into another. We owe this word to the ancient pursuit of alchemy, which sought to accomplish the artificial production of gold from base metals. While it is now considered a pseudo-science, in our rational age, its aspirations survive in currently popular proposals for taxing billionaires. The most advanced of these proposals is California Prop 40. Appearing on this fall’s ballot, if passed, would levy a “one time” balance sheet tax of five percent...

"Consider Discontinuing": FDA Slaps "Eye Stroke" Warning On All GLP-1 Weight-Loss Drugs The FDA is requiring the makers of every GLP-1 drug on the U.S. market, Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound among them, to warn of a potential increased risk of an "eye stroke" that can cause sudden, permanent vision loss in one eye. The condition is non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, or NAION.The agency's Nov. 9 drug safety communication puts the language in the Warnings and Precautions section of labels for a dozen products, from Byetta, approved in 2005,...