Links 3/6/2025

Man charged with stealing massive amounts of LEGOs from multiple Bay Area Targets KRON 4

Hello, Brave New World The Baffler

Climate/Environment

‘Literally Eat Sh*t’: Supreme Court Strikes Down EPA Clean Water Rule Common Dreams

Los Angeles County sues Southern California Edison over Eaton Fire KTLA

Pandemics

What Climate Change Means for Bird Flu—And the Soaring Price of Eggs The Energy Mix

Bird flu spread is ‘slowing down,’ California officials say Politico

Avian flu cases continue to rise across the San Joaquin Valley, and it’s not just among birds KVPR

Air, surface, and wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2; a multimodal evaluation of COVID-19 detection in a built environment Nature. From the Abstract: “In this study we determined the applicability and limitations of wastewater, indoor high-touch surfaces, in-room air, and rooftop exhaust air sampling methods for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in a real world building occupied by residents recently diagnosed with COVID-19.” And: “Our research demonstrates that aerosol sampling can detect COVID-19 positive individuals in a real world lobby setting during very short occupancy periods. We demonstrate the effectiveness of rooftop exhaust aerosol, surface, and wastewater environmental surveillance in monitoring viral load in building occupants, both at the building scale and with ventilation zone-level resolution for aerosols. We provide actionable data for researchers, health officials and building managers who seek to determine which monitoring method is best for their building or study.”

The Koreas

Errant bombs fall on village, injure 7 during US-ROK drills against North Korea NK News

Japan

Japan brushes aside U.S. demand to boost defense budget to 3% of GDP Kyodo News

China?

China’s ‘Two Sessions’ places greater emphasis on Taiwan integration: Experts Focus Taiwan

Is Trump’s abrupt turn on Ukraine giving Taiwan jitters as China vows to seize the island? CBS News

China’s tech leapfrog: Time to lead? ThinkChina. Commentary:

China Is Secretly Worried Trump Will Win on Trade WSJ

What’s ‘involution’ and why is it worrying China’s policymakers? Channel News Asia

Old Blighty

David Cameron joins Jeb Bush’s private equity firm FT

India

Washington’s Damocles Sword Over Chabahar Port Brings Together Indian, Taliban Envoys In Tehran The Wire

US eyes zero tariff on cars in India trade deal as Tesla entry nears: Report Deccan Herald

A Network of Agents in India Is Driving Job Scams and Illegal Migration New Lines Magazine

The Foreign Hand In Dhaka Open the Magazine

Syraqistan

Exclusive: U.S. holding secret talks with Hamas Axios

Trump warns Gazans ‘you are dead’ if captives not freed The New Arab

Jared Kushner builds a Middle East business empire Globes

Africa

Ending Aid Dependency: The Tax Edition Grieve Chelwa, Africa Watch

New Not-So-Cold War

Top Trump allies hold secret talks with Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian opponents Politico

After days of coaching, Zelenskyy seeks a path to Trump’s good graces New York Times

US Cuts Intel and Aid to Ukraine: Beginning of the End, or Just More Flimflam? Simplicius

A different kind of security guarantee for Ukraine Responsible Statecraft

Brief Summary from the Front on March 5, 2025 Marat Khairullin Substack

European Disunion

Europe’s Face-Saving Theater on Ukraine Consortium News

‘Shadow fleets’ and subaquatic sabotage: are Europe’s undersea internet cables under attack? The Guardian

EU Commission delays announcing plan to phase out Russian energy imports Kathimerini

Germany considering how to disrupt restoration of Nord Stream 2 – Bild RBC-Ukraine

Macron proposes French nuclear extension, Ukraine troop deployment Le Monde

Europe must trim its welfare state to build a warfare state FT

German stocks, borrowing costs surge after historic budget announcement Euractiv

Merz Plots To Bypass German Parliament In 1 Trillion Rearmament Scheme European Conservative

The BSW should have the election reviewed Thomas Fazi

Trump 2.0

83,000 VA workers targeted for layoffs by August Stars and Stripes

Education Dept looks to reassign work to other agencies ahead of Trump EO ‘eliminating’ it Federal News Network

Critics Ask If Trump and Musk Are ‘Intentionally Crashing the Economy’ Common Dreams

Musk to House Republicans: DOGE ‘can’t bat a thousand all the time’ Politico

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Trump’s ‘little disturbance’ Michael Roberts’ blog

