Tech billionaires are using a manufactured AI panic to permanently outlaw private home servers and secure a global corporate monopoly. Following a minor sandbox escape incident involving an OpenAI and Hugging Face test model, lawmakers introduced the Sanders-Casar Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act to halt independent development. Disguised as a public safety measure, this sweeping legislation creates a federal agency with the power to dismantle unauthorized computing hardware, effectively criminalizing open-source research and off-grid digital sovereignty. 

Why would Charlie want Diana forgotten...

After the death of Diana Princess of Wales, conspiracy theories filled the headlines. As so many of the conspiracy theories are absurd, many simple questions about the fatal night of August 31st have never been asked. By the end not only Princess Diana but also Dodi Al Fayed and the driver Henri Paul were dead. First, police blamed the paparazzi for causing the accident. They had been "buzzing round the car like flies." Then 48 hours later they blamed the driver of the Mercedes, Henri Paul. He was said to be three times over the drink limit. This compelling program seeks to answer the many questions overlooked by the enquiry and to uncover what really happened the night Diana died.

Diana: The Night She Died - Many simple questions about the fatal night of August 31st have never been asked. By the end not only Princess Diana but also Dodi Al Fayed and the driver Henri Paul were dead. First, police blamed the paparazzi for causing the accident. They had been "buzzing round the car like flies." Then 48 hours later they blamed the driver of the Mercedes, Henri Paul. He was said to be three times over the drink limit. This compelling program seeks to answer the many questions overlooked by the enquiry and to uncover what really happened the night Diana died.

The official narrative of the RAF Fairford incidents makes absolutely zero sense, has a whole heap of contradictions in it and enough holes to drive all three of those white vans through. 

'Something isn’t adding up about the RAF Fairford incident... The British public has a right to know!'

In the United States, excess mortality among adults aged 18 to 64 remained elevated at 18% above baseline through Q3 2024. This is not COVID-19 mortality, which has declined to negligible levels in this demographic. These are deaths from cardiovascular events, aggressive cancers with no genetic markers, neurological failures, and conditions officially categorized as “unknown cause” that are killing people in their prime at rates that threaten the actuarial foundations of the global insurance industry. The Society of Actuaries confirmed in its January 2025 annual report what industry executives have discussed in closed meetings since 2022: the mortality assumptions that underpin pension funds, life insurance policies, and healthcare financing are no longer valid, and the divergence is accelerating.

There’s a particular kind of quiet in a town where the mill has shut down. Not peaceful, empty.

For decades, that silence spread across the American heartland like rust eating through iron, one shuttered plant at a time. Globalist trade deals and Washington indifference hollowed out communities that once forged the steel beams of the greatest nation on earth. But something is stirring.

When President Trump returned to office, he made it clear the era of industrial surrender was over. He slapped a 25 percent tariff on foreign steel imports, then doubled it to 50 percent under Section 232. The message to the world was simple: if you want to sell steel in America, you’d better be making it in America.

The establishment scoffed and the “experts” at their think tanks predicted catastrophe. And yet American steel trade groups recently credited those very tariffs with driving $47 billion in announced and underway investment.

There’s an old rule in politics: when the house is on fire, hand out tickets to a show. New York City’s self-described democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, seems to have taken that lesson to heart.

The city he governs is buckling under record-high rents. Business owners are revolting against his government-run grocery stores, calling them “doomed for disaster.” Antisemitic hate crimes are up eight percent. And yet, Mamdani keeps rolling out freebies like a game show host who lost the instruction manual.

First it was thousands of free and discounted Broadway tickets for high school students. Then fare-free buses. Then city-owned grocery stores and rent freezes. Each announcement came gift-wrapped in the language of compassion, each one conveniently timed to keep the spotlight off the mounting wreckage.

So what’s the latest bright idea from City Hall?

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by newsquawk.com

Partial Summary:

"US White House is reportedly tempering expectations of an imminent breakthrough between US-Iran, Semafor reported, with a source suggesting that "the bar is being raised very high."

