Last week, we examined how half of the new jobs added in June were government jobs, according to the official data. It was the weakest month for private-sector jobs in nine months. We also saw that unemployment claims last month reached the highest levels since 2018 (ex covid). 

Retail sales were down for May with the AP reporting, “The figure was pulled down by a steep drop in auto sales, after Americans ramped up their car-buying in March to get ahead of Trump’s 25% duty on imported cars and car parts. Excluding autos, sales fell 0.3% in May.”

There is almost complete unanimity among economists that the most important role of the central bank is to attain price stability. Allegedly, the policy of price stability promotes economic growth and individual well-being.

Israel is a nuclear armed state! Some claim it has 90-400 nuclear warheads and has not signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). One Knesset Minister revealed the truth of their military nuclear arsenal.

“I’d probably be cooking meth if I wasn’t a UFC fighter.”—Sean Strickland, UFC fighter and former middleweight champion

“You have to be objective about your skills and abilities to compete in [martial arts].”—Joe Rogan

People have the right to defend themselves. That claim isn’t especially controversial. What is less obvious is that people also need to know how to defend themselves. And in a world saturated with fake martial arts and ineffective self-defense techniques, gaining that knowledge is harder than it sounds.