Climate Adaptation and Inequality: Lessons from Cape Town’s Drought
Cape Town’s drought illustrated that when climate crises become acute, the rich care for themselves irrespective of bigger effects.
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Rob Urie: Why Retaliation Rhymes with Negotiation, US – Russia Edition
On not-well-known elements of the US-Ukraine-Russia conflict, the fecklessness of the left, and the abject stupidity of Western leaders
Read more...“Trump Administration Closes In on Hard-Hitting Sanctions on Russia”
Russia sanctions enthusiasts try to talk over how Ukraine undercut Trump support with Ukraine’s attack on Russian nuclear deterrence assets
Read more...Golden Dome Dangers: How Trump’s Scheme Threatens to Make the US Less Safe
Why Trump’s Golden Dome is set to backfire, except for the grift, which is presumably the real point.
Read more...Satyajit Das: Lessons from Japan’s Massive Debt Hangover
While there are things the debt-addled West can learn from Japan, the dirty secret is they were in some key ways in better shape than we are.
Read more...John Helmer: Putin Hits Pause Button on Oreshnik-Level Retaliation for Ukraine Strike on Russian Nuclear Deterrence Assets
In his latest talk with Ray McGovern on Dialogue Works, John Helmer gives far and away the best overview1 so far in the wake of Ukraine attacks on bridges and civilian trains, drone attacks targeting bombers in Russia’s nuclear deterrence forces, a failed new attack on Kerch Bridge, and phone discussions between Lavrov and Rubio […]
Read more...Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting the Soil Instead.
Plastic mulch pollution may linger for centuries
Read more...Rob Urie: What Do the Western Drone Attacks Mean for US – Russia Relations?
On Ukraine’s recent escalations: “Westerners sanguine about the prospect of nuclear war are fools.”
Read more...Larry Wilkerson: “We’re Looking at Nuclear War”
Larry Wilkerson: The deep US involvement in the Ukraine drone attacks on Russia means we are on a path to nuclear war.
Read more...Tariff Turmoil and the Money Markets: Yet Another Rescue Coming
In Treasury markets, there are no libertarians, only grateful recipients of single-payer insurance for ailing financiers.
Read more...“Germany Steps Up to Replace ‘Unreliable’ US as Guarantor of European Security”
More evidence that European pols and pundits, or at least the mainstream sort, are losing their minds as Russia gains ground in Ukraine.
Read more...‘Freedom Cities’ and Our Tech Overlords’ Visions for the Future
Examining the techno-monarchists’ plans for a United American Emirates.
Read more...Ukraine Engages in Massive Escalation Against Russia on Eve of Talks; Smuggled in Drone Hit Airbases; Claims of 40 Bombers Destroyed
A massive covert Ukraine drone attack on Russian airbases, including nuclear deterrent forces, risks nuclear retaliation.
Read more...Will Russia Limit Itself to Oreshnik Strikes on Ukraine if the West Escalates Attacks on Russia?
How the West is really playing with fire with the possibility of missile strikes on pre-2014 Russia.
Read more...As US Role in Gaza Intensifies, Expect Violent Responses in the West
Terror attacks in Europe over past 20 years offer stark warnings as US aids Israel in exterminating Palestinians
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