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• President Donald J. Trump announced significant changes to the Federal procurement policy to enhance competition, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The existing Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) will be revamped through a comprehensive review by…
• Thomas Steven Sanders, a convicted child murderer whose federal death sentence was commuted by Joe Biden in December 2024 through his autopen, has been indicted for first-degree murder by a Louisiana grand jury.​ Sanders was originally sentenced to…
• There are some major indications appearing in Trends and Patterns. Some are geo-political (so this is the right blog). Some are cultural (so, not the right blog, but... so what?) There are probably Origami Trends as well, so... Jambalaya time at Smoking…
• The G20 consists of 19 countries, as well as the African Union and European Union, together making up 80% of the global economy and two-thirds of the population. South Africa will hold the presidency of the G20 until November 2025, when it will be…
• It was supposed to be a routine campaign pit stop, the kind of low-stakes political affair where candidates smile like used car salesmen and dish out platitudes thicker than Ontario maple syrup. Instead, Mark Carney found himself dodging verbal bricks…
• Thomas Piketty Professor at EHESS and the Paris School of Economics. The American president wants the 'Pax Americana' to be sustained by tribute payments from the rest of the world in order to endlessly fund US deficits. But with American power already…
• As most of the world has been focused on President Trump’s economic policies and tariffs this past week, he continued to forge ahead to fulfill his campaign promise to restore the Zionist lobby in the U.S. as the “most powerful lobby in the U.S. by…
• U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced in a Cabinet meeting on Thursday that the government has launched a “massive testing and research effort” to determine what causes autism. He said the effort involves…
• Recent studies link fluoride in drinking water to significant increases in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and ADHD in children. A Florida study of 73,000+ children found a 526% higher ASD rate in areas with fluoridated water, alongside rises in…
• The past trading week (April 7-11) in the financial markets was marked by sky-high volatility (that is, huge amplitudes of fluctuations in quotations), not seen since covid, and in some parameters (for example, in the range of intraday fluctuations of…