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China said it will not comply with the Strait of Hormuz blockade that President Donald Trump imposed on Monday. Beijing explained that it is negotiating with Tehran to transit the waterway and expects other countries not to meddle in its affairs.  Beijing is “monitoring the situation in the Middle East. Our ships are moving in […]

Offload Risks Onto The Bottom 90% And Immiseration Follows Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The underlying story of the past 50 years has been the offloading of risk onto workers and consumers. On my map of how the world works, we start with structures of control that distribute the good stuff--resources, assets, income and power--and the bad stuff: costs, losses and risks. As I explained in The US Economy In a Nutshell: Privatize the Gains, Socialize the Costs, the current arrangement distributes the gains to the top 10% and the costs and risks to...

The Real Point Of The "Patriot Front" Psy-Op Authored by Kit Knightly via OffGuardian, Over the Fourth of July weekend, Washington DC found itself beset by the "Patriot Front", about 400 guys in matching outfits, with white balaclavas covering their faces and waving flags about. The (relatively small) gathering walked about a bit, did some marching, waved some flags...and scared the press to death! The group marched away from Union Station, carrying various flags, including Confederate flags. pic.twitter.com/Xo0WDH2B9O — Mitchell Miller (@mmillerwtop) July 4, 2026 They're not real, of course. The running joke has already become...