Japan Sends Troops To Combat Spike In Fatal Bear Attacks Authored by Guy Birchall via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Japan deployed troops to the north of the country on Nov. 5 to help control bears in the area, after local authorities said they were struggling to cope with an unprecedented wave of attacks. A black bear stands near the side of Highway 881 near Conklin, Alberta, on May 10, 2016. The Canadian Press/Jonathan […]

“Cut The Federal Budget In Half… And Get More Done…” Elon Musk told Joe Rogan, during his latest podcast appearance, that given unlimited powers (which he doubts is possible in our supposedly democratic regime), he could “cut the federal budget in half.. and get more done.” Reflecting on his disappointing efforts at DOGE (which he notes were stalled by both the left and the right not wanting to end the grift), Musk notes the […]

Family Violence Against Seniors In Canada Reaches Record High Authored by Chandra Philip via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Incidents of family violence against Canadian seniors has hit a record high, according to data from Statistics Canada. The recently released StatCan report found that the number of seniors mistreated by a family member has risen 49 percent since 2018. StatCan analyzed police-reported incidents of family […]

“That’d Be So Sick!”: Sydney Sweeney May Bounce Into The Ring For Charity Boxing Match Sydney Sweeney, who may or may not have ‘perfect titties’ (she does), has hinted at getting in the ring for a charity boxing match. The 28-year-old actress has packed on 35 pounds to play world champion boxer Christy Martin in a new sports biopic out Nov. 7, and tells SportsCasting that she may put on the gloves for real. “There was a […]

US To Cut Flights By 10% At 40 Airports As Shutdown Persists Air traffic at 40 major US airports will be cut by 10% starting Friday as travelers continue to face flight disruptions due to a spike in air traffic controller absences during what is now the longest government shutdown on record.  During a Wednesday press briefing alongside the leader of the Federal Aviation Administration, Bryan Bedford, US transportation secretary […]

China Orders State-Funded Data Centers Not To Use Foreign AI Chips Yesterday we said that with Beijing giving Trump a list of 4 “red lines” he should note cross (including i) Taiwan, ii) democracy and human rights, iii) China’s political system, and iv) development rights), the countdown to the end of the trade truce has started because there is no more certain way to get Trump to do something than to tell him he shouldn’t.  And […]

“We’re Coming After You” – How Some On The Left Found Peace Through Hate Authored by Jonathan Turley, In Shakespeare’s Richard III, Queen Elizabeth — whose husband King Edward IV was overthrown and her twins taken to the Tower — asks the older Queen Margaret (widow of the murdered King Henry VI) to “teach me how to curse mine enemies.” The Queen responds that it is easy: “Think that thy babes were sweeter than they […]

Trump Considering Menu Of Venezuela Attack Options, Including Oil-Field Seizures Though Donald Trump campaigned on pledges to end America’s endless wars and regime change campaigns, the White House has now assembled a list of potential military attacks on Venezuela, with the president and senior officials evaluating the associated risks of each option, the New York Times reported on Tuesday. Those options include the seizure of oil […]

Median Age For First-Time Home Buyer Hits 40, A Record High Authored by Brett Rowland via The Center Square, The median age for a first-time home buyer just hit 40, a record high, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors.  The median buyer age increased to a peak of 59 years, up from 56 the previous year. The median age of first-time buyers increased to 40 this year from 38 the previous year, while […]

Democrat Election Victories Fail To Spark Mass Mobilization Around White House The longest U.S. government shutdown in history certaintly hurt Republicans, as Democrats scored victories in Tuesday’s elections, including socialist Zohran Mamdani becoming New York City’s next mayor, and Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill winning their respective gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey. However, none of that momentum rolled […]

US Household Debt Hits Record $18.6 Trillion As Student Loan Defaults Explode The NY Fed published its Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit. Surprising exactly no-one, the report showed that total household debt increased by $197 billion (1%) in Q3 2025, to a new record high of $18.59 trillion. split between $13.5 trillion in housing debt and $5.1 trillion in non-housing debt. “Household debt balances are growing at a […]

The Corrupt Anatomy Of The SNAP Panic Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Americans ought to be deeply embarrassed at the national panic over the future of food stamps. The level of dependency on this program (42 million people and 22 million households) runs contrary to our entire civic culture and history. It is a betrayal of the founding vision of commerce, independence, and agronomy. It reveals a fundamentally […]

Abrupt Sentiment Shift Rocks Gen Z: Restaurants Warn Of Spending Drop As Student Loan “Default Cliff” Arrives The Trump administration faces a worsening macroeconomic backdrop for younger, lower- and middle-income consumers, burdened by student debt, costly auto loans, high apartment rents, and depleted savings amid a persistently high interest rate environment.  Early signs of financial strain emerged at the tail end of the […]

