Links 7/10/2024

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1. Antifa July 10, 2024 at 7:02 am

   BREAKFAST IN PALESTINE
   (melody borrowed from Breakfast At Tiffany’s  by Deep Blue Something)

   Our last meal old and moldy and rotten
   I know where it was gotten
   A garbage scrounger’s cart . . .

   We hide for fear their soldiers might see us
   Their legendary meanness
   In full view everywhere . . .

   My kids all want breakfast in Palestine
   Their skin is raw from sleeping on sand
   We have no food and no money to buy it
   We may well die right here on this spot

   It’s raining, the skies are dark and gloomy
   Our last meal meal runs right through me
   We’re begging from the throng . . .

   A dark day, the rubble tends to smolder
   You can’t mistake the odor
   Of funerals not done . . .

   My kids all want breakfast in Palestine
   Their skin is raw from sleeping on sand
   We have no food and no money to buy it
   We may well die right here on this spot

   We hide when jets fly over for bombing
   Where will the soldiers come from?
   We just want a head start . . .

   We hide for fear their soldiers might see us
   Their legendary meanness
   In full view everywhere . . .

   My kids all want breakfast in Palestine
   Their skin is raw from sleeping on sand
   We have no food and no money to buy it
   We may well die right here on this spot

   My kids all want breakfast in Palestine
   Their skin is raw from sleeping on sand
   We have no food and no money to buy it
   We may well die right here on this spot

   My kids all want breakfast in Palestine
   Their skin is raw from sleeping on sand
   We have no food and no money to buy it
   We may well die right here on this spot

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2. ddt July 10, 2024 at 7:13 am

   Just leaving this here for sharing with naysayers re Biden…

   https://x.com/TopRankInvestor/status/1810884226625196368

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   1. Steve H. July 10, 2024 at 7:56 am

      From farce to pωrn.

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3. Neutrino July 10, 2024 at 7:14 am

   Nice rack!
   What an antidote, so majestic.

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4. The Rev Kev July 10, 2024 at 7:17 am

   “NATO should not be party to Ukraine conflict — Erdogan”

   It should be noted that the biggest contributor of soldiers for NATO after the US is Turkiye. There is no way that Erdogan wants to see NATO become a direct party to the war in the Ukraine as treaty obligations would require them sending their military to the Ukraine and confronting Russia in the Black Sea. For Turkiye, this would sheer insanity and it would wreck their economy as well. Washington would be happy with this result which is all the more reason why Turkiye wants to steer NATO clear of any involvement with this war-

   https://www.statista.com/statistics/584286/number-of-military-personnel-in-nato-countries/

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5. LawnDart July 10, 2024 at 7:21 am

   Re: 972’s ‘I’m bored, so I shoot’: The Israeli army’s approval of free-for-all violence in Gaza

   Do NOT miss this one.

   This article left me almost speechless, even in light of what we already know about this conflict. It also illustrates the degree to which Palestinians have been “othered.” Worse than mere “human animals,” they are openly treated by Israel’s armed forced as vermin to be eradicated.

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   1. nycTerrierist July 10, 2024 at 8:36 am

      Filled w/disgust and rage at Israel these days — and I’m Jewish!

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      1. Daniil Adamov July 10, 2024 at 8:53 am

         My grandfather was Jewish and I’ve briefly lived in Israel as a child. (Didn’t like it.) Reading the article made me think that some people were born to make anti-Semitic stereotypes true.

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         1. Louis Fyne July 10, 2024 at 9:32 am

            Judaism is not as (theorerically) universalist as Christianity or Islam or Buddhism. and (IMO) this fosters in-group chauvinism that feeds upon itself and spreads like cancer.

            imo.

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6. Neutrino July 10, 2024 at 7:25 am

   The frauds miscodings frauds inherent in the health business demonstrate yet again how any potential weakness will be exploited regardless of human impacts.

