The Trump administration may offer women incentives to have babies in order to close the widening birth gap. One such incentive would offer American mothers a $5,000 “baby bonus” for every child born.

Several Eastern countries have incentives like this that actually have worked to encourage population growth. In China, couples are offered money to marry younger. Russia offers mothers sizable cash payments if birthing mothers are younger than 27 years old which can be used to buy a home, childcare or medical expenses. In Hungary, birthing mothers under 30 years old are exempt from personal income tax for the rest of their lives.

According to The New York Times, the Trump administration is also considering “funding programs that educate women on their menstrual cycles — in part so they can better understand when they are ovulating and able to conceive.”

I think AOC may have fainted when she read that.

These aren’t bad ideas but we can’t know for sure where they would go considering the source for the New York Times is “four people who have been part of the meetings who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.”

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Peace mediators from Egypt and Qatar have put forward a “truce lasting between five and seven years” for Israel and Palestine.

According to the BBC, the plan involves “the release of all Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, a formal end to the war, and a complete Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.”

Why are they “hostages” when they are Israeli and “prisoners” if they are Palestinian? Wrong. They are all hostages, innocent civilians held by governments that are hostile to them.

Officials from Gaza are heading to Cairo for negotiations but Israel has not responded to the proposal. Instead, it launched air strikes in Gaza, killing at least 26 people and injuring 60 more. They are also reportedly deploying bulldozers to the wreckage.

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Is Klaus Schwab a scoundrel? He is but did he also scam the World Economic Forum?

Schwab resigned as the head of the WEF and now the organization reports that he is under investigation due to a “new whistleblower letter alleged financial and ethical misconduct by the longtime leader and his wife.” He refuted the allegations but he was ousted before he could make his case.

Some of the allegations include instructing aids to withdraw cash from WEF funds so that he could pay masseuses. Or that they would schedule WEF meetings in fancy places so that they could take trips.

Well wait…those things could be business expenses. Companies pay for massages for their executives all the time as part of their wellness packages. And if you want to have a business meeting in a fancy place, you’re free to do that as long as you really do hold those meetings when you go. We’re no fan of Klaus Schwab but why is the WEF suddenly throwing him overboard?

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The U.S. special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will head to Russia this week to meet with President Vladimir Putin.

The U.S. has presented a framework for peace negotiations with Ukraine. It would include recognizing Crimea as part of Russia. Which it is.

Ukrainian President Zelensky said that Ukraine will not recognize Crimea as Russian.

“Ukraine will not legally recognize the occupation of Crimea,” Zelensky said at a press conference on Tuesday. “There’s nothing to talk about here. This is against our constitution.”

As if it matters. It has been 11 years since Crimea has been a part of Russia, no matter how the Ukrainian government feels about it.

The deal could also lead to the U.S. lifting sanctions on Russia and include a ceasefire while the details are negotiated.

Meanwhile, Europe is pretending that it could go to war with Russia with what they call a “Pan-Nordic Army.” What they mean is that any of of these countries would lose a war with Russia but maybe, just maybe, if they stick together, they could die slower.

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The Academy Awards launched a new rule for members who vote for Oscar winners. The rule is: You have to watch the movies to be eligible to vote for winners.

THEY WEREN’T DOING THAT BEFORE!? How can that be a NEW rule? What were votes based on before before?

It turns out, before academy voters were “encouraged” to watch the nominated films but now they have to. The Academy doesn’t say how they’ll verify that they did.

Anonymous ballots have been recently published with voters admitting that they didn’t watch some films. So prior to this change, what is an Oscar worth knowing that votes were not based on the actual work? What a charade.

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The 9/11 Commission was a scam. We should all agree on that by now. Dare we hope for another one based on legitimate questions?

That is what Republican Senator Ron Johnson has suggested. He wants new congressional hearings to look into unanswered questions such as: How did Building 7 come down?

“Structural Engineers say that thing didn’t come down in any other way than controlled demolition. Molten steel. Destruction of evidence. We want answers. What really happened on 9/11? It’s being covered up by our government,” Senator Johnson said. He claims that the government has destroyed evidence related to this.

Building 7 fell seven hours after the Twin Towers fell. The government explanation was that it was caused by fires from debris but architects and engineers don’t buy that.

There is an appetite for government disclosure right now. Should the U.S. government do this? Do we have any confidence that if they did, they would give it to us straight?

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Chinese researchers have reportedly “successfully detonated a hydrogen-based explosive device in a controlled field test, triggering devastating chemical chain reactions without using any nuclear materials.”

Translation: China can make a bomb that is not nuclear but still creates a fireball that exceeds 1,000°C for over two seconds. That is 15 times longer than a comparable TNT explosion. They called it a “sustained inferno.”

The weapon sounds terrifying but maybe a little less terrifying because it does not produce nuclear radiation or fallout.

Why would anyone want this? Reportedly, “the researchers looked at the weapon’s other potential military applications, such as using it to cover a large area with intense heat and focusing its power on high-value targets to destroy them”

It’s a targeted and terrifying bomb. China has a “no first use” policy about nuclear weapons. Does this still count since it’s not nuclear?

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As the U.S. moves forward with a nuclear peace treaty with Iran, Russia has also solidified its relationship with Iran. Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly “ratified parliamentary approval of a crucial treaty with Tehran.”

Translation: These two are allies and a war with Iran would likely mean a war with Russia too.

The new commitment solidifies the two countries in areas such as national security, nuclear energy and “joint resistance against unilateral sanctions.” Both countries have faced grueling international sanctions, Iran based on Obama-era lies about a nuclear weapons program.

You may have noticed that the pro-war with Iran rhetoric online is reaching a crescendo as the Trump administration moves closer to a deal that would prevent such a war. Could this be the first lie-based war that is thwarted because the Internet has allowed us to see through it!?

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You’ve heard of Ozempic face and Ozempic butt, right? It’s when you take the weight loss drug and everything looks saggy and dehydrated. But you’re thin!

Now there is Ozempic feet. Doctors say that rapid weight loss and dehydration can cause Ozempic patients to have saggy and old looking feet.

Recall that Ozempic is supposed to treat Type 2 diabetes and heart disease but it is a lifelong drug with no indication of ever being able to go off of it. It is also known to cause blindness, bone thinning, permanent diarrhea, stomach paralysis and more.

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