June 2023 Was the World’s Warmest June on Record
The month featured unprecedented Canadian heat and wildfires, record-low Antarctic sea ice, and a strengthening El Niño.
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Links 7/12/2023
Book Review: Richard Vague, “The Paradox of Debt”
And why finding reforms to our current economic system is a Sisyphean task.
Read more...As Nonprofit Hospitals Reap Big Tax Breaks, States Scrutinize Their Required Charity Spending
A state court, citing “eye-popping” executive compensation, strikes down a hospital’s property tax break and strikes fear into the nonprofit hospital industry across the US.
Read more...Links 7/10/2023
Underestimate Russia at Your Own Risk: A Comparison of Hubris by Germany During WWII and Today’s Collective West
The miscalculations by Berlin in the second world war and Washington/NATO today are eerily similar.
Read more...Iraq’s Climate Crisis: America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl
Juan Cole examines the US climate change crimes against Iraq and how the neocon’s destructive foreign adventures are increasingly as if the US is invading itself.
Read more...The Impact of Brexit on the UK economy: Reviewing the Evidence
Two-thirds of the British public think Brexit has damaged the economy, and all indications are that they’re right. Where does the UK go from here?
Read more...Links 7/9/2023
Turkiye Refuses to Back Down on Sweden Accession Ahead of NATO Summit
Will the West give Erdogan what he wants?
Read more...Kakhovka Dam Breach in Ukraine Caused Economic, Agricultural and Ecological Devastation That Will Last for Years
Ukrainian yields had already fallen by as much as 60 percent. With the loss of the dam and reservoir, agricultural production will shrink further, affecting food security around the world.
Read more...Low Wages and Rising Cost of Living Are Driving More Into Homelessness as Government Tries to Hide Rather than Solve Problem
Despite billions spent on homelessness, the problem is only getting worse due to a failure to take on exceptional American rapaciousness.
Read more...Links 6/26/2023
The China Debt Trap Lie that Won’t Die
US officials and Western media make things up as China weakens the stranglehold Western bondholders and international financial institutions have on poorer countries.
Read more...An EU Double Standard With Massive Impact on the Global Environment
The EU is exporting more than 10,000 tons of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides a year to megadiverse countries despite having banned these chemicals from its own farms to protect pollinators.
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