Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has given the country’s highest award for women to the US First Lady, Melania Trump. The Order of Princess Olha, 1st Class, was awarded to Melania Trump for her ‘significant personal contribution to humanitarian support for Ukraine’, according to the presidential decree. It comes after the end of ceasefire in Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson, which allowed for the evacuation of several hundred people from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky. Russian and Ukrainian delegations – made up of ombudsmen who were involved in the evacuation mission as well as senior officials – are due to meet at the White House on Thursday on Melania Trump’s invitation. The White House said that Melania Trump had ‘independently initiated engagement between the two warring nations and successfully secured a ceasefire’. ‘This achievement marks an unprecedented diplomatic initiative by an American First Lady’, it added.” (11/04/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm87zvpzwq0no
Source: Christian Science Monitor
by Jake Lapham
“The Democrats have swept to victory in the US midterm elections, taking control of Congress. While the incumbent president’s party generally tends to have a bad night in these elections, the scale of the Republican defeat is being viewed as a resounding rejection of Donald Trump’s two years in the White House. From angry voters to an unpopular president, here are five reasons why the Republicans lost so many seats. 1.) Soaring cost of living: From coast to coast, voters across the US have been grappling with the soaring cost of essentials. That anger was palpable on the ground in key races. … 2.) Unpopular Iran war: A major factor in surging prices has been the war with Iran which the US and Israel launched in February….” (11/04/26)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqkgjvr00zmyo
Source: The Bryan Hyde Show
“Eric Peters from Eric Peters Autos joins me for our weekly chat. We talk about election day considerations and everything worthwhile that has nothing to do with politics.” (11/03/26)
https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-mjrmu-1ba0842
Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“Time zones, a subject we’ve discussed recently, were invented by the railroads (not government) to help schedule rail traffic. But then, along came the automobile and freedom from rails. And from effective monopolies in many areas, because of the complexity of railroads – and their cost. But times change. Automobiles, like horse-drawn wagons, could and did do more than just serve an area around a railroad station. They began to go long distances. And then… well, read on.” (11/03/26)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2026/11/03/the-lincoln-highway-lesson-not-learned/
Source: Politico
“Spain’s Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo, will run the country’s Transport Ministry until the Nov. 29 election following the resignation of Óscar Puente, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Wednesday morning. … Puente resigned on Tuesday over the Oct. 28 train crash in Toledo province that killed 69 people, calling his decision ‘a matter of political dignity.’ It was Spain’s second deadly rail disaster this year after January’s accident in Adamuz, which killed 46 people.” (11/04/26)
https://www.politico.eu/article/spanish-economy-minister-takes-over-transport-ministry-after-deadly-crash/
Source: bloggingheads.tv
“When AI Enters the Quantum World | Robert Wright & Scott Aaronson.” (11/03/26)
https://bloggingheads.tv/videos/69838
Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Ryan McMaken
“Perhaps one of the most abused and misunderstood phrases in American history is found in the Declaration of Independence where Thomas Jefferson wrote “all men are created equal.” Since at least as early as the mid nineteenth century, the phrase has been used by many American politicians as justification for government intervention in the name of imposing whatever interpretation of ‘equality’ happens to be popular at the time.” (11/03/26)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/jefferson-secession-and-all-men-are-created-equal
Source: SFGate
“U.S. prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges against a Russian scientist who was tossed into an immigration jail last year after she landed at a Boston airport with frog embryos intended for her cancer research at Harvard Medical School. Kseniia Petrova, 31, spent four months in detention following her arrest in early 2025 as she returned from a vacation in France, where she had stopped at a lab specializing in splicing superfine sections of frog embryos and obtained a package of samples for research. She was questioned about the samples while passing through a customs checkpoint at Logan International Airport, then later charged with smuggling. A federal judge on Wednesday granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss those charges as well as counts alleging that she’d concealed facts and made false statements to government officials.” (11/04/26)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/federal-judge-dismisses-case-against-russian-born-22512123.php
Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
“The Secret Room.” (11/03/26)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/privacys-defenders-podcast-secret-room
Source: Independent Institute
by Raymond J March
“Last week, the FDA announced a recall of more than 4.3 million tubes of toothpaste. The recall covers 17 varieties, including several marketed to children under brands like Crayola, Hot Wheels, and My Little Pony. No illnesses or injuries have been reported. But toothpaste recalls are just the latest in what seems like a never-ending list of products being recalled by the FDA. The public has noticed. A recent survey reported by Fortune finds 94 percent of Americans are concerned about how often food is being recalled, and two-thirds now avoid an entire food category after a single recall.” (11/03/26)
https://www.independent.org/article/2026/11/03/food-recall-process/
