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The more I learn about Japan the more "nothing 'Japanese' is actually Japanese" rings true. Yakiniku? Came from Korean bbq. Karate? Came over to Okinawa first as "Tang hands" 唐手, then brought to Japan. Matcha? Technique imported from China during Tang Dynasty.

China in 2015 was a nobody. It had fancy skyscrapers and a giant GDP growth number from spamming infrastructure. But it wasn't leading in anything, so it didn't feel like a threat. Now, in 2025, China has cutting edge video games, cars, robots, A.I., apps, missiles.. Tiktok's algorithm is literally unbeatable, so the US had no choice but to raid it, in order to protect their domestic tech giants. They had no choice but to de facto ban China cars to protect their car industry. China DOES feel threatening now, but Westerners are still coping by referring to "middle-income trap", and "population decline" But don't let the reduced GDP growth fool you: Yes, they don't inflate numbers with low-value spam anymore- but QUALITATIVELY, China's growth is still relatively in its early stage. The dragon has actually still been half-asleep thus far. In 2035, China will be a whole other beast.

Niccolò Machiaveli : "To ally with great powers to defeat your neighbor is a strategic trap; if you win, you become the slave of the greater power; if the allied power is defeated, you remain alone and defenseless against the angry neighbor, and you are destroyed." [The Prince]

You can't make this up: Iran's trading advice to US investors actually worked. At 4:12 PM ET on Sunday, Iran's Speaker of the Parliament said pre-market news is a "reverse indicator" and if they "dump" the market, then "go long." At 6:00 PM ET, S&P 500 futures opened nearly -1% lower and fell just 30 points away from correction territory. By 11:00 PM ET, S&P 500 futures had reversed all losses and turned green. Then, at 7:25 AM ET today, President Trump posted that "great progress" is being made on Iran peace talks. Now, the S&P 500 is trading +100 points above its low seen just hours ago, adding +$900 billion in market cap. We are in the most unusual times in market history.

I’ve warned Europeans about this before, but if the US stops seeing Europe as a partner to help contain China, it will go looking for a different partner to support. Maybe a large country that borders China, with nukes and oil. The worst case for Europe isn’t merely a neutral US.

Literally was never in ISIS, and he helped the US kill more ISIS dudes than anyone else on the planet.

We got the literal ex-chief of ISIS in the London and still he’s probably not the most radical Muslim in an 800 metre radius

If you hate Western Civilization, you don’t deserve to live in it.

Pezeshkian wrote a 1,000-word open letter to the American people. It is objectively very short and to the point. But I am afraid he is a victim of the Iranian tradition of overestimating American attention spans and cognitive capabilities.

BREAKING: Iranian officials say their President Pezeshkian will be releasing an "important letter" to the American people in "a few hours." This is set to be released just hours before President Trump's 9 PM ET address to the nation. We will be covering it real-time.