Some reviewers of the movie Oppenheimer such as Scott Ritter criticize if for effectively whitewashing the horror of nuclear strikes
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
The Movie and the Moment: An Oppenheimer Review Through the Lens of an Anti-War Activist
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:09 am | 38 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/7/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 70 Comments »
The NIH Ices a Research Project on “Health Communication”. Is It Self-Censorship?
What sure looks like an NIH study to improve the medical establishment’s propaganda skills had died a well-deserved death.
Topics: Banana republic, Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Media watch, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:27 am | 13 Comments »
Links 8/7/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 209 Comments »
The Road That Could Ignite a War in the Caucasus
Armenia and Azerbaijan are on the verge of another war – one that would suck in outside actors like Turkiye, Iran, Israel, India, and of course, Uncle Sam.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, India, Middle East, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 26 Comments »
What Can Social Movements Learn From Gramsci in Today’s Uncertain Times?
Gramsci encourages movements to pursue wide-ranging interventions, but always to unite them as part of a common program to transform society.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 4:00 am | 42 Comments »
Oil, Gas, Wages, Interest Rates: Biden’s Other 2024 Risks
A supposedly good economy has not helped Biden much and trends such as oil prices do not look to be in his favor.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Middle East, Payment system, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:57 am | 41 Comments »
Links 8/6/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 235 Comments »
The Nationalist Right Tries a New Formula to Sell the European Neoliberal Project
In Italy and elsewhere, the right combines anti-immigrant and chauvinist measures with neoliberal policy.
Topics: Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 29 Comments »
‘Renters Are Struggling’: Economists Back Tenant-Led Push for Federal Rent Control
Economists begin to admit that their models are wrong when it comes to anti-rent control arguments.
Topics: Corporate governance, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Real estate, Social policy
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 37 Comments »
War Hawks’ Drive to Expand NATO into Asia May Destroy Western Military Alliance
Individuals can fail upwards, but organizations? NATO not been up to the task of propping up Ukraine, but the US wants to aim it at China.
Topics: Banana republic, China, Currencies, Europe, Guest Post, India, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:58 am | 56 Comments »
Links 8/5/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 206 Comments »
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. v. Google Alleges First Amendment Violations via YouTube Censorship as a State Actor
Oh frabjous day! RFK, Jr. has lobbed a very big bomb at the heart of the censorship apparatus.
Topics: Health care, Legal, Media watch, Pandemic, Politics, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 41 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/4/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 80 Comments »
More on the Collapse of Operational Capabilities in the West: How Did We Get Here
Some thoughts on the rapid decline in operational capabilities, or why tons of people, particularly those in charge, are no good at their jobs
Topics: Banking industry, Corporate governance, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 126 Comments »