Cold War 2.0 in Mexico: US and Russian Embassies Lock Horns Over International Study Programs
The German embassy also joined the pile-on, with slapstick consequences.
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How Trump 2.0 Could Herald a New Age of Authoritarian Capitalism
To discuss: “Trump’s weaponisation of US power poses a threat to peace, prosperity and the planet.”
Read more...Trump Shreds Emoluments Clause with New Memecoin while Norms Fairy Weeps (and Melania Joins the Fun)
Even tech bros are aghast.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/20/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Democrats take their farewells; DOGE commissars; A web beyond the platforms ~
Read more...There’s No Growth, so What Should Labour Do?
Labour’s dilemma — which has parallels in other countries — leads to vague aspirations that are almost meaningless, and probably undeliverable. So, what should it do?
Read more...For Homeless Seniors, Getting Into Stable Housing Takes a Village — And a Lot of Luck
Another indictment of America’s claims of superiority: a coming tsunami of homeless elderly
Read more...Los Angeles Fires: A Guide for Making Sure Your Home Insurer Pays What It Owes
What Will A Trump-Aligned EU Look Like?
The gangster state’s bust out of Europe is set to accelerate as the EU center embraces its true nature.
Read more...David Lynch Exposed the Rot at the Heart of American Culture
Lynch’s films and TV series reflected the dark, ominous, often bizarre underbelly of American culture – one increasingly out of the shadows today.
Read more...Was Biden Right to Warn about the Tech-Industrial Complex?
On Biden’s self-serving and lame warning about the evils of the tech-industrial complex, which to him amounts to social media disinformation.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Trump on Greenland, Panama and Canada
Michael Hudson on the method in Trump’s seeming madness in laying claim to Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal.
Read more...New York Judge Loretta Preska Just Declared Open Season on Argentina’s Gold Reserves
The question is: where is the gold?
Read more...Actuaries and Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Risk ‘Planetary Insolvency’ as Power Struggles About How to Rebuild LA Begin
A new report shows a 50% GDP fall from 2070 to 2090 due to climate change. Los Angeles gives a taste of coming struggles about what to do.
Read more...Closing Ranks: Organised Labour and Immigration
Quelle surprise! Historically, high levels of immigration in the US led to more union formation.
Read more...Evaluating the Risks of Engineered Viruses and Bacteria, aka ‘Mirror Life’
Scientists seem unduly casual about the threats posed by engineered bacteria and viruses that are chemical mirror images of natural ones
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