Since the Army gets very little bang for its buck, presumably by design, why should its social media campaigns be any better?
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Friday, January 2, 2026
The US Army Special Operations Command Weaponizes Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Telegram
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 13 Comments »
Links 9/7/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 166 Comments »
NATO, Russia, Energy Put Balkans on Edge
This is Naked Capitalism fundraising week. 337 donors have already invested in our efforts to combat corruption and predatory conduct, particularly in the financial realm. Please join us and participate via our donation page, which shows how to give via check, credit card, debit card, or PayPal. Read about why we’re doing this fundraiser, what […]
Topics: China, Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:50 am | 21 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Naked Capitalism – Your and My Informational Necessity
Four reasons why Naked Capitalism is indispensable.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 10 Comments »
“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.
Topics: Derivatives, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:59 am | 34 Comments »
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.
Topics: Banana republic, CalPERS, Guest Post, Health care, Investment management, Politics, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:39 am | 11 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/6/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 151 Comments »
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.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Federal Reserve, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 8 Comments »
Links 9/6/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 186 Comments »
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.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:54 am | 10 Comments »
Europe’s Economic Controlled Flight Into Terrain
More on Europe’s economic suicide.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Market inefficiencies, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:37 am | 96 Comments »
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.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:39 am | 16 Comments »
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.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post, Politics, Russia, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:10 am | 49 Comments »
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.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 7:30 pm | 8 Comments »
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.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 63 Comments »