   Without sanctioned inducements, that industry would be much smaller. Toss in the pharma gougers and that represents a significant percentage of what people call the US GDP. There appears to be large and growing latent revenue recognition risk in both groups, showing that stock valuations are grossly overstated.

   How much more of the stock market, for example, relies upon such obvious malfeasance?
   How many who have pensions or retirements invested have their futures tied to those questionable business models?
   The companies throughout that value extraction chain, including their enablers, all appear to be overdue for some disastrous declines, awaiting only politicians willing to act for the people instead of against them.

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7. Revenant July 10, 2024 at 7:26 am

   Er, penguins can swim (Leopard seals notwithstanding)…. :-)

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   1. Yves Smith Post authorJuly 10, 2024 at 8:11 am

      I thought of that too but from the pretty high aerial shot, we can’t see how high the ice sheet is above the water. If that penguin wound up in the drink, he might not have been able to scramble back on to the ice.

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   2. The Rev Kev July 10, 2024 at 8:15 am

      Looks like he charged the point of that ice sheet where it was pivoting and thus in contact longer with the main sheet of ice. Would a human think to do that? I don’t think that in future he will be so inclined to wander away from his pod. Not a good survival strategy that.

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      1. Wukchumni July 10, 2024 at 8:26 am

         Why does a penguin cross the road in Oamaru?

         https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Road_Sign_Penguins_Crossing_NZ.jpg

         I think we watched them cross around 9 PM one night, it ain’t as if you can see penguins in the wild all that often, pretty cool.

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8. Samuel Conner July 10, 2024 at 7:37 am

   > “That’s one of the hallmarks of Parkinson’s, is rigidity and Bradykinesia,

   In the “Look, I’ll cut the malarkey …” fundraising advert that is served to me multiple times during each Alexander Mercouris commentary, I think I see this rigidity in the way JRB moves his hands and arms, which seem to be practically inert except for some pivoting at the elbows. It looks IMO very unnatural. I get the impression of a “human marionette.”

   As Dr. Pitts’ medical interpretation gets more attention, I wonder whether Biden’s appearances in future adverts will be adjusted to try to conceal the movement anomalies. This really is a job for, as has been proposed, AI and deepfakery.

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   1. Carolinian July 10, 2024 at 8:51 am

      It had been reported awhile back that that the secret service was told to surround Biden as he walked to his plane so the cameras couldn’t see his stiff walk. If he really does have Parkinson’s then that adds an even more sinisted dimension to this because they have been concealing a chronic disease.

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      1. MicaT July 10, 2024 at 9:09 am

         But it doesn’t ( if I understand correctly) his cognitive abilities.
         By hiding the Parkinson’s they have allowed everyone to presume it’s dementia which it might not be.
         So I’m unclear why they would hide something that affects millions of people and not use it to their advantage.
         Yup the smartest people in a very small room

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      2. Wukchumni July 10, 2024 at 9:18 am

         All the old Presidents on the money
         They do the fiat dance don’t you know
         If they move too quick (oh whey oh)
         They’re falling down like a domino

         All the bazaar men are in denial
         They got the money bet on him, not DOA
         Old crocodiles (oh whey oh)
         They snap their teeth on your prognosis in prime time

         Foreign types without stateside pipes say
         Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
         Walk like you got Parkinson’s

         Blond FLOTUS takes in his forays
         They spin around and they cross the floor
         They’ve got the moves (oh whey oh)
         You watch him nearly drop they give you more

         All the young adults so sick of books
         They like the video games and assorted digital hooks
         When the debate buzzer rings (oh whey oh)
         He’s walking like he’s got Parkinson’s

         All the watchers in the masters debate marketplace say
         Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh
         Walk like you got Parkinson’s

         Slide your feet up the street bend your back
         Shift your arm then you pull it back you bet
         Life is hard you know (oh whey oh)
         So strike a pose in a Corvette

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9. The Rev Kev July 10, 2024 at 7:38 am

   “New students at Eton, the poshest of Britain’s elite private schools, will not be allowed smartphones”

   The article talks about banning the use of cellphones during the school day ‘in an effort to minimize disruption and improve classroom behavior’ but it would not be just for this reason. As the article mentions, this is the school which breeds Prime Ministers and high rollers. So can you imagine if somebody was hacking the smart phones of those kids and recording their conversations and some of the stuff that they talk about? It would not look good if a future Prime Minister had to answer why when he was at Eton, why he was talking about getting the army to shoot any strikers and protestors. Can’t recall the details now but it was leaked a few years ago that this was exactly the sort of thing that they talked about in these elite schools.

