Bonds Treasury yields climb as bonds sell off and fear grows that Fed rate cuts are off the table
The 10-year Treasury yield — the benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — added nearly 10 basis points to 4.382%....
Is Trump really planning a ground invasion of Iran?
“[The Pentagon] announced the deployment of 5,000 marines and sailors, as well as USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship, to the Middle East, signalling the possibility of a ground operation.”
61% on non-MAGA Republicans support the war
Politico: Support for the war among all Republicans remains solid, even among non-MAGA GOP. Republicans only oppose wars when a Democrat is president.
Saudi Arabia predicts oil will spike to $180
“I don’t think $150 is out of the question in another month…You start talking about June, I’ll give you $180.”
In the Pink
[Free Will: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas Pink (Oxford University Press, 2004; x + 134 pp.)]
Sterile Money, Fiat Sex: The End of Growth, in One Lesson
AERC 2026
It’s Not Anarcho-Tyranny, It’s Interventionist Non-Intervention
In 1994, Sam Francis originally coined a term: “anarcho-tyranny.” He described this phenomenon as “the combination of oppressive government power against the innocent and the law-abiding and, simultaneously, a grotesque paralysis of the ability or the will to use that power to carry out basic public duties such as protection or public safety.”
