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UK to Permit 16-Year-Olds to Vote

Teens in the United Kingdom were recently deemed too irresponsible to use social media and user-generated online content. Yet, the government has deemed it...

PRIVATE BLOG – NATO – TRUMP – WAR

PRIVATE BLOG – NATO – TRUMP – WAR Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more,...

Market Talk – July 17, 2025

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 237.79 points or 0.60% to 39,901.19 • Shanghai increased 13.05 points or 0.37%...

While the World Was Distracted by Epstein

While the world was distracted by the Epstein debacle, legislators introduced the GENUIS Act that would permit the US government to regulate stablecoins. The GENUIS...

EU Proposed €2 Trillion Defense and Climate Budget – Another Crack in the Bloc

The European Union has just proposed a staggering €2 trillion budget over seven years, with a major focus on military defense spending. Once again, Brussels is...

The Stripper Index

One company has been looking to one of the world’s oldest professions to gauge the state of the economy—sex work. “The ‘stripper index’ is an...

Market Talk – July 16, 2025

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 14.62 points or -0.04% to 39,663.40 • Shanghai decreased 1.22 points or -0.03%...

Judge Rules Medical Debt Must Appear on Credit Reports

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may no longer remove medical debt from credit scores, a federal judge has ruled. This is yet another example of...

US Inflation Rises in June

Core inflation’s mild “only” 2.9% annualized rise is not cause for relief. Government agencies, central banks, and regulators all react to data. The Fed,...

Japan & MNRA Studies

Some people are reporting that Japanese researchers were able to obtain vaccine and death records for 21 million people, and determined that those who died from...