Great news! A deal between adversaries in the Middle East has been apparently reached. Bad news: It’s between Joe Biden and the Israeli unity government. For the last couple of days, Biden has tried to convince the Israelis not to attack Iran after the mullahs sent hundreds of missiles and drones to attack Israel directly […]
China has been walking a fine line. On one hand it has been presenting itself publicly as a peacemaker that wants to bring and end to the war in Ukraine. On the other hand it is Russia’s biggest trading partner and is helping Russia evade the consequences of western sanctions. Today we’re learning that, according […]
Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Center Square [By Jon Styf] – A Tennessee bill banning incentives for companies from countries of concern advanced in Senate committee after another costly part of the bill was removed. Senate Bill 2426 previously banned tax credits for companies already receiving credits that are from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, […]
China once again tried to make a statement in the South China Sea. Two of its Coast Guard vessels turned water cannons on a resupply ship delivering supplies to a small Philippines’ outpost on Second Thomas Shoal. In this case, the attack did so much damage to the smaller wooden boat that it had to […]
Oh my. Joe Biden picked this fight, and now he’s going to get it — no matter how useless this UN Security Council resolution actually is. And typically for Biden and Antony Blinken, they blundered their way into the hands of Russia and China. First, Biden and Blinken tried to pressure Israel’s unity government to […]
Among science fiction authors there are a few awards which are given out annually to recognize the best novels, novellas, short stories, artists, etc. The most prestigious of these is the Hugo Award named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the magazine Amazing Stories. The first Hugo award was given out in the early 1950s […]
China seems to be gearing up for a fight to preserve its effective control of TikTok. Yesterday a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman compared Congress to bandits. At a news conference in Beijing on Thursday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the vote on the bill “runs contrary to the principles of fair competition and […]
This sounds like a script out of Hollywood — one that Steve Mnuchin himself might have produced. Here’s the pitch: A multi-billionaire with too much time on his hands decides to buy out a social-media platform to save free expression and civil rights in America. Along the way, he meets zany characters like, er, Chinese […]
First it was Evergrande, then it was Country Garden, now China’s #2 property developer by sales volume is in trouble. On Monday, Vanke’s was downgraded to junk status by Moody’s. Moody’s said on Monday it withdrew Vanke’s ‘Baa3’ rating which is the lowest of Moody’s investment grade ratings, and assigned ‘Ba1’ corporate family rating (CFR). […]
Have you ever had this experience? You’re sitting somewhere, maybe at home or maybe out somewhere, and you’re talking to a friend about some particular topic. Then moments later you open your phone and there are new ads which are directly influenced by the thing you’d just been talking about. If you do a Google […]
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