Business

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Business, Technology, World July 30, 2025

Wall Street and Washington’s Grand Illusion: A $14 Billion Tech Merger and the Carnivalesque State‑Capture Spectacle

As the sun dawned over the Capital Beltway and the gleaming towers of New York’s financial district, corporate Washington and Wall Street staged yet another theater of power: the Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s announced acquisition of Juniper Networks for approximately $14 billion. What might be described in sober terms as “a strategic consolidation to bolster domestic tech capability” instead resembles a grotesque choreography where intelligence agencies and antitrust enforcers dance to the tune of private capital.

A flaming garbage barge with fireworks in the background

Business, U.S., World July 30, 2025

The Empire Tariffs Back: A Kabuki of Commerce, Crumbs, and Carnage

Once more into the breach, dear consumers, as the crumbling leviathan of American empire lumbers forth—not with dignity, nor even direction, but with all the grace of a flaming garbage barge drifting into a fireworks warehouse. In the sacred halls of governance, where polished mahogany desks serve as sacrificial altars for truth, the U.S. government has executed its most cherished ritual: the Great Economic Diversion™.

Pigs and Wall Street scammers

Business, U.S. July 26, 2025

Inflation Nation: How Washington and Wall Street Perfected the Art of Taking Your Money

In the latest episode of the grand American pageant, the federal government, in dazzling unison with Wall Street’s puppet masters, has once again managed to redefine the meaning of “help” by inflating prices while claiming victory over inflation. The narrative unfolds daily: politicians, economists, and corporate spokesbeings all screech into microphones with the fervor of carnival barkers, assuring the public that rising costs are either “transitory,” “under control,” or just the necessary sacrifice for the sacred altar of economic growth.