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Yanis Varoufakis explains how Nixon made America’s empire the first in history to survive a trade deficit, how that gambit is being applied today and why the rivers of cloud wealth have bypassed Europe. He digs into corners others ignore.
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Our New Economic World Order & Europe's Suicide: In discussion with Glenn Diesen - Yanis Varoufakis
The hitherto US-centric economic model has exhausted itself, and Trump’s government is pushing to restructure the international economic architecture to maintain US hegemony. China is the main rival i...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yanis Varoufakis explains how Nixon made America’s empire the first in history to survive a trade deficit, how that gambit is being applied today and why the rivers of cloud wealth have bypassed Europe. He digs into corners others ignore.
www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/05/13/o...
www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/05/13/o...
... and martyr, wtf. (Wtf stopped being a question about a year ago.)
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
... and martyr, wtf. (Wtf stopped being a question about a year ago.)
Should Americans sit still, while Congress dithers? Wait, til KKKeg'sbreath bombs Venezuela to the Stone Age? Til 300K Americans rot in Gulag shitholes? Til Ukraine is Putin’s? Til J6 martyrs start shooting anyone Rump dislikes?
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December 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Should Americans sit still, while Congress dithers? Wait, til KKKeg'sbreath bombs Venezuela to the Stone Age? Til 300K Americans rot in Gulag shitholes? Til Ukraine is Putin’s? Til J6 martyrs start shooting anyone Rump dislikes?
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Javier Milei sold Argentina to Trump, for a $43B loan to fund his campaign: that's 12% of Argentina’s GDP. Mauricio Macri borrowed $43B, via Trump in ’19, to fund his run. Argentina is now run by Wall Street.
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US debt trap: How libertarian Javier Milei is selling Argentina to Wall Street - for $82 billion - Geopolitical Economy Report
Trump admin props up Argentina libertarian President Javier Milei with $82 billion in US dollar debt that can't be paid. IMF and Wall Street will control its economic policies.
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December 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Javier Milei sold Argentina to Trump, for a $43B loan to fund his campaign: that's 12% of Argentina’s GDP. Mauricio Macri borrowed $43B, via Trump in ’19, to fund his run. Argentina is now run by Wall Street.
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KKKeg'sbreath and KKKaroline laugh while Admiral Bradley walks the plank.
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
KKKeg'sbreath and KKKaroline laugh while Admiral Bradley walks the plank.
Carney's tossing eco-assessment, to boost our record oil burning. How about subsidies for organic farmers, with a bonus if they use regenerative ag. No toxins involved, reduces health care costs and might save some family farms. Win/win, no?
December 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Carney's tossing eco-assessment, to boost our record oil burning. How about subsidies for organic farmers, with a bonus if they use regenerative ag. No toxins involved, reduces health care costs and might save some family farms. Win/win, no?
Unsure who or how reliable RFU is, but this would be great news: Russian convicts being conscripted and often killing Russians to escape. Unsurprised that Putin would be so scummy, but awesome to see him shoot himself in the foot like this.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Unsure who or how reliable RFU is, but this would be great news: Russian convicts being conscripted and often killing Russians to escape. Unsurprised that Putin would be so scummy, but awesome to see him shoot himself in the foot like this.
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Heather Cox Richardson posted an insightful look at Thanksgiving’s evolution.
May Americans be inspired by the Pilgrims’ brief reconciliation with the Wampanoags as they dine together, thankful to be in the model modern state.
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May Americans be inspired by the Pilgrims’ brief reconciliation with the Wampanoags as they dine together, thankful to be in the model modern state.
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November 26, 2025
Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday…but not for the reasons we generally remember.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Heather Cox Richardson posted an insightful look at Thanksgiving’s evolution.
May Americans be inspired by the Pilgrims’ brief reconciliation with the Wampanoags as they dine together, thankful to be in the model modern state.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
May Americans be inspired by the Pilgrims’ brief reconciliation with the Wampanoags as they dine together, thankful to be in the model modern state.
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Words of the day: kakistocracy: n; government by the least capable. lalochezia (la-lo-key-sia): n; Using profane language to relieve stress or pain, as in “Referring to the trumped-up puppets of Putin pieces of orange shit cleanses me with lalochezia.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Words of the day: kakistocracy: n; government by the least capable. lalochezia (la-lo-key-sia): n; Using profane language to relieve stress or pain, as in “Referring to the trumped-up puppets of Putin pieces of orange shit cleanses me with lalochezia.”
"Unamerican" means "sacrilegious." In the birthplace of democracy, why not say "undemocratic?" Only suffrage and shared decision-making are sacred in the so-called advanced democracies. Canadians would make the same mistake if we said "bad for universal healthcare" when we mean "sacrilegious."
