US Secondary Sanctions “Have Seriously Damaged” Russia-China Bilateral Cooperation
Russian experts say US secondary sanctions are damaging Russia-China commerce. But their solutions don’t seem to be close to implementation.
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Announcing 2025 Water Cooler Fundraiser for Lambert’s Gold Retirement Watch (and Work Done in 2024)
My goal is 🌡️ 400 donors, the same as last year. If you can give a lot, give a lot. If you can only give a little, give a little. (You can also pay it forward by donating on behalf of those whose circumstances have not permitted them to do so.)
Read more...America First Deepens World Stagnation
Quelle surprise! America First is another leg down in the developing-country-unfriendly policies the Collective West has pursued.
Read more...Larry Ellison’s Dark Vision for OUR Future
One of the few things that the Trump 2.0 administration and Keir Starmer government have in common is the amount of influence Ellison seems to wield over them.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Five: What Drove Uber’s Recent $8 Billion P&L Improvement?
How did Uber achieved a $8 billion P&L improvement after losing $33 billion in its first 13 years? Misleading accounting plays a big role.
Read more...Can Europe Resist Concessions to Russia in Trump’s Ukraine Agreement?
An uber neocon contends that Europe has found substitutes for Russian energy and so can and will increase sanctions on Russia.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/24/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Trump and patrimonialism; Spooks stirring from slumber? Elon’s “five bullets” email debacle.HP performs minor act of de-enshittification ~
Read more...The Recent Weakness in the German Manufacturing Sector
A look at the fallen state of German manufacturing seems to understate the implications of the conditions it describes.
Read more...We’ve Been Here Before: A Review of Thomas Frank’s “The Wrecking Crew”
Plus ça change… unless we get lucky or clever?
Read more...Links 2/23/2025
Pain Clinics Made Millions From ‘Unnecessary’ Injections Into ‘Human Pin Cushions’
“It’s not fraud; it’s a fact of life.”
Read more...Cuts to U.S. Weather and Climate Research Could Put Public Safety at Risk
Weather and climate research are yet more examples of how the DOGE slash and burn can and probably will do real harm.
Read more...“How Can Europe Respond to the Ukraine Standoff?”
An example of European paralysis as a result of the US looking likely to abandon not just Ukraine but also NATO.
Read more...Links 2/21/2025
Claudia Sheinbaum Launches Initiative to Bolster Mexican Sovereignty As Trump Officially Declares Cartels as Terrorists
Few countries are more acutely aware of the dangers posed by a resurgence in US military adventurism than Mexico.
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