TikTok and Critical Mass
TikTok is becoming an important vehicle for what old farts call consciousness raising. But can it foment serious protests?
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KLG: When Science Becomes Embroiled in Conflict
Who are these scientists and what are their motivations? The default position of the powers-that-be has been to view scientists as disinterested seekers of the truth of the natural world. However, scientists and their patrons who are “science adjacent” can be anything but disinterested.
Read more...Income Tax Withholding Payments Stumble Again, Signaling Job Weakness. Will the Fed Start to Consider Backing Off?
Income tax receipts are a good proxy for jobs. That measure has suddenly gone wobbly. If that persists, will the Fed blink?
Read more...Global Shipping Is Under Pressure to Stop Its Heavy Fuel Oil Use Fast – That’s Not Simple, but Changes Are Coming
While proposals to curb shipping industry emissions are overdue, it would help to address the shippers too.
Read more...War, What Is It Good For?
At least when it comes to “great” powers and war these days, one lesson seems clear enough: there simply is nothing great about them, except their power to destroy not just the enemy, but themselves as well.
Read more...Berenson: Moderna Falsely Said No Serious Adverse Vaccine Effects in Phase 2 Trial; Their Own Data Says Otherwise
Finally a smoking gun on Covid vaccine injuries? Alex Berenson may have found one in Moderna’s own data.
Read more...The New Mortgage Fee Structure
Clearing up misinformation about the new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage fees, coming into effect May 1.
Read more...Do Dem Party Leaders Want to Increase Support from Independents?
The US is split between party loyalists and independents who don’t trust either tribe to watch their back.
Read more...Debt and the Collapse of Antiquity – Michael Hudson
Michael Hudson explains how Rome rejected debt forgiveness and nstituted a pro-creditor legal system, which our establishment defends today.
Read more...Ukraine Conflict Highlights Key Question for Africa: Should We Focus on the Problems of the Elite, or Those Faced by the Majority of the Population?
Professor Sokona, Vice-Chair of the IPCC, on how Ukraine has reshaped thinking in Africa and on the needed transformation in its leadership
Read more...Is Labour Purging the Left? Inside the Party’s Embattled Selection Process
‘This is the most fundamental attempt to change the DNA of the Labour Party in its entire history’
Read more...Leaks Reveal Reality Behind U.S. Propaganda in Ukraine
While lying to the public is routine, the Pentagon leaks show officials have been selling fabrications about how Ukraine is faring.
Read more...Vzglyad – “It’s Time for Russia to Change Its Position in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”
As fallout from movement in geopolitical tectonic plates, Russia may be close to revisings its stance towards Israel and Palestine.
Read more...The Who and Why Behind the Push to Gut Child Labor Laws
“The object of employing children is not to train them, but to get high profits from their work.” — Lewis Hine, 1908
Read more...The Presidential Campaign of Convict 9653
Eugene Debs, the socialist who ran for President despite being a convict times two, is again in the spotlight.
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