Michigan automakers get break on Trump tariffs — for now Bridge Michigan

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Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments STAT

Supreme Court rejects Trump administration’s push to rebuke judge over foreign aid freeze AP

Judges face rise in threats as Elon Musk blasts them over rulings Reuters

Crises Of Democracy 3 Quarks Daily

Hamilton Cancels Planned Kennedy Center Run Due to Trump Takeover Playbill

GOP Funhouse

Senate Republicans Effectively Legalized Debanking Drop Site

Big Brother is Watching You Watch

DOJ to appeal court decision ruling broad cell phone tower searches are unconstitutional The Record

Crapification

AI

AI Chatbots Can Cushion the High School Counselor Shortage — But Are They Bad for Students? The Markup

Maybe cancel that ChatGPT therapy session – doesn’t respond well to tales of trauma The Register

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OpenAI reportedly plans to charge up to $20,000 a month for specialized AI ‘agents’ TechCrunch

New Palantir venture targets finance industry’s AI spending Semafor

Cellebrite Is Using AI to Summarize Chat Logs and Audio from Seized Mobile Phones 404 Media

World’s first “Synthetic Biological Intelligence” runs on living human cells New Atlas

Healthcare?

‘I just did surgery on myself.’ Michigan dentist shortage leaves some in lurch Bridge Michigan

Imperial Collapse Watch

Trump’s ‘Make Shipbuilding Great Again’ Order Calls for Wholesale Overhaul of U.S. Maritime Industry USNI News

U.S. Navy Rejects Lockheed Martin’s Sixth Generation Fighter Design: Which Firm Will Prevail? Military Watch

The Bezzle

Trump crypto reserve risks undermining Congress’ industry-friendly plans Semafor

SEC drops case against Coinbase — a win for crypto or payback for donations? Coin Telegraph

Buying a $250 Residency Card From a Tropical Island Let Me Bypass U.S. Crypto Laws 404 Media

Class Warfare

Why Class Matters ZZ’s Blog

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58 comments

  1. The Rev Kev

    “US eyes zero tariff on cars in India trade deal as Tesla entry nears: Report”

    I don’t see what the problem is. India is simply trying to Make India Great again. And how are they doing it with their car industry? Why with tariffs of course which is right out of the Trump playbook. This is being done to help out Musk introduce Teslas to India but will they be able to compete? Any Tesla made in the US would have to compete with Indian-manufactured cars which have cheaper labour costs. But there is a flip side. Trump believes in reciprocality with his tariffs regime, right? And the US is demanding that India brings down their tariffs down to zero or just above. But does that mean that India will be able to import their cheap cars into the US and pay no tariffs either? What if India says that if they have to do this for the US, they will do it for China as well so Musk’s cars will have to compete with Chinese EVs in India. Good luck with that one.

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    1. timbers

      And where in all this subsidizing elite billionaires like Musk is MACA – Make Automobiles Cheap Again? Why do we have to suffer lower living standards so that Musk & Co can complete to become the first trillionarie? Noticeablely reducing vehicle prices would help a lot of working folks.

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      1. t

        Maybe he’ll be distracted by the very fast increase in shipbuilding, which is maybe just self-driving nuclear subs?

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  2. lyman alpha blob

    Here’s one for the war on cash department – Monopoly is removing paper money from the game and will now rely on an app for banking.

    I predict people will soon be buying up all the old games and hoarding Monopoly money as it’s face value becomes greater than its US$ equivalent. And that app will be hacked yesterday.

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    1. The Rev Kev

      ‘Hey, kids. The power has gone out but at least we can play some board games to pass the time. Oh, look – there is a Monopoly set. We can play that for hours. Wait – it’s the new version. And no power means no internet so that app won’t work. Battleship anyone?’

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    2. Kevin Walsh

      Notes make lousy board game components because they’re harder to handle than tokens or chits, but replacing them with an app is a stunningly bad idea – not least because of the likelihood that Hasbro decides to abandon the app at some point in the not too distant future, and then your game doesn’t have any way to track your money.

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      1. vao

        “the likelihood that Hasbro decides to abandon the app at some point in the not too distant future”

        But meanwhile, look at the opportunity to require a subscription for the app to continue functioning… Buy the game, and then pay to be able to play it!

