This past week the Trump administration has put on a bravura display of impunity and seeming incompetence, but perhaps we can glean some insight into how they function.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
U.S. Military Leaders Plan to Use the Killing of Charlie Kirk to Boost Recruitment. Will It Work?
The armed forces face much bigger problems than can be solved by a useful martyr and a catchy slogan.
“BRICS Are the New Defenders of Free Trade, the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank” and Supporting Genocide by Continuing to Trade with Israel
Discussions of how BRICS is not living up to its lofty promises and is on the path to supporting neoliberalism and hegemony in new clothes
Proof of AI Garbage In, Garbage Out: Incorrect Results Traced to Reddit and Quora
As bad as you thought AI was, it’s worse.
Banks Can’t Survive Climate Change
Richard Murphy argues a massive banking collapse is coming — and the cause isn’t speculation this time. It’s climate change.
The Villa of Reduced Circumstances is still facing tough times, but the CEO (that is me) and the Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Felines (that is also me when I have to negotiate with the neighborhood cats), are in strong agreement that we can afford to give $5 to Naked Capitalism. Another Anon Aloha […]
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Shooting (1966) Run Time 1H 21M
The Shooting is a movie about desperation and revenge set in the Old West.
A Walk Across Alaska’s Arctic Sea Ice Brings to Life the Losses That Appear in Climate Data
A climate scientist gets a firsthand look at the results of the data they’ve been tracking for a decade.
The Dollar: Ripples Presaging a Financial Tsunami
A detailed analysis of the poor prospects for dollar hegemony and the forces that could trigger a sharp unwind.
The Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Admitted That His Co-Ethnics Don’t Want to Assimilate
Poland-Ukraine frictions are at odds with some possible end-of-Ukraine-conflict schemes.
Coffee Break: The Next Surgeon General, Gene Therapy, Ozone Hole Closes, Daylight Saving Time, and American Socialism
Part the First: The Next Surgeon General Prepares for her Closeup. In a surprise to absolutely no one, Casey Means MD discloses financial ties to supplement industry. New financial disclosures from surgeon general nominee Casey Means show that she’s made hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting supplements and other health and wellness products, details likely […]
Michael Hudson: Trump’s Destruction of US Economy, Starting with Agriculture
How Trump’s policies are destroying key elements of U.S. economic prosperity, with agriculture as a canary in the coal mine.
