How Polling Failures, Gambling Legalization and Political Gridlock Paved the Way for the Explosive Rise of Prediction Markets
In the opinion of this humble blogger, prediction markets epitomize what is wrong with modern society. l
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Iran War: Trump Threatens Destruction of Iran Electric Generation and Oil Wells Even as WSJ Reports Temporary TACO on Trying to Force Open Strait of Hormuz
Today’s Iran war update: WSJ – Trump is trying to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic by not opening the Strait now but still fighting
Read more...Five Reasons Why the US Declined To Enforce Its De Facto Blockade on Cuba for Russia
Cuba gets a bit of an energy break thanks to a Russian tanker, but this delivery won’t change outcomes.
Read more...Iran War: US/Israel Escalation and Forceful Iran Retaliation Continue as Trump Says He May Take Iran’s Oil and Pakistan Hosts Talks With Nobody; Mr. Market Finally Waking Up as Brent Rises to $115
Today’s Iran war update: Trump fantasies deepen as the US suffers irreparable damage to its military and the global economy takes body blows.
Read more...Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer
What are the demands and why does opposition to imperialism get shouted down?
Read more...Iran War: More Signs of a Long Conflict and Resulting Severe Economic Damage
The latest Iran war update: both sides dig in, virtually assuring at least a long-ish conflict and economic devastation.
Read more...Iran War: More Escalation – US Strikes Iran Steel Plants, Israel Sends Third Missile at Iran Nuclear Plant; Yemen Joins War
Today’s Iran war update: the escalation dynamic intensifies as economies all across Asia are the first to bleed out
Read more...The War on Iran Cannot Be Explained by Material Interests Alone
The War on Iran, observed beyond geopolitics: power, belief, and history shaping conflict beyond material interests
Read more...Iran War: Accelerating Economic Damage Creates Urgency on Strait of Hormuz Closure; Shambolic US Assault Preparations Continue; Iran Demands Recognition of Sovereignity Over Strait; Houthis Set to Strangle Red Sea Traffic if US Makes Ground Attack
Trump’s fight with the Iran war tar baby is at great risk of creating even more dangerous escalation.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Modern ‘Share the Scraps’ Economy
A clinical look at the extractive behavior that all that share, erm, sharing economy talk obscures.
Read more...How the US Became an International Serial Killer
An Iran-focused update on America’s shameful, destabilizing status as global killer in chief
Read more...Iran War: Mainstream Media Starting to Acknowledge Potential Iran Victory as Trump Flails About, Readying Ground Assault; EU Reversal on Russia Oil Sanctions, Emergency Actions in Asia, Even China, Shows Accelerating Economic Damage
Today’s Iran war update: the current reduction in temperatures does not mean a resolution of the war or damage to the global economy is nigh.
Read more...Concentration Camps, US Style: Dehumanization for Fun and Profit
Rebecca Gordon describes US concentration camps, um, detention centers, as money-driven vehicles for authoritarianism and abuse.
Read more...Economic Questions: The Robert Nozick Question
On the simplistic reasoning Robert Nozick used to justify inequality and a minimal state
Read more...Iran War: US/Israel Attacks Near Iran Energy Infrastructure; Temporary TACO as Boots on the Ground Moves Continue? Postol on How Iran Nukes Israel in Retaliation and the Horrific Consequences; Gulf States Double Down on Loyalty to US
Today’s Iran war update: Trump moves toward a ground attack as positions on all sides are hardening and the global economy bleeds out
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