There are 400 nuclear missile silos in the central United States that constitute the land-based component of the U.S. nuclear deterrent. The Minuteman III missiles in the silos are roughly 50 years old. Although they have been repeatedly upgraded over the years, the Air Force decided a replacement should be developed. The new missile under […]
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Missile Misfit
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 2:00 pm | 20 Comments »
Chemical Exposure from Ultra-Processed Foods May Contribute to Health Issues
Another line of thought on why consumption of ultra-processed foods is correlated with poor health outcomes.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Science and the scientific method, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 30 Comments »
Links 5/20/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 122 Comments »
Russia’s Attritional Approach to Ukraine Negotiations Shows Gains in Trump-Putin Phone Call
Despite the tendency to see the Trump-Putin call as a nothingburger, it added to the exposure of uncomfortable truths for the West.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:57 am | 58 Comments »
Is UK Creating a Giant Bonanza for Hackers and Nation-State Adversaries With Its “One Login” Digital Governance System?
The government’s cavalier approach to security for its digital governance and identity systems should be enough to give all UK citizens pause — if only they knew about it!
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 23 Comments »
Mass Media and the Spectacle of the Imperial Presidency
How the Trump presidency has successfully adapted TV image-burnishing skills to social media….natch, at the expense of substance.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:22 am | 17 Comments »
Crypto Crooks Now Eating Their Own as Crypto Holders Targeted in Crime, Even Violent; Coinbase “Hack” an Inside Job, and Highly Damaging to Wallet-Holders
Crypto crirme, particularly violent ones like finger-choppings, are increasing. This should not be much of a surprise.
Topics: Banana republic, Banking industry, Currencies, Free markets and their discontents, Legal, Payment system, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 31 Comments »
Links 5/19/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 148 Comments »
Onward March, Germany
Anti-Russia mania deepens as CDU-led coalition ties future economic health of country to war industry.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 42 Comments »
Archeologists Join Geologists in the Quest to Define the Age of Humans
A new archeology is being developed based on evidence of human activity in the Earth’s sedimentary record, and archeologists are helping to define the Anthropocene as a new stage in the geological record.
Topics: Curiousities, Global warming, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 19 Comments »
Nuclear Winter from a Pakistan-India War Could Kill 2 Billion
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Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, India, Politics, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:15 am | 31 Comments »
Links 5/18/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 211 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Life Is Sweet (1990) Run Time: 1H 43M
Life is Sweet is a charming tale of a working class British family in the 1990’s.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 13 Comments »
Bobby Kennedy Jr. Makes Eugenics Great Again at Health and Human Services
RFK Jr. embrace pseudoscience and embarks on eugenicist policies that seek to identify and disempower the underprivileged.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Market inefficiencies, Moral hazard, Pandemic, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 26 Comments »
Links 5/17/2025
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Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 164 Comments »