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Wladimir Klitschko is seeking permission to be temporary guardian of his 11-year-old daughter Kaya's estate after the "Heroes" star's tragic death.

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"De-Globalization Endgame": Deutsche Bank Warns Historic Copper Squeeze Could Ignite 50% Rally

London copper prices are near record highs at the start of the week, reinforcing the supercycle commodity bull-cycle thesis former Goldman Sachs commodities chief Jeff Currie outlined in August: "get long and buckle up." The convergence of tight physical markets, currency debasement and policy intervention is creating conditions for a sustained repricing of scarce resources.

From refined petroleum products and rare earths to industrial metals and certain agricultural commodities, tightening physical markets underpin our "own the bottlenecks" theme.

Deutsche Bank's head of metals research, Daniel Ghali, added urgency to that theme on Monday morning, warning that available copper inventories globally have fallen to "unprecedented lows." As US and Chinese stockpiling squeezes supplies available elsewhere, Ghali sees copper rallying roughly 50% to $22,050 a ton by the second quarter of 2027.

Ghali estimates China's strategic reserves hold about 2.05 million tons, equivalent to 43% of global above-ground inventories. Meanwhile, US tariff-driven stockpiling demand could leave 1.3 million tons tied up at warehouses by year-end. Together, the bank estimates US and Chinese stockpiling will encumber 71% of global inventories.

"The combination of de-globalization and decades of underinvestment in supply has created vulnerabilities such that, by year-end, stockpiling in the USA and China will have encumbered 71% of global inventories," he warned.

At the current stockpiling pace, Ghali forecasts that freely available inventories would approach zero by the end of 2028, adding that this would be the exact breaking point the market must prevent through demand destruction, or higher prices. 

Ghali called this the "most acute copper scarcity on record" and a "de-globalization endgame." The industrial metal's story is quickly shifting from an AI data center boom to a liquidity crisis, as free-floating copper inventories decline to unprecedented levels.

More bad news:

The risk now is a bidding war for the remaining accessible metal that ends only when demand destruction arrives. Access to metal is critical as resource nationalism engulfs the world, with China restricting rare earths and other critical metals. These materials are essential to defense and the looming rearmament theme in the West.

More evidence that readers may want to "own the bottlenecks" as critical material supplies tighten. This theme should gain traction across Wall Street.

Last week, Stifel metals analysts pointed out one mind-boggling chart:

Time to own the bottlenecks.

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Tyler Durden Mon, 09/28/2026 - 14:25

How The Data Center Debate May Shape The Midterms

Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times,

Outrage over proposed data centers surged across America, from the Birthplace of Rock 'n' Roll to Kansas corn country, amid a heated U.S. - China technology race, turning server farms into one of the defining issues of the midterm elections this fall.

In some primaries, candidates who backed the artificial intelligence (AI) boom were given the boot by voters who preferred politicians encouraging guardrails - or a hard stop - before big tech turned country pastures into concrete parks.

Meanwhile, the Trump administration has said AI-related development is imperative to protect U.S. interests and ensure national security.

Here's how the data center debate could weigh on some national elections this fall.

Voter Sentiment

Americans have grown protective of remaining open space after seeing acreage - larger than the size of Florida - be converted from rural or agricultural land into urbanized landscape between 1982 and 2017, according to data released by NumbersUSA's USA Sprawl project.

A lot of the development was due to population growth, but now some fear data centers will scoop up additional land.

"It's not that Americans think that all of that development was bad, but they're taking the trade-offs very seriously," Jeremy Beck, the co-president of NumbersUSA, told The Epoch Times.

"You see that in the polling. They're concerned about water. They're concerned about resources."

Voters told The Epoch Times they're worried new tech developments would strain local water resources, increase electricity bills, boost governmental surveillance, or become another abandoned building if the AI bubble bursts.

"Data centers are politically interesting because they make the national AI and energy debate a local issue," Energy policy analyst Yagiz Sullu told The Epoch Times.

"Most voters may not track data center policy, but they do notice changes in electricity bills, water use, new infrastructure, tax incentives, and development in their neighborhoods."

Voters in a handful of states, including Wyoming, told The Epoch Times that their votes during recent primary elections were swayed by a candidate's stance on data centers.

In Wyoming, local opposition helped shape the state's gubernatorial and U.S. Senate primary election in mid-August in very different ways.

President Donald Trump's endorsement fell short in the Cowboy state's gubernatorial primary when his pro-data center pick, Megan Degenfelder, lost to Republican Eric Barlow.

Some voters told The Epoch Times during the primary election that a candidate's stance on data centers played a role in how they voted.

Degenfelder, who received 29.6 percent of the vote, supported the data center boom, suggesting the United States needed to win the AI technology race against China.