The Iranian government spokesperson said Foreign Minister Araghchi presented President Pezeshkian with a US proposal following his New York trip, which included discussions on Iran’s conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, IRNA reported.

UKMTO said that a crude oil tanker was struck on the port side by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on September 29th."

Claire's Observations:  Translation from White House-ese into English: "the bar is being raised very high.": The 'bar'  has been engineered in such a way that Iran cannot, and will not, acquiesce, so US demands will therefore be rejected.   

Israeli elections, for which Netanyahu and his party are again standing, happen on scheduled for Tuesday, October 27, 2026. 

US mid-terms happen precisely one week later, on Tuesday, November 3rd.

Folks, I would love to be able to say with a straight face, that all of this mess with Iran is going to get resolved amicably, and everyone involved, the US, Israel, and Iran,  will hold hands, sing, "Kumbya", and go home.

I'd be lying through my teeth, if I told you that, and I can't.

Please remember; the two huge objectives for Israel with Iran absolutely have not been accomplished, and those are regime change, and a complete destruction of Iran's nuclear materials.

And even though President Trump got "hoodwinked" into "loaning" the US military to Israel to ultimately fight Israel's war for it with Iran, his ego will NOT allow him to admit defeat, even though, because he and his intel people never got a full picture of what Iran had and was using, he never knew what would hit USrael forces, until it actually happened.

I note, with a strong degree of concern, the following headline, appearing in zerohedge.com, this morning which states:  https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/midair-horror-flydubai-pilot-reportedly-stabbed-israeli-news-says-incident-treated (that got truncated, but the headline concludes with the words " Israeli News Says Incident Treated As "Full-Fledged Terror Attack")

The plane was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv.  

Fortunately, the attacker was subdued; no passengers were injured; and the plane landed safely in Saudi Arabia.

We have no clue as to the identity, nationality, or faith  of the co-pilot, or what his "beef" with the pilot might have been.  

However,  here is what is being breathlessly reported by  Amit Segal of Israel's Channel 12 News: "According to one senior official, the co-pilot is currently being questioned, and indications are mounting that he intended to take control of the plane and crash it with the passengers on board."

Perchance, is this guy being tortured, to say precisely what the Saudi (and/or Israeli) "interrogators" want him to say?!? 

 And please remember;  there is zero love lost between Saudis and Iranians, in light of the reality that Houthi rebels are fighting Saudis in Yemen.

As we now understand from revelations by men tortured at Gitmo, tortured people will say anything to get the torture to stop, no matter if it is true, or not true.

It will be very interesting, to see how the US press reports this story.  

by Tyler Durden

US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has set off a firestorm of diplomatic controversy over unusually blunt remarks centered on Greece's government and US policy. It also raised questions of US covert 'influence operations' and regime change activities.

The words issued by the former Fox News host were picked up by The Wall Street Journal, which described that the alleged remark was made during a March dinner in Athens. Greek Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou was said to be at the gathering, which quickly became tense.

A discussion ensued over the impending collapse of Romania's government. Guilfoyle pronounced that the United States had a role in influencing the crisis. She reportedly then said, 

"We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here."

Her indicating that it could be done "here" was of course a reference to Greece itself, and the account is presented as her boasting to a top government minister's face that Washington can change governments whenever it wants.

Here is the fuller context in which the WSJ report presents it:

Claire's Observations;  OK, folks, I am having a double palm-to-forehead moment, at maximum velocity, upon reading this.

WHAT THE HELL WAS GUILFOYLE THINKING, AND WHY THE HELL DID SHE DO THIS?!?   In some cases, yes, this can be correct; but speaking this threat out loud, at a government gathering, for heaven's sake?!?!?

Yes, President Trump, we all know she's Don Jr.'s former lover

But please;  giving her this position as Ambassador to Greece as a "consolation prize" for the split-up between them, when she doesn't speak the language, or  really know much about the country's history before her accepting this very significant job ?!?  

