Thursday, March 6, 2025

For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access

Rural residents say no thanks to more abortion availability without better access to comprehensive healthcare.

Michael Hudson: Cracks in the Empire – Is the American Superpower Fading?

Michael Hudson provides a new, wide-ranging talk on the US hegemony-preservation efforts and what they mean for Europe, Russia, and BRICS.

Eight Israeli Lawmakers Demand Acceleration of the Extermination in Gaza by Destroying Remaining Food, Plus Water and Energy Infrastructure

Inhabitants of Gaza aren’t dying fast enough to suit some Knesset members, so they describe how to hurry the process along.

Links 1/5/2025

Will Russia’s Alleged Downing of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight Overturn the Great Game Board in the Caucasus?

Azerbaijan president’s out of character condemnation of Moscow before facts are in points to changes on the horizon.

The Earthquake Environmental Justice Advocates Aren’t Talking About

Why are US environmental groups so silent about the empire’s global warmaking? 

Links 1/4/2025

Michael Hudson’s Introduction to Giorgio Buccellati’s At the Origins of Politics

Michael Hudson introduces anthropologist Giorgio Buccellati’s fascinating book on the political evolution of earlier societies.

Tech Law in 2025: A Look Ahead at AI, Privacy and Social Media Regulation Under the New Trump Administration

Team Trump’s tech industry regulatory plans have gotten less attention than some other initiatives. An overview helps fill this lapse

2:00PM Water Cooler 1/3/2025

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; New Covid charts drop, with Christmas hospitalization up in New York; Mike Benz: X censorship and deplatforming; Mangione: murder and social murder; Teen Vogue on “salting” ~

Elite College Money Woes: Wall Street Journal Notes but Underplays the Level of Negligence

A new story on the financial tsuris at even the most elite universities underplays how they’ve made poor investment choices for many years.

Links 1/3/2025

Just Like Clockwork, the Propaganda Push for Digital ID Kicks Into Gear in the UK

After avoiding the issue for years, the legacy media are now trying to manufacture public complacency and consent for the government’s digital identity — and by extension, CBDC — agenda. On July 5, the day Keir Starmer became UK prime minister, we wagered that a Starmer government would intensify the push to roll out a […]

Why Doesn’t the News Media Talk About the Real Issues in Life?

Looking at why the media seems increasingly to be talking to itself and not ordinary people.

What Should Tesla’s Stock Be Worth? Automaker, Stagnating Vehicle Sales like GM & Ford, Getting Overtaken by Competitors, Losing Share in the Booming EV Market?

Tesla is now just ar mid-size automaker amid EV competition that is eating its lunch. What might realistic valuations mean for Musk’s clout?