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How Americans Spend Their Time On Weekdays Vs Weekends
The rhythm of American life changes significantly when the workweek ends. Weekends and holidays bring more time for rest, recreation, chores, and social connections. At the same time, work and education occupy a much smaller share of the day. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows how Americans aged 15 and older redistribute their time between weekdays and non-workdays. The data for this visualization comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey.
Spain's Vox Party Demands Morocco Pay For Migration Crisis As Ceuta Faces Public Health Disaster
Via Remix News, A massive influx of migrants into Spain’s Ceuta has pushed the autonomous city’s healthcare infrastructure to the brink of collapse, prompting urgent warnings from medical professionals and triggering a fierce political battle in Madrid over who should foot the bill.
What To Expect From El Niño And La Niña?
As a strong El Niño phenomenon is being predicted for the coming months, large parts of the United States can potentially expect a wet and stormy fall and winter. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz details below, this is seen in data from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University.
Why Are They Getting Free Sh*t?
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A major British telecoms giant is supplying thousands of free SIM cards loaded with six months of data to a charity that hands them out to illegal migrants arriving in the UK via boats, it has been revealed.
Inside Five Years Of Taliban Rule Since US Chaotic Exit
Via Middle East Eye Five years after the Taliban’s return to power on August 15, 2021, Afghanistan has transformed from a chaotic battlefield into a functioning but deeply authoritarian state. Foreign troops are gone, and fragmented opponents have failed to mount a significant challenge to Kabul’s centralized control. The movement has established a degree of internal security unimaginable under the previous government.
Where In The World Are The Beer Lovers?
While many countries have their own special days to celebrate beer, one of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to humankind, International Beer Day is aimed at beer drinkers everywhere. Every first Friday in August, special events are held in bars and pubs around the world. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz details below, some countries' inhabitants might be more prone to celebrate than others.
How Much Money Should You Convert To A Roth Each Year?
Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times, A Roth conversion allows you to turn funds in a traditional IRA into a Roth IRA. As a result, you get to enjoy qualified tax-free withdrawals in retirement. And you avoid the required minimum distributions (RMDs) that may trigger major tax consequences for retirees. Roth conversions can deliver major tax benefits, but knowing how much to convert is crucial.
The Massachusetts Abortion Law Could Backfire On Democrats
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey spent this week signing away one of the last hard limits on abortion in a state that already ranked among the most permissive in the country, and now even some of her own party's lawmakers think she went too far. The Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act strips away the state's statutory ban on abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy.
A Tour Of America's Blue-topias
Authored by Spyridon Andrews via the Abstract Truth Substack, I lived in Massachusetts for a number of years and even at one time owned a home there. The home was in a town called Cotuit, on the Cape, a small, pretty town that recalled the atmosphere of the television show Lost or the novel Lord of the Flies. There was an equivalent feeling of desolation and desperation and the strange notion that cannibal zombies ran the town.
Trump: 9 Months At Sea For USS Lincoln 'Not Nearly Long Enough'
President Trump shrugged off mounting concerns over the welfare of 5,000 sailors aboard the USS Lincoln on Friday, denying that family members were worried and telling reporters that nine months at sea was "not nearly long enough." His remarks came on the same day that he promised an audience that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, and that higher gas prices were a small price to pay so that a "very evil country" wouldn't obtain "a nuclear weapon." The media's questioning...
Are China's Surveillance Exports Turning Nations Into Digital Dictatorships?
Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times, Is Beijing hoping to turn other authoritarian societies into digital Chinas? China’s rise as the world’s leading exporter of surveillance technology is yielding some disturbing results. Beijing’s surveillance export packages comprise an entire technological architecture that can give governments an unprecedented ability to see, identify, and track their populations.
"This Feels Different": Goldman Flows Guru Spots Something Changing Under The Market's Surface
In what was a relatively quiet week by 2026 standards, one of Goldman Sachs' top traders reports that re-risking continued while equity volatility reset sharply lower. Flows guru, Lee Coppersmith, says the dominant theme remains the collapse in single-stock implied volatility - and the resulting pain in dispersion - as hedge funds pile back into equities, Korea snaps its longest losing streak since 2008 with a 13% surge and plunging vol, and gold re-enters the conversation.
Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Judges?
Authored by Matthew Andersson via AmericanThinker.com, There is growing interest in whether an “ai” or, artificial intelligence judge can make better rulings than a human one. This is understandable as many legal decisions are either wrong or flawed in some critical way. Partisan politics and “lawfare" also continue to corrupt the legal system to a degree that has undermined its fundamental credibility, including public trust.
"Won't Be Short-Lived": JPMorgan Warns Next Global Food Crisis Could Erupt Next Year
JPMorgan is the latest institutional research desk to warn that the next global food crisis may already be taking shape, driven by what its analysts describe as the "Five Ws": War, Weather, Warehousing, Water, and Waste.
