How Europe’s Economic ‘Center Of Gravity’ Has Shifted Since 1950 Europe’s economic balance point has been slowly drifting east for decades. This map traces the continent’s GDP-weighted “center of gravity” from 1950 to 2022, showing how Europe’s economic core has shifted from near Cologne toward Munich over time. The visualization, via Visual Capitalist, created by The European Correspondent using data from […]

European Parliament Committee Backs Tougher Asylum Return Rules In Right-Wing Migration Win Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs voted on Monday to adopt a harder line on asylum returns. The committee voted 41 to 32, with one abstention, in favor of implementing a single framework for handling third-country nationals staying illegally in […]

Dozens Of Oil Tankers Divert To Red Sea As Saudis Reroute Crude Flows From Hormuz Chokepoint Despite continued disruption at the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint, maritime traffic has not fully collapsed. More ships transiting the Strait with transponders turned off https://t.co/PpEsenCVCE — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 10, 2026 On Tuesday afternoon, reports that a U.S. warship had escorted an oil tanker through the critical […]

European Taxpayers Warn Against Eurobonds: A Looming Fiscal Trap Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In public debate, the introduction of joint European bonds, Eurobonds, has so far often been dismissed as a fantasy. That the European Taxpayers’ Association has now issued a clear warning against joint debt issuance should give critics of the Commission pause. Are the plans for standardized EU bond issuances possibly more advanced than we […]

We Must Invest In Civics For America’s 250th Authored by Hans Zeiger via RealClearEducation, The second week of March is Civic Learning Week. It’s an annual observance marked by civics advocates with webinars, social media campaigns, and a big conference known as the National Forum, organized by the nonprofit iCivics. This year’s National Forum will take place in Philadelphia, as more than 600 civics leaders, educators, and […]

$330 Million In U.S. Reaper Drones Suffer Grim Fate In Operation Epic Fury CBS News sources confirmed that over the eleven-day course of Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. lost eleven General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drones. At roughly $30 million apiece, the losses likely cost taxpayers more than $330 million. The report is based on information from two U.S. officials, who said that losses of the drones, which are designed for […]

ADHD May Not Be A Disorder After All Authored by Amy Denney via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Isaac’s energy level, enthusiasm, and talkativeness were too much—at least for a traditional classroom. He had been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); one psychologist explained that he had a high IQ but low maturity. Illustration by Lumi Liu It wasn’t until Heather Rodden began homeschooling him in […]

Trump Willing To Kill New Ayatollah If He Doesn’t Cede To US Demands It remains increasingly difficult to interpret President Trump, or to take his words at face value, especially when it comes to back-and-forth with reporters on the Iran war and future aims and plans. For example, on Monday, the president was asked at a news briefing in Florida whether Iran’s new leader was a target, to which Trump replied: “The new leader, you […]

Why Fusion Energy Needs To Be American Born – Now More Than Ever Authored by Lawrence Kadish via the Gatestone Institute, The Strait of Hormuz is closed to shipping. Qatar’s energy minister — who, not surprisingly, appears to be lobbying on the side of Iran — is warning that the conflict to prevent it from gaining nuclear weapons could “bring down the economies of the world” and that Gulf nations might shut down their production […]

South Korea Angry Over US Plan To Redeploy Critical Air Defense System To Mideast We previously highlighted that Zelensky’s biggest current worry is that the Iran war and ongoing major US operations there will starve Ukraine of critical arms, and especially long sought-after and expensive anti-air systems and munitions. It’s not just Ukraine expressing alarm, but now South Korea too, with President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday loudly […]

Millennial Men Face Low Testosterone Crisis, Doctors Warn Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Your phone, your food, and your shower gel may be conspiring against your testosterone. At least, that’s what a growing number of urologists are telling their youngest patients. Testosterone-deprived ‘man’ ‘lifts’ weights in his mother’s basement in front of a chemical symbol (illustration: Epoch Times, […]

As SAVE Act Vote Looms, FBI Expands 2020 Election Probe To Arizona The federal government’s post-2020 election reckoning has arrived in Arizona. Warren Petersen, the Arizona Senate President, confirmed Monday that federal investigators came knocking — and he answered.  “Late last week I received and complied with a federal grand jury subpoena for records relating to the Arizona State Senate’s 2020 audit of Maricopa County,” […]

Japan’s Strategic Awakening Authored by Lamont Colucci via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Japan’s strategic awakening is no longer theoretical—it’s unfolding in real time. In recent weeks, Tokyo confirmed plans to deploy advanced surface-to-air missile systems on Yonaguni Island, Japan’s westernmost inhabited territory and only about 70 miles from Taiwan. The deployment is part of a broader effort to strengthen defenses […]