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        1. Katniss Everdeen

          You gotta wonder who Hasbro will sell the “data” generated from this “app” to, and what conclusions about “human behavior” whoever buys it will swear to god it demonstrates.

          I suppose the next Monopoly “innovation” will be that instead of giving each player $200 when they pass Go!, the app will “lend” the money to each player, with the Tophat paying 0% or negative interest and the Dog paying 28.9%, “compounded daily.”

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    3. Wukchumni

      It’s worse than you know, not only has paper money been removed, but thanks to DOGE actions, only certain players get $200 credited to their account after passing GO, and the railroads have been merged with Amtrak.

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    4. timbers

      Maybe the new Monopoly will include ways to hack your opponent’s digital currency and dissappear/take their digital cash, to teach the youngins about the world their growing up in. “Banks” replaced by crypto websites, gas stations by battery charging docks, low income property by toxic waste dumps and homeless encampments on public lands.

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      1. Wukchumni

        I played DC Monopoly one time, and only learned after the game was started that Senators and Congresspeople had bought up all the real estate with the exception of the railroads, which frankly nobody wanted and I can’t blame them. The highlight of playing was landing on Chance or Community Chest, or hopefully a jail stint, as you had no opportunity @ landing on a politician’s haunt full of hotels while in the pokey.

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    5. lyman alpha blob

      Ugh – very sloppy before I had my coffee. Misspelled possessive, and obviously its (not it’s) face value won’t increase. Meant to say that its value will become greater than the face value US$ equivalent.

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  3. ilsm

    “Security guarantee” for Kiev.

    The town cannot even keep a name!

    Give Kiev the same “security guarantees” US gave Belgrade in 1999!

    The rump Kievan SSR is product of USSR!

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    1. The Rev Kev

      The truth of the matter is that – realistically – there is only one country capable of giving the Ukraine a iron-clad security guarantee and that country is Russia.

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      1. ilsm

        There is no future in fighting Russians in Russia. Logistics decides everytime. The U.S. is a fraction its Vietnam adventure self.

        That said Ukraine is no more a country than Yugoslavia.

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  4. ChrisFromGA

    Re: Do-it yourself dentistry

    There will be a supply whenever there is demand, but perhaps at a service level you won’t like.
    Watch private equity sink its fangs into dental practices, suck the blood out like a vampire, and disposes of the corpses.

    Meanwhile, black-market “dentists” will spring up, unlicensed and maybe working out of the basement of their homes. This phenomenon is common in Latin America. I remember a Colombian friend in the 90s
    who had a patient chair in his basement … I asked him “Why?” and he mumbled something about a shady past.

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    1. Paul Jonker-Hoffren

      Stories like this always remind me of the extraordinary foresight of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil. Most films are about some communist dystopian world, but Brazil is decidedly about a *capitalist* world.

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      1. vao

        This is a chain of thoughts, but as a matter of fact, Brazil (the actual country) has excellent dentistry schools, and you can find well-qualified Brazilian dentists in other countries — such as Portugal, where the “Brazilian dentist” has long been a cliché, just like the “Polish plumber” in France.

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    2. lyman alpha blob

      Slightly different situation, but I did some dentistry on myself when I was about 6 or 7 years old. My mother brought me in to get a tooth pulled, they gave me novocain, and then asked me to wait while the dentist checked on another patient. It took a while for him to come back and I got bored waiting, and since my mouth was numb, I yanked the tooth out myself and handed it to the dentist when he came back in.

      Despite my assistance, my parents were still charged full price.

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  5. DJG, Reality Czar

    Quite a list of headlines about DOGE, decline, and the panic at Euro Central.

    In contemplating, from afar, from the Undisclosed Region, the current economic and social travails of the U S of A, which are leading to stagnation, I think of cookies.

    It’s something like the moment of Proust’s madeleine, which led him to write a masterpiece. In the case of the U S of A, the cookies are dystopian.

    In understanding the impetus behind Trump and Musk, and gang, and don’t rule out Nancy and Hillary and Bill, the trend is of long standing. What is going on in the U S of A is what happens when investment banks take over businesses and loot them. The company doesn’t have to have a groovy Tolkienesque name like Lady Galadriel Mystique of Plundering. The trend is more pervasive.

