Our last (??) NEWs and Views of 2025, and we're looking at that strange "accident" at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan:
Russia accidentally destroys its only working launch pad as astronauts lift off to ISS (or is it really a covert operation?)
 

Well, the Nefarium does not appear to be taking a break from its ordinary nefarious activities for the holidays, as this very weird story from Russia seems to indicate, being the occasional for another of Joseph's nosedives off the twig of high octane speculation into Speculation canyon:

Amid all the talk about what may or may not be in those soon-to-be-redacted-before-released Epstein files, no one seems to be talking about his relationship to the emergence of crypto-klepto-currencies:
Newly Released Emails Highlight Epstein’s Unexpected Influence in Early Bitcoin Discussions

It's not called "klepto-currency" for nothing:  China Accuses US Of $13 Billion Bitcoin 'State-Backed Crypto Heist'

Branch office of the Nefarium to expand its New York City operations:

Just three days before the very weird robbery at the Louvre of some of France's crown jewels from the second empire, a very unusual statement was made in France by a very unusual someone...
A New King of France? Louis XVI Descendant Says He’s Ready

Are we in an Artificial Intelligence Bubble far exceeding the dot.com bubble. One analyst thinks so, and for several reasons...:
The AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy — and four times the subprime bubble, analyst says

You may have missed the potential  high octane speculative significances of Argentine President Javier Milei's summit meeting with USA President Donald Trump... but there may be some deep fissures and cracks lurking in between the lines of this story:
Politics The U.S. has stepped in with an extraordinary bailout of Argentina. Here’s what it means

Here's a story to keep your eye on, especially in North America, as states and provinces become the new battleground for power use...
Proposed Ohio bill would give utility companies control of customer thermostats in some cases

If you've noticed a decided uptick in the insane power-grabbing activities of the Nefarium, you'd be correct. This week's story comes from a short article over at Armstgon economics:
 
Samsung Galaxy Ring swells and crushes user's finger, causing missed flight and hospital visit
 

...well it's happening folks... as warned: CFTC Set To Allow Stablecoins As Collateral In Derivatives Markets

A sad News and Views today as the Nefarium reached out to claim another life in its insane and evil war against tradition.... There's no article today, except this tidbit:

Well, in case you haven't heard, the Nefarium's German office has been very busy eliminating its political opposition:
German Elections Thrown Into 'Immense Chaos' After Wave Of AfD Deaths Rises To Seven

Hold your nose on this one: the E.U. is going after Hungary now...
EY Trying from Regime Change in Hungary

Natural News is now joining the increasing number of people and outlets drawing attention to the dangers to our power grid, food supply and distribution, and human existence itself in the rush toward artificial intelligence data centers:
The AI Data Center Wars Have Begun… Farms, Water and Electricity is Stripped from Humans to Power the Machines

Well the Putin-Trump summit kicks off tomorrow... and Joseph has some thoughts, and some extremely high octane speculation, about it (today there's no focus article):
 
 

Today's report and installment on what the Nefarium may be up too is an UNUSUAL one, in that the article which I am talking about is almost microscopically short, and my comments not only another Wile E. Coyote nosedive into the canyon of extremely high octane speculation, but one for which I have no evidence whatsoever beyond a creepy intuition that it might just be true:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/july-quake-appears-damaged-russian-221128136.html

Well, what about that earthquake in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula, a region well known for its active volcanism?  Joseph has some typical off-the-end-of-the-high-octane-speculation-twig and Wile E. Coyote nosedive into the speculation canyon on this story, and judging from the emails he's been getting about it, a lot of people are entertaining very similar speculations:
Russia’s ‘land of fire and ice’ was largely spared by the nearby earthquake and tsunami

There was just a political and cultural earthquake in Japan, and it has some wide and deep implications for the future:
Sanseito, Explained: The Alarming Rise of Japan’s Far-Right Movement

In case you haven't noticed, the North American franchise of the Nefarium has moved its headquarters (and hindquarters) into the White House in Swampington, District of (Bottomless) Corruption, where the current spokesman has apparently decided to escalate the proxy war with Russia...
Trump asked Zelenskiy if Ukraine could hit Moscow