Barlow, who won 45 percent of the vote, had a more cautious approach to data centers, suggesting local leaders should control their development.

In Kansas, the physics teacher who was dragged out of an Emporia City Commission meeting and arrested because he clapped when people spoke in opposition to the data center told The Epoch Times he fears the AI bubble could pop and leave his city with more empty buildings.

"I don't want them to spend, you know, 5 to 10 years building a data center, only for the AI bubble to finally burst and crash," Lux Claridge said.

Claridge and his wife, Jessica Danford, told The Epoch Times they were "all in" on Democrat Cindy Holscher to be the next governor of Kansas due to her proposed moratorium on data centers.

Holscher is facing Republican Ty Masterson in the state's gubernatorial primary.

However, while serving in the state Senate, Holscher and Masterson both supported state legislation to expand data centers.

Holscher walked back her stance after announcing her run for governor, calling for a statewide moratorium on new data centers until Kansas has "common-sense guardrails" to protect taxpayers and natural resources.

Meanwhile, Masterson said all data centers must "cover their own power and infrastructure costs."

David McGarry, research director of the government watchdog group Taxpayers Protection Alliance, does not think that citizens will vote out their representatives who have not acted swiftly on AI and data center concerns ahead of the midterm elections.

"I doubt that Congress's lack of action will overtake the kitchen table issues as voters decide which candidates and which party are best positioned to improve everyday lives for Americans," McGarry told The Epoch Times.

McGarry predicts the midterm races will be decided on larger national issues, such as the economy.

Candidates' Response

Some candidates have underscored just how important the impact of data centers and AI was to their constituents.

During the U.S. Senate primary in Wyoming, voters told The Epoch Times they backed candidates who worked to protect their communities and appreciated when U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, demanded accountability from Meta after its Cheyenne Data Center contaminated the city's wastewater system.

Hageman, a Trump-backed Republican, is saddling up to face Democratic state Rep. James Byrd, who wants a "full stop" on data center development, in the general election for the U.S. Senate seat this fall.

Some pro-data center candidates kept their name on the ticket.

In Nevada's gubernatorial primary election, incumbent Joe Lombardo, who is pro-data centers, won in a landslide and will face Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford this fall.

Lombardo promised to protect people from rising costs as he vouched for data centers, suggesting they will bring jobs, investment, and economic growth to Nevada.

Ford wants to pause new tax breaks for the centers until they can prove they will provide their own clean energy, grid upgrades, and water.

The Cook Political report ranks the race as a toss-up.

In the Texas U.S. Senate race, Attorney General Ken Paxton beat incumbent John Cornyn in the GOP primary runoff election and then pitched a "Texas First Data Center Plan" on Aug. 24, which puts guardrails on proposed centers.

"My Texas First Data Center Plan will protect our grid, our communities, and our children while ensuring America beats Communist China in the AI race," Paxton wrote in an X post on Aug. 24.

His opponent, Democrat James Talarico, also proposed guardrails and stopping "data centers from being built in our communities if they cannot meet the most basic demands of those communities."

The Cook Political report moved the U.S. Senate race's ranking in Texas from Lean Republican to Toss Up on Aug. 20.

Meanwhile in Arizona, gubernatorial candidates Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), a Republican, and incumbent Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, agreed on issuing a moratorium on tax incentives and subsidies for businesses wanting to bring a data center to Arizona.

In Tennessee, Trump-backed GOP state Sen. Brent Taylor will face Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson for the remapped District 9, which stretches all the way from the Memphis area to just south of Nashville.

Pearson has strongly opposed Elon Musk's Colossus, a supercomputer that powers Grok.

"In Congress, one of my top priorities will be to establish data center regulations to protect our families," Pearson wrote on Sept. 3.

Taylor suggested he will make "data centers pay their own way instead of passing the costs on to everyone else."

Working With Trump

The election this fall can help decide if the president's agenda during his remaining years in the White House will be a success or a standstill, including with AI.

Trump dismissed concerns about data centers and AI in a Truth Social post on Sept. 14. The president urged that expansion needs to continue in order to win the world's AI race, and especially against China.

"There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China," Trump said.

"WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS! We are leading China, and all others, and will continue to do so. Conspiracy Theorists, Treasonists, Traitors, and Leakers, BEWARE! Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei urged artificial intelligence companies to slow the development of their most advanced models after Jacob Coxon, a former OpenAI researcher who resigned from Anthropic, suggested on Sept. 8 that people building AI think that it could kill us all "by the end of the decade."

The calls caught the attention of Congress, prompting many proposals such as the Ratepayer Protection Act, which landed in the Senate after it passed the House 417-3.

But any new bills by U.S. representatives won't move fast, as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent members home for an early recess that will last until after the November midterm elections.