Fauci In Hiding As ABC Censorship Bombshell Explodes
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Dr. Anthony Fauci just refused a private transcribed interview with Sen. Ron Johnson's subcommittee. The same week, a former ABC News correspondent revealed that the network gutted a 2021 Wuhan lab leak investigation after the script was sent to Fauci for review. The pattern is unmistakable. Stonewall. Censor. Invoke privilege. Repeat. On Friday, Fauci's attorney notified Sen.
More Than Half Of Gen Z Investors Have Moved Money Into Sports Bets
A growing share of young Americans is folding sports gambling into their long-term financial plans, according to new research from the investment platform Betterment. In an online survey of 1,000 U.S. retail investors conducted in late March and early April and released this week, 52% of Gen Z investors said they had shifted money originally set aside for stocks or other investments into sports wagers over the past year.
Rage Politics: Hakeem Jeffries Will Take A Baseball Bat To The Supreme Court
Authored by Jonathan Turley, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has struggled to pander to the mob to secure power in the midterm elections, including brandishing a baseball bat on social media to show his radical bona fides. With Democratic Socialists chanting “you’re next” when seeing Jeffries, he continues to struggle to stay in front of the mob. This week, he doubled down on his pledge to throw the Supreme Court to the mob if they make him the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Here's Goldman's Limited-Loss AI Trade As 'Dispersion' Bomb Looms
The market backdrop has turned more constructive in recent weeks, supported by resilient earnings growth, cleaner factor positioning, and a moderation in geopolitical risk.
Woke 2.0 Will Be Worse
Authored by Spencer Klavan via AmericanMind.org, Readers familiar with Dr. Seuss’s classic, The Cat in the Hat, will remember the twin chaos agents Thing 1 and Thing 2. “‘These Things are good Things,’” the Cat reassures the children whose mother has inexplicably left them under the supervision of a fish. “‘They are tame.
Ukraine Hits Key Russian Space Facility With Flamingo Cruise Missiles
Ukraine's long-range drone attacks have frequently targeted military bases and oil refinery and energy sites of late, and more recently warehouses of major Russian online retailer Wildberries - but on Saturday a new target has been added: space facilities. Ukrainian forces have touted that they've struck the Progress Rocket and Space Center in Russia's Samara region. The facility focuses on the manufacturing and operation of space launch vehicles.
Somali Piracy Surges Amid Hormuz Blockade
Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com, The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has forced hundreds of commercial ships onto longer routes around Africa, and Somali pirates are moving quickly to exploit the sudden increase in traffic off the continent’s eastern coast. Oil tankers MT Honour 25, MT Eureka and MT Asana were hijacked in the Gulf of Aden and off Puntland between April and July 2026, the largest attacks by Somali pirates in years.
Democratic Socialist Leaders Squirm When Asked About Cuba, Venezuela, And Nicaragua's Dictatorships
Mexican journalist and Miami-based news anchor Jorge Gilberto Ramos Ávalos had one of the most revealing exchanges yet with the leadership of the Democratic Socialists of America. Ramos repeatedly pressed the socialists' national DSA co-chairs on whether Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua should be classified as dictatorships. Neither of the far-left extremists could provide a direct answer.
Record Highs: Should You Chase The Rally?
Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Pinned and Stretched There is nothing bearish about the tape, and the overall trend could not be much cleaner. The S&P 500 sits above every major moving average and above a rising 200-day line it has not closed beneath since April. That is a healthy, intact uptrend, and it deserves respect. The problem is not the direction, but the distance from the longer-term trend, which is more concerning.
Lutnick Draws Red Line: "Great American Companies" Shouldn't Use Chinese Memory Chips
One week after The Wall Street Journal reported that Tim Cook's Apple was testing memory chips from China's CXMT, a company blacklisted by the Pentagon over alleged ties to the People's Liberation Army, the outlet published a follow-up story with an interview with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who publicly urged Apple not to proceed.
The Gold Tax Surprise: When Gold Profits Get Taxed At 28 Percent
Authored by Adam H. Douglas via The Epoch Times, If you bought gold during its 2023-2026 rally, you may be sitting on a large profit and a tax rule you have never heard of. Gold’s tax treatment can surprise investors, especially when selling after a major rally. Nattapon Saisaard/shutterstock The IRS classifies physical gold, and even the popular bullion-backed gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), as collectibles, a category shared with art, stamps, and antiques.
Hawaii Braces For Direct Tropical Storm Hit On Big Island
Hawaii's Big Island is under a hurricane warning as Tropical Storm Lala is expected to make landfall on Saturday local time, according to the National Hurricane Center. "This is a very serious storm," Hawaii Gov. Josh Green told reporters late Friday night. "We have not had a hurricane make landfall in quite some time.
