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The market is beginning to price in something most people still don't see

Milan Adams
Preppgroup
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:41 UTC
oil tanker traffic hormuze
The Strait of Hormuz is a key chokepoint for maritime oil shipments
There is a strange disconnect developing between financial markets and the average person.

Most people still see the situation with Iran as another distant geopolitical story. It appears on television for a few minutes, disappears behind domestic political news, and then returns a few days later when another headline emerges. Investors, however, are beginning to treat it very differently. They are not watching the negotiations because they care about diplomatic symbolism. They are watching because a growing number of traders believe the global economy may be far more vulnerable to a prolonged disruption than policymakers are willing to admit.

The irony is that the biggest threat is no longer war itself. The biggest threat is uncertainty.

For months, markets convinced themselves that a deal between Washington and Tehran was only a matter of time. There would be disagreements, public threats and last-minute complications, but eventually economic reality would force both sides toward some form of compromise. That belief became so widespread that many investors stopped considering what would happen if the opposite occurred.

Now that assumption is being tested.
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Questions and Answers

James Howard Kunstler
kunstler.com
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00 UTC
Movie adaptation screenshot
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"I'm the look-around candidate. All you have to do to understand why I'm surging in the polls is just look around..."
— Spencer Pratt
Just watch in wonder and nausea as California's mail-in ballots dribble in, providing a real-time demonstration of the "Our Democracy" party spitting in the country's face again, since everybody knows exactly what's going on. Meanwhile, the Senate voted down the SAVE Act again this week by 52 to 48 for. . . reasons. But, hey, cheer up, it's Pride Month. At the same time that California was queering its own "jungle primary," a troupe of drag queens swanned and capered around New York's City Council Chamber in what was called a "Pride Ball" (actually more of a show than a ball).

And what it really showed is that the party running New York City has no shame. How, exactly, does mental illness intersect with the public interest, you might ask? Historians of the future, roasting armadillos-on-the-half-shell over their campfires, will probably figure it out. For now, you must pretend that no such question even exists. Don't bother asking. Just go along with the gag.
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Cardboard Box

Facing the Big Zero: The University of Oregon grapples with a budget crisis after years of woke excess

Jonathan Turley
jonathanturley.org
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00 UTC
U of Oregon
© ar.inspiredpencil.comUniversity of Oregon
It appears that being unrelentingly woke means that you need fewer dormitories.

The University of Oregon is facing a major budget crisis and will cut $65 million from its budget and close dorms due to low enrollment. That growing crisis, however, did not stop Oregon from burning almost a million dollars fighting against free speech. It also did not induce its faculty to offer greater intellectual diversity and tolerance to prospective students. Oregon is a cautionary tale for a generation of academic social warriors, but also an opportunity for those who want to restore balance in higher education.

Oregon has long been an example of academic orthodoxy. While most state schools begrudgingly yield to First Amendment demands and offer better free speech alternatives to private universities, Oregon is known as a hardened silo for the far left in teaching.

We previously discussed how Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley who was blocked from the Twitter account of the University of Oregon's Division of Equity and Inclusion after tweeting "All men are created equal." Oregon spent almost a million dollars fighting to bar such speech.

Such controversies have plagued the university for years, with no sign of self-examination by administrators or academics. The university was criticized for its monitoring of social media to punish errant thoughts or microaggressions. The law school's law review was accused of anti-Israel discrimination.
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Brick Wall

Israeli authorities refuse to return massive trove of Oct 7 video - what are they hiding?

Michelle Witte
The Grayzone
Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00 UTC
security cameras
Israeli citizens wonder why the state won't return October 7 footage it confiscated from them. The mother of an Israeli victim says authorities deleted video of her son's death. Others complain "someone is hiding" the videos.

The Israeli government is still holding a massive trove of video documentation of the Oct. 7 attack captured by individuals and communities caught up in the fighting. One bereaved parent even accuses Israeli authorities of deleting a video of her son's last moments before returning his phone to her.

According to Israel's Channel 13, "all the cameras, memory cards and films that documented the atrocities were collected, but two and a half years later, these materials have not been returned to the communities and bereaved families who are desperate for information, and even feel that someone is hiding it from them."

Soon after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad's attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, special units from the IDF, the Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet and Israel's investigation unit Lahav 433 collected photo and video documentation of the violence, confiscating cell phones, individual cameras, kibbutz security cameras and more.

Comment: Wonder no more. October 7th was not only allowed to happen, but actually helped along by Israel's leadership, military and intelligence agencies - to help justify the genocide in Gaza while pretending they were only going after Hamas.


See also:

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Biohazard

MOLE People? What Are These Individuals Doing In New York Sewers?

Steve Watson
Modernity News
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:07 UTC
frame from NY sewer people
New York City's vast underground network has become the unlikely focus of fresh alarm. Surveillance footage shared widely online shows teams of men lifting manhole covers in the middle of the night, descending into the sewers with flashlights, tools, and protective gear, then resurfacing hours later to change clothes on the sidewalk before driving away.

Police have investigated multiple such episodes, particularly in Brooklyn, yet their public message remains the same: no known threat to safety.