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   1. Verifyfirst July 10, 2024 at 7:57 am

      Not sure they would be embarrassed, might be more a badge of honor in their eyes. Hillary was inquiring if we could not “drone” Assange during the Obama administration, and she was not in high school then, she was Secretary of Sate.

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   2. Mikel July 10, 2024 at 9:07 am

      The dumbing down is for the pleebs:

      https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-48533999/ (2019)
      Silicon Valley parents banning tech for their kids

      Some of the creators of the apps and technology we spend so much time on are now on a mission to keep it away from their kids.

      Colleen Hagerty meets two dads – and tech experts – with different views on screen time at schools.

      https://www.cbsnews.com/news/silicon-valley-parents-are-raising-their-kids-tech-free/ (2018)
      Why many Silicon Valley parents are curbing their kids’ tech time

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10. ProNewerDeal July 10, 2024 at 7:42 am

    Afaict if the Scandinavian or other OECD rich nations implement social democracy, the US abides it & doesn’t interfere in their internal politics.

    But in the Americans (besides Canada, eh), if any nation attempts to implement social democracy like for instance Medicare4All, the US will mislabel you as far-Left Commies, & the CIA may collaborate with local rightwing forces to attempt a coup/regime change.

    Perhaps this a legacy of the Monroe Doctrine? The US Power Elite does not want their neighbor nations actually genuinely improving their citizens’ living standard, when they have no intention of doing so for Muricans.

    I am heartened that currently a few West Hemisphere nations are strong enough to elect social democratic parties, genuinely implement social democratic policies, & not get Regime-Changed by the Imperial USA. Shout out to Lopez & Sheinbaum in Mexico, Petro in Colombia, & Lula da Silva in Brazil. I wish such a party/leader was in power in the USA. These examples give me some hope in my heart, despite my head noting that per that Princeton study the US is a non-democratic oligarchy, etc.

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    1. Daniil Adamov July 10, 2024 at 8:49 am

       Maybe it’s because they don’t really use Swedes for cheap labour, on site or as immigrants, as far as I know. So their (former?) social democracy does not threaten any real American interest. It would if coupled with an anti-American foreign policy, of course. I don’t think the power of a good/bad example is a factor. If it were, a better-ran Sweden would be just as “threatening” as a better-ran Mexico.

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11. Wukchumni July 10, 2024 at 7:51 am

    This was the scene in the aftermath of a supervolcanic eruption in Idaho, approximately 1,600 kilometers (900 miles) away. It was an eruption so powerful that it obliterated the volcano itself, leaving a crater 80 kilometers (50 miles) wide and spewing clouds of ash that the wind carried over long distances, killing almost everything that inhaled it. This was particularly true here, in this location in Nebraska, where animals large and small succumbed to the eruption’s deadly emissions.

    The Yellowstone supervolcano destroyed an ecosystem but saved it for us ars technica (Kevin W)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    Heck of a tale and a reason to visit Nebraska to see the fossil site where the deal went down…

    If something similar happened today at one of our watering holes with wi-fi and recharging ports, they’d find human skeletons clutching smartphones, searching for bars with their heads tilted slightly down.

    It’s been awhile between devastating volcanoes blowing up real good.

    I went fishing in the early 1980’s on Lake Taupo in NZ, a sizable 238 sq mile crater of water, and my fishing guide line was marked in colors for different depths, I think they were biting on pink that day.

    Little did I know then, that I was at the scene of decline, after the most recent supereruption on this orb there, about 25,000 years ago…and it’s still active.

