Palantir’s AI Justified Israel’s Attack on Iran — Will Tech Take Us Back to Irrational Beliefs?
Palantir’s AI justified Israel’s attack on Iran, marking a turning point where decisions are made based on algorithms we don’t understand
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Trump’s Homeland Security Council Sets Its Sights on Zohran Mamdani
A window into the thuggish efforts to sabotage Zohran Mamdani bid for New York City mayor, here by the Department of Homeland Security.
Read more...The Latest Trouble In Russian-Azerbaijani Relations Might Be Part Of A Turkish-US Powerplay
A look at how Turkish and US interests benefit from recent upset in the relations between Russia and Azerbainan.
Read more...“Ex-CISA Official Warns: We’ve Gutted Cybersecurity—A Gift to Iran, China and Russia”
Cybersecurity expert Dr. David Mussington, explains why the clock is ticking on U.S. vulnerabilities under Trump.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The U.S. Empire’s Plan for Global Domination
Michael Hudson: War on Iran is part of the US empire’s effort to re-impose its dominance on the global political and financial system
Read more...Why Flattering Donald Trump Could Be Dangerous
Why power players should not apply their tongues to Trump’s posterior.
Read more...The Israel–Iran Conflict Tests “America First” and Redefines ‘Auctoritas’
Trump’s attack on Iran tests the limits of “America First” and reveals a deeper MAGA divide over who holds legitimate authority—auctoritas
Read more...Tallying the Costs to Israel of Its Failed Iran Regime Change Operation
An early estimate of the economic costs to Israel of the Iran war show that recovery will be difficult if not impossible.
Read more...Satyajit Das: Middle East Trajectories – Implications for the Region and Energy Markets
A refined (pun intended) discussion of the state of the energy market and the high risk of continued kinetic action between Israel and Iran.
Read more...‘Looking Backwards’ and Forward: How Democrats Who Voted for Iraq Cashed In and How It Ensured the Rise of the Imperial Uniparty
Obama’s decision to “look forward” continues to reverberate into our endless wars of the present—and future.
Read more...Rob Urie: Why Did the US Attack Iran?
Rob Urie points out that how many forces the US keeps in theater will reveal its intent with Iran: deescalating versus trying to regroup.
Read more...Israel Orders Attack on Iran After Iran Allegedly Violated Ceasefire It Never Agreed To
Israel is, or is about to be, back into the war-making game. And the US is sure to be in on the action.
Read more...Breaking: Fordow Attacked Again; Trump Talks Up Regime Change, Brays About Iran Nuclear Site Success as Israel Taking Increasing Toll from Attacks, Iran Puts Pieces in Place for Strait of Hormuz Closure; UPDATE: Iran Media Claims Attack on US Base in Syria
Iran updates, with the big underlying pressure being Israel’s decay path and US failure so far to arrest that.
Read more...Proxy Fighters in the Fog of War
Examining the potential role of Turkey, Azerbaijan and nonstate actors bordering Iran in the destabilization campaign.
Read more...US Attacks Iran: Start of a Long War? Update: Iran Parliament Votes to Close Strait of Hormuz
And so the US war against Iran begins, with showy strikes against empty nuclear facilities. What next?
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