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Argent Trust Co lifted its holdings in The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD – Free Report) by 0.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 99,592 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock after purchasing an additional 813 [...]
Argent Trust Co boosted its position in Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX – Free Report) by 0.2% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 186,077 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after acquiring an additional 279 shares during the period. Chevron comprises approximately 1.3% of Argent [...]
Argent Trust Co lessened its position in Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT – Free Report) by 1.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 36,453 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 603 shares during the period. Argent Trust Co’s holdings in Lockheed Martin were worth [...]
Argent Trust Co boosted its stake in shares of QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM – Free Report) by 2.4% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 88,466 shares of the wireless technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,058 shares during the quarter. Argent Trust Co’s holdings in QUALCOMM were worth $13,589,000 as of its [...]
Chevron (NYSE:CVX – Get Free Report) posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday. The oil and gas company reported $1.77 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.58 by $0.19, Zacks reports. The business had revenue of $44.82 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $44.59 billion. Chevron had a [...]
Chevron (NYSE:CVX – Get Free Report) released its earnings results on Friday. The oil and gas company reported $1.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.58 by $0.19, Zacks reports. Chevron had a net margin of 7.76% and a return on equity of 10.73%. The business had revenue of $44.82 [...]
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co. raised its holdings in Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE – Free Report) by 6.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 8,249 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock after acquiring an additional 496 shares during the [...]
Argent Trust Co increased its holdings in shares of Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX – Free Report) by 0.2% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 186,077 shares of the oil and gas company’s stock after buying an additional 279 shares during the period. Chevron makes up approximately 1.3% of Argent Trust Co’s portfolio, [...]
Generali Investments Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych decreased its position in shares of Deere & Company (NYSE:DE – Free Report) by 32.7% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,750 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after [...]
Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co. increased its holdings in shares of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE – Free Report) by 6.4% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 8,249 shares of the biopharmaceutical company’s stock after buying an additional 496 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co.’s holdings in Pfizer were [...]
Argent Trust Co lessened its holdings in Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE:CL – Free Report) by 0.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 143,074 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,055 shares during the period. Argent Trust Co’s holdings in Colgate-Palmolive [...]
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Banco Santander S.A. boosted its stake in Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU – Free Report) by 81.4% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 7,516 shares of the software maker’s stock after buying an additional 3,372 shares during the quarter. Banco Santander S.A.’s holdings in Intuit were worth $4,615,000 as of its most recent [...]
Scotia Capital Inc. lessened its stake in shares of Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO – Free Report) by 9.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 451,251 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after selling 44,450 shares during the [...]
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'No One Is Above The Law': Jack Smith Under Investigation Over Hatch Act Violations The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has launched an investigation into Jack Smith, a DOJ lawyer who led two criminal investigations into President Donald Trump during the Biden administration - one, into Trump's handling of classified documents, and the other, which sought to prove that Trump's actions on Jan. 6, 2021 were an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. Both cases were ultimately tossed. According to an email reviewed by the NY Post, Smith is being investigated by the Hatch Act Unit, which enforces a law that restricts government employees from engaging in political activities. The email was written by Senior Counsel Charles Baldis at OSC. "I appreciate the Office of Special Counsel taking this seriously and launching an investigation into Jack Smith’s conduct. No one is above the law," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) said in a statement to The Post. "Jack Smith’s actions were clearly driven to hurt President Trump’s election, and Smith should be held fully accountable."OSC launched the investigation following a letter from Cotton which accused Smith of taking blatantly political actions to undermine President Trump during his 2024 White House run. Smith notably resigned from his post as Special Counsel in January, after President Trump's inauguration. Smith’s actions as prosecutor have been widely criticized by Republicans who saw the prosecutions as an effort to weaponize the justice system against Trump and hobble his election chances in 2024.In his letter to OSC, Cotton explains how Smith’s actions undermined Trump’s political efforts.“Jack Smith’s legal actions were nothing more than a tool for the Biden and Harris campaigns. This isn’t just unethical, it is very likely illegal campaign activity from a public office,” Cotton said. “Many of Smith’s legal actions seem to have no rationale except for an attempt to affect the 2024 election results – actions that would violate federal law.”"These actions were not standard, necessary, or justified," Cotton wrote. "They were the actions of a political actor masquerading as a public official."Smith, meanwhile, has been mum on the allegations - though he has maintained that during his time as Special Counsel he followed legal protocols and was untainted by political influence (lol). Tyler DurdenSat, 08/02/2025 - 22:45
