The U.S. Is Betting the Economy on ‘Scaling’ AI: Where Is the Intelligence When One Needs It?
A detailed discussion of how AI data-center investment boom is soking a societally and financially costly bubble
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Steve Keen Warns Crash of 2026 Will Be Worse Than 2008
Steve Keen was one of the few economists to predict the 2008 crisis. His call for a 2026 crash looks all too credible.
Read more...What’s the Likelihood of a NATO-Russian Non-Aggression Pact?
How Poland will play an essential role in what happens next between with NATO and Russia.
Read more...Revulsion, La Grande Bouffe, and the Spectacle of Grotesque Elite Self and System Destruction
Why our elites, starting with the top ranks in the Trump Administration, are disgusting.
Read more...Coffee Break: American Science Shattered
American Science, Shattered. So says is the title of Part 1 of a ten part series in STAT News. Since STAT articles are usually paywalled, I will summarize them here as they appear. Unlike most accounts of the current state of science in the United States, the authors of this article have found scientists who […]
Read more...The Point of No Return for the Warm Water Atlantic Current Is Coming Up Fast
Just the way objects in your rear view mirror are closer than you think, so too are tipping points like the slowdown of the Gulf Stream.
Read more...How to Stop a Nuclear War — and Why We’re Not Talking About It
The risk of nuclear war is higher than ever due to the Cold War never having ended while many leaders are insensitive to the consequences.
Read more...U.S. Dams, Levees, Stormwater, and Wastewater Systems Get D To D+ Grades, Need Almost $1 Trillion in Upgrades
On the dangerously sorry state of US dams, levees, and other water control systems, now more flood-exposed than ever.
Read more...The Poison Pill in the US Peace Plan for Ukraine: Europe Written Into the Outline
Why the 28 point peace framework for Ukraine could never work due to explicit obligations for NATO and “Europe”
Read more...Why Did Britain Stop Making?
And now how exactly does it plan to ready for war?
Read more...The System That Produced Dick Cheney Honors Dick Cheney
Not surprisingly, the Cheney funeral confirmed a great deal about true loyalties in the political and media elite.
Read more...Yet Another Dead-on-Arrival Ukraine Peace Scheme: Leaked 28 Point Plan Predictably Unable to Reconcile Irreconcilable Positions
Trump keeps trying to “peace deal” his way out of losing Ukraine. Na ga happen.
Read more...Top of the BoP and Other Trump Fantasies From the Battlefields of Ukraine and Gaza to the Shores of Pakistan and Venezuela – This Is How The US Is Retreating
As Helmer said by e-mail, “The Trump formula is retreat=negotiations plus covert operations.”
Read more...MAGA Is a NATO Racket – Trump’s 5% Military Budget Hike to Fight Russia Stokes Corruption In Estonia
Yapping dog Estonia is out to take the lead among NATO members not only in arms spending to GDP but also in open corruption.
Read more...“Regime Change” in Venezuela Is a Euphemism for U.S.-Inflicted Carnage and Chaos
A sadly necessary reminder of what US regime change operations are about. Hint: nothing good.
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