    The symptom that hit me is going after (1) pensions and (2) basic services. These are “classic” symptoms. The beancounters come in and loot the pension plan (Social Security Administration). They then sell the factory in some fancy lease-back deal (post office, Amtrak, air-traffic control). Then comes economic misery for the many and glorious greed for the few.

    Thinking back, as someone of Sicilian descent in the U S of A, I was brought up with Stella D’Oro cookies. Here’s info on the horrors the workers there had to undergo:

    https://cuadernosfem.blogspot.com/2009/05/stella-doro-no-contract-no-cookies.html

    Many, many untoward details about misbehavior by management. Stella D’Oro was an early symptom.

    Wikipedia’s potted history is of some help, too:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_D%27oro

    Note how only three years of looting were needed to turn the de-unionized, de-workplaced wreckage over to some snack conglomerate.

    As a child of Chicago, I was also brought up on Salerno cookies. Again, the years and economy have not been kind to another family business:

    https://vanishedchicagoland.blog/2019/06/15/salerno-cookies-the-ones-we-truly-remember-and-miss-so-much/

    Instead of the panic I see on BookFace, it may be better to think cookies. I see very little evolution from the 1990s in Musk’s tactics or in the tactics of looter/enablers like Thiel and Andreessen. I’m sure that crude hacking of the accounting department and of internal systems went on at Stella D’Oro, too.

    Yet I may have to submit this comment to Vicki Cookies for an Official Cookie Reaction, to see if this line of thought, metaphorical, economic, and political, can hold.

    Please advise.

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    1. Zagonostra

      Thinking back, as someone of Sicilian descent in the U S of A, I was brought up with Stella D’Oro cookies

      Although Calabrese, not too far from Sicily, we had Stella D’Oro cookies growing up in the U.S., at least until my dad switched to Milano cookies…now I think they are both made with palm oils and other nasty ingredients and would never purchase them…weird how cookies that are imported from Italy all seem to have Palm Oil.

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  6. JB

    Guardian article on Israel’s use of AI against Palestinians – highlighting AI’s active danger of becoming a real life Big Brother:

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/06/israel-military-ai-surveillance

    Which seems obvious in retrospect – that AI’s primary use will be as the Mass Brains behind Mass Surveillance – turning what was an unmanageable waterfall of information, which could only be partially processed by human effort and limited pattern recognition, into a manageable stream of near-fully-processable intelligence on everything/everyone.

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  7. The Rev Kev

    “OpenAI reportedly plans to charge up to $20,000 a month for specialized AI ‘agents’”

    DeepSeek: ‘Hey, we’ll do it for twenty bucks a month.’

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    1. ChrisFromGA

      It’s a race by Wall St. money-grubbers to push 1000 lbs of shit in a 500 lb sack out the door, before DeepSeek undercuts the market.

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    2. Mikel

      And just think…OpenAI most likely has some connections that are part of the looting crew in DC.
      Govt contracts?

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      1. ChrisFromGA

        Remember, though, that Musk hates “Scam Altman.”

        Would not be surprised to see an Executive Order banning OpenAI from any government contracts … xAI, for the win!

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    3. wsa

      Everyone who buys that gets exactly what they deserve when they use the results.

      Mikel’s comment about government contracts seems all too likely.

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  8. Zagonostra

    >Hello, Brave New World The Baffler

    Transhumanists see the body as an avatar, something to be customized freely with the laissez-faire of The Sims… AI-based protein design company Profluent released an open-source gene editor last year called OpenCRISPR-1, which allows a user to create synthetic molecules not existing in nature with the power to edit human DNA in specific ways.

    If the technology of splitting the atom failed to harness resultant power for unlimited, clean energy, I doubt “the future of biohacking” will lead to a net benefit for humanity, though specific gains/goods from biotech are certainly possible…brave new world indeed.

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    1. Zagonostra

      >World’s first “Synthetic Biological Intelligence” runs on living human cells New Atlas

      These two articles fit nicely together…ethics?, damn ethics full speed ahead Admiral Shiva.

      The ethics of this technology has been front and center for Cortical – that breakthrough 2022 paper sparked plenty of debate around it, particularly in the area of human “consciousness” and “sentience…

      SBI is inherently more natural than AI, as it utilizes the same biological material – neurons – that underpin intelligence in living organisms,” Cortical added. “By leveraging neurons as a computational substrate, SBI has the potential to create systems that exhibit more organic and natural forms of intelligence compared to traditional silicon-based AI”

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    2. The Rev Kev

      Reading this, I could see a drunken, late-night bet leading to the Black Death being combined with the common cold just to see if it could be done. Hilarity ensues.

