Kim Dotcom knows what it’s like to be spied on. He’s a hacker, and therefore an expert on digital surveillance. He watched our new docuseries on internet privacy, so we invited him to talk to us. What followed was very dark. Watch: pic.twitter.com/YC27VCywz8 — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 7, 2026
Key takeaways Helicopter Crash: A Sikorsky S-64 helicopter crashed near Richfield, Utah while fighting a wildfire, igniting another fire. Conditions of the two people onboard are unknown, and access to the site is delayed due to flames. Oregon Fire Fatality: Jason Ensign, 47, died operating a bulldozer as the Wrights Spring fire grew rapidly, cutting … Read more
Interesting to see it all laid out in simple form. Senator Muskie’s 1970 clean air act required new vehicles to have serious NOX (smog) control. Detroit’s answer was a combination of “It’s impossible”, to the application of catalytic converters. Honda had to be taught what NOX was. That is where they started the race. NOX? … Read more
‘Japanese Walking’ Is Going Viral, and Doctors Say It Actually Works. Between work, kids and everything else pulling at your schedule, squeezing in an hour at the gym can feel impossible. That gap between wanting to feel healthier and actually finding time to move is leaving a lot of people stressed and stuck on the … Read more
What do you get when you combine a 2008 housing bubble, a 2000 dot-com bubble and a 1998 currency bubble? This is the part of market history I keep coming back to. What do you get when you combine the ingredients of three very different crises? A 2008 style housing and credit bubble. A 2000 … Read more
Trump: It's a mistake to be against data centers. I don't think they're unsightly. They're the most incredible buildings I've ever seen pic.twitter.com/0DneH2ojk7 — FactPost (@factpostnews) August 7, 2026 Despite Americans’ growing hostility toward AI data centers—especially near their neighborhoods—President Donald Trump has said that “everything’s good around them” and residents stand to benefit from … Read more
https://www.usdebtclock.org/ National debt is the outstanding financial obligations of a country. The national debt of the United States is what the federal government owes to its creditors. The U.S. has always carried national debt, and the majority of presidents have added to it. However, total national debt has been expanding rapidly since 2008 due to … Read more
Official: Ford’s $29,945 Small EV Truck Is Called Fathom, Not Ranchero The new pickup is almost the same price as Maverick—but is its name going to be a problem? Enough speculation has swirled about Ford’s forthcoming small all-electric pickup truck to fill the bed of an F-350 Super Duty. Today, the Blue Oval lightens that payload somewhat by … Read more
The Pentagon is drafting a new nuclear strategy aimed at giving President Donald Trump more options for using shorter-range nuclear weapons in a potential regional conflict with China, according to a report. The classified effort, led by Under Secretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby, would put greater emphasis on tactical nuclear weapons — systems … Read more
via notayesmanseconomics There has been a flurry of background economic news from China this week and we can start with an issue that the present UK government is attempting to grapple with. China has launched a global hunt for hundreds of billions of dollars in unpaid taxes going back decades as Beijing seeks to fill … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided federal appeals court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must stop construction of the $400 million White House ballroom because Congress has not approved the project, a decision he blasted as “unjust” while vowing to appeal it to the nation’s highest court. Trump doesn’t have the unilateral authority to … Read more
Los Angeles Democrats are offering people $600 if they agree to not use their car for 5 weeks and instead use the LA Metro “Get paid not to drive” Participants will be tracked with an app to make sure they only use public transit, walk, bike or carpool “$600 just to try out its system … Read more
Incoming students will no longer get real grades. Just “Pass” or “No Credit.” All in the name of “mental health.” No more A’s. No more F’s. No distinction between the kid who worked his ass off and the one who barely showed up. They’re turning a competitive university into expensive daycare. In a world where … Read more
Gold at $4,300 sounds expensive until you measure it against the money supply. Divide global M2 by every ounce ever mined and you get gold's fair value. That ratio has climbed for two decades and points at $20,000. Every dollar printed dilutes the last. Gold is the one money no… pic.twitter.com/hOyqpsnJYp — Kurt S. Altrichter, … Read more
No, Iran is not fully aware of that. They are using it and will use both Straits to wreak economical havoc. And they know they are fully safe until the end of midterms elections. They much more than fully aware https://t.co/tid6jnaAKm — Data Driven Stocks (@stockdatamarket) August 7, 2026 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Sec. Bessent on Iran: "We … Read more
All signs are pointing to the total and imminent collapse of the United States housing market. What is about to happen will make 2008 look like nothing. Don’t say you haven’t been warned. https://t.co/MSz9acoaeR — Eric Spracklen 🇺🇸 (@EricSpracklen) August 7, 2026 The nations largest mortgage lender has suspended dividends as their stock crashes 88% … Read more
Archaeologists have officially discovered a massive, completely lost ancient civilization hidden deep beneath the Amazon rainforest using advanced LiDAR laser technology. A sprawling, pre-Columbian network of cities that completely rewrites human history. pic.twitter.com/rFgUhosIbk — Earth (@earthcurated) August 1, 2026 The first European explorers reported there were cities of 10’s of thousand of people along the … Read more
A vampire graveyard in Poland contains more than 100 human burials, including at least 30 in which the dead were pinned down, locked in place, or positioned to stop them from rising. Archaeologists have studied the unmarked cemetery near Pień, close to Ostromecko, since 2005. Excavations at the site have uncovered a young woman with … Read more
WATCH: Police release new CCTV footage of the Twin Falls, Idaho, shooting that left 3 dead and 7 injured. The suspect later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. pic.twitter.com/nK51Y86ukd — Scope Report (@ScopeReport_) August 7, 2026 h/t 1guynAz
