Why Saudi Arabia Isn’t Giving Up On Its Russian Oil Alliance
Why Saudi Arabia is still not playing nice with the US.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2022
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Read more...US Leads Sanctions Killing Millions to No End
Food crises, stagnation and price increases are worsening. Sanctions against Russia hurt those relying on wheat and fertilizer imports.
Read more...Recent Payment Outage in Germany Underscores One of the Dangers of a Cashless Economy: System Fragility
As recent events in Germany (and elsewhere) have shown, even strong proponents of a cashless economy have an interest in safeguarding the future of cash, if only for the sake of financial stability.
Read more...The Next PM Won’t Be Any Better – Look at the MPs Who Want Boris Johnson Out
Boris Johnson’s continuing survival as Prime Minister demonstrates how weak and rotten UK leadership has become.
Read more...Will “Living With Covid”™ Even Be Possible? (Because What About the Brain Fog?)
A review of what we know of Long Covid, with some lateral thinking.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Is US/NATO (with WEF Help) Pushing for a Global South Famine?
Are the coming famines in Africa and parts of Asia an accident or design?
Read more...Blowback for the Twenty-First Century, Remembering Chalmers Johnson
visiting Chalmer Johnson’s over 20 year old classic, Blowback, which dishearteningly has become if anything more prophetic as time passes.
Read more...Did New Ambassador Bridget Brink Undermine President Biden’s Ukraine Rockets Policy Her First Day on the Job?
Vicky Nuland, at it again!
Read more...Q&A: The Causal Relationship Between Inequality and Climate Change
Climate change policies focused only on greenhouse gas emissions will be less successful than a broader approach that tackles inequality and climate change together.
Read more...Our Country Is Trading Children’s Lives for Guns
Gun culture is fed by gun-makers and the gun lobby, the right-wing media and Hollywood. Our children are paying the price.
Read more...Biden Kowtows To Saudi Arabia
A scheduled Biden in-person meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a sign of desperation.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/3/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Blame Game Begins As Chaos Reigns At Airports in UK (and Other Parts of Europe)
Neither airports nor airlines in the UK have restored enough capacity into their operations to handle the predictable surge in passenger numbers as the skies reopen.
Read more...Suddenly Here Comes the Inventory: Homes Listed for Sale Jump Amid Price Reductions and Sagging Sales
In most US markets, there are more homes waiting to be sold than last year, How long will it take for overhang to lead to lower prices?
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