How Houthi Attacks Affect Both the Israel-Hamas Conflict and Yemen’s Own Civil War – and Could Put Pressure on US, Saudi Arabia
The Houthis have started harassing Israel. How much of a threat are they?
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Links 11/3/2023
The World’s Largest Biometric Digital ID System, India’s Aadhaar, Just Suffered Its Biggest Ever Data Breach
In one fell swoop, roughly 10% of the global population appears to have had some of their most valuable personal identifiable information (PII) compromised. Yet Aadhaar continues to receive plaudits from Silicon Valley.
Read more...‘Worse Than People Can Imagine’: Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Breeds Chaos in States
The campaign against the poor and lower income continues apace, this time in the form of Medicaid cuts.
Read more...Did People Die from Covid Because of the Power of Populist Politics?
The role of ideology in bad Covid science and its amplification.
Read more...Egypt Is Playing an Extremely High-Stakes Game in Gaza That Could End in Genocide
Egypt firmy restates its red line of not letting Gaza refugees decamp en mass into Sinai and suggests it would go to war with Israel if needed
Read more...Even Rich Nations Now Worried About ISDS
Yves here. In the US, Public Citizen deserves a great deal of credit for turning policy-makers against the multinational-favoring, national-law-and-regulation-gutting “free trade agreement known as ISDS, or “investor state dispute settlement. These disputes are arbitrated by secret panels with no appeal and pro-corporate cronies acting as deciders. Public Citizen’s relentless digging got key bad facts […]
Read more...New Report Calls Out Chemical Recycling as a ‘False Solution’ to the Plastics Crisis
ust 11 facilities are currently operational in the U.S. and they process a tiny fraction of the nation’s plastic waste, the report finds.
Read more...Iraq Moves Further Out of U.S.’s Influence With New Russia and China Deals
On Iraq’s preferential deal with China for oil output and projects.
Read more...The Dirty Secret Behind the Hydrogen Hype
Despite promises of opportunity and jobs, communities slated for hydrogen projects oppose these handouts for the fossil fuel industry
Read more...Links 10/31/2023
Big Brother Unchained: UK Government to Abolish Biometrics and Surveillance Safeguards As It Embraces Facial Recognition
“The lack of attention being paid to [public safeguards] at such a crucial time is shocking, and destruction of the surveillance camera code that we’ve all been using successfully for over a decade is tantamount to vandalism.”
Read more...What Gives Israel the Right to Annihilate Gaza?
Suggesting that both sides are equally to blame in the conflict in Gaza is not a defensible position
Read more...United Auto Workers Union Hails Strike-Ending Deals with Automakers That Would Raise Top Assembly-Plant Hourly Pay to More Than $40 as ‘Record Contracts’
UAW strike wins across the auto industry show that disciplined labor action works.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/30/2023
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