Like China, a Mexico Tariffs Own Goal: US Dependence on Mexico Energy Trade Means “Those Tariffs Never Stood a Chance”?
More evidence of Trump cluelessness in his Mexico and China tariffs bobs and weaves.
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Rajiv Sethi: American Leadership in Higher Education Is Being Lost for Good, to China’s Benefit
Why you can stick a fork in US higher education excellence.
Read more...Plastic Mulch Promised Better Harvests. It May Be Hurting the Soil Instead.
Plastic mulch pollution may linger for centuries
Read more...MAHA Influencers, the Future of Public Health, and Longings for Immortality
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Report has dropped! The original document included phantom (hallucinated?) references, but those have been fixed apparently. Or maybe not. A graduate student who wrote a review with the same defects would get a flat “F”, but this does not seem to matter. Could AI (Algorithmic Intelligence) have had anything […]
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...Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Continues Assault on Obamacare
Rather than end Obamacare, which would be politically costly, the Trump Administration is working to hollow it out.
Read more...Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Ukraine War Report
I have followed the war in Ukraine closely since 2022, and now that the war seems to be heading toward a conclusion, I would like to offer some observations. The War Was Planned and Guided by Western Governments Recent revelations have ended the pretense that Ukraine has been directing its war against Russia independently with […]
Read more...‘Another Aid Massacre’: Israeli Military Kills Dozens More Near Privatized Gaza Food Site
Yet another Israel genocide strategy: killing Gazans at aid distribution sites.
Read more...Iron Rivers Everywhere: How US Arms Smuggling Is Fuelling Violence in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
Even US-aligned governments in the region are beginning to ask, somewhat naively, which side the US is on in the war on guns, begging the question: which 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...Elon Musk’s Government Legacy Was Enacting Project 2025. His Ties Go Back Years
Quelle surprise! Elon Musk was long a Project 2025-type-program enthusiast and became its lead promoter and implementer.
Read more...Richard Murphy Gets ChatGPT to Describe How It Inherently Makes Shit Up
ChatGPT admits to being an inherent bullshitter.
Read more...Book Review: A Single Street as a Parable for Global Warming
In “The Lost Trees of Willow Avenue,” Mike Tidwell explores the ripple effects of climate change on his suburban block.
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