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"Unamerican" means "sacrilegious." In the birthplace of democracy, why not say "undemocratic?" Only suffrage and shared decision-making are sacred in the so-called advanced democracies. Canadians would make the same mistake if we said "bad for universal healthcare" when we mean "sacrilegious."
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McClain implies enlisted people are stupid. We all know that arresting and deporting people without knowing their name is as illegal as bombing unidentified boats, zip-tying a child or throwing a harmless person on the ground.
McClain implies enlisted people are stupid. We all know that arresting and deporting people without knowing their name is as illegal as bombing unidentified boats, zip-tying a child or throwing a harmless person on the ground.
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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McClain implies enlisted people are stupid. We all know that arresting and deporting people without knowing their name is as illegal as bombing unidentified boats, zip-tying a child or throwing a harmless person on the ground.
McClain implies enlisted people are stupid. We all know that arresting and deporting people without knowing their name is as illegal as bombing unidentified boats, zip-tying a child or throwing a harmless person on the ground.
This seems like a pretty important task for all sensible Americans, duh.
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This seems like a pretty important task for all sensible Americans, duh.
Knowing of the world-famous ignorance sprinkled across America, has no-one pointed out to Maga that Mamdani's parents (like Kash Patel's) are from India, which is, like, 2,000 miles from the Arab Peninsula?
November 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Knowing of the world-famous ignorance sprinkled across America, has no-one pointed out to Maga that Mamdani's parents (like Kash Patel's) are from India, which is, like, 2,000 miles from the Arab Peninsula?
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Can't confirm this, but the aptly-named big orange has all but begged for this action. Thank you, sham purchasers.
Can't confirm this, but the aptly-named big orange has all but begged for this action. Thank you, sham purchasers.
I can think of another reason to choke Home Depots sales.
Protesters in Monrovia California are in Home Depot buying .17 cent ICE scrapers & immediately returning them to choke Home Depots lines & registers.
Protesting ICE RAIDS in their neighborhoods.
#ProtestICE
Protesters in Monrovia California are in Home Depot buying .17 cent ICE scrapers & immediately returning them to choke Home Depots lines & registers.
Protesting ICE RAIDS in their neighborhoods.
#ProtestICE
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Can't confirm this, but the aptly-named big orange has all but begged for this action. Thank you, sham purchasers.
Can't confirm this, but the aptly-named big orange has all but begged for this action. Thank you, sham purchasers.
The orange piggy- now on the ropes- is like a cornered snake. His whining about Dems who dared remind troops not to follow illegal orders sounds like a call for the violent people he pardoned to harm elected members. Is the Maga boil about to burst, or is that just my dream?
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The orange piggy- now on the ropes- is like a cornered snake. His whining about Dems who dared remind troops not to follow illegal orders sounds like a call for the violent people he pardoned to harm elected members. Is the Maga boil about to burst, or is that just my dream?
God bless N Carolina: Ex-Laxed chocolates 'donated' by cafés; meals on wheels for folks afraid to go out; 'safe arrest' training. Truck Fump.
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
God bless N Carolina: Ex-Laxed chocolates 'donated' by cafés; meals on wheels for folks afraid to go out; 'safe arrest' training. Truck Fump.
Notwithstanding, Ms. Let's-be-the-51st-state Smith is not only respectful and sincere, but eager to protect human rights,
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November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Notwithstanding, Ms. Let's-be-the-51st-state Smith is not only respectful and sincere, but eager to protect human rights,
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This is a much better honorific than "the clown prince;" please be sure to chant it in full voice every time you see this criminal in public.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is a much better honorific than "the clown prince;" please be sure to chant it in full voice every time you see this criminal in public.
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But there is nothing resembling antitrust or other forms of corruption in the US of A, right? Right?
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Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
But there is nothing resembling antitrust or other forms of corruption in the US of A, right? Right?
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Rump is losing his war against truth.
Playing his game feeds the disease. Why not disengage, and cut off his oxygen?
If press briefings met the stony silence the generals and admirals offered at Quantico, the thugs would gasp for air.
Playing his game feeds the disease. Why not disengage, and cut off his oxygen?
If press briefings met the stony silence the generals and admirals offered at Quantico, the thugs would gasp for air.
October 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Rump is losing his war against truth.
Playing his game feeds the disease. Why not disengage, and cut off his oxygen?
If press briefings met the stony silence the generals and admirals offered at Quantico, the thugs would gasp for air.
Playing his game feeds the disease. Why not disengage, and cut off his oxygen?
If press briefings met the stony silence the generals and admirals offered at Quantico, the thugs would gasp for air.
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