Queen Elizabeth II: A Moderniser Who Steered the British Monarchy into the 21st Century
A long sweep of Elizabeth II’s reign.
Read more...Category Archives: Politics
EU Wrangling Over Energy Plans That Amount to Band-Aid Over Gunshot Wound
Even with energy-hungry businesses shuttering or reducting operations, most EU officials don’t grasp how bad things will become.
Read more...Truss Energy Shambles
New Prime Minister Liz Truss is aleady managing to underperform the low expectations for her.
Read more...Gorbachev Paved Way for Oligarchs – Aleksandr Buzgalin
By opposing deep democratic reforms from below, Gorbachev laid the groundwork for privatization and the looting of the 1990s.
Read more...Chokepoint Capitalism Strangles Us All
Capitalism works in insidiuous ways.
Read more...In Response to Court Order, Kentucky Retirement Systems Releases 2,256 Page, Yet Incomplete, Investigation into Hedge Fund Shenanigans
Kentucky Retirement Systems is still in the whitewash business.
Read more...The US Army Special Operations Command Weaponizes Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Telegram
Since the Army gets very little bang for its buck, presumably by design, why should its social media campaigns be any better?
Read more...NATO, Russia, Energy Put Balkans on Edge
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Read more...“Lehman Event” Looms For Europe As Energy Companies Face $1.5 Trillion in Margin Calls
Why energy price spikes are threatening the financial system. And any derivatives bailout will take prescedence over businesses and housholds.
Read more...Please, Vote for Somebody in the CalPERS Board Election. Your Money Is at Stake.
If you are a CalPERS retiree, please be sure to vote in the board election now underway. You deserve to be properly represented.
Read more...1980s Redux? Developing Countries See New Context, Old Threats
s rich countries raise interest rates, developing countries face slowdowns, inflation, higher interest rates, more costs and debt distress.
Read more...Europe’s Economic Controlled Flight Into Terrain
More on Europe’s economic suicide.
Read more...Peace Talks Essential as War Rages on in Ukraine
Peace in Ukraine is a worthy aim. But the West can’t bring itself to offer what Russia might accept.
Read more...Biden Opens Campaign Season with MAGA Exorcism in Idiosyncratic Philadelphia Speech
The three audiences for Biden’s Philadelphia speech. And about that blood-red background.
Read more...Rahul Gandhi – The Most Establishment Populist
Rahul Gandhi’s attempt to position the Indian National Congress as the protector of the Indian people against the deep state neglects the party’s own history of control and corruption.
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