Market Gives Vote of No Confidence in Latest Israel Genocide, Um, War-Financing Bonds
High interest rates for Israeli bond offerings, plus mumble-shuffle by manager Goldman and the SEC, confirm investor doubts about its prospects
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Michael Hudson: Marxism, Economic Parasites, and Debt Cancellation
Michael Hudson in a bracing talk, including history of crises, the role of debt, and how ancient Greek and Roman law promoted inequality
Read more...On the State of the Union Speech: What Biden Left Out
This is a post about nothing; or rather the nothing that is where one would expect a something to appear
Read more...UN Human Rights Chief Decries ‘War Crime’ of Rapidly Expanding Israeli Settlements
A sadly necessary update on the state of Israel’s ethnic cleansing project in the West Bank.
Read more...Israel: Quietly Fraying?
Israel is being tested on many fronts and the fissures are showing.
Read more...The Reach of JSOC ‘the President’s Private Army’
What is JSOC doing, and where are they doing it?
Read more...2024 State of the Union Live Blog/Open Thread
By Lambert Strether of Corrente The State of the Union address, as ordained by Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constition, will take place in about a half an hour, at 9:00PM ET. If you like to watch: In addition to major networks and political cable channels that will air the address, you […]
Read more...Apple’s Exclusionary App Store Scheme: Will the EU Tolerate Gaming of the Digital Markets Act?
Will the EU see through and act against Apple’s self-serving, Digital-Markets-Act-evading new app store scheme?
Read more...SEC Approves First US Climate Disclosure Rules: Why the Requirements Are Much Weaker Than Planned and What They Mean for Companies
The SEC had to make concessions in its climate disclosure final rules, but it did well given the constraints of its investor focus.
Read more...Nothing in Nuland’s Life Became Her Like the Leaving of It
More discussion of whether Victoria Nuland jumped or was pushed, and what that might say about US politics and foreign policy.
Read more...Ralph Nader: Real Gaza Death Toll at Least 200,000
Ralph Nader calls out the certain extreme undercount of death in Gaza and why that is convenient for Israel, the US, and Gaza.
Read more...Victoria Nuland, Major Force Behind Failed Project Ukraine, Retires Unexpectedly
Victoria Nuland is leaving but sadly the considerable damage she has done will endure.
Read more...There’s a “New Upside Risk” in Town: “Pent-up Exuberance” – Fed’s Bostic
Some at the Fed worry that the central bank can’t get the inflation genie back in the bottle.
Read more...How Should the Government Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices? A Guide for the Perplexed
How some key points on negotiating Medicare drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act were oddly left open, arguably much too open.
Read more...Google Demands That We Censor Our Content
Google trying to censor our content on bogus grounds.
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