Friday, January 2, 2026

The US Army Special Operations Command Weaponizes Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Telegram

Since the Army gets very little bang for its buck, presumably by design, why should its social media campaigns be any better?

Links 9/7/2022

NATO, Russia, Energy Put Balkans on Edge 

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Michael Hudson: Naked Capitalism – Your and My Informational Necessity

Four reasons why Naked Capitalism is indispensable.

“Lehman Event” Looms For Europe As Energy Companies Face $1.5 Trillion in Margin Calls

Why energy price spikes are threatening the financial system. And any derivatives bailout will take prescedence over businesses and housholds.

Please, Vote for Somebody in the CalPERS Board Election. Your Money Is at Stake.

If you are a CalPERS retiree, please be sure to vote in the board election now underway. You deserve to be properly represented.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/6/2022

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1980s Redux? Developing Countries See New Context, Old Threats

s rich countries raise interest rates, developing countries face slowdowns, inflation, higher interest rates, more costs and debt distress.

Links 9/6/2022

The Race for Lithium is Heating Up in Latin America

As the US remains “grossly unprepared” to meet the exponential increase in demand for lithium, it stakes a claim to Argentina’s massive deposits of “white gold.” For Argentina’s benefit, of course. 

Europe’s Economic Controlled Flight Into Terrain

More on Europe’s economic suicide.

Wow! Met First Goal Pronto. On to the Second: Supporting the Commentariat

Thanks for getting the fundraiser off to such a good start! We are already on to our second target, investing in the commentatriat.

Peace Talks Essential as War Rages on in Ukraine

Peace in Ukraine is a worthy aim. But the West can’t bring itself to offer what Russia might accept.

Matt Stoller: Naked Capitalism –A Community Seeking the Truth

Naked Capitalism sweats the details, and in this time of airy propaganda, that gives you a leverage point.

Biden Opens Campaign Season with MAGA Exorcism in Idiosyncratic Philadelphia Speech

The three audiences for Biden’s Philadelphia speech. And about that blood-red background.