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Indians & Nepalese Are The World's Most Voracious Mobile Data Users With smartphones now central tools in our daily lives, mobile data usage has surged globally - especially in rural and developing countries where mobile networks often serve as the primary way to access the internet.This graphic, via Visual Capitalist's Kayla Zhu, visualizes mobile data traffic per smartphone in 2024 in GBs per month.Data comes from Ericsson’s June 2025 Mobility Report. India, Nepal, and Bhutan are not part of South East Asia and Oceania data.Which Countries Have the Highest Mobile Data Usage Rates?Below, we show mobile data traffic per smartphone in 2024 in GBs per month, by region.The region of India, Nepal, and Bhutan leads globally, with the highest data traffic per smartphone at 32 GB per monthly, nearly 50% more than North America or Western Europe.India in particular has some of the lowest mobile data costs globally, thanks to intense competition among telecom providers like Reliance Jio and Airtel.Additionally, in many rural areas, smartphones are the primary, if not only, way people access the internet. In Nepal, 96% of residents access the internet through mobile devices, while only about 15% of households have devices such as computers or laptops.Advanced regions like North America, Western Europe, and North East Asia see similar monthly usage levels, around 20 to 22 GB per phone.Sub-Saharan Africa lags behind, with the lowest data traffic at just 5 GB per month, highlighting a significant digital usage gap compared to other regions. The region faces higher internet and data costs relative to income, making internet access less affordable for many.To learn more about mobile data usage trends, check out this graphic that visualizes the countries with the highest monthly mobile data usage per capita. Tyler DurdenSat, 08/02/2025 - 21:35
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Think Uncle Sam Owes $37 Trillion? It's Far Worse Than That Via Brian McGlinchey at Stark RealitiesWhen asked how far the US government has plunged into the red, many fiscally-conscious Americans will tell you the national debt has reached $37 trillion. As distressing as that official number is, America’s true fiscal situation is even worse — far worse. According to a barely-publicized Treasury report, the actual grand total of Uncle Sam’s obligations is more than $151 trillion.That huge discrepancy springs from the fact that the federal government doesn’t hold itself to the same accounting standards it imposes on businesses. Rather than using accrual accounting — which recognizes expenses when they’re incurred — our Washington overlords self-servingly use simple cash accounting, only recognizing expenses when they’re paid. As a result, discourse on federal obligations solely focuses on the national debt, comprising Treasury bills, notes and bonds.Once a year, however, an obscure report delivers a more accurate version of Uncle Sam’s balance sheet. While it receives almost no attention from journalists or public officials, the Treasury Department is required to submit an annual report to Congress detailing the government’s financial condition. Critically, the 1994 law compelling this report mandates that it reflect “unfunded liabilities” — that is, commitments made without any dedicated assets or income streams to ensure they’ll be kept.Rep. Thomas Massie, who has two MIT degrees, designed and programmed a lapel pin that displays the mounting national debt in real time. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images via Roll Call )One of the larger categories of those unfunded liabilities is future federal employee and veterans benefits. At the end of the 2024 fiscal year, this alone represented a $15 trillion obligation. However, by leaps and bounds, the largest unfunded liabilities spring from America’s social insurance obligations — primarily Social Security and Medicare. At fiscal-year end, these liabilities totaled a towering $105.8 trillion.Stacking these and other unfunded liabilities on top of the publicly-held national debt and other obligations, you arrive at a grand total of $151.3 trillion at the end of the 2024 fiscal year. Offsetting that by an estimated $7.9 trillion in US government commercial assets — including property, plant, equipment and purported gold holdings — a Just Facts analysis puts Uncle Sam at an overall net-negative $143 trillion.Writing at the Heartland Institute, Just Facts president James Agresti put that nearly-incomprehensible total in perspective: “$143 trillion amounts to 85% of the net wealth Americans have accumulated since the nation’s founding, estimated by the Federal Reserve to be $169 trillion. This includes all of their assets in savings, real estate, corporate stocks, private businesses, and even consumer durable goods like automobiles and furniture.”Those numbers reflected the government’s position on Sept 30, 2024. They’ve not only grown significantly worse in the intervening months, they’re deteriorating at a blistering pace even as you read this: Not even counting the unfunded liabilities that represent the biggest part of the problem, the national debt alone is increasing at something like $156 million per hour.Wrangling over the budget isn’t going to save us. Congressional debates tend to center on discretionary spending — outlays that require a vote by Congress during the appropriations process. However, America’s steady march to insolvency is driven by so-called mandatory spending, which is hardwired by previously-enacted laws.In what may be the most ominous indication that the government is on an autopilot-course for catastrophe, the proportion of total federal outlays driven by mandatory spending has more than doubled since 1965 — from 34% to 73% in 2024. It was at 71% just two years earlier, in 2022.From Manhattan Institute’s Spending, Taxes & Deficits: A Book of ChartsThe two largest examples of mandatory spending are Social Security and Medicare. Those old-age programs are now well within sight of a crisis that’s been warned about for a generation: According to the latest report from their program trustees, Social Security and Medicare trust funds are now just seven years from insolvency.While the federal government requires private-sector pension plans to maintain assets equal to the present value of future obligations, the federal government exempts itself from providing the same security to the citizens that it forces into the Social Security program. Contrary to the mythology that payroll taxes are placed in individual “accounts” held for our future benefit, that money is immediately being dished out to other people who’ve already reached the benefit-receiving phase — which is why Social Security can be reasonably compared to a Ponzi scheme.Because the ratio of taxpaying-workers to beneficiaries is in steady decline — from 5.1 in 1960 to 2.7 in 2023 — Social Security payouts have exceeded revenues for the last 15 years. As a result, the Social Security and Medicare trust funds are set to run out in 2033. Under the law governing Social Security, payouts that year will be limited to program incomes — which will translate to a sudden 23% cut in payouts.While that represents a political time bomb, don’t expect any urgency in defusing it. The eight-year countdown is short, but it’s still outside the next-election framing that drives elected officials’ actions. Those politicians know that anyone proposing a long-overdue rethinking of Social Security and Medicare will be opportunistically accused of “attacking” the programs. However, when the crisis is finally in their laps, don’t be surprised if part of their solution is to borrow money to prop up the payouts.There’s another key component of mandatory spending that isn’t counted in the national debt: interest payments on debt issued to cover past and current spending. “In total, social programs and interest on the national debt—which mainly stems from social programs—account for 75% of all federal spending,” notes Agresti.Interest payments also represent a steadily growing share of total outlays, and will total almost $1 trillion this year. Within 10 years, interest is projected to reach $2 trillion, roughly equal to the entire 2025 deficit. Last year saw a grim milestone, as interest expense surpassed spending on both defense and Medicare.From Manhattan Institute’s Spending, Taxes & Deficits: A Book of ChartsCurrent projections have interest surpassing Social Security to become the largest single expenditure by 2042, but don’t be surprised if that milestone doesn’t come sooner. The government is already descending into a vicious cycle in which mounting US debt has the buyers of that debt demanding higher interest rates in compensation for the growing risk of inflation and/or default — with those higher rates creating larger interest payouts and even more debt.Beyond mandatory-vs-discretionary, and funded-vs-unfunded, there’s an even more important but far-less-discussed classification of spending that goes to the very heart of America’s march toward financial disaster: constitutional vs unconstitutional. As I noted in the most-read article at Stark Realities, “Americans Are Fighting For Control Of Federal Powers That Shouldn’t Exist”:Today’s sprawling federal government, which involves itself in almost every aspect of daily American life, is almost entirely unconstitutional.To rattle off just a random fistful of the federal government’s unauthorized undertakings and entities — brace yourself — there is zero constitutional authority for the Social Security, Medicare, federal drug prohibitions, the Small Business Administration, crop subsidies, the Department of Labor, automotive fuel efficiency standards, climate regulations, the Federal Reserve, union regulation, housing subsidies, the Department of Agriculture, workplace regulations, the Department of Education, federal student loans, the Food and Drug Administration, food stamps, unemployment insurance or light bulb regulations. Even that sampling doesn’t begin to fully account for the scope of the unsanctioned activity.This Pandora’s box of unconstitutional endeavors was opened wide by unconscionably expansive Supreme Court interpretations of the Constitution in the 1930s. It’s no coincidence that federal spending represented a mere 3% of GDP in 1930 but soared to an economy-warping 23% by 2024.Now we find the federal government in a $143 trillion hole, a burden that comes out to $1,085,022 per US household. History suggests this will end with a government default. In the United States, that will likely occur not via an explicit repudiation of the debt, but through rampant price inflation as the Treasury and the Federal Reserve conspire to create new money out of thin air to make debt payments.From Manhattan Institute’s Spending, Taxes & Deficits: A Book of Charts“They can’t pay the debt, so they have to liquidate the debt,” said Ron Paul in a June conversation with David Lin. “They [won’t] default — they’re always going to pay something for the Treasury bills. What they’re going to do is liquidate the debt by paying it off with counterfeit money.”While the Fed-Treasury money creation scheme has been with us for a long time, the alarming trajectory of federal debt and spending point to future money-printing on a scale that will trigger hyperinflation and economic collapse. At that point, Americans will stand at a crossroads. Desperation and fear will make them susceptible to the siren song of even more authoritarianism and unconstitutional, centralized command of the economy and society than what put them in such dire straits to begin with.