China Imposes Export Curbs On 40 Japanese Firms As Tensions With Tokyo Rise

Jim Quinn Warns "We've Already Entered This Fourth Turning's Global War..." Authored by Jim Quinn via The Bruning Platform blog, “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.” – Thomas Paine – The American Crisis “At...

Ukraine Wants To Tax Sex To Fund The War Authored by Martin Armstrong via Armstrong Economics, How desperate must a government become before it considers taxing pornography to purchase drones for a war it cannot win? Ukraine is now reportedly considering legalizing parts of its adult entertainment industry to generate additional tax revenue for the war against Russia. Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak estimates legalization could bring around $25 million annually into the government's coffers, enough, he claims, to purchase up to 30,000 drones. The legislation has already passed its first reading in...

From FOMO To Oh No! Koreans Face Massive Forced Liquidations As AI Bubble Bursts Korean retail investors’ aggressive leveraged bets on the market’s two dominant AI/Semi names - Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix - are now colliding with a sharp KOSPI correction, triggering the largest wave of forced stock sales in years and raising the specter of a self-reinforcing liquidation spiral. At its peak last week, the benchmark KOSPI index  was up 100% for 2026, rivaling the Nasdaq 100 Index’s 102% surge in 1999 - right before the bubble burst... Last week...