Category Archives: Guest Post

Links 8/30/2023

Extended Vaccination Boosters Against the RBD of Spike Protein and the Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2

A carefully done study, admittedly on mice, suggests that more Covid vaccinne boosting is counterproductive in immune repsone terms.

Imperialism: How the Struggle of Both Classes and Nations Creates Our World

How imperailasm has determined much of the structure of the international economy and that in turn affects domestic interests.

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/29/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

US Weaponizes Environmental Rhetoric to Seek Water Hegemony

An update on jockeying over critical water resources and how the US is positioning itself.

Brazil Mulls Phasing Out Physical Cash, As Central Bank Prepares to Launch CBDC

How did Brazil, a country that until recently was heavily dependent on cash, reach a point where its politicians are now considering eliminating it altogether? One of the answers is a three-letter word that is now ubiquitous across the country: Pix.

Zelensky’s Latest TV Interview Shows How Much the Ukraine Conflict’s Dynamics Have Shifted

Zelensky has moderated some posiitons as US and EU enthusiasm for Project Ukraine is falling. But don’t get your hopes up for an endgame

Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Skyrocket To $7 Trillion

The IMF made a comprehensive tally of fossil fuels subsidies. Both the level and the trajectory are sobering.

New York Times Bungles Page One School Ventilation Story through Lazy Reporting

Perhaps, after three years and counting of Covid, we should be grateful for any content that isn’t outright eugenicist.

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/28/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~

Links 8/28/2023

Danny Haiphong: Pepe Escobar and Michael Hudson Join on BRICS Plus Six, Ukraine, and the Multipolar World Economy!

Danny Haiphong talks to Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar about hot mulitipolarity topics, particularly BRICS and its “currency” plans

Testing Marx

The findings highlight the role of historical, institutional, and technological factors in shaping capitalist trajectories, suggesting that a one-size-fits-all approach may be insufficient.

As Covid Surges, Los Angeles County Public Health Takes a Minimalist Approach

Mask up, Taylor! FFS.

Links 8/27/2023