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23 Aug 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne
19 years ago today (8/22), the Korean Broadcast System interviewed me in New York about dissent in America after 9/11. A quaint issue by today's standards. They even used my song "George Bush, What's Your Problem?" as the bumper music. These are the...
17 Aug 2025 2 minute read 5 comments rah
When I first joined secondary school I was the kind of kid who got picked on (unless you knew me of course - see below). I was skinny, bespectacled and nerdy. Everything that I believe our American cousins would call a Poindexter. To all intents and...
12 Aug 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Biz Wisdom
What happens when 2 countries tariff each other? . I would think theoretically the country more dependent on the other one loses money. . Both countries lose. . Nothing really. Unless they're going full and tariffing every single product at 10% plus...
6 Aug 2025 1 minute read 2 comments Yugocean
Amanda Fisher compares Liquid Staking with Lehman Brothers risk Amanda Fisher, former chief of staff to SEC Chairman Gary Gensler, has likened liquid staking in crypto to the controversial "rehypothecation" practices that played a key role in th...
25 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Yugocean
Targeting Institutional Clients Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino has announced the company's intention to re-enter the US market, this time with a focus on institutional clients. While it’s unclear when Tether officially exited the US market, Ardoino’s...
21 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Vladan Lausevic
📝 TLDR The Carnegie Endowment’s July 2025 paper by Carothers, Kleinfeld, and Youngs presents a clear warning that international democracy support is in crisis. Major disruptions, especially under Trump in the U.S., have gutted funding and dismant...
20 Jul 2025 2 minute read 10 comments Vladan Lausevic
In a recent piece for Liberal Currents, Gary T. Gunnels reviews Quinn Slobodian’s provocative new book, Hayek’s Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right (2025). The article, titled “The Bastards of Mont Pèlerin,” offers a disturb...
19 Jul 2025 1 minute read 5 comments Yugocean
Trump Enacts the Genius Act US President Donald Trump has signed the Genius Act into law, aiming to establish clearer regulations for stablecoins. The presence of Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino and Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire at the signing suggests tha...
7 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Imad Eddine Aris
Why haven’t the Russians ended the war in Ukraine despite their superiority? When it comes to Ukraine, there’s no comparison between Western and Russian military production. The Russians outmatch the Ukrainians in ammunition, repaired equipment,...
6 Jul 2025 3 minute read 1 comment Liberland TV
249 years of liberty. On July 4th, the United States celebrates its Independence Day, marking the historic moment in 1776 when the Thirteen Colonies declared their sovereignty from British rule. Far across the Atlantic, the Free Republic of Lib...