“People will want to be taken care of,” Paul said. “I see it as an opportunity. If people are promoting the cause of liberty and there’s chaos in the streets, we better get out there and lead the charge and say you don’t need more of what caused this. You don’t need more authoritarianism. What you need is more liberty and more peace, and that means you ought to obey the Constitution.”STARK REALITIES: Invigoratingly Unorthodox Perspectives For Intellectually Honest Readers Sign up and join thousands of free subscribers who benefit from monthly, ad-free insights * * *Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ZeroHedge Tyler DurdenSat, 08/02/2025 - 21:00
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Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Litigation Attorneys Encourage Investors Who Suffered Losses In Tempus (TEM) To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their OptionsIf you purchased or acquired securities in Tempus between August 6, 2024 and May 27, 2025 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Bragar Eagel & Squire partner Brandon Walker or Marion Passmore directly at (212) 355-4648.NEW YORK, Aug. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized stockholder rights law firm, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Tempus AI, Inc. ("Tempus" or the "Company") (NASDAQ:TEM) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Tempus securities between August 6, 2024 and May 27, 2025, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). Investors have until August 11, 2025 to apply to the Court to be appointed as lead plaintiff in the lawsuit.Click here to participate in the action.According to the complaint, defendants failed to disclose: (1) Tempus inflated the value of contract agreements, many of which were with related parties, ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
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Foundations Investment Advisors LLC cut its stake in shares of GSK PLC Sponsored ADR (NYSE:GSK – Free Report) by 9.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 10,650 shares of the pharmaceutical company’s stock after selling 1,067 shares during the period. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings [...]
OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd decreased its stake in shares of Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX – Free Report) by 19.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 84,574 shares of the semiconductor company’s stock after selling 20,630 shares during the quarter. OVERSEA [...]
Fiduciary Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY – Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 264 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $218,000. Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors [...]
Cumberland Partners Ltd raised its position in Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY – Free Report) by 51.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 35,229 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,956 shares during the [...]
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Cumberland Partners Ltd reduced its holdings in shares of Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE:CARR – Free Report) by 66.2% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 22,095 shares of the company’s stock after selling 43,370 shares during the quarter. Cumberland Partners Ltd’s [...]
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Representative Jefferson Shreve (R-Indiana) recently sold shares of Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET). In a filing disclosed on June 22nd, the Representative disclosed that they had sold between $50,001 and $100,000 in Arista Networks stock on May 12th. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “CRT – STANDARD UNIT TRUST” account. Representative Jefferson Shreve also recently made [...]
Mackenzie Financial Corp decreased its position in shares of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE – Free Report) by 85.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 71,193 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after selling 422,578 shares during the quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp’s holdings [...]
Representative Jefferson Shreve (R-Indiana) recently sold shares of Procter & Gamble Company (The) (NYSE:PG). In a filing disclosed on June 22nd, the Representative disclosed that they had sold between $50,001 and $100,000 in Procter & Gamble stock on May 12th. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “CRT – STANDARD UNIT TRUST” account. Representative Jefferson Shreve [...]
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Needed: Stupid Anonymous Authored by Stephen Kritz via The Brownstone Institute,For many years, large segments of the American public were perfectly willing to go on Jerry Springer and admit to the world that they abused their spouses, molested their children, tortured their pets, and consumed every illicit drug they could get their hands on. Beginning with Alcoholics Anonymous, a plethora of Anonymous organizations has come on the scene to deal with these issues, along with an ever-increasing number of other social and psychological maladies. However, there is not one Anonymous chapter where a person can get in front of a supportive group and state: “Good evening. My name is Steve, and I’m stupid!” Don’t believe me? Google it! For the purposes of this discussion, I’ll use the term “stupid” based on actions, not intellect...or as Forrest Gump was known to say: “Stupid is as stupid does!” Getting people to admit that they’ve behaved stupidly is a very