With RFK Jr. in Charge, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In
Why dietary supplement fans should be worried about RFK, Jr.’s plan to weaken their already lax regulation.
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Demand for Electricity Takes Off. US Power Generation by Source in 2024: Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear, Wind, Hydro, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass, Petroleum
Quelle surprise! Power demand surges thanks to data centers (AI, cloud, crypto) and increasing share of EVs.
Read more...Trump Will End His Option of Walking Away from Project Ukraine with His Minerals Deal
The Trump-Ukraine minerals deal is on track, and with it, US commitment to continue to support Ukraine.
Read more...COVID-19 in Context: A Retrospective View
A look at the state of knowledge when Covid-19 started its spread, and some of the questionable choices made despite that.
Read more...US Secondary Sanctions “Have Seriously Damaged” Russia-China Bilateral Cooperation
Russian experts say US secondary sanctions are damaging Russia-China commerce. But their solutions don’t seem to be close to implementation.
Read more...The Frog or the Scorpion: Do Democrats Really Need to Ask Who Caused the Mess We’re In?
Yes, the Democrats really are hopeless.
Read more...America First Deepens World Stagnation
Quelle surprise! America First is another leg down in the developing-country-unfriendly policies the Collective West has pursued.
Read more...Links 2/25/2025
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Five: What Drove Uber’s Recent $8 Billion P&L Improvement?
How did Uber achieved a $8 billion P&L improvement after losing $33 billion in its first 13 years? Misleading accounting plays a big role.
Read more...Can Europe Resist Concessions to Russia in Trump’s Ukraine Agreement?
An uber neocon contends that Europe has found substitutes for Russian energy and so can and will increase sanctions on Russia.
Read more...Minority Reports: How Endowment Effect Would Make Ukraine Mineral Deal as a Tar Baby; Brian Berletic on US Preserving USAID Regime Change Capabilities; John Helmer on Shambolic US Conduct of Ukraine Negotiations
Challenging mainstream and prevailing independent media views on Trump’s plans for Russia and Ukraine and the US role in the world.
Read more...The Recent Weakness in the German Manufacturing Sector
A look at the fallen state of German manufacturing seems to understate the implications of the conditions it describes.
Read more...Links 2/22/2025
Cuts to U.S. Weather and Climate Research Could Put Public Safety at Risk
Weather and climate research are yet more examples of how the DOGE slash and burn can and probably will do real harm.
Read more...“How Can Europe Respond to the Ukraine Standoff?”
An example of European paralysis as a result of the US looking likely to abandon not just Ukraine but also NATO.
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