CEOs are not just looting their companies but now the broader economy with the intensity of their headcount cutting.
Monday, October 27, 2025
The Post-Pandemic Disinflation: Low Sacrifice, High Prices
Central banks in advanced nations really do believe they did a masterful job of managing the post-Covid inflation. This article explains why
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Money Weapon
Let’s talk about money, specifically the use of bribery as a weapon in war and geopolitics. Like any weapon, it has technical characteristics and operational effects. In the ancient world bribery was practiced openly in the form of tribute paid by subject states to dominant powers. Masters were bribed to “protect” their subjects. In the […]
Hubert Horan: Can Airlines Get Passengers to Accept AI-Driven Personalized/Surveillance Pricing?
Delta has fevered dreams of AI-engineered individual pricing to boost revenues. But would this work in practice?
Plastic Surgery Mills, Many Owned by Private Equity, Sued for Producing Disfiguring Injuries and Deaths
The rise of private-equity-owned plastic surgery mills has produce patient litigatation, often with damning details.
Colombia Looks to Tighten Its Sanctions Against Israel As Europe “Loses Its Soul in Gaza”
“Nobody is going to listen to us ever again when we go around telling others to respect human rights and international law”: the EU’s former chief diplomat, Josep Borrell.
Iran Refuses to Blink as Europe Eyes Snapback Sanctions
urope is allegedly threatening to launch the JCPOA snapback, which would re-institute tougher sanctions on Iran. But is this threat real?
Coffee Break: Hunter Biden Passes the Joe Rogan Test
Hunter Biden sat down for a three hour podcast interview with Channel 5’s Andrew Callaghan and got rave reviews from king podcast bro Joe Rogan.
The EU-US Trade Deal: Von der Leyen Just Subordinated the EU as the US’ Largest-Ever Vassal State
The EU submits to Trump on trade and accepts further insult via required US investment and energy purchases
Cruel Executive Order on Homelessness Is Also Ineffective Policy—Unless Goal Is to Discipline Workers and Boost Prison Industry
Blaming homelessness on mental illness and drug addiction deflects attention away from true culprit of American rapaciousness.
Trump’s Push for More Deportations Could Boost Demand for Foreign Farmworkers With ‘Guest Worker’ Visas
More slave labor was always the goal.
Fed’s Rates Not Restrictive for Markets. Financial Conditions Ultra-Loose. Manias Form, Margin Debt Blows Out, Junk Bonds Party in La-La-Land
Despite the Fed depicting its current rate policy as restrictive, manic pricing in many financial markets says otherwise.
As White House Touts ‘Economic Boom,’ Americans Say They’re Barely Scraping By
Despite Trump’s economic claims, with rising tariffs, just 30% of Americans say they can meet their costs per a poll from Data for Progress.
