“Powder Keg in the Pacific, How China’s Challenge Revived America’s Position in Asia and the Pacific”
A reader critical thinking exercise in the form of a neocon justification of US efforts to contain China.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; CIA Democrats; Kamala and Biden teams at odds; Trump singing and dancing Town Hall not the debacle portrayed; Boeing to borrow billions, delays 777X, plans drastic white-collar cuts ~
Read more...Europe’s Blue Hydrogen Plans Risk Generating Annual Emissions on Par With Denmark
An important takedown of the blue hydrogen scam, a pet initiative of fossil fuel companies.
Read more...Nicaragua Severs Ties With Tel Aviv While Germany Creates “Genocide Clause” to Justify Sending More Arms to Israel
The title of this post may, at first sight, seem a little baffling. After all, what does the smallish one-party Central American state of Nicaragua have to do with Europe’s largest economy, Germany? Well, as it turns out, quite a lot.
Read more...What If There’s No Landing at All, But Flight at Higher Speed and Altitude than Normal, with Higher and Rising Inflation?
Recent economic data suggest inflation may gain steam again. What would the Fed do?
Read more...“Is The West Prepared to Deal With Potential Iranian Sabotage of the Oil Market?”
A discussion of some of the ways Iran could use economic, as in oil, leverage to retaliate against an Israel strike.
Read more...Brief History of Bipartisan Ballot Bamboozlement: 2000–2020
“Our democracy” has quite a history of problems….
Read more...Millions in US Toiling Under This Imposed Housing Crisis Need One Thing: Straight-Up Cash
The real-life stories of Americans moving through eviction court show that what most struggling families really need is simple: money.
Read more...Book Review: How Much Can Animals Really Communicate?
In “Why Animals Talk,” zoologist Arik Kershenbaum argues that knowing what animals are saying is less crucial than why.
Read more...De-risking Downsides
The EU starts a trade war with China. Like the “de-risking” from Russia, the US is once again poised to be the main beneficiary.
Read more...Gas Crunch Looms as Demand Outpaces Supply Growth
Why a gas price squeeze looks likely.
Read more...Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Israel’s End-Game Under Netanyahu
Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson discuss Israel as a colonial project in an era where demonizing the natives is no longer a winning propaganda strategy.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 10/11/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Friday’s charts: RCP averages (good week for Trump); Covid (XEC has entered the chat); What, again, was Kamala thinking?! Boeing files unfair labor practice charge with NLRB against machinists (wowsers) ~
Read more...Economic Models Ignoring “Look Out the Window” Climate Change Effects
Supposed forecasting mavens are simply ignoring the real economy effects, like poor harvests, of climate change.
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