heavy lift. Just as Social Security has been called the “third rail” of American politics, admitting stupidity is the third rail of the American psyche. In addition, I have found that stupid actions tend to be based on rigid ideology or fear, both of which are hard to overcome. Let’s start with stupidity due to rigid ideology. Given that the receipts documenting the Obama administration’s efforts to carry out a “soft coup” are now in the public domain, at least half the population is going to need Stupid Anonymous services badly. I must point out that the use of the word “soft” when talking about a coup is absurd. It’s like telling a person that you just kicked in the crotch that it was an accident, expecting the person’s pain to immediately subside. It’s not happening! An attempted coup is a very serious crime, no matter the means used to carry it out or its level of success, and there must be full accountability. I find it interesting that RussiaGate, which has now been definitively demonstrated to have been nothing but a hoax, was thought by many of its believers to be worse than Watergate. Frankly, I believe that those who, to this day, continue to believe that RussiaGate was a real scandal are just acting stupidly! While I have no issue using Watergate as the gold standard by which government corruption is adjudicated, it needs to be assessed in proper context. At the time of the Watergate hearings in 1973 and 1974, I had just finished college. PBS carried gavel-to-gavel coverage, and I listened to dozens upon dozens of hours of testimony. A year earlier, I had cast my first vote for George McGovern. My relatives, all of them Jewish, kept pointing out that almost all of Nixon’s partners in crime had German last names. As such, I was surrounded by people who were very fearful about Nixon’s plans for the country. I had similar concerns. In short, I was no Richard Nixon fan, and I believed that he got what he deserved. In reality, however, our Constitutional republic was never in jeopardy, and the country continued to function as it would have had the scandal not occurred. Despite this, a sitting President was forced to resign, approximately 60 people were indicted, of which almost 50 were convicted or pleaded guilty, and about two dozen were sent to prison. I have no issue with this level of accountability. Therefore, if we’re going to use Watergate as the gold standard, the perpetrators of the coup should receive punishment that is at least an order of magnitude more severe, given the fact that our Constitutional republic WAS placed in jeopardy. It was only due to Trump’s tenacity and fortitude, and the Hand of the LORD (most obviously in the deflection of the assassin’s bullet) that we are now in a position to turn the ship of state around.There are those who will tell themselves that because the coup didn’t succeed, and Trump was legitimately ousted from office via the vote in 2020 (which raises a whole series of other questions that I won’t cover here), we’re okay, and our Constitutional republic prevailed. Not by a long shot! The fact is, the four years of the Biden administration were reminiscent of the last four years of Brezhnev’s leadership of the former Soviet Union from 1978-82. We had an obviously senile leader who was led by the nose by an unelected Politburo (a term I had used from the beginning of Biden’s presidency that is being uttered with some frequency in recent days). We had a Stalinist Dept of Justice (i.e., you show me the man and I’ll show you the crime), our Intelligence agencies were run by a bunch of Putin/KGB wannabes, and our news outlets were reminiscent of Pravda. As a result, the entire fabric of American life was in tatters going into the election of 2024.I’d hate to think of what would have happened to this country had Kamala Harris won the 2024 election.I’ll point out that while Trump won in an Electoral College landslide, if a mere 125,000 voters (out of approximately 16 million votes cast) in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania had switched their votes, Harris would have won all three of those states, and would have reached 270 electoral votes. Clearly, there were no supply chain issues when it came to the stupidity of those who fervently pushed the proposition that there was nothing to see here! Hopefully, the new folks that are in charge of our government agencies will provide justice with the appropriate level of accountability, and enough Stupid Anonymous chapters will be in operation to deal with the amount of psychological trauma that will need to be addressed. The current effort to deflect everything to the Jeffrey Epstein files in order to bring down Trump will not bear fruit. Once again, this will be shown to be just plain stupid. In my opinion, Trump’s leadership style has shown itself to be the second coming of the only other President born in New York City, Theodore Roosevelt. Eerily, Roosevelt also survived an assassin’s bullet during the election campaign of 1912, when he was running for a third term. Thank the LORD for overly long handwritten speeches kept in a left breast pocket! Had the speech been about 15 minutes shorter, the bullet would likely have been fatal. As such, Trump, by proxy, is already on Mount Rushmore! Putting the foregoing together; I’d say that those who continue to challenge President Trump are acting against the best interests of the country...and stupidly.I’ll now move on to stupidity due to fear, which was the initial tactic used by those responsible for the disastrous Covid response. What’s going to happen when the true extent of the Covid atrocities are revealed? It’ll make the coup attempt against Trump, bad as it was, look like child’s play! While many of us are legitimately concerned about the number of terrorist sleeper cells that have been injected into the country via open borders, what about the number of sleeper cells that have been injected into the arms of most of the US population? There are already indications that long-term consequences are likely. Ominously, a very recent