Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Links 7/27/2025

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Master Of The Flying Guillotine (1976) Run Time: 1H 33M

Master of the Flying Guillotine is a movie about a martial artist facing down an implacable foe bent on vengeance.

Links 7/26/2025

Michael Hudson: Church and Finance – From the Crusades to World War I

Michael Hudson extends his historical review from debt in antiquity the role of the Catholic Church in the rise of banking and war finance.

Will Voters Turn to Corbyn and Socialism over Starmer’s Big Finance Love-In?

A discussion of whether voters would back Corbyn-style socialism, particularly given Starmer’s ever-rightwards shift.

Coffee Break: Fossil Fuels and Health, EPA, AI that Works, and a Belated Retraction

Part the First: The Healthcare Costs of Fossil Fuels.  One would think this is a no-brainer.  Nevertheless, the Current Administration has its stone cold heart set on gutting the Office of Research and Development in the Environmental Protection Agency.  I suppose it would be churlish once again to note the EPA is one of the […]

Israel’s Atrocities Have Destroyed Its Reputation and Its Security

Netanyahu’s survival strategy, which now includes starving children, is putting Israel at risk in a big way.

Links 7/25/2025

Washington and Beijing’s Mexican Standoff

As Trump’s bumbling threats continue to alienate the US in Latin America, China is increasingly determined to hold its ground in the US’ so-called “backyard”.

A Pox on Optimism!

Why I have had it with optimism.

Thomas Neuburger: Rethinking Collapse

Your humble blogger has difficulty with the thesis of this post: “What if collapse is the road to more humane life?”

When Politics and Finance Merge, Truth Surpasses Fiction

In the West, politics and finance run separately; in the East, they merge. That’s why politics there matters more and political fictions are absent.

Financial Times and Stanford Business School Describe How Private Equity Investors Like CalPERS Act Like the Dumb Money They Are

More on how private equity investors like CalPERS willingly go along with their victimization.

Links 7/24/2025

Satyajit Das: Parsing President Trump’s Real Agenda

Divining the decision rules that guide Trump’s actions.