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Debt, Inflation, and the Illusion of Protection

This article was originally published by Marcos Giansante at The Mises Institute.  In many emerging and tropical economies, the Austrian business cycle does not appear as a temporary deviation from equilibrium; it becomes a permanent condition. Chronic fiscal deficits, unstable legal frameworks, and recurring monetary expansion are not exceptional responses…

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US Seizes Another Oil Tanker For Defying Its “Quarantine”

The United States has taken control of another oil tanker for defying ruler Donald Trump’s “quarantine.” The Pentagon said that “the vessel tried to defy President Trump’s quarantine – hoping to slip away. We tracked it from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, closed the distance, and shut it down.”…

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This Legendary Turkey Hunter Became the First Person to Tag a Wild Gobbler in Every Canadian Province Where Hunting Is Allowed

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Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Rob Keck was fascinated by turkeys before he ever hunted them. As a kid growing up in Pennsylvania in the 1960s, Keck saw plenty of hunters tag deer and bag pheasants, but only a few elite hunters were lucky enough to kill a wild turkey back then. So it was with trembling hands that Keck leveled his shotgun and killed his first turkey, a fall longbeard that came charging in to his Louis Stevenson box call. He was only 13 years…

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Raw sewage, broken AC, bugs: Report reveals squalor at border mission

Raw, dried sewage streaked the floor around the toilets used by soldiers deployed to the border between Mexico and the United States, a Pentagon watchdog found during a summer visit that documented a host of substandard housing conditions.In a management advisory released this week, the Department of Defense Inspector General said troops assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border were housed in quarters that did not comply with Army housing requirements, sometimes for extended periods of time without documentation.In March, the Army reported that 9,000 active duty troops would be supporting President Trump’s southern border executive orders, which direct the military…

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The 12 Best Optics We Tested This Year

Sign up for the Outdoor Life Newsletter Get the hottest outdoor news—plus a free month of onX Hunt Elite. Optics testing is serious business at Outdoor Life. An experienced team of testers performs lowlight, resolution, and tracking evaluations followed by hours of hands-on use. Here are the top performing riflescopes, thermal optics, binoculars, spotting scopes, and red dots from our annual optics tests. These selections are part of our larger Field Tested Program, which highlights the best gear from 2025. The Real Grit is our retail partner for the 2025 Field Tested Awards. Buying through the links provided helps support…

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Coasties to get $2,000 one-time ‘devotion to duty’ payment

Members of the U.S. Coast Guard will receive their own version of President Donald Trump’s “Warrior Dividend” this month, a $2,000 holiday bonus that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem describes as a “Devotion to Duty” payment. Service officials announced Thursday that Coasties warrant the payment for their “tremendous dedication, bravery and innovation” during a landmark year, which has seen stepped up migrant and drug interdictions, increased Arctic patrols and accelerated acquisitions of ships, aircraft and other hardware. “Under President Trump’s leadership, the U.S. Coast Guard has been defending our maritime borders, stopping the flow of deadly narcotics and illegal immigration…

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US Navy to develop new class of smaller, more ‘agile’ combatant ships

The U.S. Navy is pursuing a new class of smaller, more agile combatant ships that the service says will become a “critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future.” The first hull of the future FF(X) class, which will be based on the U.S. Coast Guard’s Legend-class National Security Cutter design, is expected to hit the water in 2028 as a more nimble companion to the Navy’s larger warships, Navy Secretary John Phelan said in a Dec. 19 video announcement. “To deliver at speed and scale, I’ve directed the acquisition of a new frigate class based on [the design…

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I Became Trapped on an Ice Sheet in Lake Michigan — and Survived Against All Odds

Sign up for the Quick Strike Newsletter The hottest fishing news, tips, and tactics This story, Frozen Terror, was originally published in the January 1951 issue of Outdoor Life. TRAMPING ACROSS the rock-strewn, snowy beach of Crane Island with two companions that bitter-cold winter morning, on his way to the rough shore ice and the lake-trout grounds beyond, Lewis Sweet had no warning of what grim fate the next seven days had in store for him, no intimation that before the week was up his name would be on the lips of people and the front pages of newspapers across…

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