Category Archives: Banana republic

The Wars Come Home

Weapons, tactics, techniques and, maybe most importantly, ideology are already spreading in the US and across the Collective West from the Ukraine and Gaza Conflicts.

Free Speech on the Ropes: Legislation to Revoke Not-for-Profit Status of Organizations that Support Palestine Protests Passes in House

The officialdom has just wheeled out much heavier weaponry in the war against free speech, here targeting not-for-profits.

US Strategy for Great Power Competition: More Graft and Hope for Wonder Weapons

Venture capital and private equity are playing a larger role in the military-industrial complex leading to even more corruption, lack of accountability and the swallowing up of young minds by the Silicon Valley money pit.

Health Workers Fear It’s Profits Before Protection as CDC Revisits Airborne Transmission

Health industry employee objections have forced the CDC to rethink its weak guidance on aerosol transmission, but experts are not optimistic.

Despite Inspector General Demand, EPA Refuses to Re-Do Review of Seresto Flea and Tick Collar Implicated in Thousands of Pet Deaths

The FDA is refusing to redo a review that gave a free pass to Seresto tick collars, implicated in thousands of pet deaths

War Is Bad for You — And the Economy

How war spending serves as a cover for the distribution of pork at the expense of American needs.

Neocolonial ISDS, Abused, Biased, Costly, and Grossly Unfair

Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in trade pacts – long abused by opportunists – are slowly being rejected by governments.

The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers’ ‘Patent Thickets’

The FTC is scoring some early wins in challenging drug company overreach via using patents on delivery methods to extend drug patent life.

World Bank Enables Foreign Aid Theft

The World Bank encourages governments to reduce capital controls, draining precious foreign exchange and government resources.

The Law Firm Helping Big Oil Weaponize the First Amendment

Gibson Dunn is “playing both sides” of free speech, using it to defend Big Oil and silence the industry’s critics.

Russian Asset Seizure Scheming: EU and Euro as US War Proxies Would Take Most Risk; USD Assets Only $4.6 Billion

Addressing wide-of-the-mark commentary on the latest too-clever Western idea. of stealing the $300 billion in Russian central bank assets.

‘This Should Be a National Scandal’: Medicare Advantage Plans Using AI for Denials

Medicare Advantage is neither Medicare nor an advantage.