politics

Dumbocracy Achieved: ACT Test Scores For US Students Drop To 30-Year Low

from ZeroHedge: The government-enforced lockdown of schools and months of forced remote learning during Covid have devastated the education of America’s future leaders. New data on ACT college admissions tests shows high school students’ scores have plunged to the lowest in over three decades. According to data published by ACT, the nonprofit organization that administers the […]

Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision Says Another Financial Crisis Could Cost U.S. $5 Trillion to $25 Trillion – Potentially as Much as 100 Percent of GDP

by Pam Martens and Russ Martens, Wall St On Parade: On Monday, Michael Barr, the Vice Chair for Supervision at the Federal Reserve, addressed a contentious issue in a speech before the American Bankers Association’s annual convention in Nashville. The topic was why federal banking regulators have proposed higher capital levels for the largest U.S. […]

Did Israel Just Experience a 9/11-Style “Intelligence Failure”?

by Kevin Barrett, The Unz Review: Probably not. Here’s why. Yes, Israel’s failure to foresee and mitigate Operation al-Aqsa Flood was a monumental intelligence failure. But did elements of Israel’s government deliberately stand down their defense of the Gaza border wall? That’s the clear insinuation of David Ignatius’s new Washington Post article, which compares al-Aqsa Flood to the […]

Time Is Running Out As We Witness Middle East And European Wars With Nuclear Capable Countries Taking Different Sides – Can You Survive In The Aftermath?

by Stefan Stanford, All News Pipeline: No matter which side of the Hamas/Israel war you come down on, when we step back and look at events happening right now, including the Ukraine/Russian war which has been raging since February 2022, it is clear we are witnessing events that will alter the world as we know […]

Hamas Hides Behind Civilians

by Martin Armstrong, Armstrong Economics: Anyone inciting more violence does not understand that the civilians are trapped. Hamas continually hides behind civilians because they are cowards pretending to be men who attack vulnerable children and women on BOTH sides. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed this fact shortly after the group overtook Gaza and portions of […]