Category Archives: Guest Post

Why You Should Never Use an AI for Advice about Your Health, Especially Covid

Lambert chats with two AIs about Covid’s airborne transmission.

Links 4/23/2023

Do Dem Party Leaders Want to Increase Support from Independents?

The US is split between party loyalists and independents who don’t trust either tribe to watch their back.

Debt and the Collapse of Antiquity – Michael Hudson

Michael Hudson explains how Rome rejected debt forgiveness and nstituted a pro-creditor legal system, which our establishment defends today.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/21/2023

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Links 4/21/2023

What Does Biden’s Pick for Next World Bank President Augur for the Global War on Cash?

Ajay Banga, in his former senior executive roles at Mastercard, waged a decade-long “war on cash.” Under his tenure, the company did more than just about any other to demonise the role of physical money around the world.

Ukraine Conflict Highlights Key Question for Africa: Should We Focus on the Problems of the Elite, or Those Faced by the Majority of the Population?

Professor Sokona, Vice-Chair of the IPCC, on how Ukraine has reshaped thinking in Africa and on the needed transformation in its leadership

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/20/2023

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Links 4/20/2023

Leaks Reveal Reality Behind U.S. Propaganda in Ukraine

While lying to the public is routine, the Pentagon leaks show officials have been selling fabrications about how Ukraine is faring.

Hoisted From Comments: “A Tale of Two Sciences”

Pontius Pilate asked, “What is truth?” Time to ask “What is science?” since our market system creates sciences that aren’t very scientific.