No, Biden Can’t Just Sell Off Seized Russian Yachts and Central Bank Assets to Help Aid Ukraine – International Law and the US Constitution Forbid It
Why it would not be so smart for the US to sell seized Russian assets.
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The Washington Quid Pro Quo and a Comment on Roe v. Wade
Has Washington corruption, metastasized in both parties, broken our country for good?
Read more...What You Need To Know About Carbon Dioxide Removal
Meeting the Paris Climate targets requires removing billions of tons of carbon dioxide annually through natural and technological methods.
Read more...Links 5/4/2022
Putin Signs Executive Order to Begin “Special Economic Measures” aka Sanctions
Russia will soon launch economic sanctions, as directed in a Putin executive order.
Read more...Abortion Drugs Fundamental to Ancient Economies, Argues Historian
Ancient and medieval herbal abortifacients were effective and important to those economies.
Read more...Medicare Surprise: Drug Plan Prices Touted During Open Enrollment Can Rise Within a Month
Yet another Medicare grift. And there’s little you can do to get out of its way.
Read more...Michael Hudson Talks with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté About the Broader Ramifications of the US/NATO Conflict with Russia
Michael Hudson expliains how the US hopes to benefit from its proxy war with Russia.
Read more...Links 5/3/2022
Leaked Draft Opinion Shows Supreme Court Set to Strike Down Roe v. Wade
It wasn’t hard to see that this Supreme Court would narrow or overturn Roe v. Wade. But a draft opinion is often an internal lobbying document
Read more...Out of Africa: Rich Continent, Poor People
A new book documents the scale and mechanism of the looting of Africa.
Read more...The Coming EU Embargo of Russian Oil, Russia’s Economic Challenges, and the Question of Operational Capacity
The EU is planning to punch Russia hard with yet another embargo, this of its oil. But will this wind up being more rope a dope?
Read more...CalPERS Drops Long-Term Care Settlement, Which Was Designed to Suck More Money into Ponzi Scheme and Then Fail
How CalPERS set out to further screw its already abused long-term care policyholders.
Read more...Links 4/30/2022
How Young Workers Are Unionizing Starbucks
How young Starbucks staffers are leading the unionization charge.
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