This appointment was "a bridge too Far", Mr. President; please replace her with someone who  understands what the word "diplomacy" actually means, won't you ?!?  Thank you for your attention to this matter!!! :-(

Posted by Tyler Durden, Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com,

Argentina will sue the UK unless it suspends an oil drilling project off the coast of the Falkland Islands, the BBC has reported, citing an X post by Argentine president Javier Milei. "I have instructed the Foreign Ministry and our legal teams to initiate international arbitration against the United Kingdom for the illegal plundering of our resources through the Sea Lion Project in the North Malvinas Basin," the Argentine president wrote on the social media platform. "If in 2 weeks the United Kingdom does not halt the illegitimate exploitation, we will go to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. THE MALVINAS ARE ARGENTINE, and they are defended with facts, not words," Milei also wrote. The Sea Lion oil field is operated by Navitas Petroleum Development and Production Ltd (NPDP), a UK-based fully owned subsidiary of Israeli Navitas Petroleum, and its British partner Rockhopper Exploration.

The companies earlier this year reached a final investment decision on the Sea Lion Northern Development. This means that all the necessary approvals and funding for full-scale project execution have been secured. First oil is planned for March 2028, Navitas Petroleum says.

Oil production is expected to last for over 30 years, creating jobs across the Falkland Islands and the UK supply chain over that period. The two companies see no reason to heed the Argentine president's warnings, saying they have valid licenses to drill in the area, issued by the British government.

Claire's Observations: ;This could get very ugly very quickly, militarily. I don't know the current status of the Argentine military under Milei; but to make this threat to the UK may well mean that a military campaign is being strongly contemplated by the Argentine regime, if legal recourse doesn't give Argentina what they want. Here's what Throck, my AI, tells me about the monies expected from this development: 

"In plain English: If you're asking "How much money could the Falkland Islands themselves actually get from Sea Lion?  £3.6 billion in government tax and royalty receipts over roughly 30 years. 

That's the number I'd use when discussing the direct fiscal benefit to the Falkland Islands Government. It is not the same thing as the total value of the oil field or the companies' profits. 

And there's a fascinating political/economic dimension here: the Falklands' existing government revenue is only around £120 million a year, while the projected Sea Lion receipts average £109 million annually. So this single oil development could become extraordinarily important to the Islands' public finances"

That's $4,785,552,000.00 US, folks.

And the International Court of the Sea, to which Argentina is appealing? 

Throck goes on to ask:  "Could Argentina use international law to challenge the Falklands' Sea Lion oil development even without winning the sovereignty dispute—and, specifically, could it try to use UNCLOS/ITLOS or an UNCLOS arbitration mechanism to interfere with the development?

That requires looking at Argentina's actual UNCLOS declarations, Britain's declarations, the Falklands' legal status, maritime-zone claims around the Islands, and the precedents from previous Argentina–UK maritime disputes."

But this process is very time consuming, and can range from less than a month to over 3 years in some cases; this case may well run for quite a long time if it is accepted and heard. 

So one has to wonder, if acceptance of this case happens, for what, precisely, is Milei "buying time"  by going through this process?!? Perhaps he's looking toward a rapid re-building of training and equipment for his military?  

One has to wonder.

Posted by Tyler Durden Via Remix News,

European governments are racing to blunt a fuel shock that even some analysts now refuse to forecast, as Brent crude holds near $100 a barrel and diesel prices climb across Europe.

The international oil market has been expensive for months. What has changed is the confidence of the people paid to explain it. JPMorgan told clients on Sept. 17 that, for the first time since fighting began around Iran about seven months earlier, its commodities team no longer has a baseline view of how the disruption ends.

"We simply don't know how to model the endgame," the bank's analysts wrote, after several economic thresholds they once assumed would force a diplomatic off-ramp, including oil above $100 a barrel, had already been crossed.

