NATO's Last Stand?

American Benevolence During World Cup Erases Anti-American Propaganda Authored by Armando Simon via AmericanThinker.com, The World Cup, as everyone knows by now, has been taking place across several cities in stadiums that have surprised foreign visitors by being gigantic and air-conditioned. As usual, fans have been having a lot of fun. Many of the visitors have come to the United States for the first time. Social media has been filled with countless postings from visitors relating their experiences in this country. Overwhelmingly, they are blown away by the abundance of food, both in restaurants...

US Diesel Craters, EU Prices Skyrocket As Politico Reports White House Preparing Plan For 90-Day Export Ban Summary:  New Politico Report Suggests White House Preparing For Diesel Export Ban "Definitely Doesn't Work": U.S. Energy Sec Rejects Diesel Export Ban, Risks Creating Bigger Supply-Squeeze Later Politico Reports White House Prepares Plan For 90-Day Diesel Exports Ban Diesel is certainly top of mind in the White House as a global refining crisis has sent prices at the pump for the industrial fuel to record-high levels, so high that Apollo's chief economist, Torsten Slok, warned earlier that it...

Heat Dome Halts German Trains After Track Sealant Liquifies Europe's heat wave is now quickly morphing from a public health crisis into an infrastructure nightmare, with power prices surging, more than 1,000 excess deaths reported across France, and extreme temperatures bringing parts of Germany's rail infrastructure to a halt. The local German outlet Leipziger Zeitung reports that after a week of sweltering temperatures above 30°C, with readings climbing toward 40°C on Saturday, critical transport infrastructure in Leipzig failed under the heat. The city, located in the eastern German state of Saxony,...