"Calm Down, Lefties! Quiet!": French Soldiers Applaud Military Chaplain's Warning Of 'Great Replacement'

Is The AI Spending Boom Creating A Depreciation Time Bomb? Via City AM, Big Tech's AI spending has exploded, with Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta collectively investing hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure. Rapid technological change may shorten the economic life of AI servers and GPUs, increasing depreciation and replacement costs. The long-term profitability of AI will depend not only on demand growth but also on whether companies can justify the enormous ongoing capital requirements. The eye-watering capital expenditure plans of Big Tech has been one of the year’s biggest stories.  Google, Meta, Amazon, and...

Trump And Texas' New Democrat Governor Are Headed For War Over The Border The midterms did more than change which party will control Congress for the next year. By electing Gina Hinojosa governor, Texas voters ended a decade-long partnership between Austin and Washington on the border and set the state on a collision course with the Trump administration over immigration enforcement. Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa speaks after election. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) President Trump said Thursday that he will step in if Texas' incoming Democratic administration abandons the state's role in border enforcement....

Beijing Bans Four New Zealand MPs For "Crossing Red Line" With Taiwan Visit In a first, China has banned four New Zealand Members of Parliament for a year over their visit to Taiwan, New Zealand's foreign ministry says. The MPs learned of the ban - which the Chinese Embassy said could be reduced or waived with an apology - when they returned from the trip in May, local media reported on Thursday. On Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said: “Recently, certain New Zealand members of parliament, disregarding China’s serious concerns...