How Long Does US Depositors’ Nerve Hold? Authored by Tuomas Malinen via GnS Economics Newsletter, I am returning to work slowly and will start with an update to the Bank Run Warning we issued on Friday. Not a single financial institution sought funding through the SRF today (Wednesday), but this does not lead me to conclude that the risk of a banking crisis in the U.S. has passed. It just did not start right now. While the […]

Apple Taps Rival Google’s 1.2-Trillion-Parameter AI Model To Power Siri Remember when the iPhone 16 launched in September 2024 and Apple promised “Apple Intelligence” features, such as an AI-powered Siri upgrade capable of handling autonomous tasks, that never fully materialized.  For now, Apple will integrate Google’s 1.2 trillion-parameter Gemini model to overhaul Siri, the most alarming sign yet that Tim Cook has to rely on […]

When Debt Meets Diamond Hands Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance These lessons go for pretty much any asset class, but where I’ve noticed the largest concentration of inane theories, economic non-sequiturs and general outright confusion is among the most hubris-laden speculators in the market, the Bitcoin crowd. I own some Bitcoin and would love it just as much as the next guy if the price went to $1 million or $1 trillion or […]

JPMorgan Discloses Government Probe Into Debanking Practices US regulators are examining whether JPMorgan Chase has denied customers fair access to banking, as pressure grows over debanking decisions that were made against conservative figures, according to reporting from Financial Times and the company’s 10-Q filing. In its quarterly filing, the bank noted it was “responding to requests from government authorities and other […]

“Too Late To Retreat”: Key Ukrainian Logistics Hub Near Fully Captured By Russia, “No Sign Of Counter-Offensive” Via Remix News, A key logistics hub in Ukraine’s eastern defense network, Pokrovsk, is close to falling, with a number of sources indicating between 85 and 95 percent of the city is controlled by Russian forces. One Hungarian security expert is warning that a counterattack could be disastrous for Ukraine. With the […]

Biden-Appointed D.C. Judge Orders White House To Provide Sign Language Interpreters For Press Briefings Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A federal judge ruled on Nov. 5 that the White House must provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation during press briefings held by President Donald Trump and press secretary Karoline Leavitt. The decision followed a lawsuit filed in May by the National Association of the […]

US Urges UN To Lift Sanctions On Syrian Leader Ahead Of Washington Visit Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The United States has put forth a draft resolution within the U.N. Security Council meant to end sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, leader of the Islamist militant and political group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The proposal comes ahead of al-Sharaa’s anticipated meeting with President Donald […]

“Contrary To Human Nature”: VDH Reminds Us That Mamdani-Style Socialism Always Ends In Disaster Victor Davis Hanson is warning that Democrats’ move towards socialism and their embrace of figures such as Zohran Mamdani is not going to end well. Mamdani, a socialist who’s promised to redistribute wealth, and insists that “taxation isn’t theft, capitalism is” – is pushing politics that VDH says are ‘contrary to human nature.’ […]

Plugging One Goal With The Other By Elwin de Groot, Head of Macro Strategy at Rabobank Markets were in a risk-off mood yesterday, led by a sell-off in tech shares and growing investor concerns about valuations and policy risks. The US made the books with the longest government shutdown in its history. The S&P lost 1.2%, the Eurostoxx 50 index fell 0.4%. The risk-off tone resulted in lower yields across the board, albeit […]

Things Aren’t Looking Great For Trump In Supreme Court Tariff Arguments Odds of the Supreme Court siding with Trump over tariffs tumbled on Wednesday, after conservative justices Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, and Coney Barrett asked tough questions during oral arguments in two cases.  After the first hour of argument, the Trump administration’s case justifying tariffs looked to be in serious trouble – specifically his claim that a […]

Trump Drafting Executive Order On Election Integrity After Alleging Ballot Fraud In California Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said an executive order is being drafted to strengthen U.S. elections and curb mail-in ballot fraud, after President Donald Trump alleged that California’s mail voting system “is rigged” and parts of it are under “legal and criminal […]

Consumer Squeeze Hits Home Renovation Spending As Leading Deck-Maker Shares Collapse Shares of Trex Company, best known for its wood-alternative composite decking, plunged the most since the Dot Com bust in premarket trading after the company’s fourth-quarter net sales forecast came in below Bloomberg Consensus estimates. Analysts warned that soft consumer spending trends and a deteriorating home-improvement backdrop are weighing on […]