Socialism Simplified: A System Where Government Uses Your Money To Solve Everyone Else's Problems
Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, They are coming for your money, and they have a ton of momentum right now. Democratic Socialists are winning election after election by promising free stuff, but of course free stuff is never actually free. Somewhere along the way, someone has to pay for it. If you find yourself protectively reaching for your wallet as you read this, I don’t blame you one bit.
Post-Maduro Venezuela Wants Its $4BN In Gold Back From England
Venezuela wants its gold back. And now with Maduro having been removed and Caracas being essentially a puppet of Washington influence and interests, it has a much better chance at this than ever before. Venezuela’s government and opposition are teaming up to wrest back $4 billion in gold bullion currently locked in the Bank of England’s vaults, according to a Friday report by the Financial Times.
Racist Plan For Berlin's 'Blacks-Only' Swimming Pool Day Canceled Over 'Safety Concerns'
Via Remix News, A planned event at the temporary publicly funded “Volksbad” pool in front of Berlin’s Volksbühne theater has been canceled following an alleged surge of online hostility and threats. The initiative, organized in collaboration with the association Each One Teach One (Eoto), was set to reserve the public bath exclusively for Black children and young people for a six-hour window on Friday before opening to the general public.
China Copies America's Futuristic "Sub-Second Detect-To-Fire" Anti-Drone Swarm Dome Gun
China appears to have replicated a next-generation counter-drone system we first covered in mid-July. The system uses a multi-barrel hemispherical array that reduces much of the latency associated with conventional turrets, shortening the sensor-to-shooter engagement cycle. Beijing's apparent interest reflects the design's potential as a next-generation counter-UAS system capable of engaging drone swarms approaching simultaneously from multiple directions.
War On Rowling Continues (Sans Facts)
Authored by Christian Toto via American Greatness, Journalists love to ask two questions spun from the same unhinged premise. Do you support trans women in women's sports, and do you agree with author J.K. Rowling's "anti-trans" views? The former bullies athletes for passing Biology 101. The latter targets the Harry Potter author at every possible turn. We're seeing both in action of late.
North Korea Rages At Upcoming US Drills: "Rehearsal For Aggressive War"
North Korea has issued a severe warning over the upcoming joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea, characterizing it as a rehearsal for an aggressive war and that it is is ready to respond. North Korea's Foreign Ministry described Friday that these planned drills look different, and will be more dangerous, compared to all prior ones of the past-half decade, in that they appear offensive in nature as the exercise will focus on modern warfare tactics.
It Was Destroyed In Just Days...
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, In a matter of days, once-pristine beaches in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta have been reduced to open-air dumps and disease-ridden camps occupied by thousands of illegal migrants who refused to leave after the mass invasion from Morocco. Locals describe feces, urine, garbage, and makeshift shacks covering the sand. Contagious illnesses are spreading. Mass brawls with bladed weapons have broken out.
Escobar: The New Great Game, Revisited
Authored by Pepe Escobar via 'Geopolitics Prime' substack, It took only a few Yemeni missiles on Saudi refineries to wake up “leadership” vectors of the Ummah; not over 100,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza by the death cult. The Mecca Sunni NATO pact between Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan remains a puzzle. Or dodgy sub-standard theatre – complete with photo ops and sparse intel sharing. The full text has not been released. Everything is quite vague, only stressing “collective deterrence”.
Flock Blinks: Surveillance Giant Slashes Data Retention After 50 Jurisdictions Walk, Cams Destroyed
Please Please Follow us on Gab, Minds, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Truth Social, X, Youtube, Instagram Via ZeroHedge Flock Safety, the startup that blanketed America in automated license plate readers (ALPRs), announced Thursday that it is dialing back its expansive platform.
Where The World Is Burning In 2026
As of August 1, 2026, wildfires and landscape fires have burned 112.3 million hectares of land across the globe, an area roughly the size of South Africa. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Sofie Gilbert, uses data from theย Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS)ย via Our World in Data to show where that burning is concentrated in 2026 as of August 1. The data includes prescribed burns, agricultural burns, and uncontrolled wildfires.
All ICE Enforcement Officers In Maine Equipped With Body-Worn Cameras, Sen. Collins Says
Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Friday that all Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Maine have been given body-worn cameras and trained how to use them. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents walk outside the Ventura County Government Center in Ventura, Calif., on July 27, 2026. Blake Fagan/AFP via Getty Images Acting ICE Director David Venturella announced on Aug.
