Source: CNBC
“The U.S. said for the first time Monday that the Space Force has deployed weapons in orbit. U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told the Air and Space Cyber Conference that the U.S. has ‘on-orbit space control weapons,’ as he outlined a broader push to modernize the Air Force and Space Force in response to advances by U.S. adversaries, AI, and the growing use of autonomous weapons. He did not specify what kind of weapons in space had been deployed, or when, according to the official Air Force account. … His comments came as governments are reassessing what weapons and defense systems they’ll need to defend themselves against an increased threat from hybrid attacks.” (09/15/26)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/15/weapons-in-space-us-air-force-meink.html
Source: The Hill
“Robby Soave gives his radar on President Trump taking a stand against excessive regulation of AI, as more lawmakers have called for restrictions and moratoriums.” (09/15/26)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/6083814-rising-september-15-2026/
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
by Jake Scott
“On Monday, September 7, in Tokyo, an economist who has spent a year arguing that the Bank of Japan (BoJ) should wait to hike interest rates published a note saying it no longer can. Takuji Aida, who advises Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, sits on her flagship growth-strategy panel, and 10 months ago he warned that a December rate rise would be quite risky. He now expects a rate rise from 1% on September 18, followed by three more rate hikes after that. Aida’s forecast is, in itself, unremarkable: markets seem prepared for such a shift, having nearly fully priced a quarter-point move to 1.25%, the highest rate the BoJ has risen to since 1995. What is remarkable is the source of the rise.” (09/15/26)
https://fee.org/articles/japans-reflationist-bet-is-running-out-of-road/
Source: Ron Paul Liberty Report
“Zelensky Hits Russian Diesel Despite Trump’s Warning.” (09/15/26)
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RKZzBAlDYaKB
Source: Law & Liberty
by Theodore Dalrymple
“The problem with excessive borrowing is easy to see but difficult to solve, and not in one country alone. The former prime minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, put it best when he said, ‘We all know what to do, but we don’t know how to get re-elected once we have done it.’ (Not that Luxembourg has the indebtedness problem, for tax havens will always attract money as jam attracts wasps). If one takes Juncker’s remark seriously, which I think that one should, it points to a problem with the current form of democracy itself, and perhaps even of human character. Bribery of the population has become a powerful political argument or tool.” (09/15/26)
https://lawliberty.org/the-importance-of-being-indebted/
Source: Bet On It
by Bryan Caplan
“One common complaint about markets is that profit-maximization leads to low-quality products. The populist version is just, ‘They cut corners to save money.’ But the populist version doesn’t explain why firms don’t offer a full menu of price-quality combinations. Firms could just offer ‘copper,’ ‘silver,’ ‘gold,’ and ‘platinum’ quality levels, with suitable upcharges for each quality tier. Textbook asymmetric information models have a response. Namely: While sellers know what quality level they’re producing, customers can’t easily tell. So while they might be happy to pay $500 extra for a product that costs $400 extra to produce, unregulated businesses will try to take advantage of their cluelessness.” (09/15/26)
https://www.betonit.ai/p/could-you-get-it-if-you-were-rich
Source: US News & World Report
“The recovery of hundreds of bodies from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes in Gaza during the war that began nearly three years ago has raised fresh concerns about possible war crimes, the U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday. Volker Turk said the remains of what appeared to be entire families were being unearthed from sites destroyed during Israeli attacks, adding that many victims were women and children. … The Israeli Prime Minister’s office and Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Israel has repeatedly rejected allegations that it deliberately targets civilians and says it acted in accordance with international law while fighting Hamas militants in Gaza.” (09/15/26)
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-09-15/un-rights-chief-says-uncovered-remains-in-gaza-raise-concerns-of-war-crimes
Source: Yascha Mounk
“Jacob Weisberg on the Contagion of Cowardice.” (09/15/26)
https://writing.yaschamounk.com/p/jacob-weisberg
Source: Brownstone Institute
by Jeffrey A Tucker
“Cocooning is different from nest building, which is a normal sense of wanting time to bond and learn and care. This is different. It is a pharmacological innovation that implies that the basic immune system is deeply flawed without the injection of industrial products and therefore a newborn can only be around other maximally injected people. The Covid and flu shots are known to register negative efficacy. None of these shots can prevent transmission, an indisputable fact. Moreover, every pharmaceutical carries risks. Four at once carries more risk than one. In effect, the new mother is exercising soft power, blackmailing her family by denying joy to them unless they give money to the shotmakers.” (09/15/26)
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-cocooning-racket-needs-to-end/
Source: New York Post
by John Hardie & Mark Montgomery
“Russia and Ukraine have ‘agreed’ not to strike each other’s energy infrastructure, President Donald Trump asserted Monday — perhaps aiming to accelerate a deal that reportedly remains under negotiation and which Moscow has previously resisted. While Kyiv quickly expressed readiness for an energy truce, the Kremlin has remained conspicuously silent. It’s not hard to guess why. Vladimir Putin knows that Ukraine, short on air defenses, is staring down the barrel of its hardest winter yet — and he wants to exploit that vulnerability. But there’s a way to blunt the Russian bombardment, and improve diplomacy’s chances in the process. Ukraine, unable to intercept enough Russian ‘arrows’, should be permitted to use the Starlink satellite internet service to take out the ‘archers’ inside Russia. Despite Trump’s efforts to revive peace talks by dispatching envoys to Moscow and Kyiv earlier this month, Putin appears determined to continue fighting.” (09/15/26)
https://nypost.com/2026/09/15/opinion/elon-musk-can-unlock-a-russia-ukraine-energy-truce-and-save-lives/
