A Peptide, a Secretive Scientist, and a Debate Over Evidence
RFK, Jr. is backing a peptide out of Zagreb, BPC-157, which has lots of fans and very little evidence. What could go wrong?
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France’s “Forward Deterrence” Vis-à-vis Russia Raises The Risk Of Nuclear War
France plans to deploy Rafale jets armed with tactical nuclear bombs to Poland and other EU states to threaten Russia.
Read more...The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Howling For God (1998) Run Time: 1H 3M and Bonus: Ya Zamene Ahu (1970) Run Time:20M
Howling for God is a movie about earthly power and spiritual power.
Read more...Manufacturing Consent for Trump’s Invasion of Cuba
Team Trump’s rhetoric against Cuba gets louder despite the lack of legal justification.
Read more...A New Iron Curtain Is Inevitable
European hostility towards Russia and related trouble-making have hit the point where Russian Ambassador invoked a new Iron Curtain.
Read more...When ICE Ramped Up Enforcement, US‑Born Workers Didn’t See Any Economic Gains
US natives did not see wage gains from ICE crackdowns. But the story looks more complicated than some suggest.
Read more...In His “Radical Centralism” Essay, Tony Blair Is, As Usual, Talking His Book
And that book was written by Larry Ellison.
Read more...It’s Not Just High Gas Prices – Inflation Is Now Spreading Through the US Economy
Inflation is rising and set to become more severe and puts the Fed in a bind.
Read more...Is the AI Data Center Boom Building the Infrastructure for Tokenization and Control?
If the AI bubble bursts, the data center build-up could become the infrastructure for economic tokenization and state surveillance
Read more...The Brits, French, & Germans Are Now Right on Russia’s Doorstep
Russia has cleared its throat about naked European escalatory threats and belligerent moves. What next?
Read more...Electile Dysfunction—Why Can’t the Democrats Get Their Polls Up?
Quelle surprise! The Democrats will not attend to the material needs of its traditional popular base because it is thrall to its donor class.
Read more...Satyajit Das: Book Essay: In Western Eyes – A History of the idea of the West
A treatise on what the idea of the West falls short on synthesis but still provides good grist for discussion.
Read more...Blair Invokes AI to Revive TINA, Denying TIARA
Swamp creature Tony Blair emerges to tell the suffering public that they should accept even more hardship because AI.
Read more...A Short History of Sportswriting: The Clues Are on the Billionaires’ Scorecards
A retrospective on US sportswriting, with a focus on class warfare.
Read more...A More Resilient Europe Faces a Renewed Energy Shock – But Difficult Trade-Offs May Resurface
A new analysis of the impact of the Iran war on the energy and economic prospects for Europe has a whistling-pas-the-graveyard feel.
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