U.S. officials say involvement of Russia and Iran in their own backyard of the South Caucasus is “unstable and undesirable.”
Monday, August 25, 2025
Trump’s Self-Destructive Fight with the Fed for Low Interest Rates: His “Fiscal Dominance” Game of Chicken
Trump is fighting another war he can’t win: trying to use interest rates to counter the inflation created by his yawning fiscal deficits.
The UK Aims to Entrench Its Influence in Estonia in Order to Lead the Arctic-Baltic Front
The UK’s clever scheme to enlist rabid chihuahua Estonia to harass Russia in the Baltic theater.
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Night Strangler (1973) Run Time: 1H 30M2
The Night Strangler is a movie about an investigative reporter hot on the trail of an immortal killer in Seattle.
The Gates Foundation’s Global Reach Expands, to Mixed Reviews
The Gates Foundation steps into the void left by the U.S., and brings with it limited accountability, conflicts of interest, and a history of failure in its stated mission.
>Why UK [and US] Governments Are Never Dependent on Financial Markets
As Mr. Market idelivers a big raspberry in response to Trump’s big beautiful bill, remember it won’t affect the ability to keep spending
Global Carbon Emissions Reach Record High Despite Green Efforts
So much for “green energy will save us” hype. Carbon emssions keep rising.
Coffee Break: Ancient Food Facts, Cancer Therapy, the Conscious Brain, and Biohacking with Biotech…Plus Thomas Jefferson
On this Independence Day in one country in North America a few notes on life outside current politics, scientific and otherwise. Part the First: The Archaeology of Food Is Fascinating. Having read about Roman eating habits over the years I have wondered about two things, fish sauce and the dormouse. Now we know which fish […]
How Global Value Chains, Much Hyped by Development Experts, Slowed Growth and Preserved Inequality in Middle Income Countries
Tackling a pro-multinational development canard which looks to have made the so-called middle income trap worse.
This Time It’s Official: Mexico Is Going to the BRICS Summit
It’s not just Mexico’s federal government that is calling for economic diversification away from the US but also its biggest business lobby
Trump’s Neo-Stalinist Pentagon Photo Purge
Controlling the future by controlling the past, here by censorship of narrative-busting photos.
Holiday Special: Dimash Sings Edith Piaf’s Hymne à l’Amour
mash, who has credibly (and often) been called the world’s best singer, does it again.
