With US Bogged Down in West Asia, Cuba Agrees to Grant Russian Companies Management of Cuban Industries
“Russia is not going to leave the Western Hemisphere, no matter what they say in Washington.”
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Kevork Almassian, Michael Hudson, and Tarik Cyril Amar: Has the Iran War Created a New Geopolitical Reality?
How the US is massively hoist on its own petard with its Iran miscalculations
Read more...The Causes & Consequences of Orban’s Downfall
“Most Hungarians came to take Orban for granted and won’t appreciate what they had until it’s gone.”
Read more...The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Häxan (1922) Run Time: 1H 45M
Häxan is a movie about superstition, paranoia, and the abuse of power.
Read more...‘Disgusting’: Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Brags About Killing 300,000 ‘High-Paying’ American Jobs
A key Trump ally engages in economic malpractice to defend Federal government slash and burn spending cuts.
Read more...God Isn’t Good Enough – The Pope and the US Bishops Are Threatening the Catholic Vote for Trump and His Successors
Trump tries to muscle the Holy See as Catholic voters turn against him and the Iran war.
Read more...US Considers Withdrawing Joint Military Base(s) in Spain As “Punishment” for Its Non-Cooperation in Iran War: WSJ
The threat comes just as Spain appears to be leading a shift in Europe away from Donald Trump’s US.
Read more...Gig Jobs and Crime: Evidence from Food Delivery Platforms in France
Is gig work socially beneficial as an alternative to survival via crime?
Read more...Psilocybin Mushrooms Are Going Mainstream, but Scientific Research and Regulation Lag Behind
Less is known about psilocybin mushrooms than you might think even as their popularity and potency of products like edibles rises.
Read more...Satyajit Das: BNPL – Buy Now, Pain Later
A look at the economics of the hot new way to create yet more debt slaves: BNPL, as in buy now pay later loans.
Read more...Why Europe Can Still Face a Gas Crisis Without a Gas Shortage
The EU’s plans to buy US oil, LNG, and nuclear energy products to lower reliance on Russian gas by 2028 is costly!
Read more...The Fight Over ‘Critical Minerals,’ Explained
How the US is playing dog-in-the-manger with critical minerals by disregarding WTO rules so as to stymie China.
Read more...Can I Opt Out of Having My Doctor Take Notes With AI?
What if anything you can do to prevent recording and AI transcriptions/summaries of doctor visits.
Read more...The Fed, Congress, and the President: The Constitutional Authority to Make Money
The struggle over the Fed is a constitutional conflict: in a representative system, the power over money belongs to the legislature
Read more...Claudia Sheinbaum’s Blitzkrieg War on Cash
Governments in Mexico have been trying to replace cash with digital payment alternatives for over a decade, and have largely failed. Until now…
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