Hoisted from Comments: The Colonialist and Anti-Semitic Origins of Modern Israel
Some observations about why modern Israel backs genocide, and why the US and Europe supported its creation.
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Can a New German Party Steer the European Left in a More Effective Direction?
Sahra Wagenknecht shook up the German political establishment with the January launch of her new left-populist political party. She’s now looking to do the same in the European Parliament.
Read more...A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender
The AI targeting system, Lavender, tries to provide a tech gloss of legitimacy to hit lists, here one designed to kill bystanders.
Read more...Scientists Warn Gulf Stream Slowdown Could Begin as Early as 2025
The timing of the Gulf Stream slowdown looks to be arriving ahead of its earlier schedule.
Read more...Alvin Bragg’s Odd “Hush Money” (Except Not) 34-Felony Case Against Trump Begins
An Indictment where misdemeanors become felonies based on unspecifed “other crimes”; a Statement of Facts without all the facts.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/16/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, now would be a good time to sell gold, Kennedy on the ballot in Iowa, pilots cite “problematic trends” ~
Read more...Lenin Revised — Russian Military Power Means De-Electrification And Unconditional Surrender Of The Kiev Regime
Chronicling Russia’s relentless de-electrification campaign and the path to Ukraine capitulation.
Read more...Javier Milei Seems Intent on Embroiling Argentina in War, Whether in Ukraine or the Middle East (Or Both)
Argentina “cannot be neutral in the Third World War.”
Read more...Zombie Tests: Is the SAT Back From the Dead?
The debate over the class and minority bias in the SAT comes back to live as the testing picks up.
Read more...More Economic Effects of Our Ongoing Covid Pandemic (with Cognitive Dysfunction and the Labor Market)
Are the effects of Long Covid on the workforrce “material”? Plus the labor market, labor force participation, “the economy,” etc.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/15/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread ~
Read more...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.
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