The Gang That Can’t Shoot Straight: Western Leaders Bungle Russia Gas Supply, Barmy Oil Price Cap, and Appear Unable Even to Line Up Meetings
The harder you look at Western scheming against Russia (and China) the worse it appears.
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Left in the Dark: The Families Struggling to Survive Fuel Poverty
The future many in the UK and Europe will suffer this winter: having to choose between food and fuel.
Read more...Biden’s Climate Emergency: Will He Declare It?
Biden has put the idea of using the National Emergency Act to declare a climate emergency in play. What are its odds of happening?
Read more...One China Eyepoking Too Far: Biden Signals US Not Backing Down on Pelosi Taiwan Visit as China Promises Military Response
Taiwan is becoming yet another case study in advanced imperial decline. Too bad the world is along for the ride.
Read more...Sri Lanka’s Arrest of Aeroflot Plane Was the Straw that Broke President Rajapaksa’s Back
How Sri Lanka tried, and may still be trying, to play Moscow off against Washington.
Read more...What’s Happening in Myanmar?
An update on Myanmar, including executions by the military.
Read more...The End of Cheap Russian Gas: Turning the Lights Out in Europe
Be careful what you wish for: Europe is seeing the end of its access to cheap Russian gas.
Read more...‘True Cost of Aging’ Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities
Why aging in the US is worse than it ought to be.
Read more...Some Implications of the UN’s Ukraine Grain and Russia Fertilizer/Food Agreements
The press was all over the UN’s Ukraine grain deal, but the UN agreement on Russian fertilizer and food may be more imporant in the long run.
Read more...Sri Lanka: Why the Philippines Offers a Warning for What Might Come Next
Could Sri Lanka see the disgraced Rajapaksas return to power, like the Marcos family has in the Philippines?
Read more...IM Doc Could Not Get A Monkeypox Test for a Patient. What That Says About the Sorry State of the CDC and Public Health
The US Is flying blind on monkeypox, and the CDC and public health officials are unwilling to break a sweat to correct that.
Read more...Behind the Crisis in Sri Lanka – How Political and Economic Mismanagement Combined to Plunge Nation into Turmoil
Some background on the escalating crisis in Sri Lanka and what might come next.
Read more...Russia’s Campaign in Ukraine: Nearing an Inflection Point?
A high level update on Russia v. Ukraine, since the mainstream media has taken to averting its eyes.
Read more...The Capitalist Solution to ‘Save’ the Planet: Make It an Asset Class & Sell it
John Bellamy Foster explains the plans to create assets on the back of everything nature does and expropriate it from the global commons.
Read more...Groundhog Day For America’s Energy Grid
More energy woes coming to some parts of the US due to the failure to address known infrastructure problems.
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