The West and the War in Ukraine: Selling and Buying Hopium
Despite some press stories and orthodox pundits acknowledging that things are going badly for Ukraine, there is way too much delusion.
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FDA Tries to Pretend It Didn’t Oppose Ivermectin Use for Covid
The FDA attempts to distance itself from its earlier hostility to Ivermectin as a Covid remedy, but too many people have good memories.
Read more...The Sahel Tug-of-War: U.S. And Russia Face Off For Influence In Niger
A US propaganda outlet frets over Niger.
Read more...Longitudinal – Reflections On Recent Economic Writing
Satyajit Das takes a gander through a large sample of recent economic books and has some unexpected findings.
Read more...The Polish President Said Kiev Isn’t Doing The West Any Favors & Its Counteroffensive Failed
Spats between Polish and Ukrainian officials reflect divergences in interests which they may no longer be able to paper over.
Read more...NATO Training Leaves Ukrainian Troops ‘Underprepared’ for War
The veneer of NATO superiority is cracking as the Ukraine and its sponsors engage in a blame game over why the war is going so badly.
Read more...The Movie and the Moment: An Oppenheimer Review Through the Lens of an Anti-War Activist
Some reviewers of the movie Oppenheimer such as Scott Ritter criticize if for effectively whitewashing the horror of nuclear strikes
Read more...The NIH Ices a Research Project on “Health Communication”. Is It Self-Censorship?
What sure looks like an NIH study to improve the medical establishment’s propaganda skills had died a well-deserved death.
Read more...Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. v. Google Alleges First Amendment Violations via YouTube Censorship as a State Actor
Oh frabjous day! RFK, Jr. has lobbed a very big bomb at the heart of the censorship apparatus.
Read more...Fascism is the Western Answer to Class Struggle
Rob Urie makes a reasoned, data-backed case that the tools used in supposed democracies to enforce class standing merit the label of fascism
Read more...Russia Is Finally Correcting False Perceptions of BRICS
Russia is dialing down expectations for big BRICS developments at a late August summit.
Read more...The Bizarre and Widely Disparaged Fitch Downgrade of US Government Debt to AA+
The financial press and Mr. Market shrugged off the Fitch downgrade of US government debt from AAA to AA+. Why?
Read more...Gonzalo Lira Reports Torture in Ukraine Prison, Extortion, Inevitable Conviction with Sentence of 5 to 8 Years in Labor Camp
Gonzalo Lira is alive after being tortured in prison. He is tryng to flee Urkaine, witih tacit approval of the authorities. Wish him luck.
Read more...Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral
Some badly-needed naming and shaming of soi-disant influencers who ran undisclosed advertorials for dirty energy companies
Read more...Hunter Biden Plea Deal Collapse: Dirty, Desperate Dealings in Delaware
Hunter Biden seems to have quite the affinity for hot water. Judge Noreika has sent his irregular plea deal back to the drawing board.
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