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.
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Iran War: Negotiations Deadlocked on Fundamental Issues as Media Keeps Up Happy Talk; Iran Promises Retaliation as US Still Coiled to Strike
Today’s Iran war news: Much of the media depicts to-ing and fro-ing as progress while Israel escalates in Lebanon and the energy cliff nears
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...Iran War: US and Iran Exchange Fire as Trump Reveals Extent of Israel Capture With Barmy Abrams Accord Proposal; Continued Denial of Approaching Energy Crunch After Reserves Depleted
Iran war news: Negotiations are supposedly advancing despite a US attack, a fiery Khamenei speech, and Israel declaring “full war” in Lebanon
Read more...Iran War: Trump-Claimed Agreement Coming Apart as Iran Sticks to Long-Held Positions and Republican Stalwarts Rebel; Experts Argue It May Be Only to Temporize
Today’s Iran war news: As the latest Iran war “deal” comes unglued, it looks like it was intended merely to hit the pause button….why?
Read more...Private Equity Now Owns 1 in 8 Apartment Units, a 50 Percent Increase Since 2021
Private equity’s expansion into housing comes at the same time as Americans are increasingly struggling to afford rent.
Read more...Iran War: Trump Announces Iran Deal with Iran Already Disputing His Claims; Hawk Heads Exploding; Even if Pact Concluded, Strait of Hormuz Traffic Expected to Reach Only 40% of Old Level by Year End
Today’s Iran war update: Trump says he has a deal. Iran begs to differ as to what it would amount to.
Read more...Iran War: Trump and Top Officials Cancel Holiday Plans, Suggesting Imminent Attack; Walmart Reports Consumers Self-Rationing Gas
Today’s Iran war news: Negotiations are now at an impasse and Trump is taking visible steps consistent with new attacks.
Read more...Lavrov Elaborated on the US’ Plans To Eternally Control the EU’s Energy Market
How the US is on the way to making the EU even more captured vassals by controlling critical energy supplies.
Read more...Iran War: Quelle Surprise! Vanishingly Unlikely “Deal” Visibly Falling Apart as US Consumer Spending Crumbling
Today’s Iran war news: Talks fantasies get a harsh dose of reality as Iran rejects a US nuclear demand while consumers go green at the gills.
Read more...Climate Denier Group Pushes States to Embrace Coal Power for Data Centers
Moneyed interests are linking support of two bête noires, coal and data centers, to better shove them down voters’ throats
Read more...Establishment Democrats Still Don’t Get Why They Lost in 2024
Democrats can’t face that they don’t have a message because having one with broad appeal would alienate too many powerful factions.
Read more...Iran War: Trump-Netanyahu Dust-Up Over Negotiations – Bona Fide or Deception? Oil Speculators Cheer Three Supertankers Leaving Gulf, as Continued Bond and Financial Market Decline Seems Likely
Today’s Iran war news: Some oil leaving the Gulf gave markets a boost, but the US-Iran impasse remains, along with US attack threats.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Global Economy – A Very Uncertain Future!
Satyajit Das looks at the big stressors on the global economy and find that governments will be unable to do much to alleviate them.
Read more...Norway Wants To Lead a “Viking Bloc” for Containing Russia in Northern Europe
Norway seeks to lead a small but arguably well-located group of nations to impede Russia. Yes, seriously.
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