Will Trump Election Bring Back Isolationism and Threaten NATO?
Looking at how Trump current rhetoric contrasts with his past actions, and why those actions are likely a better predictor.
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Market Gives Vote of No Confidence in Latest Israel Genocide, Um, War-Financing Bonds
High interest rates for Israeli bond offerings, plus mumble-shuffle by manager Goldman and the SEC, confirm investor doubts about its prospects
Read more...Michael Hudson: Marxism, Economic Parasites, and Debt Cancellation
Michael Hudson in a bracing talk, including history of crises, the role of debt, and how ancient Greek and Roman law promoted inequality
Read more...Links 3/9/2024
“Explosive Growth” in Petrochemical Production Linked to Increases in Cancers and Other Diseases in New Report
Evidence from the New England Journal of Medicine, that petrochemical output, particularly plastics, may be behind the rise in many ailments.
Read more...UN Human Rights Chief Decries ‘War Crime’ of Rapidly Expanding Israeli Settlements
A sadly necessary update on the state of Israel’s ethnic cleansing project in the West Bank.
Read more...Israel: Quietly Fraying?
Israel is being tested on many fronts and the fissures are showing.
Read more...The Reach of JSOC ‘the President’s Private Army’
What is JSOC doing, and where are they doing it?
Read more...Apple’s Exclusionary App Store Scheme: Will the EU Tolerate Gaming of the Digital Markets Act?
Will the EU see through and act against Apple’s self-serving, Digital-Markets-Act-evading new app store scheme?
Read more...SEC Approves First US Climate Disclosure Rules: Why the Requirements Are Much Weaker Than Planned and What They Mean for Companies
The SEC had to make concessions in its climate disclosure final rules, but it did well given the constraints of its investor focus.
Read more...Nothing in Nuland’s Life Became Her Like the Leaving of It
More discussion of whether Victoria Nuland jumped or was pushed, and what that might say about US politics and foreign policy.
Read more...Gendering the Predator State
Some new wrinkles on who wins and loses in James Galbraith’s Predator State.
Read more...Ralph Nader: Real Gaza Death Toll at Least 200,000
Ralph Nader calls out the certain extreme undercount of death in Gaza and why that is convenient for Israel, the US, and Gaza.
Read more...Links 3/6/2024
Victoria Nuland, Major Force Behind Failed Project Ukraine, Retires Unexpectedly
Victoria Nuland is leaving but sadly the considerable damage she has done will endure.
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