Is The U.S. Preparing To Punish OPEC?
Has the US still not worked out that there are some parties it can’t push around, and OPEC might be one of them?
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Sitrep on Relocation Plans
My plans to leave Mountain Brook, Alabama are about to come to fruition.
Read more...US Efforts To Turn Farm Animal Poop into Biofuel Spark Concerns
Manure biofuel seems to be taking off despite red flags such as explosions and environmental damage.
Read more...Links 5/17/2023
Some US National Security Experts Call for Peace in Ukraine
While it is now acceptable to suggest negotiating an end to the Ukraine conflict, that’s still a long way from a needed consensus.
Read more...Ukraine’s Neoliberalism on Steroids, Europe’s Economic Suicide
Yves here. Sit back and enjoy yet another discussion between Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson, this time joined by Professor Mick Dunford at the Geopolitical Hour. Today’s tour starts with Ukraine, moves to Russia, and then continues to Europe, the US and China. It is noteworthy to see the Western media act as if Europe’s […]
Read more...Advertiser Block Lists as a Threat to Media Integrity
Advertiser conventional wisdom about ad placement is suboptimal for them and bad for publishers.
Read more...Links 5/16/2023
As More Hospitals Create Police Forces, Critics Warn of Pitfalls
More American exceptionalism: cops maintaining order in hosptials.
Read more...‘Death Outlives War’: Analysis Estimates Post-9/11 US Conflicts Killed Over 4.5 Million
A new study tallies the cost of US war-fomenting in the Middle East. The numbers get big fast.
Read more...The Extraordinary Generosity of Central Banks Towards Banks: Some Reflexions on Its Origin
Central banks provide even more gimmies to banks than you likely realized.
Read more...Eurobanks and London Firms Insist Very Bad Things Will Happened if Euro Derivatives Clearing Moves to Continent
anks and loser clearinghouses are complaining about a (long) planned derivatives relocation to Europe. But is this mainly special pleading?
Read more...Understanding Your Cat’s Wild Side
In “The Cat’s Meow,” evolutionary biologist Jonathan B. Losos explores the ancestral roots of the modern housecat.
Read more...The Taliban and the Islamic State Continue to Fight for Afghanistan’s Future
True to form for US nation-breaking exercises, Afghanistan is afficted by continuing facional power strugges.
Read more...The Fed’s Interest Rates Are Still Fueling Inflation Rather Than Dousing it, and People Getting Used to this Inflation
Contrary to popular opinion, Fed interest rate policy is still permissive, if not quite as permissive as before.
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