The Dutch Earthquake
Why did so many Dutch citizens vote for the far-right Geert Wilders?
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Wall Street Journal: “Why No One Wants to Pay for the Green Transition”
The green energy transition, which truth be told has not gotten very far, is already hitting a wall.
Read more...The Thousand Boat Blockade-Busting Operation Changes Everything on the Gaza Front – if It Materialises
The Turkiye-sponsored thousand-boat flotilla, scheduled to set sail for Gaza this past Wednesday, looks to be a non-starter. What happened?
Read more...The Destructively High Energy Cost of AI
More data on the energy cost of AI, which is projected soon to exceed that of several small countries.
Read more...Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28
The meat industry is coming under enough climate change pressure so as to have started messaging and astroturf campaigns.
Read more...Gaza Conflict: End Game Not in Sight
While there is still tremendous uncertainty about where the conflict in Gaza is going, more Palestinian suffering near-term is baked in.
Read more...Car Dealers Warn Biden Administration to Pump Brakes on EV Plans
Auto dealers throw cold water on EV uptake hopium.
Read more...Why Did Argentina Elect a Right-Wing Non-Establishment Extremist?
More on the truly wacky new president of Argentina, Javier Milei who nevertheless may get some of his bad ideas implemented.
Read more...PlutoniumKun: Correcting the Considerable Misinformation on the Recent Dublin Riots
A detailed account of the Dublin riot and the related political and social undercurrents in Ireland by our esteemed PlutoniumKun
Read more...A Ceasefire Is Far from Lasting Peace – A National Security Expert on the Israel-Hamas Deal
Tamping down ceasefire hopium.
Read more...200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine Is 200 Too Many
How the Monroe Doctrine came to serve as justification for US military adventurism and coup-meistering.
Read more...NATO’s Proposed “Military Schengen” Is a Thinly Disguised German Power Play Over Poland
Is Germany going to succeed in advancing a key EU aim, putting a trouble-making Poland in a box?
Read more...Restructuring of the Global Economy – Michael Hudson, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen
A wide-ranging talk, both geographically and historically, on the accelerating changes in the global economy
Read more...Russian And Chinese Focus Alights On Iraq’s Strategically Vital Akkas Project
To what ought to be the considerable embarrassment of the US, China and Russia looks set to cinch a major gas licensing deal in Iraq.
Read more...Do Masks Work During the Pandemic? Scientists Say “Yes.” Secondary Reviews of Clinical Trials Say “No.” So, Which Is It?
Four authors with top statistical chops, including Yaneer Bar-Yam and Nassim Nicholas Taleb, stomp all over the anti-mask Cochrane Report.
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