“In War: Resolution,
In Defeat: Defiance,
In Victory: Magnanimity
In Peace: Good Will.” —Winston S. Churchill, The Second World War

If you know anyone who likes to romanticize the past before the Industrial Revolution, show them this chart. Today, if a man is under 5'6, he's considered unusually short. But that would have been unusually tall for practically all of European history until the twentieth

This is how democracies end. If this does not alarm you, I don't know what will. Konstantin Kisin

Dubai’s most valuable asset was never the tax rate. It was the feeling of safety. That feeling is now a line item on a risk assessment. Two Indian entrepreneurs in Dubai watched the first Iranian missiles and drones arrive. They immediately tried to transfer more than $100,000

🚨NEW: The streets are literally on fire in Tehran right now. It could also be a DeLorean that just went back to the future too.

BREAKING: The US and Israel are discussing sending special forces into Iran to seize its stockpile of enriched uranium, per Axios. Details include: 1. Iran currently holds 450 kilograms of 60%-enriched uranium 2. The US says this is convertible to weapons grade "within weeks"

What could be worse than an ISIS terrorist? An ISIS terrorist trust-fund kid

BREAKING: Oil prices collapse below $84/barrel, now down over -30% since last night’s highs.

So much fraud, so few perp walks.

The cost of four automakers’ electric vehicle restructuring is now approaching $70 billion, following Honda Motor Co.’s decision to cancel three planned models adding to the global financial hit. #EVs #electricvehicles #Honda #automotive #autoindustry

A Soviet Prisoner Invented a 10-Second Test for Freedom Natan Sharansky spent 9 years in a Gulag. When he got out, he had one question for every society he visited. It takes 10 seconds to answer. And most Americans have never heard it.

What happened in 2021?

Sports | USA makes history: First time a country wins Olympic and Paralympic gold in all three ice hockey tournaments zurl.co/K8RDb

Your financialized economy in a nutshell.

Happy St Patty’s Day youtube.com/watch?v=hVLgxl…

#FailedIndustrialPolicy #BogusEnvironmentalPolicy

Nissan will ship its U.S.-made Murano crossover to Japan, joining Honda and likely Toyota in reverse-importing vehicles with steering wheels on the wrong side for the home market. #Nissan #Toyota #Honda #automotive #autoindustry

Perhaps they can dual-purpose it as a high-speed rail bridge and cut the cost in half?

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