The early recess received pushback from 107 members of Congress, who urged Johnson to keep the House in session so they can address how AI risks "mass cybersecurity breaches and development of biological or chemical weapons," according to a press release shared by U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.).

Johnson mostly sides with Trump about the AI issue, telling CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union" on Sept. 13 that he worried regulation ordered by Congress would make America lose the race to the Chinese communist regime.

Some Republicans have differed from Trump's position, such as Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Rep. John James (R-Mich.), who both have elections this fall.

The lawmakers warned that rapid data center growth will affect their constituents, who worry about power bills rising, water issues, and control.

"I say not one more data center until we PROTECT our people," James wrote in an X post on Sept. 14.

Husted, who was appointed to fill Vice President JD Vance's U.S. Senate seat in 2025, is running in a special election on Nov. 3 to keep his position. James is the GOP nominee for Michigan governor.

Tyler Durden Mon, 09/28/2026 - 14:10

Court records now show that McKinsey was previously charged with two counts of misdemeanor child abuse last year by Alameda prosecutors.

CEO of Esos Rings Inc., began the scheme in 2017 by claiming ownership of patented near-field communication (NFC) payment rings that actually belonged to UK-based company, McLear Ltd.

Unlock every sportsbook and prediction market promo to use for "Monday Night Football" between the Eagles and Bears.

A former NFL top-10 pick -- and infamous Jets bust -- now has a new home.

As of Monday, Polymarket traders gave Raman about a 58% chance of winning the election, compared with roughly 42% for Bass, which is a gap of about 16 percentage points. 

Steph Curry was flabbergasted by a question that suggested "nobody" expected the Warriors to make the playoffs, let alone compete for a championship.

LeBron was blunt and to the point on why he left Los Angeles.

Former Giants first-round pick Jason Pierre-Paul seemed to let the franchise know his services are available Monday.

The Strange Case Of NAC: The Supplement The FDA Says Isn't One

N-acetyl cysteine, or NAC, is one of the most popular amino acid supplements in America. People take it for liver support after a long night, for their lungs and, lately, as a longevity staple. One brand among dozens, NOW, said in 2021 that it alone had sold "millions, perhaps billions" of NAC pills with no adverse event reports. NAC is also the latest supplement to land under the Eye of Sauron, otherwise known as the FDA.

The FDA's weapon is a clause in federal law: an ingredient approved as a drug, or authorized for serious study as one, before it was sold as a supplement can't be a supplement. The FDA has used the clause against red yeast rice, whose active compound is the same molecule as Merck's cholesterol drug lovastatin; against a form of vitamin B6 in 2009; against CBD after the seizure drug Epidiolex was approved; and against NMN in 2022, a ban it reversed in September 2025 after an industry lawsuit.

NAC's case is simpler on paper. It was approved as a drug in 1963, before it was sold as a supplement, the FDA says. What the agency has done with that fact since is anything but simple.

The latest turn: the FDA's own regulatory calendar set July 2026 as the target for a proposed rule on whether NAC can be sold as a supplement. July came and went with nothing published. When the White House released its 2026 regulatory agenda on July 30, the proposal was still listed with a July 2026 target, a date that had already passed.

The law firm Covington says the rule appears to cover NAC. If so, it would be the rulemaking the FDA said in 2022 it was "considering." Until it arrives, NAC sits where it has since 2020: officially not a supplement, sold as one because the FDA has chosen not to enforce.

It started with hangover pills. In July 2020, the FDA sent a warning letter to a company selling them, and buried in it was a new argument about NAC. According to the FDA, NAC "was approved as a new drug" on September 14, 1963, which meant products containing it were "excluded from the dietary supplement definition."

Attack On NAC!

Due to the looming threat of enforcement, in May 2021 Amazon said it was "removing the products in question from our store." The Council for Responsible Nutrition, a supplement trade group, petitioned the FDA in June 2021. The Natural Products Association followed in August, and in December it sued, calling the move "a regulatory sneak attack by the FDA."

In March 2022, the FDA denied the petitions' core request and repeated that "NAC is excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement." Then it blinked. Final guidance that August said the agency would "exercise enforcement discretion" for certain NAC products, since "our initial review has not revealed safety concerns," and that it was "considering initiating rulemaking." NAC was back on Amazon by late August, and the NPA dropped its suit that November.

Recall:

• The FDA said in 2020 that NAC isn't a supplement because it was approved as a drug in 1963.
• Amazon pulled NAC in 2021, then relisted it in 2022 after the FDA said it would hold off.
• The FDA's July 2026 target for a rule came and went, so NAC remains in legal limbo.

What NAC Actually Does

NAC is a building block for glutathione, the body's main internal antioxidant. That's why hospitals reach for it after an acetaminophen overdose. The IV version, Acetadote, works by restoring glutathione, which the liver burns through trying to neutralize the overdose.

