Ukraine Is Smashed – This Is How It Will Be Repaired
A look at a plausible Ukraine endgame.
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Twitter Re-Ban of Scott Ritter, Kafkaesque Support of Impersonator, Is All About Anti-Russia Propaganda
If you doubt that freedom of expression is dead in America, look no futher than Twitter’s shabby, policy-breaking treatment of Scot Ritter
Read more...Financial Times Screeches at China’s “Propaganda” for Sticking to Zero Covid Policy
A new article on how China is sticking to its zero Covid guns is revealing, and not in a good way.
Read more...Data Competition Won’t Protect Your Privacy
Regulators propose democratizing data and encouraging competition to rein in Big Tech. But that won’t do much to protect user privacy.
Read more...Overheating Conditions Indicate High Probability of a US Recession
Larry Summers tells us a recession is coming….sometime….because the US is having too good a time job-wise.
Read more...Links 4/13/2022
Healthcare Expert Greg Travis Speaks About the Official Disappearing of COVID-19 Pandemic
Healthcare and technology expert Greg Travis gives a detailed account of how the officialdom has lied about Covid in the interest of profit.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Cloudalists: Our New Cloud-Based Ruling Class
Capitalism is on the wane. Cloudalists, owners of a new form of “command capital,” have gained exorbitant power over everyone else.
Read more...Thawing Permafrost Is Roiling the Arctic Landscape, Driven by a Hidden World of Changes Beneath the Surface as the Climate Warms
Not only is permafrost releasing methane, but when it melts, it removes a key support, leading to collapsing soil and loss of lake drainage.
Read more...The Amazon Labor Union’s Fight With Amazon Is Far From Over
Amazon is challenging NLRB certification, while a vote at a nearby warehouse looms. So when will Amazon sit down to discuss a contract?
Read more...Links 4/12/2022
America Keeps Eyepoking India and China for Failing to Fall into Line on Russia; Arrogance Looking More and More Like Impotence
America’s failed attempts to get India and China in its corner against Russia is looking less like diplomacy and more like a clown car.
Read more...Refurbished Walkers and Wheelchairs Fill Gaps Created by Supply Chain Problems
Yet more signs of commodity shortfalls: scarce walkers and other assistative devices, due to a shortage of aluminum
Read more...Speculating About the Macron v. Le Pen Presidential Election Rematch
A quick look at what might come next in the Macron-Le Pen contest.
Read more...Speculating About the Botched Shanghai Lockdown
The Chinese have not given up on zero Covid, despite the continuing outbreak in Shanghai.
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