Nearly 50 Recon/Intel Marines Headed To Guard Undersea Cables In Europe

39 going on $40 trillion is an achievement only in the sense that many once thought we’d never see numbers this large.

UK COVID Inquiry's Endorsement Of Censorship Sets Chilling Precedent Authored by Molly Kingsley via DailySceptic.org, According to the UK’s Covid Inquiry, whose fourth report was published in April, there was “in principle, nothing unlawful or inappropriate in the government monitoring publicly available social media to identify potential trends in disinformation or misinformation” during the pandemic period. The same report, in declining to criticise the censorious activities of the UK Government during the pandemic, noted that the UK government’s Counter Disinformation Unit was required to ensure that its actions were “lawful, necessary and...

The 10-Year Treasury Yield Over 5%? Some Thoughts Authored by Wolf Richter via WolfStreet.com, The 10-year Treasury yield has been zigzagging higher since mid-November when the Fed cut its policy rates again despite accelerating inflation. Since that rate cut, followed up by another rate cut in December, the 10-year yield has risen by 80 basis points, heading, apparently inexorably, for the 5%-line. On Friday, it closed at 4.78%, within spitting distance of 5%, despite Bessent's three hocus-pocus shows to try to bring it down. Sure, they might have helped keeping a lid...