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  9. Zagonostra

    >US Cuts Intel and Aid to Ukraine: Beginning of the End, or Just More Flimflam? Simplicius

    …I believe it’s too early to celebrate. All the above conjecture depends entirely on what kind of ‘pause’ in aid this really is. Trump may just be bringing Zelensky into line, and intends to resume the aid shortly, even if partially. Of course, either way it does not bode particularly well for Ukraine—I am simply cautioning against celebrating an immediate collapse of the AFU.

    Simplicius is more optimistic than Brian Berletic, the latter is of the opinion that U.S. policy will continue on in the approximate trajectory, with distractionary moves, as it was when Biden was in office. Next couple of weeks/months will tell who is right.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Ot-_j4Bfo

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    1. Camacho

      U.S. policy have been on the same approximate trajectory since forever, with occasional distractionary moves. Why would it change now, or ever? Imperial ambitions never went away, quite the contrary.

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  10. The Rev Kev

    “EU Commission delays announcing plan to phase out Russian energy imports”

    Could it have something to do with the fact that recently the Baltic States freed themselves of the tyranny of Russian energy to much fanfare – only to see energy prices now doubling if not tripling in prices causing some businesses having to shut down operations? Maybe some economist grabbed a pencil and writing out some calculations on the back of an envelope, showed that without Russian energy, that this would happen for the entire EU. Trump criticizes the EU for still importing Russian energy but so does the US – which includes Russian uranium which is also a form of energy.

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  11. Zagonostra

    >Europe must trim its welfare state to build a warfare state FT

    The reason Merkel wanted some welfare trimmings was to preserve Europe’s “way of life”. The mission now is to defend Europe’s lives. How, if not through a smaller welfare state, is a better-armed continent to be funded?….The purpose is survival. Europe must never again find itself in a position where the likes of US vice-president JD Vance have life-and-death power over it. All other priorities are secondary.

    Great to see Double Bind being used so ineffectually in FT. Love seeing the use of logical fallacies in advocating their foreign policy position on Ukraine. This article gives 2 for the price of 1, reducing public social programs and ramping up war.

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

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  12. t

    Here’s a quote from the article about not batting a thousand every time.

    “He said he’s making mistakes. He’ll correct them, but his mission is to uncover where our tax money is. Let the chips fall where they may,” said Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.).

    How are these people not called out on such BS? Norman has been in office, he has a clue or two about programs and spending. Ran through his introduced and sponsored bills list – he focuses on spending and is absolutely performing here. Just continuing the right-wing hard press on the need for a DOGE audit to find waste, fraud, abuse, dead employees still getting paid, and staff using your tax money to eat dogs and cats on the job!

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  13. schmoe

    The comments regarding past events are quite stunning in the Responsible Statecraft article and make it very difficult to take the author seriously (do the authors think the readership of Responsible Statecraft is unaware of what happened at Maidan and up to Feb 2022?):
    “This is especially so, given that the mere “assurances” of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum proved inadequate to the task of blunting Russian revanchism.”
    “After more than a decade of war and three years of full-scale aggression, Kyiv understandably wants ironclad guarantees . . . ”

    One thing you never hear about in any MSM article or article like this is “what do the people of the Donbass and Crimea want?” They are obviously invisible to the PMC or, more likely, guilty by association by speaking the same language as the person who stole the 2016 election from The Chosen One.

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    1. The Rev Kev

      ‘what do the people of the Donbass and Crimea want?’

      On our TV news, they are only ever referred to as “Russian-occupied territory” and that is it. Case closed.

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  14. Zagonostra

    >Summary of Episode 3 – The Fed Independence Lie – John Titus

    During the pandemic…Congress abandoned its constitutional duty and gave the Fed exactly what its “independence” campaign asked for–unfettered freedom to undertake “operational activities” and buy assets. Consequently, the Fed went on a $5 trillion asset purchasing spree that showed up directly in bank deposit accounts and caused the worst inflation since the 1970s.

