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What Climate Crisis? Indonesia Taps Fossil Fuels

June 18, 2026 1:00 pmJune 18, 2026 1:01 pm

For years, Indonesia, with the world’s fourth largest population, was part of a global chorus of climate commitments. Like many others, the government had embraced a moral pretense behind the diplomatic language of reducing emissions of harmless greenhouse gases in...

Interior Sec. Doug Burgum Annihilates Gov. Newsom for Whining About Energy Prices Yet Purposefully DESTROYING Refineries

June 6, 2026 6:00 amJune 12, 2026 6:15 am

The average price for a gallon of regular gas in California Friday June 5, 2026 is $5.95 – nearly $6.00 per gallon! The national average is $4.22. Two days ago, the national average was $4.26 per gallon of regular gas,...

When Encryption Dies: The Quantum Threat That Could Reshape Global Power

May 30, 2026 6:00 amMay 30, 2026 6:01 am

For years, “cyber apocalypse” talk sounded like the tech version of a guy on a street corner holding a cardboard sign predicting the end times. Y2K came and went with barely a flicker. The Mayan calendar became a punchline. Even...

The Ceasefire Illusion: Hacktivists and APTs Keep the Iran War Alive Online

April 30, 2026 5:35 amApril 30, 2026 5:36 am

A sustained ceasefire isn’t likely to translate onto the digital battlefield. In 2026, conflict doesn’t pause just because the shooting does. It shifts. It burrows deeper into the systems most people never see but rely on constantly, the networks, infrastructure,...

Australia’s ‘Renewable’ Obsession Decimates Industry

April 2, 2026 3:06 amApril 2, 2026 3:07 am

Australia’s “green energy” experiment has turned one of the most energy-rich countries into a high‑cost outlier that guts businesses that once anchored its prosperity. The claim that “renewables are cheaper” is a slogan for the propaganda of politicians and the...

The Vietnam Mirage: Why Claims of a U.S. Quagmire in Iran Are Fundamentally Misguided

March 21, 2026 4:48 pmMarch 21, 2026 4:48 pm

In the weeks since the joint U.S./Israeli military campaign against Iran began, a familiar chorus has risen from left-wing cable-news panels and op-ed pages. Commentators warn that America has been “dragged into another Vietnam”, a grinding, open-ended conflict that will...

Secretary Bessent Slams Governor Newsom as ‘Patrick Bateman Meets Sparkle Beach Ken’ in Davos Smackdown

January 21, 2026 5:32 pmJanuary 22, 2026 11:56 am

In Davos at the 2026 World Economic Forum, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took direct aim at California Governor Gavin Newsom, mocking his economic leadership and labeling him “Patrick Bateman meets Sparkle Beach Ken” – a reference to the superficial,...