The bank said a Brent price near $90 would have been consistent with known supply and demand in September. Futures instead traded around $100 and higher as traders priced the risk of further losses that no one can yet measure. By Monday, front-month Brent was still hovering near $99 a barrel.

Inventories are doing little to cushion the blow. The U.S. Energy Information Administration has said prices are likely to stay elevated until Middle East oil trade is restored and stocks can be rebuilt. The International Energy Agency's September report put the scale of the drain in starker terms: observed global inventories fell another 95 million barrels in August, taking the cumulative draw since February to 507 million barrels, or about 2.8 million barrels a day. World oil supply is now projected to average 100.7 million barrels a day in 2026, down 5.7 million from a year earlier.

Diesel shortages are acute

In some countries, such as Hungary, there is a major imbalance in terms of available energy sources. Crude held in strategic storage remains ample, but diesel is quickly running out. Data from the Hungarian Hydrocarbon Stockpiling Association show gas oil stocks at 520.3 kilotons at the end of January and about 390 kilotons at the end of both July and August. That thinner diesel cushion matters in a country where more than 1.3 million passenger cars run on the fuel and the regional market is competing for the same scarce imports.

Claire's Observations:  The situations with costs for regular gas and diesel are getting nasty here in the US as well, and of course we have 35 days before mid-terms in this country, if - in fact - they are allowed to happen.

I'm frankly hedging my bets on this. 

Of course, should President Trump attempt to do this, such an action will cause a huge Constitutional/Judicial crisis, as Congress is mandated to set voting dates for elections of its members.  

And even during the American civil war, elections were still held.

Still, I would not put such an attempt past him, as public sentiment on his, and his Party's leadership, has soured greatly since his inauguration, courtesy of a lousy economy, and the war against Iran.

by Tyler Durden

Update (1650ET): So after today's big White House meeting with tech leaders, President Trump announced that they had signed a "morally binding" (lol) document governing the development of artificial intelligence. 

Following the luncheon, Trump told reporters that he's "seeing tremendous self-policing," and that the administration is looking to assemble a 10-person committee tasked with overseeing the AI industry. 

"There’s a belief that there should be tremendous self-regulation, and we automatically have regulation with the Department of Justice, the FBI, all of that, but the self-regulation is very important," he said. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson said everyone agreed the 'morally binding' malarkey is "voluntary on behalf of the industry," and that the White House will guide industry development - but not federally control anything. 

Claire's Observations:  A "morally binding" agreement?!?  Guiding, but not controlling?!? THIS... is going to be fun to watch unfold!! :-)

By:  Geovest

I sincerely believe that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies – Thomas Jefferson

Europe is failing. Europe’s leadership is preparing for war to cover their mistakes of the past fifty years and the people aren’t having it.  Europeans don’t want war and to date, Russia has been unwilling to be provoked into a wider conflict. 

It’s obvious to anyone who knows anything about military campaigns that Russia lacks the logistical capacity to invade Western Europe.  Their domestic semiconductor fabs are 25 years behind the West which means they are unable to fight a modern war.  Besides, Western Europe is a hollowed out economic shell that offers no advantages to Russia and innumerable headaches.

Northern Europe has outstanding defensive militaries, backed by NATO.  Eastern Europe has Poland with their massive, modern army which is more than capable of blunting Russia if it somehow gets past Ukraine.  Turkey’s massive army sits on Russia’s flank.

It would take an extraordinary level of credulity to paint Russia as a military threat that warrants mass mobilization of Europe’s limited industrial base.  Regretfully, it’s not stopping them. 

All Wars Are Bankers Wars

War is a racket – General Smedley Butler (US Marines)

Europe is run by bankers and politicians; every other economic power center has been marginalized.  Green energy policies, pushed by bankers and politicians, have destroyed domestic energy production in Germany and Britain and have left the regional economy dependent on high-priced, imported natural gas, and ultra-high-cost renewable energy.  The result is a regional economy that can no longer compete on world markets