That reassurance has failed to settle nerves in a city still scarred by past attacks and struggling under years of unchecked migration and progressive governance.
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Entitled: Family of Henry Nowak's migrant killer sparks outrage after asking for 'no further pain' in tone-deaf statement


ReMix News
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:25 UTC
Henry Nowak Vickrum Digwa police body cam
(l-r) Murder victim Henry Nowak, his convicted murderer Vickrum Digwa, screencapture from police bodycam of Nowak being handcuffed after being stabbed.
The family of Henry Nowak's killer has triggered a furious backlash after saying it hopes "no further pain is caused" following the murder, a statement critics have condemned as tone-deaf, self-serving and grotesque

The family of Vickrum Digwa has been accused of adding insult to injury after issuing a statement asking that Henry Nowak's murder not be used to cause "further pain," despite fierce public anger over the way the 18-year-old was stabbed, falsely accused, handcuffed and left dying in the street.

Vickrum Digwa was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 21 years on Monday after stabbing 18-year-old Henry Nowak multiple times in Southampton. According to the account provided, Henry was stabbed five times, including twice in the back of the legs, once in the face and once fatally in the chest.

The case has caused national outrage not only because of the killing itself, but the wider context. After the stabbing, Digwa's brother phoned police and claimed that "some White guy" had racially insulted his brother. Henry had not done so, a court ruled. Instead, Digwa had used a ceremonial knife to stab him repeatedly.
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Red Flag

The modern "Red Calendar" and the death of Pride Month

Brandon Smith
Alt-Market.us
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 00:00 UTC
gay commie
In the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution and the takeover of Russia in 1917 (largely funded by international elites), the new communist regime sought to implement what I would call "propaganda saturation" - An avalanche of policies designed to secure the red army's political power by manufacturing false consensus.

It should be noted that, even at the peak of the Bolshevik movement's influence, the reds only represented around 23% of the total Russian population and were never a majority. However, they had substantial monetary backing from overseas (read Antony Sutton's extensive study titled "Wall Street And The Bolshevik Revolution). Think of this as an "NGO funded rebellion", the kind of thing we are witnessing in America today with militant woke activists.

It was this international backing that gave the communists the boost they needed to take physical control of the government. But what they really needed was control over the general populace. One tactic they relied on in the early stages of the takeover was the use of a "Red Calendar". If this phrase is unfamiliar to you, you're not alone. Most people have never heard of it.
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Che Guevara

Lefty tech rag in panic mode as Manhattan Institute pivots from killing DEI to crushing NGO-funded riots

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:01 UTC
portland police riots
© Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Left-leaning Condé Nast, through Wired, appears to be running narrative cover for the protest-industrial complex, gaslighting readers over efforts to impose real penalties on chaos and disorder stemming from protests and riots.

Wired reporter Ali Winston's target is the Manhattan Institute. She appears to be upset that the Manhattan Institute is pushing for new state laws that make vandalism, blocking roadways, and trespassing during riots and protests felony offenses.


Comment: To answer @mattvanswol's question, yes these are "professional" people on call, and the riots can be shut down with a single message:

DataRepublican's link leads to an excellent breakdown of the mechanism.

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Che Guevara

Teachers' union leader Weingarten blames screens, not herself, for falling test scores

Aaron Withe and Tina Snider
RealClearPolitics
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 14:42 UTC
Randi Weingarten
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten is sounding the alarm about the decade-long decline in student test scores, pointing to screens and devices as a culprit. She's calling it a "call to action."

She left out the part about how she helped cause the problem in the first place.

For two years during the COVID pandemic, Weingarten and the AFT fought aggressively to keep schools closed. In July 2020, as the Trump administration urged schools to reopen, Weingarten called the push "reckless," "callous," and "cruel," and threatened the possibility of safety strikes.

Internal emails later released by a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee showed the AFT had access to draft guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control before it was made public, as well as proposed specific language that could trigger renewed closures.
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Beaker

Two researchers charged with allegedly trying to smuggle mpox through Detroit Metro Airport

DeJanay Booth-Singleton
CBS News
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:52 UTC
Vincent Munster Claude Kwe smuggle monkey pox
© Fox 5 DCVincent Munster, 53, a citizen of the Netherlands, and Claude Kwe, 38, a citizen of Cameroon, were charged with smuggling vials of contagious viruses and making false statements to federal law enforcement, June 2, 2026.
Two foreign nationals working at the National Institutes of Health are facing charges for allegedly trying to smuggle mpox into the United States through the Detroit Metro Airport.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Vincent Munster, 53, a citizen of the Netherlands, and Claude Kwe, 38, a citizen of Cameroon, are accused of providing federal authorities with false statements after arriving at the McNamara Terminal on Jan. 25, 2026. Officials say the two people, who were researchers, originally traveled from Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, where an mpox outbreak was ongoing.

Customs and Border Protection officials spotted the individuals with a black plastic case, according to a criminal complaint. When asked, Munster and Kwe told federal officials the case was carrying diagnostic and testing equipment.
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