A look at how the US likes to present its role in the escalating conflict over Taiwan.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Digital Dollar and Digital Euro Just Took a Big Step Closer to Becoming a Reality
As the US government begins setting up the regulatory guardrails for a digital dollar, the EU forms a consortium to develop a prototype for a digital euro. Its members include Amazon and dozens of large EU banks.
Reminding Those of You on the Fence as Our 2022 Fundraiser Closes: We Really Like You!
Our 2022 fundraiser is in its final hours! Help support frequent news updates, incisive analysis, biting commentary, snark, and cute animals!
Private Equity Sees the Billions in Eye Care as Firms Target High-Profit Procedures
Private equity continued to buy up and crapify more medical specialist practices. The latest target is eye care, particularly surgeries.
New USPS Delivery Network: Radically Cutting Rural Service, Headcount; Likely to Further Slow Delivery
The gutting of USPS is accelerating. A step backwards for what passes as American civilization.
Procrastinators of the World, Unite! Last Day, Last Chance for Our 2022 Fundraiser!
We’re entering the home stretch for our 2022 fundraiser. Come chip in to make it the best evah!
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/19/2022
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Pope Francis Endorses “Moral” Arms for Ukraine
Pope Francis’ recent statement that providing weapons to Ukraine can be a moral decision puts him at odds with his own pronouncements on war over the years and with a large chunk of the population of the Global South, now the population center for the Catholic Church.
Yanis Varoufakis: Time to Blow Up the Electricity Markets
How the EU’s neoliberal Rube Goldberg electricity market has made the energy shortage problem much worse than it needed to be.
KLG: What Naked Capitalism Means to Me
To the barricades, um, Tip Jar! Naked Capitalism deserves your support.
Why Black Wednesday Still Matters – It Was the Start of Markets Telling Politicians What to Do
Alexis Stenfors assesses the importance of Black Wednesday as a juncture in the history of central banks. By showing they could beat the Bank of England, traders changed the entire power relationship.
Truss’s Plan to Hike Defence Funding and Ignore the Climate Is a Disaster
How Liz Truss’ defense budget math does not work…or does really well if the point is to roll social support back to Victorian workhouses.
Announcing the 2022 Harry Shearer and Friends “Double Your Donation” Challenge!
Harry Shearer and two anonymous donors are making a big reader challenge! Will you take them up on it?