    More than likely, some Illionaire’s hidey-hole in NZ has remnants of the volcano on the ground above their bunker~

    The Oruanui eruption of New Zealand’s Taupō Volcano (also known as the Kawakawa eruption or Kawakawa/Oruanui event) was the world’s most recent supereruption, and largest phreatomagmatic eruption characterised to date.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oruanui_eruption

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    1. The Rev Kev July 10, 2024 at 8:41 am

       I read that one result of that supervolcanic eruption in Idaho was that it left eventually a rich layer of soil which is why it was easy to grown potatoes in that State. Somebody joked that if Yellowstone ever went off, then in a coupla hundred thousand year that McDonalds would be sourcing potatoes from the Yellowstone region for their fries.

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       1. Wukchumni July 10, 2024 at 8:45 am

          Idaho is well off in natural hot springs, wonder why…

          https://www.idahohotsprings.com/hot_springs/idaho_hot_springs.htm

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12. Lena July 10, 2024 at 8:01 am

    Re: Post Sepsis Syndrome

    Thank you for the link to this article. It is the first time I have heard of the syndrome. I had sepsis twice: the first time from an animal bite, the second time from an infected IV while a patient in a major hospital (Mass General). Both times I went into septic shock and nearly died.

    The second time I had sepsis was especially hard. I was in the hospital for almost a month. I never completely recovered afterwards. I have had chronic fatigue and other cognitive and physical symptoms for many years. No doctor has discussed post sepsis syndrome with me.

    I also had severe mononucleosis twice, once in my early teens and later during graduate school. Both times, it took years to feel somewhat normal again. Those long term problems weren’t addressed by any doctor either.

    Possible lasting damage to the immune system from sepsis (as well as mononucleosis) needs to be seriously studied. I can only wonder how it might have contributed to my current terminal illness.

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13. zagonostra July 10, 2024 at 8:05 am

    >War on Gaza: How Hamas lured Israel into a lethal trap

    The real irony is that Israel walked willingly into a trap of Hamas’ making.

    I have seen reports to the contrary. Specifically the reporting of Ben Swann at Truth-in-Media’s web site (the basis for his reporting are all public Israeli sources). Interestingly, when Max Blumenthal was on a live stream with Jimmy Dore recently, they were discussing the Haaretz admission that the Hannibal Directive was activated on 10/7, which the Grayzone had reported on long before the Haaretz article. When JD mentioned Ben Swann’s reporting you could visibly see Max recoil. He wasn’t willing to dip his foot in that cesspool, yet.

    Time will tell, even if it’s decades later, what the real circumstances were that day. I certainly can’t tell. But to even contemplate that what happened was not a “trap” but a decision to stand down because the aims/policy could be advanced by the Hamas attack are just too explosive right now in this environment, an environment were the MSM won’t even report on the Haaretz Hannibal Directive story.

    https://truthinmedia.com/episode/how-did-october-7th-happen/

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14. zagonostra July 10, 2024 at 8:18 am

    >US To Permanently Remove Pier Built Off the Coast of Gaza

    AP previously reported that the UN was investigating whether or not the US-built pier was used in the Nuiserat massacre. Video that surfaced online showed an Israeli military helicopter operating near the pier during the operation, and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said some of the Israeli troops who carried out the raid arrived in an aid truck.

    What could be more emblematic of the current status of U.S.’s standing in the world than this fandango. While China builds high-speed rails and has massive infrastructure projects all over the world to make people’s lives better, the U.S. spends multiple 100’s million dollar to cobble together a structure than not only is going to be disassembled shortly after it was completed, costing many more millions, but was actually used to accomplish the opposite goal of its stated purpose.

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    1. Skip Intro July 10, 2024 at 9:31 am

       And apparently the process incurred US casualties.

