Rockered @ToddAnalytics

This is properly insane: quite literally the worst example of censorship I've ever heard of anywhere. I checked the actual ruling (which you can see here: courthousenews.com/wp-content/upl…) and, to be clear, it isn't just censorship in the conventional sense - blocking access to a website or removing content from platforms - this is the criminalization of information relayed by private citizens, with prison sentences attached. And the most insane aspect if that it does NOT matter if the information relayed is accurate or not. It just matters that it originates from RT or other media outlets banned in the EU. In other words, truth isn't a defense anymore in the EU, it literally doesn't matter. It's purely based on the identity of the speaker. The ruling is actually explicit about this: the regulation, quoted by the Court says that the prohibition applies to "any content," and they draw no distinction based on what the content actually says. If it originates from banned outlets, it's banned. It is, quite simply, a complete unraveling of the entire post-Enlightenment legal and philosophical project where entire generations of Europeans fought to move from "who says it" to "is it true" as the operative question. Think about the absurdity of it: if RT publishes a video saying the sky is blue and you share it on a publicly accessible website in the EU, you'd fall within the scope of this ruling, making you liable to criminal prosecution. Completely and utterly absurd. But that's the EU today for you 🤷

CGTN Español @cgtnenespanol

2 days ago

El Tribunal de Justicia de la UE ha autorizado el enjuiciamiento penal en los países de la UE de las personas que publiquen vídeos de Russia Today en canales y sitios web abiertos.

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Honestly, this just shows what a complete idiot Vance is. The notion that it was a mistake to engage China is wrong on every level - morally, factually, economically, diplomatically and politically - and represents the absolute worst kind of American exceptionalism thinking. Morally, it's, of course, an utterly disgusting thing to say: it's basically "we should have kept a fifth of humanity poor because their misery was good for us." It's sociopathic and depraved: the guy loves to virtue signal around his supposed "Christian values" but he obviously didn't even get to the "love thy neighbor" part of the bible... Factually, he acts as if the Chinese had zero agency, as if they'd have just said: "Oh, the US wants us to stay poor? Well, okay then, guess we'll just stay poor 🤷" As if a civilization that's been around for 5,000 years was just sitting around waiting for Washington's permission to develop. Also, he acts as if their development was in fact a consequence of US engagement. If that were the case, why didn't India develop at the same pace, why didn't Indonesia develop, why didn't every single poor country the US engaged with develop? The dirty truth is that most US leaders - for a long time - have thought along similar lines as Vance: the objective obviously never was for China to rise to a level where they'd become a US peer competitor. But, just like the Trump administration (during either terms) didn't succeed in shaping China to US interests - despite all their efforts - neither could any previous administration. The idea that there was some magic policy that would have let America enjoy cheap Chinese labor forever while keeping China permanently subordinate is pure fantasy. Economically, contrary to popular belief, China's rise actually didn't come at America's expense. For proof just check the evolution of the share of global GDP: - For China: in 1980, their share of global GDP was 2%, it rose to 17% by 2024 - For the US: in 1980 their share of global GDP was 25.5% and IT ROSE (!) to 26.3% by 2024 In other words, economically speaking, the US lost nothing: not on an absolute basis and not even on a relative basis. On both levels, it actually gained and conserves an absolutely disproportionate - and frankly unfair - share of global economic output: more than a quarter for just 4% of the global population. Complaining about this, as if America were the victim here, is frankly obscene. Diplomatically, why say this? How does this serve the US in any way whatsoever? Obviously, saying this will antagonize China big time - as it should. But it will also send a message to just about every country out there that wants to develop (that is, basically ALL countries): as far as America is concerned, things are zero-sum, your prosperity is their loss. This objectively makes US foreign policy harder, as it does the job of every American company trying to sell stuff abroad - hard to sell something to a country when your Vice President just said that it makes him "angry" and it's a failure of policy if his customers do well. Lastly, it's also idiotic politically. Sure, I get that America always needs enemies and that scapegoating foreigners is the oldest trick in the book. But there comes a time when it stops being useful and starts being actively harmful - and we're well past that point in the US. Because, what is scapegoating's main function? To redirect the blame onto others for things that you yourself can get fixed. And while the US did manage to - overall - maintain its share of the global economic pie, it failed to distribute it fairly at home: the gains were mostly hoarded by a small elite while ordinary Americans saw little benefit, or even lost out with insane healthcare costs or crumbling infrastructure. You can blame China all you want for this but eventually it comes to bite you in the ass: your people's lives don't get better for it and they'll eventually realize they should stop looking at where the finger is pointing, and start looking at who's doing the pointing. So, yeah, no matter how you look at it, it's completely unredeemable: morally repulsive, factually illiterate, economically wrong, diplomatically self-defeating, and politically stupid. Almost impressive, in a way.

𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 @OopsGuess

a day ago

The funniest part of JD Vance’s speech is the ending: “I am angry about the rise of China… but I am most angry that American leadership let it happen.” Let it happen? As if China’s rise was an American clerical error. As if 1.4 billion people industrialized because Washington

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🟢 Just a reminder: Hedge funds sell up and buy down. Will you? 🤔 x.com/QueTraders/sta…

TradersQue @QueTraders

2 weeks ago

🚨 A bubble is beginning to emerge the same way it did in 2021. Not an AI bubble but a monetary framework built for the rich. Printer first. Then hedges start selling into strength. Then retail shows up late, chasing green candles, thinking the breakout is organic. 👇 Look

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CONGRATULATIONS Iowa and Illinois – you're more humid than the Amazon Rainforest. Blame the corn. A single acre of mature corn this time of year can evapotranspirate, or "sweat," between 2,000 and 4,000 gallons of water per day. That moisture festers in the lower atmosphere, making the heat index values unbearable. Dew points could reach 80 DEGREES. LUCKY US! Every cubic meter of air is holding more than half a shot glass' worth of water. For comparison, the highest dew point I could find in the Amazon was 79º. So parts of Iowa and Illinois... yep. More humid. Enjoy. :/

Jeff Gundlach warned that the U.S. Govt. may lower coupons and extend maturities on its debt to avoid default or inflation. I've warned about this for over a decade. So you go to sleep owning a 2-year T-note with a 4% coupon and wake up owning a 30-year T-bond with a 1% coupon.

Heat Advisories & Excessive Heat Watches are beginning to be hoisted across the Midwest—including the entire state of Iowa—ahead of a prolonged period of early-season heat beginning early next week. Look for #natgas powerburn demand to quickly ramp up to seasonal highs in response.

On this day in 1919, Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, agreeing to pay 132 billion gold marks in war reparations, roughly $33 billion at the time. The burden equaled more than twice Germany's annual GDP. John Maynard Keynes resigned from the British delegation in protest and published "The Economic Consequences of the Peace," warning that the terms would destabilize all of Europe. To meet the payments, the Weimar government printed money at a catastrophic pace: by November 1923, a single U.S. dollar bought 4.2 trillion marks, and the resulting hyperinflation wiped out the savings of an entire generation of Germans. Germany didn't finish paying off the debt until October 2010, when it made a final $94 million installment, 91 years after the treaty was signed.

@QueTraders @Humanarewild This is both frightening and familiar. And factual. 😆

This is the one true recipe for a Reflecting Pool: 2oz rum, 4oz pineapple juice, 1oz blue curacao, one Blue Razzberry Fruit Roll-Up

Jessica Sidman @jsidman

a week ago

A DC bar finally has a Reflecting Pool cocktail!

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🚨 Read #TradersQue archived coverage on $UROY prior to the Sweetwater voting proposal. Updates to come! 👉 "Uranium Royalty Corp: A Different Uranium Bet" tradersque.com/uranium-royalt…

🧵 Sweetwater makes $UROY bigger, more cash-flowing, and more institutional. Less pure uranium upside occurs, but more scale, land value, and growth support. #TradersQue prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Uranium Royalty Corp. Announces Filing and Mailing of the Management Information Circular in Connection with the Special Meeting of Shareholders to Approve Proposed Plan of Arrangement with Sweetwater Investors and Announces Exchangeable Share Election Deadline. bit.ly/43YFLcC

The Jones Act rests upon a tacit bargain: Americans pay higher costs in exchange for a robust and competitive domestic shipyard industrial base. But new @UNCTAD data reveal how thoroughly that bargain has been broken. @cpgrabow writes: cato.org/blog/new-data-…

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$EOSE ⚡️GVM Squeeze Scan Date: June 26, 2026 🚦 Overall Squeeze Score: 71% Rating: 🟡 Moderate-to-High Squeeze Potential (Watchlist) Short Interest: 24 / 25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Estimated short interest: 100.99–103.51 million shares Short interest remains extremely elevated at 30.27%–39.44% of float (depending on float methodology). Current Days to Cover: 5.0 days. Cost to Borrow (CTB): ~0.76% Shares Available: 800K–1.3M Borrow conditions remain loose, with no indication of meaningful financing stress on short sellers. Technical Momentum: 12 / 15 ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Stock had gained roughly 15% over the prior week, although recent trading has shown increased volatility. Catalyst Potential: 10 / 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Recent and potential catalysts include: Frontier Power agreement developments Continued utility-scale battery deployment DOE and grid-storage initiatives Additional commercial contract announcements Strong execution on manufacturing expansion Classification: 🟡 Moderate-to-High Potential ✅️ Active Watchlist #EOSE continues to have a strong structural setup due to its elevated short interest and favorable days-to-cover ratio. However, the borrow market has not tightened enough to create meaningful pressure on short sellers. Until borrow costs rise or share availability contracts significantly, the stock remains a watchlist candidate rather than an active short squeeze.

This needs to be repeated...widely. Say it with me. The RVP waiver for E15 is not a mandate.

Susan Stroud @SusanNOBULL

a week ago

This is one of the more mind-boggling issues in agriculture. Allowing year-round sales of E15 is NOT A MANDATE. It simply gives fuel retailers the option to sell E15 nationwide 365 days a year. Consumers still choose what they put in their tanks. This shouldn’t be 👇🏻

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#AI risk is a priority in #ESG reporting and an issue no one can dismiss. Data sourcing, deepfakes, child safety, copyright, and governance are moving from “tech concerns” to material business risks. #TradersQue "AI Risk Becomes ESG’s Next Flashpoint" tradersque.com/ai-risk-become…

@ToddAnalytics 💯 General AI can only scrape the surface, while many ESG AI models of the future will remain untrustworthy. Thus, keeping certified human agents careers intact far longer than many other quantitative AI aspects.

$SERV $ULS $QNDX #STT