Data, Power and Emissions: How AI’s Growth May Slow Down the Green Transition
AI’s power demands are producing heavier use of fossil fuels to generate electricity.
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SNAP, the Nation’s Largest Food Aid Program, Is About To See Cuts. Here’s What You Should Know.
A court ruling will force the Administration to use emergency funds for SNAP benefits. But the money will run out in weeks. What then?
Read more...The Macroeconomic Implications of Extreme Weather Events: Insights from Advanced Economies
Economists are starting to come to grips with the costs of weather/climate change induced disasters. But are their approaches adequate?
Read more...The Pushback Against Marco Rubio Begins in Latin America and the Caribbean
“There will be no advances in negotiations with the United States if Marco Rubio is part of the team.” Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Read more...Rage Against the ICE Machine
Anti-ICE protestors are showing signs of developing effective strategies and tactics.
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The Stage Is Set For a US-Instigated Security Dilemma Between the Eurasian Rimland & Heartland
The US and its major European and Asian allies have embarked on a Eurasia contaiment strategy. What are its prospects?
Read more...Trump Team Takes Aim at State Laws Shielding Consumers’ Credit Scores From Medical Debt
More wanton Trump Administration immiseration of the non-rich, here by blocking state efforts to bar credit reporting of medical debt.
Read more...How Tariffs Hurt the Ones You Love
Investors believe that companies and industries in “red” areas will be hit harder by tariff blowback than those in “bluer” regions.
Read more...Revolt Against Data Centers Spreading Around the World
Data centers’ rapidly rising resource demands is fuelling rising internatiional opposition.
Read more...Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Gunboat Stupidity
For over a century, U.S. warships projected power through the simple act of showing up offshore. That age is ending. The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, conceived as the modern tool of gunboat diplomacy, has collapsed under the weight of strategic obsolescence. This article examines the LCS program’s structural failures, the rise of anti-access/area denial technologies, and recent real-world challenges in Venezuela and Yemen that reveal why coercive naval presence no longer works.
Read more...Hogs at the AI Slop Trough, Gulf States, UFC Edition
Various hogs are lined up at the AI slop trough under the banner of Trump 2.0, including Elon Musk and various Gulf States.
Read more...The US Is “Getting a Real Strong Handle” on South America “in a Lot of Ways”, According to Trump
Does he mean handle or choke-hold?
Read more...Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
A look at some of the newest greenwashing phrases being road tested at COP30. The worst is many will go down easily.
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