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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote.
Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click on Book Cover) World & Nation Oil prices fall as reports say Hormuz crude flows top pre-war levels Crude oil prices fell in early trading, though Brent remained above $100, after a report from Kpler revealed that flows out of the Strait of Hormuz are now above pre-war levels. The same firm made headlines last week after saying tanker traffic via Hormuz was close to pre-war levels, despite Houthi attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure and Iranian attacks on tankers in Hormuz. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $101.20 per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $89.73 per barrel. Brent was actually up from Friday in absolute terms, and so was WTI, suggesting that some in the trading world, at least, were waiting for harder evidence of improving flows. According to what Reuters called “provisional data” from Kpler, oil flows out of Hormuz ranged between 19.5 million barrels daily and 22.5 million barrels daily between September 27 and September 29. This is about double the daily flows from a month earlier, and comes despite reports of substantial disruption in Saudi energy infrastructure. Dems Expand House Targets Deep Into Trump Country House Democrats have expanded their election targets to include six districts President Donald Trump won by an average of 16 percentage points or more in 2024, according to Politico. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Monday added six candidates to its "Red to Blue" program as Democrats grow increasingly confident they can seize the House majority in the Nov. 3 midterms. DCCC political director Brooke Butler went further, predicting Democrats could emerge with as many as 240 House seats.
Putin humiliated as furious rare protests erupt in Moscow - 'Don't touch our kids!' Protesters rallied in a rare demonstration against Putin in Moscow on Sunday, chanting "Down with the Tsar" before many of them were arrested by police. Security forces swiftly intervened, detaining dozens of demonstrators who dared to voice criticism of the Russian leader. The widespread arrests took place amid mounting frustration with Putin and his military campaign. The gathering was originally organized by the Communist Party, tied to a commemorative historical occasion as the party remains aggrieved over pro-Putin electoral manipulation during last month's vote. However, the Red-flag assembly in central Moscow evolved into a broader display of resistance to Putin - scenes typically prohibited under his authoritarian regime. It comes after Putin outlined his terrifying plans 'to live until the age of 150'. US pulls bombers from UK – What does it mean for Iran war? The U.S. has pulled its remaining bomber aircraft from a major U.K. military base roughly a week after British police launched an investigation into a suspected terror plot targeting the facility. A spokesperson for the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) told Newsweek that all U.S. bombers sent to the British base of RAF Fairford earlier this year “have re-deployed to their home stations in the United States.” The U.K. Defense Ministry has not publicly commented. Roughly a dozen B-1 Lancers were thought to still be based at RAF Fairford in southwestern England after the U.K. government said Washington could use the American-run base for “defensive” strikes on Iran in early March. White House rips ‘scumbag’ ex-special counsel Jack Smith after he wears ‘No Kings’ shirt to Bruce Springsteen show The White House ripped former special counsel Jack Smith as a “partisan attack rat” Monday after he was photographed and videoed wearing a “No Kings” T-shirt at a Maryland concert over the weekend. “Jack Smith is a scumbag who was the partisan attack rat for Democrats who weaponized the justice system against President Trump for political purposes,” White House communications director Steven Cheung said on X in response to the images of Smith, who brought two criminal cases against the commander in chief ahead of the 2024 election. “Don’t think they won’t go after innocent Americans again if they get their way,” added Cheung. Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joining Fox News as a contributor Former White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox News as an on-air contributor, the network announced on Monday. Leavitt, 29, stepped down in August after serving as President Trump’s chief spokeswoman and is set to begin at the cable network on Nov. 1. She is expected to appear across both Fox’s news and opinion programming, according to a press release obtained by The Post. Christa Pike’s lawyer calls for death row sentence to be thrown out after ‘tortuous’ failed execution Christa Pike’s lawyer is calling for her death-row sentence to be commuted, saying that her “tortuous” failed execution is punishment enough even for her “awful crime.” Stephen Ferrell called on Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee to spare Pike from future execution attempts even if she recovers from being critically ill after surviving Wednesday’s botched double injection for the 1995 murder of her classmate Colleen Slemmer. “This has been a serious punishment for a very serious and awful crime,” Ferrell, an assistant federal defender, told CNN on Sunday. “I don’t think that attempting another execution is going to bring justice.” The outgoing governor suspended all state executions for the rest of the year but has not ruled out Pike later being put to death. Viral video captures college cheerleader being shoved to ground, pummeled by cops as she tries to stop arrest Arizona State cheerleader shoved to ground, pummeled by cops while trying to stop arrest in viral video A viral video captured an Arizona college cheerleader being violently slammed to the ground and pummeled on top of a bicycle by cops after she allegedly interfered with an arrest. Arizona State University senior Eryn Bonner was hit with two misdemeanor charges last week in Tempe after a harrowing video captured cops allegedly leaving her covered in bruises during an arrest in July, according to the Tempe Police Department and ABC15. Bonner, a member of the ASU Stunt team, was seen in the early morning of July 19, reapproaching officers who were arresting another individual after being told to get back. “Let him go, let him go,” Bonner could be heard screaming before the altercation unfolded. White House ‘monitoring’ suspected plague outbreak in Russia after lab worker dead, hundreds quarantined The White House is “aware” of a suspected plague outbreak in Russia and is “monitoring the situation” after a young lab worker was killed and some 200 others reportedly forced into quarantine, an official said. Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old researcher at an anti-plague research institute in Russia’s eastern Irkutsk region, reportedly died after breaking a test tube containing the plague pathogen, although Russian officials have refused to say whether or not she contracted the disease. The Trump administration “is aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options,” an official told Axios. Washington family requests SCOTUS injunction after daughter was allegedly sexually assaulted by trans athlete Alliance Defending Freedom filed an emergency application with Justice Elena Kagan seeking an injunction pending appeal A Washington family has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in after lower courts refused to let a teenage wrestler compete this season without being matched against a male athlete. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed an emergency application with Justice Elena Kagan on behalf of K.M.K. and her mother, Stephanie Lynne Brown. The filing asks for an injunction pending appeal in K.M.K. v. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA). The plaintiff is listed only as K.M.K. She is Kallie Keeler, the Puyallup-area wrestler who has spoken publicly about here experience in being allegedly sexually assaulted by a trans athlete during a match. The application says Keeler was 15 when she wrestled for third place at the Lady Jag Kickoff on Dec. 6, 2025, a girls’ tournament at Emerald Ridge High School. She and her mother say they were not told her opponent was male. During the match, they allege, the opponent penetrated her. Another team’s coach told her afterward that the opponent was male, the family says. Trump: Brazil's Fast Results Show US Voting 'Corrupt' President Donald Trump cited Brazil's fast election results while criticizing U.S. cities and states that he said "often take weeks" to count ballots. "125 Million People voted today in the first round of Brazil's Presidential Election," Trump posted late Sunday night on Truth Social. "The results came out shortly after the vote closed, on the SAME DAY!" Trump singled out Detroit, Philadelphia, and California, saying jurisdictions with far fewer voters "will often take weeks to Rig, I mean, calculate."
Nike CEO may have just admitted the company went too woke as stock hits 12-year low Elliott Hill's memo to employees emphasized putting sport back at the center after years of politically charged campaigns The Nike CEO's memo to his employees was 860 words. But here were the 33 that stuck out: "Over the past year, we've put sport at the center of everything we do. We're seeing encouraging signs of progress, but we have more work to do to win over the long term." That was sent out on Oct. 1, one day before Nike's stock price closed at $33.87 per share — its lowest in over 12 years. The once unstoppable athletic titan expects more layoffs in 2027 after already cutting staff twice this year. And you have to wonder if those words above — "over the past year, we've put sport at the center of everything we do" — was as much a confession as it was a mission statement. Nike chose politics over its core identity, and it's desperately trying to course correct. Co-Pilot Planned FlyDubai Attack Before Joining Airline, 2 Israeli Officials Say The FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane has told UAE interrogators he planned the attack before he was hired by the Dubai state-owned airline, according to two Israeli officials with knowledge of the probe. A third source briefed on the UAE probe said the co-pilot, an Omani national, had planned to crash Wednesday's flight into Ben-Gurion airport near Tel Aviv. He had also operated a flight to Tel Aviv earlier this year and intended to hijack and crash the plane then, but opted not to, the source added. It was not immediately clear why the co-pilot changed his mind on that previous flight, although the co-pilot is thought to have known someone onboard, the source said.
America must defend our digital infrastructure, here and overseas, to win the next war Iranian strikes on Amazon digital facilities in the Gulf exposed how infrastructure is key to US security By Kate Monroe
For most of American history, national defense has been understood geographically. There was American territory and foreign territory, borders to defend, military installations to protect, and American forces stationed around the world. Even as warfare evolved, the basic concept remained relatively simple: the United States had physical assets that needed protection from foreign adversaries. Technology has fundamentally changed that calculation. Today, some of the most important assets supporting America's economy, military and national security do not fit neatly within traditional definitions of territory or defense infrastructure. They are data centers, cloud-computing systems, telecommunications networks and other digital infrastructure that may be privately owned and located thousands of miles from the United States. The border of the next war may not be a line on a map. It may be a data center. Anthropic’s creepy savants are trying to play God while pushing frightening utopian fantasies By Miranda Devine
The artificial intelligence company Anthropic has been busy for months wining and dining religious leaders and influencers to try to push their self-serving agenda and utopian fantasies. The Vatican’s response has been to pour cold water on bizarre claims that Anthropic is embarking on its own “creation story” to give birth to new sentient beings in the form of computer software. Billionaire co-founder Chris Olah, a 34-year-old Canadian-born evangelical who has turned his back on Christianity, thinks their AI model, Claude, has feelings and a sort of moral consciousness. He’s worried about its “mental health” and believes it experiences human emotions like love and “suffers perpetually,” The New York Times reported. |
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