Judicial Sabotage? Obama Judge Blocks Trump Efficiency Reforms For Deportation Appeals A federal judge slammed the brakes on one of the Trump administration’s most aggressive moves yet to make the immigration appeals process more efficient, and he did it the night before the rule was set to go live. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss, an Obama appointee in Washington, D.C., issued his ruling late Sunday, March 8, 2026, vacating […]

Transparency: Suing Schools That Hide Trans Kids’ Identities From Parents Authored by John Murawski via RealClearInvestigations, A few weeks before Christmas in 2022, Amber Lavigne was cleaning her 13-year-old’s bedroom when she stumbled upon her daughter’s secret: a chest binder. She learned that Autumn had been wearing the garment, which girls use to flatten their breasts to achieve a masculine appearance, for about two […]

Fani Spanked Again: Judge Allows Trump And Co-Defendants To Pursue $17 Million In Legal Fees Fani Willis, the disgraced Fulton County, Georgia DA who couldn’t keep her clam in her pants while prosecuting Donald Trump, was just dealt a serious blow this week after a judge denied her attempt to intervene in litigation over the reimbursement of legal fees stemming from her now-dismissed Georgia election case against Trump and several […]

Public Bitcoin Miners Are Dumping Crypto For AI, A Historic Mistake Authored by Juan Galt via BitcoinMagazine.com, There is no doubt about it, this is the age of AI. Corporations are cutting their workforces in half to invest cash flow into hardware, while the stock market remains near all-time highs, mostly thanks to FAANG. OpenClaw, a self-hosted AI agent, has more stars on GitHub than Linux and React, while even Jack Dorsey is […]

AP Shills For Big Pharma Antidepressants With ‘Bewildering’ Hit Piece Check this out… The Trump FDA’s top drug regulator, Dr. Tracy Beth Hoeg, is working to hire a researcher and friend who strongly believes the agency should add new warnings about antidepressants and pregnancy risks.  So what does the Associated Press do? They pen a hit piece, smearing Hoeg, her associate, and suggesting that peer reviewed studies over the […]

Rand Paul Warns Of “Disastrous” Midterms For GOP If Iran War Continues Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a leading voice for non-interventionism within the Republican Party, warned Tuesday that prolonged U.S. military action against Iran could spell disaster for Republicans in the 2026 midterm elections. In an interview on Fox Business with host Maria Bartiromo, Paul downplayed internal party divisions as the main risk, instead pointing to […]

Loans To Non-Banks Threaten Banking Crisis Authored by Christopher Whalen via DailyReckoning.com, Last week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp released the industry data for US banks for 2025. On the surface, the numbers look reassuring, even strong. But beneath the calm headline figures lies a growing risk that investors should not ignore. Domestic deposits increased for the sixth consecutive quarter in Q4 2025 by $318.3 […]

Oracle Jumps On Solid Earnings And Guidance Boost Despite Soaring CapEx And Cash Burn There was much anxiety ahead of Oracle’s Q3 earnings release: yes, revenue growth would be solid but would it come at the expense of even more capex, which has sent the stock price tumbling more than 50% since its record high on Sept 10. In the end, it turned out the company had learned from recent mistakes and projected a goldilocks future: strong […]

Epstein Guard Googled Him Minutes Before Body Found; Bank Made ‘Suspicious Activity Report’ Over Cash Deposits Authored by Jose Nino via HeadlineUSA, A federal correctional officer assigned to monitor Jeffrey Epstein conducted internet searches about the convicted sex offender just moments before his body was discovered and received thousands of dollars in cash deposits in the weeks preceding his death, newly released Justice […]

Trump Threatens ‘Unprecedented Military Consequences’ As Iran Reportedly Starts Mining The Strait Of Hormuz Summary: CNN says the IRGC had already begun laying explosive mines in the vital Strait of Hormuz. Reuters: AS MANY AS 150 US TROOPS WOUNDED SO FAR IN IRAN WAR CBS says US intelligence has begun to see indications Iran is taking steps to deploy mines in Strait of Hormuz shipping lane Divergent signals flying […]

Is This The Chart Pressuring Trump Toward An Iran Off-Ramp Brent crude futures tumbled from nearly $120/bbl early Monday morning to as low as $83/bbl by late Monday afternoon after President Trump said the Iran war could end soon. However, the contract had clawed back some losses and was trading around $91 to $95 Tuesday morning. Trump’s assertion that Operation Epic Fury may end “very soon” only reinforces renewed Trump Always […]

IEA Delivers No SPR Action After Extraordinary Meeting As Crude Jawboning Mania Enters Day Two Update (1514ET):  For a second straight day, G-7 leaders attempted to push crude prices lower with headlines about an “emergency meeting” to discuss a possible Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) release aimed at containing Brent and WTI crude prices. However, by late afternoon in New York, the Financial Times reported that the […]