Saturday, November 8, 2025

The World Confronts the Genocide Washington Is Trying to Bury

Why no one should fall for the ceasefire sleight of hand in Gaza. 

The US Is “Getting a Real Strong Handle” on South America “in a Lot of Ways”, According to Trump

Does he mean handle or choke-hold?

Coffee Break: Follow the Money Under Trump’s East Wing Ballroom and Behind Dem Progressive Campaigns

Let’s follow the money to The White House east wing ballroom and the hidden Dr. Strangelove bunker below. We’ll also follow the money into Dem progressive politicial campaigns like Sanders’, Mamdani’s, Platner’s, Porter’s, and Fetterman’s.

Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30

A look at some of the newest greenwashing phrases being road tested at COP30. The worst is many will go down easily.

Links 10/27/2025

Tenants Find Strength in Numbers in Fight Against Financialization of Housing

Tenant unions are forming across the country to battle rent hikes, poor living conditions, and the eviction-to-prison pipeline. 

You’ve Just Stolen a Priceless Artifact – What Happens Next?

How can the Louvre thieves—if they’re still out there—capitalize on their haul? 

How the Chinese Principles of the Tao Explain the Economy

Rethinking economics through Taoism: Money is the Tao, capital & labor are Yin/Yang, and the Invisible Hand is Wu-Wei (non-interference)

Links 10/26/2025

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Peppermint Soda (1977) Run Time: 1H 40M Bonus: Original Poetry!

Welcome gentle reader to another installment of the Sunday Morning Movie. Today it’s a tender-hearted coming of age story about two young French sisters set during the political turmoil of the early 1960s. Also, a bit of poetry, a dark image of modern America that seems even more relevant given the state of things. Diabolo […]

As Pentagon Takes Secretive Donation for Military Salaries, AFL-CIO Says Pay All Workers Impacted by Shutdown

Is the $130 million “gift” to the Pentagon a trial balloon for further military privatization?

Links 10/25/2025

Food Inflation: The Price Spikes of Beef, Coffee, Eggs, and Dairy

CPI for food at home has surged by 30% since January 2020.

Economic Questions: The E F Schumacher Question

E F Schumacher of Small Is Beautiful, appeared influential in his heyday, yet his precepts seem not to have gotten a durable following. Why?

Coffee Break: Casey Means MD and MAHA, Health Insurance, Coffee Scat, and Big Brother at the Home of the Free Speech Movement

Part the First: Casey Means MD Is Still Awaiting Her Closeup.  We discussed the Surgeon General in waiting some time ago in a review of her book, Good Energy.  Her confirmation hearing in the US Senate is apparently still in the works.  Dr. David Gorski has an update at SBM, Surgeon General nominee Dr. Casey […]