Monday, August 18, 2025

Long-COVID, Viruses and ‘Zombie’ Cells: New Research Looks for Links to Chronic Fatigue and Brain Fog

A theory of what might cause the many symptoms of Long Covid, which if proven further, should help in developing treatments

South America’s Sovereignty Is Being Lost in Big Tech’s Clouds

How South America and the Global South generally are selling out their automony and the promise of multipolarity for Big Tech convenience

Coffee Break: Amway Oligarchy and Trump’s Willing Figureheads

Certain high profile appointees in the Trump administration, think Pete Hegseth or Kash Patel, function as figureheads to distract from the increasing power of the oligarchy.

Can States Reinvent U.S. Healthcare? This Expert Thinks So

Trump has sent a wrecking ball through US healthcare. Can states team up to preserve some measure of the old normal?

Links 7/30/2025

Funding the Fundamentals of Biomedical Science: The National Institutes of Health in 2025 and Beyond

In the United States, the aim of the Current Administration is to support something called “gold-standard science.”  Their clear implication is that American scientists have been publishing something less than the gold standard – perhaps silver or bronze, or maybe even brass, when gold is the standard of the day (here and here).  We have […]

CEOs Celebrate Even Bigger Wins in Class Warfare via Cutting Employment

CEOs are not just looting their companies but now the broader economy with the intensity of their headcount cutting.

The Post-Pandemic Disinflation: Low Sacrifice, High Prices

Central banks in advanced nations really do believe they did a masterful job of managing the post-Covid inflation. This article explains why

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Money Weapon

Let’s talk about money, specifically the use of bribery as a weapon in war and geopolitics. Like any weapon, it has technical characteristics and operational effects. In the ancient world bribery was practiced openly in the form of tribute paid by subject states to dominant powers. Masters were bribed to “protect” their subjects. In the […]

Hubert Horan: Can Airlines Get Passengers to Accept AI-Driven Personalized/Surveillance Pricing?

Delta has fevered dreams of AI-engineered individual pricing to boost revenues. But would this work in practice?

Plastic Surgery Mills, Many Owned by Private Equity, Sued for Producing Disfiguring Injuries and Deaths

The rise of private-equity-owned plastic surgery mills has produce patient litigatation, often with damning details.

Links 7/29/2025

Colombia Looks to Tighten Its Sanctions Against Israel As Europe “Loses Its Soul in Gaza”

“Nobody is going to listen to us ever again when we go around telling others to respect human rights and international law”: the EU’s former chief diplomat, Josep Borrell. 

Iran Refuses to Blink as Europe Eyes Snapback Sanctions

urope is allegedly threatening to launch the JCPOA snapback, which would re-institute tougher sanctions on Iran. But is this threat real?

Coffee Break: Hunter Biden Passes the Joe Rogan Test

Hunter Biden sat down for a three hour podcast interview with Channel 5’s Andrew Callaghan and got rave reviews from king podcast bro Joe Rogan.