Palantir’s Manifesto Is the Agenda of the New Class Reconfiguring the System’s Power Structure
Palantir’s manifesto is the stated agenda of a new class within the system’s power structure, driven by a binary worldview of 0 and 1
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Michael Hudson: US Economy is Based on a Ponzi Scheme
Michael Hudson explains the dangers and costs of Wall Street’s Ponzi schemes.
Read more...Defending TrumpRx Scam, RFK Jr. Absurdly Claims Trump ‘Has His Own Way of Calculating’ Percentages
Not only is Trump inventing his own school of math. but he is also pretending that paying more than market rates for drugs is a savings.
Read more...Iran War: TACO Tuesday Strikes Again, Trump Extends Ceasefire
POTUS Trump extended the ceasefire despite Iran refusing to send a delegation to Islamabad for more negotiations. Plus, “Is There a Method to America’s Madness?” pro and con.
Read more...Industrial Agriculture and the Future of Food and Health
We have discussed the Great American Food System (GAFS) throughout this series, most recently in review of What to Eat Now (2025) by Marion Nestle. That the GAFS is productive, in both tonnage and profit (for some) is a given. But a common view of its critics is that much of this production is misguided, […]
Read more...Iran War: Fraying Nerves, Nonsense Negotiations, Psyops, and Ominous Notes
POTUS Trump and the Iranians are locked in a high tension stand off and the pressure on everyone is building like divers trapped in a bell that’s springing leaks as it descends into the abyss. And the hallucinations and delusions are building as bubbles form in the bloodstream and the brain. Let’s start with the […]
Read more...The US Demanded That Europeans Accelerate Their Transition to “NATO 3.0”
The Trump Administration engages in displacement activity by beating up on NATO in the hope that works better there than with Iran.
Read more...Postponing the World’s Financial Winter – For How Long? Iran’s MAD Standoff with the Rest of the World
Micheal Hudson describes how the US and Iran threats against energy production is MAD, as in mutual assured destruction.
Read more...Iran War: Talks Kiboshed, U.S. Seizes Iranian Tanker, Leaks Confirm Mad King Claims
Leaks from White House insiders reveal Trump kept out of situation room in key moments of war. Iran won’t be going to more talks.
Read more...Iran War: Mad King Trump Gets the Strait Slammed in His Face
A rapidly declining Trump is living in a “dark fantasy” world as the Iranians close the Strait in anger at his lies. Meanwhile the MSM is beginning to break some bad news about the war.
Read more...Iran War: Gaslighting Hits Epic Levels Over “Strait Completely Open” Fast Breakdown, Trump Smack Talk About Collecting Uranium as US Looks to Be Readying Massive Attack
Today’s Iran war update: Trump’s peak gaslighting, specifically wild claims about Iran concessions. looks like a pretext for renewed attacks.
Read more...Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson: The Blockade Stage of Trump’s Absurdities
Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson on the media and market disconnect between Trump Iran barker talk and dire economic and political effects.
Read more...Iran War: Narrative Wars and Ceasefire Claims
Today’s Iran War Update: Ceasefire begins in Lebanon, material shortages hitting, War Powers vote comes up one short.
Read more...Home Care Workers Launch Hunger Strike as 24-Hour Work Shifts Persist
The battle over 24-hour care shifts has pitted the mostly immigrant women against vulnerable patients who rely on round-the-clock care.
Read more...Democracy Depends on Broad-Based Taxation—History Is Clear About That
How governments raise revenue, as in taxation versus slavery or external extraction, determines their accountability to citizens.
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