study from the Czech Republic showed that the successful conception rate of women who received as few as one Covid shot prior to trying to get pregnant is significantly lower than those who didn’t take any Covid shots. I’m also concerned that the flat-to-declining life expectancy we’ve experienced in this country over the past decade, which just so happens to correlate rather closely with the timeline of full implementation of ObamaCare, will be further exacerbated by having taken the Covid shots. To have not considered these possibilities from the outset of the Covid pandemic is just another example of stupidity, in this case fed largely by fear. Staying with life expectancy for a moment longer; beginning in 2015, we had three consecutive years of declining life expectancy in the US. The last time this had happened was during the flu pandemic of 1918-20. You’ll recall that the 2015-17 declines were attributed to “deaths of despair.” I thought it was also due to the obesity epidemic finally catching up with us. It was also found that excess all-cause mortality with decreased life expectancy occurred in 2021, the first year of the Covid shots, and not in 2020, when viral virulence was at its peak. While looking at the most recently posted life expectancy graphs, I couldn’t help noticing that the three consecutive year decline is not there, and the Covid-related drop in life expectancy is in 2020; not 2021. Experience tells me that something sinister is in the works, and the stupid among us are being set up for the next scam that will lead them to behave – you guessed it – stupidly. In sum; our work is cut out for us. Should stupidity prevail one more time, either from ideological rigidity or fear, our efforts to get back to our Constitutional republic will permanently end with Trump’s second term as President. I suggest we revive Operation Warp Speed in order to get Stupid Anonymous chapters up and running as quickly as possible. Tyler DurdenFri, 08/01/2025 - 22:35
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These Are The Best Military And Intelligence Unit Watches Via Watches Of Espionage,Customized Timepieces From Rolex, Breitling, Tudor, Bremont, & Omega In the W.O.E. community, military "unit watches" are at the heart of modern watch culture. A unit watch is a timepiece that is customized by the manufacturer for members of a specific unit or organization. Customizations generally include the unit's insignia on the dial and/or an engraving on the caseback. Unit watches are generally private purchases, paid for by the individual operator, and not issued or purchased by the government.Given our position at W.O.E., I think I can safely say that no one on this planet knows more about unit watches. Whether this is something to be proud of or not, you can decide. Today, we take a look at a few of my favorite unit watches from some of Swiss watchmaking's greatest names.Since I launched W.O.E., I have noticed an uptick in unit watches. What was once reserved primarily for elite aviation and SpecOps units has trickled down to law enforcement, conventional military units, and intelligence organizations. If I can be so arrogant as to suggest it, W.O.E. has had a significant impact in bringing awareness and increasing unit watch adoption. (End Humble Brag - Break)You will notice that most of the watches in this Dispatch come from major Swiss watch brands: IWC, Breitling, Tudor, and Omega. Smaller brands like Christopher Ward, Sangin, Pagoda, Elliot Brown, and many others are making significant headway in this space. We may have to make another list. Stay tuned.US Army Delta Force Breitling SuperoceanStarting off with a bang, in 2009/2010, 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment - Delta, AKA Delta Force, commissioned a custom Breitling Superocean. The subtle unit insignia is printed on the dial at nine o'clock, and "Oppressors Beware" is engraved on the side of the case. 50 total were made. In my discussions with operators from the era, these watches were sometimes worn on operations, but they were generally reserved for time off and low-intensity training. Many former operators continue to wear the watches to this day as mementos of their service with the Army's Tier One SpecOps unit.Unit members in the late 2000s experienced some of the most sustained combat of any SpecOps operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, and in other countries as a part of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). The fact that an operator took the time to step back and commemorate this unit with a custom watch is special and indicative of the roles of timepieces as mementos among the military elite. All of the examples of the Delta Breitling we have seen are well worn after years of hard use, the way it should be.Australian SAS Omega SeamasterWe have covered Omega's modern Unit Watch program extensively, but Omega's relationship with intelligence and SOF units goes back decades. In the early 2000s, Omega produced several unit watches for the British Special Air Service (SAS) and Special Boat Service (SBS). By 2012, the Australian SAS wanted in on the action and commissioned an Omega Seamaster with the SAS Winged Dagger over the outline of Australia on the caseback. The case back is also engraved with the member's year of selection, his PMKEYS (regimental number), and "Happy Wanderer", the unit's marching song.The watches were again commissioned in 2016. The first batch could be purchased by both serving and former SASR operators, the latter only by those still serving. According to former SASR operator Andy White, the Omega Seamaster was chosen specifically due to SASR's dive capability and operators spending so much time above and below the water's surface.SGT Diddams MG, a close friend of White, was KIA in Afghanistan in 2012. In January 2021, while his family moved from Melbourne to Perth, his watch, an irreplaceable heirloom, was stolen from their car. It's identical to the one pictured, with the only differences being the selection date and his number: 95/8239384. Please