In a 2018 trial, 1,200 mg of NAC a day for 30 days restored glutathione levels for people with deficiencies, and their endurance improved with it. NAC supports glutathione when you're short on it; it isn't a booster for everyone.*

It's also very safe. A review of 41 studies in patients with chronic lung disease, at 600 to 3,000 mg a day, found the "safety profile was similar at both the high and standard doses."

Meanwhile, many have been turning to NAC for potential longevity benefits. At Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Rajagopal Sekhar's team gave 12 older adults a mix of glycine and NAC, which they call GlyNAC, for 16 weeks against 12 on placebo. They reported faster walking, a stronger grip and red blood cell glutathione up 225%. Granted - the doses were big, about 7 grams each of glycine and NAC a day for a 70 kg adult.

And now, where to get some

***Sorry folks, you cleaned us out! 

Neuro Ignite is a caffeine-free daily energy mix offered by IQ Biologix, built around 1,000 mg of NAC per dose - right inside the 600 to 3,000 mg a day range covered by the safety review above. Each two-scoop serving adds 1,000 mg each of vitamin C, taurine and glycine, plus magnesium and creatine - and beet root. So instead of stimulating your nervous system, it gives your brain the raw materials it runs on - eight ingredients covering antioxidant defense, cellular energy and neurotransmitter production

The 450 mg of creatine contributes to 3 to 5 grams a day that sports nutrition researchers recommend (grab that here). 

Right now it's buy one, get one free: add two jars to your cart and the second is free. That's 60 servings for $44.95. The deal ends Sunday, October 11, or sooner if we sell out.

Support yourself & support the site: get yours here.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Tyler Durden Mon, 09/28/2026 - 13:50

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Report Finds Security Flaws At University Where Charlie Kirk Was Assassinated

Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,

An external review released on Sept. 25 has found no evidence that Utah Valley University employees acted in "bad faith" following Charlie Kirk's assassination last year, but found several security lapses, including the failure to conduct a formal security assessment.

The university commissioned an independent review to examine its security measures following the Sept. 10, 2025 fatal shooting of Kirk, co-founder of nonprofit organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA). The conservative commentator was shot and killed while speaking to a crowd of students during a TPUSA event at the university in Orem, Utah.

The 158-page report found that the university had not prepared a formal event action plan for the TPUSA event, which it said was essential for major outdoor events involving a high-profile speaker. Several key security decisions were also deferred to the TPUSA, it stated.

The report said university officials had raised concerns about holding the event in the courtyard but ultimately agreed after TPUSA "insisted upon" an outdoor venue, with one TPUSA representative saying Kirk had previously spoken on campus and the organization was familiar with the location.

The university also proposed using its ticketing system for the event, but TPUSA requested to use its own. The report said the university should have retained decision-making authority over key security matters.

"Those decisions placed the event in an area that was more difficult to control and limited [Utah Valley University's] ability to obtain reliable, real-time information regarding anticipated attendance and crowd size," the report stated.

The event location "created significant protective operations considerations," the report said, but the planning process failed to include a documented line-of-sight assessment, pre-event briefing, or walk-through with security stakeholders. Nor was there clear coordination with Kirk's private security team and external law enforcement partners, it said.

According to the report, Utah Valley University Police Department chief Jeff Long attempted to arrange a face-to-face meeting with TPUSA security supervisor Dan Flood before the event, but it did not take place.

"Such a meeting would have provided another opportunity to review roles, confirm post assignments, address concerns, identify changes in conditions, and ensure that both groups had a shared understanding of the security posture," it stated.

The university also did not specifically assign any personnel to monitor camera feeds in real time for security purposes during the event, according to the report.

In a statement, Utah Valley University president Jon Anderson said the university has a responsibility to "learn from the findings of this review" and implement its recommendations.

Kirk's family lawyer Brett Parkinson said in a statement that Utah Valley University hosted the event and therefore assumed responsibility for the safety of all in attendance, including Kirk.

"The buck stopped with UVU leadership and law enforcement," Parkinson said, referring to the university. "Justice for Charlie and his family requires true accountability for UVU's fatal shortcomings that day."

Last week, Kirk's family announced a wrongful death notice accusing Utah Valley University officials of hastening his death through "reckless decisions," including failing to conduct an adequate risk assessment, establish a secure perimeter, and to have first responders immediately available, which led to Kirk being taken to a hospital in a private vehicle instead of an ambulance.

Tyler Robinson has been charged with Kirk's killing, and a judge has ruled the 23-year-old will stand trial for aggravated murder. Robinson has pleaded not guilty.

Tyler Durden Mon, 09/28/2026 - 13:35