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xkcd.com Friday, August 1, 2025 - 10:00 Source

Achilles was a mighty warrior, but his Achilles' heel was his heel.

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 09:30 Source

King dollar is back. AUD is beheaded by the king. Lead boots give up. Oil and gold mark time. Metlas mania implodes. Big mininig, big bear intact. EM flames out. Junk OK. Yields firm. Stocks stall. The market is just far too short US dollars triggering a short squeeze. As its economy and assets outperform.

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Your Democracy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 09:29 Source

Records obtained by U.S. intelligence officials indicate the FBI would play a role in putting “more oil into the fire” of the Russia collusion hoax ahead of the 2016 presidential election, according to newly declassified documents released Thursday. 

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 09:00 Source

Sticky tariff induced inflation in the US overnight sent Wall Street lower as the expectation of rate cuts were diced as the latest PCE came in higher than expected. The Trump regime continues to bully Canada with the probability of 35% tariffs rising as no deal or framework before the August 1st “deadline” while Mexico just

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Your Democracy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 08:14 Source

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 08:00 Source

Data from the Australian Energy Market Operator shows that wholesale electricity prices on the East Coast were 23% higher year-on-year in the June quarter. The wholesale price averaged $140 per megawatt-hour during the quarter—the highest level since 2022, when the wholesale price topped $260 per megawatt-hour following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. AEMO attributed the spike

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Your Democracy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 06:42 Source

US President Donald Trump has issued a warning to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, calling him a “failed”leader and cautioning him against combative rhetoric.

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Your Democracy Friday, August 1, 2025 - 05:55 Source

 

Through its love affair with Israel and intimidated by the Zionist lobby, our legacy media has enabled the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, Israel’s apartheid regime and the illegal occupation of Palestinian land over the past century.

 

John Menadue

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MacroBusiness Friday, August 1, 2025 - 00:02 Source

At the end of 2024, CoreLogic (now Cotality) reported that Australians were paying a record share of their income to rent the median home. Cotality’s latest quarterly rental report also noted that median rents have increased by 43% nationally over the past five years, forcing the typical tenant household to pay $10,350 extra per year

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Your Democracy Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 20:04 Source

 

History sneers. Raw. Cyclical. Cruel. Every peace treaty gives birth to a field of ruins. Every solemn oath transforms, as soon as it is proclaimed, into a broken promise. Subtly—and sometimes ferociously.

 

From Potsdam 1945 to Istanbul 2025: The Metaphysics of Broken Promises

BY Cassandre G

 

The Tainted Oath

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MacroBusiness Thursday, July 31, 2025 - 16:30 Source

While north Atlantic share markets remain buoyant due to solid earnings on Wall Street and the implied stability of the new US/EU trade deal “framework”, Asian share markets are weaker nearly across the board as peripheral nations – including India and Brazil – await the self imposed tariff deadline tomorrow set by the Trump regime.

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