keep an eye out for the watch.Italian "Polipetto" Rolex Sea-DwellerWhen it comes to unit watches, Rolex is the gold standard, having produced some of the most sought-after and collectable references (read expensive). While the British SAS Submariner and Explorer IIs are probably the most well-known, there are several more obscure references, and one of our favorites is the so-called "Polipetto", a customized 16600 Sea-Dweller made for the diving branch of the Polizia di Stato or Italian National Police.Part of the watch's charm is the unit's insignia, a stylized octopus, which is printed on the dial at nine o'clock, along with a custom caseback engraving. Among the most coveted and collectible modern Rolex sport watches, only 78 examples were produced, and of those, only 28 bear the service number of the individual diver on the caseback. In addition, the 16600 is perhaps the last great Sea-Dweller, with a 40mm case, no lame "Rolex" text on the rehaut, an aluminum bezel insert, and even lug holes on some examples. Slap an octopus insignia on there, and it's easy to see how one Polipetto example hammered for 165,100 Swiss Francs (around $207k) in 2024.Canadian Tudor Pelagos 39Tudor is arguably the leader in modern unit watches, having produced customized versions of their tool watch line for everyone from the 75th Ranger Regiment to the US Secret Service Counter Assault Team (CAT, AKA Hawkeye). It is difficult to narrow these down to a "favorite", but for the purposes of this Dispatch, I'm going to go with the custom Pelagos 39 developed for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Emergency Response Team (ERT).The Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Emergency Response Team (ERT) is Canada's federal tactical unit tasked with CT, high-risk arrests, and hostage rescue, a loose equivalent to FBI's Hostage Rescue Team (HRT).The watch contains an ERT crest on the dial, which represents the original teams consisting of six members and one team leader (7 maple leaves), a Cavalry sword, and a .308 rifle. The coolest part of this watch is the lume; the maple leaves are not lumed, which results in a cool contrast with the rifle and saber standing out. A total of 83 were produced and delivered in early 2025.UK' Special Reconnaissance Regiment' Rolex SubmarinerThere are military watches, and then there are modern legends. This Rolex Submariner, engraved with the insignia of the UK's Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR), falls squarely into the latter category. The emblem says it all: a Spartan helmet intersected by a sword, surrounded by smaller Spartan helmets, a nod to a unit that doesn't seek recognition and rarely grants it. This was produced in 2013, and Rolex ceased these unit-specific customizations not long after, handing the torch to Tudor, which continued the tradition of partnering with elite units.Watches like this SRR Submariner and the famed SAS Explorer II are among the last of their kind. Military-commissioned Rolexes with real operational provenance are increasingly rare. Last year, one was auctioned off by Sotheby's for a whopping 36k British pounds, which amounts to over $46k in real money (at the time).Will Rolex ever restart its unit watch program? It's hard to say, but we would love to see it.French Olympic Omega Seamaster Diver 300We have covered the new Omega Seamaster unit watches at length, so we won't beat a dead horse here. There have been some great unit watches developed, many of them not seen by the wider public or posted on social media.That said, there is one that stands out. Omega produced a Seamaster for the three elite French law enforcement units tasked with security for the event: GIGN, RAID, and BRI. This is one of the few examples I have seen of a unit watch developed for three separate units, which makes it stand out.Omega was the official timekeeper of the 2024 Olympics, and while marketing stuff is fun, a GIGN/RAID/BRI unit Seamaster is what really gets us going. Beyond the insignia on the case back, this is effectively the same watch as the one utilized by US Secret Service officers during the recent assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump and a unit-specific model created for the Danish Frogman Corps.US Navy's IWC Top GunWhen it comes to aviation squadron watches, IWC Schaffhausen is king. There are numerous notable IWC squadron watches, but arguably the most well-known is the brand's partnership with the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (the real TOPGUN). But interestingly, this didn't start as a unit watch, but a commercial endeavor.In 2007, IWC entered a commercial relationship with the US Navy, becoming an official licensee and beginning its line of TOP GUN watches. Featuring the logo of the 1980s hit movie of the same name, the series of watches became a staple of IWC's offerings with licensing fees directly funding morale, welfare, and recreation programs for US sailors, retirees, and their families.This prepared the foundation of a more organic relationship, IWC's foray into custom squadron watches. Having seen watches from the TOP GUN commercial line, pilots from the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School reached out to IWC to investigate the feasibility of making a unit watch for the Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (SFTI) program.The result was the 2018 release of the IWC's first custom military piece: the Edition 'SFTI' in both a Pilot's Watch Mark XVIII and a Pilot's Watch Chronograph. These exclusive watches continue to be made today, but can only be purchased by TOPGUN graduates, the way it should be.US-Afghan Special Mission Wing BremontThe Special Mission Wing, AKA "the triple seven," was an Afghan unit trained and mentored by Americans for air lift assets, most notably the Russian-built Mi-17. This watch was produced by Bremont for the American servicemen supporting that unit. Bremont's custom unit watch program has produced some unique timepieces for UK, US, and Australian SOF and aviation units, and was a leader