2:00PM Water Cooler 4/15/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread ~
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How Ultranationalist Zionists Seek the Destruction of the Al Aqsa Mosque to Produce the End Times
On the plans to destroy the Al Aqsa mosque, one of the most sacred site in Islam, and the conflagration it would generate.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Truth about the Destruction of the Palestinians
What Michael Hudson learned about Palestinians from the Mossad 50 years ago: “The aim all along has been to kill them.”
Read more...Links 4/14/2024
Criminalizing the Unhoused Is Inherently Cruel
Fining, arresting, and jailing people for a lack of housing is never the solution—and compounds existing housing inequities.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: My Berlin Speech on Palestine That German Police Entered the Venue to Ban
Germany sends the cops to shut down a conference on Palestine on trumped-up grounds. What next?
Read more...Greece Just Gave a Glimpse of How the EU’s “Voluntary” Digital ID Wallet Will Gradually Become Mandatory
The EU Commission has repeatedly stated that EU citizens will not face discrimination or exclusion for not using its new digital identity wallet. However, the Greek government just signaled its intent to do just that.
Read more...5 Things to Know About the Global Land Rush and How to Stop It
A recent conference in Colombia assessed the extent of land grabs and how to organize against them.
Read more...A Class Analysis of the Trump-Biden Rerun
How helpful is class analysis in assessing support for Trump and Biden?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/11/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics and pandemics, CDC’s Mandy Cohen says she doesn’t want aerosol scientists on her “team”, Biden ballot access, Trump at Chick-Fil-A, Taibbi on class ~
Read more...Links 4/11/2024
Beneath the Skin of CPI Inflation, March: Inflation Behaves Very Badly, Saga Far from Over
Ugly inflation in services drives up the 3-month “core CPI” for 7th month, to 4.5% annualized, worst in a year.
Read more...US Cities Struggling With Office Vacancies: St. Louis in Doom Loop, New York Eyeing Residential Conversions
Two snapshots of the impact of hollowed out office buildings on American cities and how they are trying to cope.
Read more...Nate Silver: Sotomayor Should Retire Before the Election
Why Sotomayor should, erm, take one for the team!
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/10/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, two helpers, 1000 Boeing 787s could have potentially “catastrophic” manufacturing flaws, Civilization (the game) ~
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