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Retired Swiss Colonel Jacques Baud, who is living in Brussels, describes his having been sanctioned by the EU. His finances have been frozen, including his ability to buy food or make other purchases.
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Col. Jacques Baud: Is the West Finally Waking Up?
YouTube video by Dialogue Works
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December 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Retired Swiss Colonel Jacques Baud, who is living in Brussels, describes his having been sanctioned by the EU. His finances have been frozen, including his ability to buy food or make other purchases.
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"$1 trillion Pentagon budget is hard to grasp. For scale, it could pay for a year of U.S. public K–12 education, nearly a year of Social Security retirement benefits, or more than the entire annual budgets of most nations.:
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Trillions for War, Pennies for People: How Soaring Military Spending Fails Americans | naked capitalism
Unpacking why the US military is so expensive and even if it were less pork-driven, would still be unduly costly for society at large.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"$1 trillion Pentagon budget is hard to grasp. For scale, it could pay for a year of U.S. public K–12 education, nearly a year of Social Security retirement benefits, or more than the entire annual budgets of most nations.:
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An acquaintance included this graphic on his college students' test.
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
An acquaintance included this graphic on his college students' test.
Reckon a revolution is brewing that will blow the top off?
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
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December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Reckon a revolution is brewing that will blow the top off?
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Sub-prime is back!
www.newsweek.com/subprime-mor...
Another episode in the long-running series on the failings of an artificial economic engine that is really exploitative.
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Another episode in the long-running series on the failings of an artificial economic engine that is really exploitative.
Subprime mortgages are on the rise again
A recent report from Equifax found that lending activity of all kinds—including to less creditworthy borrowers—is growing in 2025.
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November 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sub-prime is back!
www.newsweek.com/subprime-mor...
Another episode in the long-running series on the failings of an artificial economic engine that is really exploitative.
www.newsweek.com/subprime-mor...
Another episode in the long-running series on the failings of an artificial economic engine that is really exploitative.
Mexico’s ‘Gen Z Rebellion’ Exposed as Right-Wing Plot consortiumnews.com/2025/11/25/m...
Reporters Webb & Klarenberg did not mention, but could have, the Ron Johnson, US Ambassador to Mexico, has a 20-year history with the CIA.
Reporters Webb & Klarenberg did not mention, but could have, the Ron Johnson, US Ambassador to Mexico, has a 20-year history with the CIA.
Mexico’s ‘Gen Z Rebellion’ Exposed as Right-Wing Plot
Intent on toppling Mexico's popular president, local oligarchs and an international right-wing network backed a youth-led anti-corruption uprising, Wyatt Reed and Kit Klarenberg report.
By Wyatt ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Mexico’s ‘Gen Z Rebellion’ Exposed as Right-Wing Plot consortiumnews.com/2025/11/25/m...
Reporters Webb & Klarenberg did not mention, but could have, the Ron Johnson, US Ambassador to Mexico, has a 20-year history with the CIA.
Reporters Webb & Klarenberg did not mention, but could have, the Ron Johnson, US Ambassador to Mexico, has a 20-year history with the CIA.
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Glenn Diesen interviews Todd. Todd says he associates the defeat of the West with the decline of the number of engineers and allied capabilities, aka, people who make things. He does not give a reason.
Glenn Diesen interviews Todd. Todd says he associates the defeat of the West with the decline of the number of engineers and allied capabilities, aka, people who make things. He does not give a reason.
Emmanuel Todd: Defeat of the West - Collapse of Power & Values
YouTube video by Glenn Diesen
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November 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Glenn Diesen interviews Todd. Todd says he associates the defeat of the West with the decline of the number of engineers and allied capabilities, aka, people who make things. He does not give a reason.
Glenn Diesen interviews Todd. Todd says he associates the defeat of the West with the decline of the number of engineers and allied capabilities, aka, people who make things. He does not give a reason.
Yakov Rabkin is a Canadian scholar who explains why there is Jewish opposition to Zionism.
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Prof. Yakov Rabkin: The Hidden Story: Why Many Jews Reject Zionism in Israel & Palestine
YouTube video by Dialogue Works
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November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Yakov Rabkin is a Canadian scholar who explains why there is Jewish opposition to Zionism.
www.youtube.com/live/mO85BYx...
www.youtube.com/live/mO85BYx...
Well, of course, the deep pockets crowd will step up so that consumers don't have to bite the bullet for AI operations.
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Who Will End Up Paying for the AI Spending Spree? | naked capitalism
AI is now so clearly a money burn pit that efforts are already underway to fob the losses off on taxpayers. Is there any way to head it off?
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November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Well, of course, the deep pockets crowd will step up so that consumers don't have to bite the bullet for AI operations.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/who-...
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/11/who-...
John Mearsheimer talks about more than Venezuela. He speaks as an adult to adults about the future of the US, especially regarding its foreign policy and place in the world.
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Venezuela Strikes Back — Russian Missiles Challenge U.S. Power at Sea | Prof. John Mearsheimer
YouTube video by Mearsheimer Responds
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November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
John Mearsheimer talks about more than Venezuela. He speaks as an adult to adults about the future of the US, especially regarding its foreign policy and place in the world.
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John Mearsheimer's lecture on Venezuelan resistance to US financial and military pressures.