    Excellent series. I’m flabbergasted at the failure (rejection) of the Fed to disclose the details of their “asset purchases” …and why the hell is the Fed buying assets? As good and simplified as this series is, a lot of what and how the Fed operates is opaque to me.

    https://substack.com/home/post/p-158476531?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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  15. lyman alpha blob

    Very interesting post from Judge Napolitano yesterday where he announced that he is on his way to Russia to interview Lavrov.

    A couple things come to mind. Firstly, Russia apparently has zero interest in communicating via conventional US media. First it was Putin meeting with Tucker Carlson, and now this. CNN must be having a sad. And secondly, last week Napolitano had Jeffrey Sachs on and thanked him for speaking out for peace, and Napolitano also noted that Trump was listening to his show. So now perhaps Lavrov will speak to Trump’s people though Napolitano. Are we seeing a rerouting all those proverbial “back channels”, with the public being included ? Interesting times.

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  16. Wukchumni

    Bird flu spread is ‘slowing down,’ California officials say Politico

    Avian flu cases continue to rise across the San Joaquin Valley, and it’s not just among birds KVPR
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    When I see Avian flu
    What do I see
    Poultry
    Poultry in motion

    Poultry in motion
    Walkin’ by my side
    Avian H5N1 locomotion
    Keeps my eyes open wide

    Poultry in motion
    See the depopulation take sway
    A wave out on the ocean
    Could never move that way

    I loathe every virus movement
    And there’s nothing I could do to make it change
    Standards need improvement
    But there is much too much to rearrange

    Poultry in motion
    Way too close to me
    A virus of commotion
    Chickens dying not so gracefully

    Whoa
    Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
    Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
    Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
    Whoa

    Poultry in motion
    See the depopulation take sway
    A wave out on the ocean
    Could never move that way

    I loathe every virus movement
    And there’s nothing I could do to make it change
    Standards need improvement
    But there is much too much to rearrange

    Poultry in motion
    All that I abhor
    No chance of a solution
    Could make up for

    Whoa
    Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
    Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa
    Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa

    Poetry in Motion, by Johnny Tillotson

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy_ArpznZUs

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  17. lyman alpha blob

    RE: Man charged with stealing massive amounts of LEGOs from multiple Bay Area Targets

    When owning a home becomes unaffordable for the majority of people, you need to get creative. Sounds like this guy might be starting a DIY movement. He should not do any jail time, but instead be feted as an “innovator”. That seems to work for the rest of the crooks who’ve been looting our society for years and have now gone into overdrive.

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  18. The Rev Kev

    “Germany considering how to disrupt restoration of Nord Stream 2 – Bild’

    Reminds me of the story of the factory worker who accidentally fell into a huge whiskey vat in Scotland. They tried to save him but he fought them off bravely.

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  19. Wukchumni

    Elon wears his political war chest like a crown
    He calls his satellites Starlink
    ‘Cause he likes the name
    And he sends them to the finest orbits above town

    Elon, Elon likes his money
    He makes a lot, they say
    Spends his days counting
    In a Tesla by the motorway

    He was born in Pretoria came here via Canada, eh
    When the New York Times said, ‘Elon is dead to us
    And the war’s begun’
    Oh, the old school media is a son of a gun today

    And he shall be Elon
    And he shall be a good man
    And he shall be Elon
    In tradition with the rocket plan
    And he shall be Elon
    And he shall be a good man
    He shall be Elon

    Elon sells Space-X in DC town
    His family business thrives
    They blow up occasionally
    As he sits on the porch swing watching them fly

    And Jesus H Christ on a cracker, he wants to go to Mars
    Leave the Earth far behind
    Take a rocket and go sailing
    While Elon, Elon slowly dies

    And he shall be Elon
    And he shall be a good man
    And he shall be Elon
    In trajectory with the DOGE departure plan (whooo!)
    And he shall be Elon
    And he shall be a good man
    He shall be Elon

    And he shall be Elon
    And he shall be a good man
    And he shall be Elon
    In trajectory with the DOGE departure plan (whooo!)
    And he shall be Elon
    And he shall be a good man
    He shall be Elon

    Levon, by Elton John

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEgEmTgAEUk

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  20. Wukchumni

    Los Angeles County sues Southern California Edison over Eaton Fire KTLA
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    Can’t really sue the homeless for having cooking and warming fires that got out of control in crazy Santa Ana winds, well, I mean you could, but where’s the funds in that?

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