Forget Reminding Young People About 'Boat People': South America's Rejection Of Socialism Is Happening In Real Time
Andy Laperriere, Piper Sandler's head of US policy research in Washington, wrote in a note on Thursday that explained both parties are moving left on economic policy as populist measures gain support across the political spectrum. His big-picture view is that "hard-left and socialist candidates" are damaging the Democratic brand primarily through deeply unpopular positions on open borders, defunding the police, and transgender politics.
Judge Drops Case Against 6 Nevada Republicans Accused Of Falsifying 2020 Election Result
Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, Six Nevada Republicans, who were accused of submitting a certificate falsely declaring President Donald Trump had won the state's 2020 presidential election, will not face a trial after a judge dismissed the case against them on Aug. 13. Nevada GOP Chair Michael McDonald walks on stage before speaking ahead of then-Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nev. on Jan. 27, 2024.
Trump's DOJ Will Reportedly Support End Of National Firearms Act After 92 Years
Why do Americans protected by the 2nd Amendment still need to get permission and approval from the ATF to have a rifle with a barrel under 16 inches, or a particular brand of stock, or a suppressor that, in most cases, doesn't silence a firearm at all but simply makes shooting it easier on a person's hearing? Why, for 92 years, have citizens had to pay for a tax stamp and send their fingerprints to the government for guns that should be considered a constitutional right?
House Committees Detail Harvard Ties With Chinese Entities In New Report
Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, A report released by House committees on Aug. 13 alleged that Harvard University prioritized financial ties over American national security and received more than $600 million from China, the most of any U.S. university. Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on March 29, 2026.
Russia Admits Renewed Petrol Shortages After Recently Claiming Situation Was Stabilized
Russia has shut down one major refinery at Orsk, around 800 miles from the front line, for six months after it came under drone attack this week. It has also suffered more terminal outages due to continued attacks on a vital Black Sea energy port.
Swamp Pharma Hookers Scream Bloody Murder Over Trump Vaccine Shift
Please follow us on Truth Social, Telegram, Rumble, GETTR, Gab, Instagram Originally published via Armageddon Prose: Being old enough to remember the heady days of 2020-22, I was led to understand that questioning the edicts of The Science™, with the Public Health™ apparatus as the conduit, was a cardinal sin that warranted summary excommunication from grocery stores, schools, churches, the military, etc.
Patriots Won't Let Communists Take America Original
Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Meet at the Liberty Tree... This chapter in American history could be titled, “The Bad Guys Keep Winning Because They Suffer No Consequences for Their Treachery.” Islamo-fascists and communists have taken over the Democrat Party and threaten to take over the U.S. Congress. Neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton has been brought to justice for conspiring with parts of the Intelligence Community to frame President Trump as a Russian spy.
ICE Roundup Of Haitian Migrants Begins In Ohio
It all started with complaints from residents in Springfield, OH that a surge of Haitian migrants was causing chaos and an odd disappearance of local wildlife and pets. City officials and local companies where shipping the migrants in by the thousands and giving them jobs. NGOs arranged for extensive handouts including housing, food and cash. Initially, all of this was done while avoiding any discussion with the community at large.
Your Grandfather's Military Is Dead
Authored by Byron King and Sean Ring via DailyReckoning.com, You may have already seen some of what I’m about to share in The Daily Reckoning. But given what we’re focused on here and the sheer amount of money now moving into this corner of the defense industry… I think it deserves a second look. The drone itself is only part of what’s happening here.
Berkshire Adds Google, Delta, Trims BofA, Kroger As Abel Taps Into Record Cash Hoard
While nowhere near as tumultuous as the transformational first quarter in Berkshire's post-Warren Buffett era which saw over a dozen names rotated in and out, in the second quarter there were a few notable changes under Berkshire's new CEO, Greg Abel.
State Department Revokes Over 175,000 Visas Of Foreign Nationals Accused Of Crimes
Via American Greatness, President Donald Trump’s State Department has revoked more than 175,000 visas held by foreign nationals accused of crimes since the start of last year, officials said this week, marking one of the administration’s most sweeping efforts yet to remove dangerous individuals from the country.
US Accuses Chinese Exporters Of Masterminding "Great Transshipment Scam"
Back in mid-2025, when Trump's renewed trade war with China was all the rage, we said that much of this was hot air and theatrics for the simple reason that many Chinese exporters would find easy ways to evade US tariffs thanks to "transshipments", or using intermediary countries as fake points of origin ... Why China exports tumbled to the US and rose everywhere else? One word: transshipments pic.twitter.com/y9Pg2ML5ZX — zerohedge (@zerohedge) May 10, 2025 ...
Democratic Party Committee Advances Resolution Demanding ICE Be Abolished
Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times, Democrats have edged closer to vowing to end Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Federal agents monitor protesters in front of Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 4, 2025. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times At its summer meeting in Austin, Texas, on Aug.
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