Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy

zerohedge.com Taxing Unrealized Gains Would Obliterate The U.S. Economy Submitted by QTR's Fringe Finance Having used up all of the rest of the batshit, insane, counterintuitive economic…

These Countries Saw The Largest 'Happiness' Gains Since 2010

zerohedge.com These Countries Saw The Largest 'Happiness' Gains Since 2010 In 2011, Bhutan sponsored a UN resolution that invited governments to prioritize happiness and well-being as a…

‘Patriots’ Theater Review: Michael Stuhlbarg Stars in Peter Morgan’s Chronicle of Russian Oligarchs Who Fueled Putin’s Rise

hollywoodreporter.com Peter Morgan’s new play Patriots, now on Broadway, opens with an awareness of its audience. “In the West you have no idea,” Boris Berezovksy (an excellent Michael Stuhlbarg)…

The Great American Sellout: Congress Chooses Foreign Aid Over Border Security

tftc.io In a recent development that has left many American citizens disillusioned, Congress has once again showcased its ability for bipartisan cooperation, not to bolster domestic…

Matt Gaetz reveals new plan for Ukraine aid money

newsweek.com Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican, revealed a new plan for the money that the U.S. may get back from Ukraine if a new aid bill gets passed. On Wednesday, House…

The European Commission Is Preparing To Sue Germany Over Its Gas Tariffs

zerohedge.com The European Commission Is Preparing To Sue Germany Over Its Gas Tariffs Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Unnamed Reuters sources said on Wednesday that the…

Russia Restoring Oil Refining Capacity After Ukrainian Suicide Drone Strikes

zerohedge.com Russia Restoring Oil Refining Capacity After Ukrainian Suicide Drone Strikes With Western sanctions widely failing against Russia, as well as Ukraine's depleted air force…

Marjorie Taylor Greene challenged by Democrat to visit Holocaust museum

newsweek.com Jewish congressman Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat, challenged Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, on Wednesday to visit a Holocaust museum…

Yes, Real Socialism Has Been Tried

thecornellreview.org Over the past 100 years or so, socialist experiments around the world unleashed a vast tide of tyranny, starvation, and mass murder on a scale never seen before in human…

Europe, US divided over support for Ukraine’s strikes on Russian oil

semafor.com Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from the The Washington Post, Kyiv Post, and the Institute for the Study of War The News Repeated Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries…

BRICS Summit 2024: Will European Nations Attend?

watcher.guru The annual BRICS Summit is slated for later this year, likely during the latter half of the summer as it was last year. The summit sees the group’s nations, interested…

Mapping Afghanistan’s untapped natural resources

aljazeera.com Afghanistan is believed to hold more than $1 trillion worth of mineral resources and metals but faces many challenges in tapping them. Deep beneath the ground in one of the…

Liz Cheney rebukes Marjorie Taylor Greene's Putin rant

newsweek.com It has been a little over two years since Putin launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine in February 2022. As the conflict rages on, support for the war-torn country is…

How Is the OECD's Development Aid Used?

statista.com Set up as the Development Assistance Group in 1960, the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has become a key pillar in the OECD's strategy of furthering economic…