The Vanishing Art Of Presence

Trump Turns The Screws On Israel In Biggest Pressure Move To Reign In Bibi Yet The Lebanon ceasefire appears to be legitimate and holding, and the biggest evidence of this is that Lebanese citizens themselves are pouring back into the war-ravaged south of the country, seeking to recover to their homes which are in some cases 'unlivable'. "Thousands of families displaced by weeks of fighting filled the main highway to southern Lebanon on Friday in hopes of returning to their homes, as a 10-day cease-fire in Israel’s military campaign against Hezbollah...

'Pray For Kospi': SK Hynix Earnings Miss, Sending Stock Reeling Things are not going to be fun in South Korea tonight... Good news first... SK Hynix's net income surged a bigger-than-expected 1,242% (though admittedly on one-time investment gains) with the ginat chipmaker bragging that it won multiyear contracts with around 10 customers. Ok, now the bad news... SK Hynix’s quarterly profit rose a smaller-than expected 557%. The key supplier of Nvidia reported operating profit of 60.5 trillion won ($42 billion) in the June quarter, well below analysts’ average projection for 64.2 trillion won. Revenue came...

Supergirl Movie A "Girl Boss" Bomb With Disastrous Opening Weekend There's no more excuses.  Filming for James Gunn's Supergirl summer blockbuster started in January of 2025, with most of the US celebrating the defeat of woke politics and the downfall of DEI.  There was no confusion in 2025; woke is dead.  Gunn was well aware and decided to make an insufferable feminist "girl boss" movie anyway.  In other words, his failure is his own fault.  Either due to hubris, stupidity, or both.  Initial projections for Supergirl a month ago hovered around $70...