Finance & Business

From 13-year-olds cleaning bone saws to multi-million dollar bribery schemes—the beef industry is in a heart attack. Here is why your steak is getting more expensive and what you can do about it.

If you’ve been to the grocery store lately, you’ve probably had a bit of "sticker shock" at the meat counter. Granny Bibbins recently posted a video that really put it into perspective: just a few years ago, you could buy a calf for $200. Today? That same animal is fetching $2,000. It makes you wonder—what exactly is the market betting on for the future of beef? Well, pull up a chair, because the answer involves "atomic flies," Brazilian superfoods, and a digital "Beef Mafia.

After the U.S. removed the dictator of Venezuela back in January, the oil that usually goes to Cuba was cut off. (Iran has also cut off supply.) The U.S. then put a "fuel blockade" on the island; through Executive Order 14380, signed Jan 29, 2026, it is in full effect, threatening to tax any country, like Mexico, that tries to help Cuba keep the lights on, taking away Cuba’s main lifeline. The administration has taken a "no more games" stance—some are calling it a “maximum pr

We like to pretend Tennessee has always been a “straight-edge” state, but that’s a myth. Back in the 1800s, the state was a hemp powerhouse—even considering marijuana the “patriotic” cash crop. Hemp was the crop that built our early economy and practically paid for our original roads. We only “canceled” it when big-city politics and “Reefer Madness” propaganda took over. When Governor Austin Peay built our modern road system in the 1920s, he came up with a revolutionary resol