Americans Aren’t Traumatized Enough by Gun Violence
More on American resignation and hypocrisy about gun crimes.
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Near-Term Climate News and Other Tall Tales
A new climate sighting plus AI fakery.
Read more...Some Perhaps Not Fully Anticipated Effects of Increased AI Use: Evidence Doubts, Fraud and Fraud Containment
Some important second-order effects of greater AI use, such as greater ease of perpetrating fraud and what might responses might be
Read more...Links 12/20/2025
Michael Hudson: Trump Floundering Efforts to Shore Up US Hegemony
Why Trump’s National Security Strategy and his efforts to shore up dollar dominance are proofs of weakness.
Read more...Has Public Debt Become Unmanageable?
Why alarmism about public debt is fundamentally misguided.
Read more...Ethnic Cleansing, Trump Style: Administration Moves to Send Asylum Seekers to Uganda, Honduras and Ecuador
Yes, the Trump Administration is seeking to shunt asylum seekers to Uganda, Honduras, and Ecuador, presumably <1>pour décourager les autres.
Read more...“The Truth Behind Trump’s Aggressive Venezuela Strategy”
An explanation of why US belligerence against Venezuela is not about exploiting its oil. So what is it about?
Read more...Today’s Doctored CPI Inflation Release Is Like a Bad Joke, but Very Serious
Unpacking the data crime in the new inflation report: a bizarre fall in housing costs, aka Owners Equivalent of Rent, which is 26% of CPI.
Read more...“Trump Supporters Distrust Science. We Need Ways to Reach Them”
The elites, including those in science, seem to think that their loss of legitimacy can be solved by messaging. Good luck with that.
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What Will Happen If the Right Wins Absolutely?
Right wing factions are determined to implement extreme agendas. Where are they heading?
Read more...Poor Health Weakens Support for Fairer Healthcare
Why highly unequal societies like the US exhibit falling levels of population-level fitness along side falling support for better healthcare.
Read more...The Bondi Strike: Who Will Control the Narrative?
How key players are starting to throw down markers to shape perceptions of the Bondi mass shooting.
Read more...Is AI Creating Monsters?
More troubling new sightings on the AI front.
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