With Shutdown Averted, Is Social Security Safe? Nope!
Tax breaks to the rich mean less revenue, higher deficits, and more calls to gut programs like Social Security that protect ordinary citizens
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Are the Walls Finally Closing In on Ursula von der Leyen?
Creeping censorship, corruption, authoritarianism, economic decline and support for war: these are five of the defining characteristics of the Von der Leyen era. Is it any wonder that internal opposition is on the rise?
Read more...The Humanitarian Case for Another Arab Oil Embargo
Will the Gulf States again use an oil embargo to increase leverage against the US and Israel?
Read more...Using Opioid Settlement Cash for Police Gear Like Squad Cars and Scanners Sparks Debate
A look at how different communities are deploying opioid settlement cash. But no clear data on policing versus treatment.
Read more...A Ramble Through The Social Media World, Looking for Twitter’s Replacement
Going all the way around the barn to end up where I started.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/23/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Read more...The Future of Mining Is Deeper, Darker, and Riskier
As mining companies delve ever deeper into the Earth, new tools — from AI to metal-eating microbes — will guide the way.
Read more...Links 10/23/2023
In Which Lambert Confesses He Stans for K-Pop, and Explains Why
“I wanna know, know, know, know”
Read more...Memo on the Final Solution for One State – Israel or Palestine
Why the war between Israel and Palestine is moving towards very bad outcomes.
Read more...India Expected To Reject Russian Demand To Pay For Oil In Chinese Yuan
As we warned, bilateral trade, here to avoid using the dollar, is messy. Russia is balking at taking more Indian rupees in payment for oil.
Read more...Russia, China Unite Against US Empire
Michael Hudson on China’s wobbles, Russia-China cooperation, the revolt against colonialism and neoliberalism, and the conflict in Gaza.
Read more...More Good News for Cash in Europe, More Bad News for Digital Dollar in US
Recent developments suggest the trend away from cash and toward central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may not be quite as smooth as some may have wished.
Read more...The Explosion of Israel’s Formaldehyde Strategy in Gaza
There can be no peace in Palestine without justice, which means Israel’s policy of disengagement, brutal apartheid, and occupation must end.
Read more...The Need to Disarm the Discourse on China
On US escalation versus China, particularly on the PR front.
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