until the recent redirection of the company under CEO Davide Cerrato.The insignia at twelve o'clock is taken from the Special Operations Joint Task Force - Afghanistan insignia, while each of the numbers around the dial is representative of the Dari script. The 7 (V) is flanked by two "ghost" 7s representing the 777 Special Mission Wing (VVV). The helicopter is the Mi-17V5, which was purchased by the US government for the Government of Afghanistan and flown by both NATO and Afghan crews. Finally, the Cyrillic underneath the Bremont prop is a Russian transliteration of Bremont and is a tribute to the Russian heritage of the Mi-17.We are big fans of "Arabic dials" (in this case Dari), and this is a cool piece. Unfortunately, the 777 SMW was disbanded after the US pulled out. Many of the pilots made it to freedom, where they are working to get their families out as well.UK Special Air Service Breitling AvengerI have a hypothesis that unit watch culture in the United States Special Operations Forces originated with our cousins across the pond in the UK. In 2003/2004, approximately six years before Delta Force's unit Breitling, the UK's Special Air Service (SAS) ordered a customized unit watch, a Breitling Avenger Seawolf with the SAS insignia at nine o'clock.We spoke with former SAS Melvyn Downes about this piece, who said around 200 were produced. Only serving 22 SAS operators could purchase the watch and all were individually numbered. Some active members of SAS sold them to former members. Given the amount of cross training and deployments between UKSF and Delta, I assess with medium confidence the Delta Breitling was born out of this relationship.French Marine Nationale (MN) Tudor Pelagos FXDIn contrast to many of the watches included here, which are small batch custom versions of core models within each brand's standard civilian catalog, the Tudor Pelagos FXD owes its very existence to an elite military unit. Leaning into a partnership that started in the 1950s, the Commando Hubert, the French Navy's elite maritime special operations unit, asked Tudor to develop a new dive watch for the specific use case of its combat swimmers.With integrated "fixed" lugs and a bidirectional countdown bezel, the Commando Hubert version of the watch has only two lines of text at six o'clock: "Pelagos" and "200m" as well as a unique dive strap and custom caseback. Soon after the watch was created, Tudor released the civilian FXD in 2021 to massive fanfare among the Use Your Tools crowd, with the also-sexy black variant coming in 2023.Over the past couple of years, the Pelagos has become a popular platform for other unit watch projects, but what is even cooler about the FXD is that the watch itself was organically developed for SpecOps end users.US SEAL Team Six Tudor Pelagos FXDWhen Tudor released the "Black FXD" in September 2023, we published a Dispatch on the background of how the original Blue FXD was developed in partnership with SEAL Team Six. While we sought approval to tell the story prior to release, it gained more traction than expected, and we took it down at the request of those involved.Fast forward to today, and the cat is very much out of the bag. The watch has been posted on social media, seen at public events, and even discussed at length by a former member of the Command during a recent episode of the Unsubscribe podcast.Most recently, the watch was seen on the wrist of former Gold Squadron member, Fleet Master Chief Dave Isom, when he took over as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman (SEAC) of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In contrast to the commercially available version, the Gold Squadron FXD has a simpler "two-line" dial with "PELAGOS" executed in gold and "660 ft". Most visibly, the hook and loop strap boasts a gold center stripe, in contrast to the regular red stripe. Each squadron has its own version with the squadron insignia on the caseback. Very cool.Final Thoughts - Should You Collect These Watches?Decades from now, the individuals who earned these watches will have all moved on in their lives and into retirement, and their unit watches will be among the few lasting, and wearable, reminders of their service. What makes these timepieces special is that they can't be bought; they must be earned.That said, inevitably, some unit watches do end up at auction, fetching upwards of $30-50k on the open market in many cases. Watches that were originally designed and intended as keepsakes for a select few can now be purchased by the highest bidder.While it is unfortunate that some practitioners choose to part with these meaningful timepieces, I also understand that life circumstances change, and the astronomical secondary market pricing can be irresistible. That said, it is a shame that those practitioner's great-grandchildren won't be able to treasure the watches worn by their ancestors.For collectors, I understand the attraction, but I also think it is a little bit strange to wear a modern watch like this that you have no direct relationship with. No, I wouldn't go as far as to say it is "stolen valor," but there is something about it that just doesn't feel right. From a collector's standpoint, there is a difference in my mind between new "unit watches" and vintage military-issued watches. As the decades roll on, maybe my feelings will change.For me, when a watch like this comes up for auction, the life is sucked out of it. I am naive about the auction world, but from the outside looking in, it appears to be champagne and cocaine, a part of the watch industry I just don't relate to. The fact that an earned watch can be acquired by the highest bidder, who almost certainly isn't the kind of person who would have earned the watch in the first place, just doesn't pass the smell test.That said, I believe in the basic principles of capitalism and do not fault anyone involved. We see the world as it is, not as we feel it should be.* * * Seperate, but awesome.... . . Tyler DurdenThu, 07/31/2025 - 22:35
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