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xkcd.com Friday, July 18, 2025 - 10:00 Source

Maybe encouraging the publication of null results isn't enough--maybe we need a journal devoted to publishing results the study authors find personally annoying.

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MacroBusiness Friday, July 18, 2025 - 09:30 Source

DXY is up and away. AUD appears to have locked in its double top. There may be a pop on Chinese yawnulus, but I expect disappointment. Sacking Powell is the only hope now. Lead boots are plodding downhill. Metals meh. Same same. Big mining bear locked in. EM is running against DXY. Junk funk. Long

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Your Democracy Friday, July 18, 2025 - 09:01 Source

AS EUROPE WAS HOT, DEBATE ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING WAS NOT ON FOR SOME... SURE, WHAT WE DO NOW, WON'T HAVE AN IMPACT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT SCIENCE TELLS US THAT SHOULD WE DO NOTHING, THINGS COULD GET A LOT WORSE IN FIFTY TO ONE HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW... AIR CONDITIONING IS A HOT TOPIC AS COOLING INSIDE HOUSES USES A LOT OF ENERGY...

 

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MacroBusiness Friday, July 18, 2025 - 09:00 Source

Another data drive night with Wall Street pushed to record highs amid an expected initial jobless print and a slightly higher than expected retail sales print, which could have been affected by the inflationary push of tariffs.  The USD gained against all the majors except gold with Treasury yields remaining high especially on the long

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MacroBusiness Friday, July 18, 2025 - 08:00 Source

As China’s property sector continues to deteriorate with each passing day, reports of renewed stimulus for the sector emerge every few months from the Chinese press or policymakers. Each time it’s like watching an infomercial on daytime television: “It’s new. It’s improved. It’s better than ever.” Then, like many mail-order products that claim to achieve

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Your Democracy Friday, July 18, 2025 - 07:43 Source

Germany and UK sign historic post-Brexit friendship treaty

The accord — dubbed the "Kensington Treaty" — includes plans for close security and defense cooperation, a mutual assistance clause in crises, and visa simplifications for school exchanges.

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Your Democracy Friday, July 18, 2025 - 06:36 Source

Three people were killed and several others were injured in the strike on Gaza's only Catholic church, which was widely condemned. Follow DW for more.

Middle East: Israel 'deeply regrets' strike on Gaza churchLouis Oelofse | Timothy Jones dpa, AFP, Reuters, AP

Netanyahu's office says Israel 'deeply regrets' strike on church in Gaza 

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Your Democracy Friday, July 18, 2025 - 06:22 Source

VLADIMIR PUTIN RECENTLY EXPRESSED HIS VIEWS THAT FOR MANY YEARS HE THOUGHT THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST WAS IDEOLOGICAL, BUT HE HAS RECENTLY "DISCOVERED" THAT IT IS NOTHING ELSE BUT GEOPOLITICAL….

ON THIS SITE, WE HAVE EXPLORED THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING… THE IDEAL OF DEMOCRACY IS ONLY A TINY PART IN THE GAME OF MARKING AND EXTENDING ONE’S TERRITORY LIKE A MALE DOG COCKING UP A HIND LEG… SEE NETANYAHU...

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Your Democracy Friday, July 18, 2025 - 05:55 Source

US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems will be delivered to Ukraine “as quickly as possible,” and Germany will pick up the tab, NATO’s top military commander in Europe, American General Alexus Grynkewich, has said. Washington and Berlin agreed on the scheme earlier this week.

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MacroBusiness Friday, July 18, 2025 - 00:05 Source

Australians have experienced a record 6.1% decline in their real wages. Worse, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) own forecasts suggest that real wages will only recover to December 2011 levels by mid-2026, by which time they will still be tracking 5.7% below their mid-2020 peak. Thursday’s labour force data for June, released by the

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Your Democracy Thursday, July 17, 2025 - 16:52 Source

The current genocide is the culmination of a spiral of violence that has been going on since 1948 and has been covered up by the powerful in the West for generations. The media portray the genocide as self-defense – but they are nothing less than partners in crime.

 

Genocide as “self-defense” – Western media as accomplices to the genocide in Gaza – We stand up!by Peter Haenseler

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MacroBusiness Thursday, July 17, 2025 - 16:00 Source

Currency markets pivoted to Asian releases today with the jump in local unemployment and a fall in Japanese exports hitting both the Australian dollar and Yen respectively. The Trump regime’s trade war is continues with “framework deals” for India and Europe the next hand-waving “framework” that is being floated while actual free trade deals outside

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