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Venezuela Fights Back — Washington’s Empire Begins to Panic | Prof. John Mearsheimer
YouTube video by Mearsheimer Responds
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November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
John Mearsheimer's lecture on Venezuelan resistance to US financial and military pressures.
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"A recent analysis cited in the report found that electricity costs in data center–dense regions have risen 267% in just five years."
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Private equity powering AI boom at public cost
New research shows firms like BlackRock and Blackstone are driving fossil fuel buildouts and utility takeovers to feed speculative data center demand. A new research brief from the Private Equity…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"A recent analysis cited in the report found that electricity costs in data center–dense regions have risen 267% in just five years."
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AI & Writing. Join the conversation
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
AI & Writing. Join the conversation
"The hagiography of public figures serves several purposes. It taps into deep human needs, helping grieving communities manage loss by providing moral clarity in the face of chaos.
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Charlie Kirk and the Making of an AI-Generated Martyr | naked capitalism
In the US, death and mythmaking are useful tools weilded to dictate the terms of public life.
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September 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"The hagiography of public figures serves several purposes. It taps into deep human needs, helping grieving communities manage loss by providing moral clarity in the face of chaos.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/09/char...
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How Lenders Sought and Got Power in the Roman Era and Helped Legitimate Later Rentierism
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/mich...
Hudson's critique of the archaism of the US Constitution echoes Noam Chomsky: the dominance of wealthy oligarchs who presided over its writing and ratification.
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Hudson's critique of the archaism of the US Constitution echoes Noam Chomsky: the dominance of wealthy oligarchs who presided over its writing and ratification.
Michael Hudson: How Lenders Sought and Got Power in the Roman Era and Helped Legitimate Later Rentierism | naked capitalism
Michael Hudson recaps the long history of limits on lenders' rights for the benefit of society and how the Roman era was an inflection point
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August 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
How Lenders Sought and Got Power in the Roman Era and Helped Legitimate Later Rentierism
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/mich...
Hudson's critique of the archaism of the US Constitution echoes Noam Chomsky: the dominance of wealthy oligarchs who presided over its writing and ratification.
www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/08/mich...
Hudson's critique of the archaism of the US Constitution echoes Noam Chomsky: the dominance of wealthy oligarchs who presided over its writing and ratification.
"The girl had weighed over 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) when she was born, her mother said. When she died, she weighed less than 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds)."
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The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born
The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born. The body of 5-month-old Zainab Abu Halib arrived at a hospital in southern Gaza on Friday and her family buried her on ...
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July 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"The girl had weighed over 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) when she was born, her mother said. When she died, she weighed less than 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds)."
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A Norwegian polisci prof catches hell as he runs for parliament as a peace candidate. What he resists is echoed prominantly in US support of the war in Ukraine.
I'm filing this as a keeper among protest writings.
A Norwegian polisci prof catches hell as he runs for parliament as a peace candidate. What he resists is echoed prominantly in US support of the war in Ukraine.
I'm filing this as a keeper among protest writings.
Glenn Diesen on X: "How Peace-Oriented Norway Learned to Stop Worrying and Love War" / X
How Peace-Oriented Norway Learned to Stop Worrying and Love War
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May 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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A Norwegian polisci prof catches hell as he runs for parliament as a peace candidate. What he resists is echoed prominantly in US support of the war in Ukraine.
I'm filing this as a keeper among protest writings.
A Norwegian polisci prof catches hell as he runs for parliament as a peace candidate. What he resists is echoed prominantly in US support of the war in Ukraine.
I'm filing this as a keeper among protest writings.
Predictable. Middle-class down, watch yoir wallets. Upper-class and higher, watch your bank accounts grow!
January 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Predictable. Middle-class down, watch yoir wallets. Upper-class and higher, watch your bank accounts grow!
Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots | AP News
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“But with growth comes growing pains. It’s not just human users who’ve been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to junk websites….
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“But with growth comes growing pains. It’s not just human users who’ve been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to junk websites….
Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots
Bluesky has seen its user base soar since the U.S. presidential election, boosted by people seeking refuge from Elon Musk’s X, or wanting an alternative to Meta’s Threads and its algorithms.
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December 24, 2024 at 12:23 PM
Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots | AP News
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“But with growth comes growing pains. It’s not just human users who’ve been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to junk websites….
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“But with growth comes growing pains. It’s not just human users who’ve been flocking to Bluesky but also bots, including those designed to create partisan division or direct users to junk websites….
Turn about's fair play. The EU sided with the bully.
💯 "Russia poses a direct threat to European security," — Kaja Kallas
🇪🇺 “We see various hybrid threats across Europe, such as sabotage, cyberattacks, a dangerous shadow fleet, GPS jamming and cable damage,” says EU top diplomat.
🇪🇺 “We see various hybrid threats across Europe, such as sabotage, cyberattacks, a dangerous shadow fleet, GPS jamming and cable damage,” says EU top diplomat.
December 22, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Turn about's fair play. The EU sided with the bully.
And when one takes the oppressor's side? You know, as in "Israel has a right to protect itself."
Good morning, Bluesky Friends! 🗽💙 🌊
December 22, 2024 at 3:38 PM
And when one takes the oppressor's side? You know, as in "Israel has a right to protect itself."