This report is about ten days old – but it’s not exactly new news. Major banks closed accounts and restricted services for pro-life organizations and Christian groups after materials from the Biden administration labeling them “hate groups” were circulated to financial institutions. The Biden admin was exposed in 2024 trying to debank pro-life, conservative and … Read more
In the NY Times The Archdiocese of New York and plaintiffs’ lawyers reached an agreement on a proposed settlement in which the church would pay more than $800 million to settle claims from 1,300 people who said they had been sexually abused by its clergy members and lay leaders. The plaintiffs’ lawyers said late Friday … Read more
Gerstner founded Altimeter Capital in 2008 and was a big promoter of the Trump Accounts. This video is the first seven minutee of a 25 minute interview. I have put the link to the full interview below. I think this guy is great. Key quote: “Whoever has the most scale wins.” Gerstner full CNBC interview, … Read more
The top headline in the Wall Street Journal . More Oil Is Now Coming Out of the Persian Gulf Than Before the Iran War Persian Gulf oil exports have surpassed prewar levels, as an improvised shipping system under U.S. protection is helping tankers move oil through one of Iran’s fiercest waves of attacks in the … Read more
Funny; Brigid and I had drinks with John and his wife Friday evening (Black Manhattans) and John didn’t say a peep about this. Of course he shouldn’t – not his role to blab about this stuff to just anyoone. Hit the link for a picture. That’s John in the red tie. Sarcone: Man plotted to … Read more
Over threats of political violence. Across the whole political spectrum. And in some cases the President has poured oil on the fire. Not mentioned: this is more and more including prominent business men and women. It’s estimated that Musk companies pay $20 million for security for himself and his key people. The article should be … Read more
The story is about a Greek school which will close after this school year. When you have no children – who said “Demographics is Destiny”? It’s a situation playing out across Europe and beyond. The region has 16 of the world’s top 20 oldest nations, particularly in Southern Europe, according to the independent World Population … Read more
A brief interview excerpt; the constraints – electricity and chips
Nothing revolutionary beyond they want teachers, they want toilets that work, they want smaller classes, and they want air conditioning. Read the excerpts below. There has been some violence. It’s all here in Time Magazine. The protests have been driven by anger over a variety of issues impacting French high schools. Roughly 3,000 people have … Read more
Off CNBC. I’ve put a link to the full interview below the short version. In this 3 minute version he says “the concerns are technically solvable” and offers an analogy at the end of the excerpt. In other recent talks Huang has said that there is “zero chance” AI could wipe out humanity. And here’s … Read more