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15. zagonostra July 10, 2024 at 8:26 am

    <After the French elections, New Popular Front swings to the right – WSWS

    The situation in France’s corrupt political establishment is a travesty of the real state of political relations. In France and internationally, there is overwhelming popular opposition to imperialism, fascism, genocide, police state rule, and social inequality. The struggle against Macron and Le Pen cannot be artificially limited to the parliament but must find expression in a genuine revolutionary program for the class struggle.

    I agree with WSWS on the diagnosis but not the prognosis. When WSWS states that mobilizing the left-wing sentiment among masses of workers and youth on demands that express the masses’ objectively revolutionary opposition to capitalism they are using threadbare terms that will never create a resurgent communist/socialist movement a la late 19th and early 20th century Western political history.

    We are living in a techno-feudalistic world, one that has different characteristics, ones that Michael Hudson, Yanis Varoufaki, Guido Preparata, have described in their books/writings. This is the a world of AI, one where the National Security State has means at it’s kinetic and propagandistic quiver that prior “revolutionaries” never dreamed of.

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    1. ChrisFromGA July 10, 2024 at 9:21 am

       Is it too much to dream that the left and the right will at least form a tactical alliance?

       Think of the good that could be accomplished. For example, in France, they could roll back Macron’s pension reform act.

       The first step is for both sides to deprogram themselves. AOC and MT-G have more in common than they realize. (Insert joke here.)

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16. The Rev Kev July 10, 2024 at 8:32 am

    ‘Lord Bebo
    @MyLordBebo
    🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦🇪🇺🇬🇧 Saudi Arabia threatens the G7 countries to get rid of all EU securities if they confiscate $300 billion of Russian assets – Bloomberg
    According estimates, Saudi Arabia does not have many European bonds, but EU officials fear that other countries will follow a similar example.’

    Did it really take Saudi Arabia to clear their throat to make the geniuses at the EU wake up to the fact that if they stole that money, that a majority of countries would pull their investments out of the EU? Sure they are under heavy pressure from Washington to do so but the US has only a small fraction of that money in their own country and has only stolen a token amount so any people pulling their investments out of the EU would probably put it into the US instead. So maybe the EU used the Saudi warning to shut down this whole idea and which Washington could not deny.

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17. Wukchumni July 10, 2024 at 8:52 am

    Putsch yourself in the position of those brave souls in the Donkey Show that demanded Genocide Joe (or is it really Commander who somehow switched bodies with Biden when nobody was looking?) be put down… there is a real likelihood none of them will get Xmas cards this year from you know who.

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18. The Rev Kev July 10, 2024 at 9:00 am

    “Days after his big Biden interview, George Stephanopoulos says the man won’t make it through 4 more years in office”

    Four more years? He is talking about Biden being President until near the end of this decade – January 2029 to be exact – if he did actually stay which he does not think possible. The guy looks like he would be hard pressed to make it until January of next year. The media until recently have been playing a big game of ‘let’s pretend’ the past four years as in let’s pretend that old Joe is actually fit for office. But after the debate, they were shocked, shocked that actually he is running on empty. Would it be so bad if the main stream media just disappeared?

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    1. Wukchumni July 10, 2024 at 9:22 am

       Look, they’re already openly including him in high level meetings, its obvious he’s more of a cog than anybody could have anticipated, and Prince Regent Hunter is obviously being groomed to be great, like dad.

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    2. Mikel July 10, 2024 at 9:22 am

       They can’t have too much opposition research focused on Kamala.
       Essentially, that’s who anybody that is voting for Biden is voting for.

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19. Mikel July 10, 2024 at 9:00 am

    “OpenAI and Arianna Huffington Are Working Together On an ‘AI Health Coach’ The Verge.

    Like I said the other day: Huffpo = SillyConHo

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20. The Rev Kev July 10, 2024 at 9:28 am

    “Speed Limiters Now Mandatory in All New EU Cars”

    So what happens if you are driving down a highway when you suddenly see several cars getting themselves into fender benders. And to get past it, you slam down the accelerator to speed past this evolving multiple car accident when you suddenly hear your car say to you-

    ‘I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.’

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