Can someone please explain to me why Venezuelans are so happy to escape the warmth of collectivism?

China stood by and watched its "ironclad ally" fall in hours. Remember the "Oval Office" incident that had the entire Western world crying, "The US has abandoned Europe!" If there was any question as to which superpower countries want as an ally, it was answered this morning.

To the new Venezuelan oil bulls with the "300 Billion Barrels" largest-in-the-world reserves charts today, the real number is 25 billion. Congratulations, welcome to the Orinoco Belt. API Gravity: 8° ("Extra Heavy"). Sulfur: High ("Sour"). Metals: Yes, lots of Vanadium (poison

$XOM at all-time highs with oil at $61 bbl. What a time to be alive.

Who could have seen this coming?

Maybe the best description of America I have ever read.

Davos is basically all the people who have created the problems, denied their existence and then called us names for pointing them out... explaining what the problems are and how we desperately need to fix them.

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Peak #WEF on display. Only liberal arts majors and HR administrators can listen to something like this and nod their heads in agreement. "I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul."

2026 has been a disaster, but there's always a silver lining.

AI capex spend will not support labor markets. It will support some corporate profits. It will support construction spending. It will meaningfully support US GDP. It will support some commodity prices. It will not drive up inflation. It will confuse the Fed.

The funny thing about forcing people to obtain a passport to vote is that people who haven't seen first hand the inadequacy of gov't bureaucracy (getting a passport will force that interaction) are about to, and that will likely change their mind on voting for another socialist.

BRICS -> BICS

AOC is little more than a tik-tok grade political influencer who has been handed a real microphone. The fact that she has been voted into any office is proof that social media has rotted the brains of an entire generation. She is beyond embarrassing.

We’re excited to share that Lockheed Martin has joined us on our mission to mass-produce portable nuclear reactors. This strategic investment further oversubscribes Radiant’s current financing round and adds decades of defense expertise to our team of investors and partners.

AOC Condemns Spain For Stealing Mexico’s Language buff.ly/psCGX2S

Dems went from "We choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy, but because it is hard" to this... assuming people are so poor, stupid, and lazy that they can't figure out how to get an ID. Gavin Newsom is a race peddling moron who expects you to be just as racist and dumb.

If this were 2016, with the amount of firepower parked in the Middle East and Iran apparently declining whatever terms the US is laying down, oil would be at $150/bbl. The geopolitical risk premium in oil markets is zero.

Quality once again from jacob l. shapiro jashap.substack.com/p/no-mas-mencho

Iranians are crying tears of joy while liberals are crying tears because Trump did it. Let that sink in.