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Sunday, October 6, 2024
Standard Chartered Says Peak Oil Demand Is Not Imminent
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:31 am | 17 Comments »
Mortgage Rates over 7% and Heading Higher, Housing Market Still Frozen, Lots of Buyers on Strike as Prices Still Too High
The US housing market is stalled, yet Biden fans insist that, economy-wise, we live in the best of all possible worlds.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:44 am | 70 Comments »
Hoisted from Comments: The Colonialist and Anti-Semitic Origins of Modern Israel
Some observations about why modern Israel backs genocide, and why the US and Europe supported its creation.
Topics: Europe, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:00 am | 124 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/17/2024
~Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Mayorkas impeachment, Tesla stops delivery of those stupid-looking trucks, wastewater testing expands its scope ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 45 Comments »
Middle East Escalation: Financial Times’ Revealing Account of Israel Risk of Ukraine-Style Air Defense Attrition; Helmer on Possible Electrical Grid Campaign
US mixed messages continue: trying to check Israel’s suicidal conduct while providing military support. So what might happen next?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Media watch, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 62 Comments »
Links 4/17/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 166 Comments »
Can a New German Party Steer the European Left in a More Effective Direction?
Sahra Wagenknecht shook up the German political establishment with the January launch of her new left-populist political party. She’s now looking to do the same in the European Parliament.
Topics: Energy markets, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Russia, Social policy
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 33 Comments »
A Brief History of Kill Lists, From Langley to Lavender
The AI targeting system, Lavender, tries to provide a tech gloss of legitimacy to hit lists, here one designed to kill bystanders.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:19 am | 30 Comments »
Scientists Warn Gulf Stream Slowdown Could Begin as Early as 2025
The timing of the Gulf Stream slowdown looks to be arriving ahead of its earlier schedule.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:51 am | 44 Comments »
Alvin Bragg’s Odd “Hush Money” (Except Not) 34-Felony Case Against Trump Begins
An Indictment where misdemeanors become felonies based on unspecifed “other crimes”; a Statement of Facts without all the facts.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 32 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/16/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, now would be a good time to sell gold, Kennedy on the ballot in Iowa, pilots cite “problematic trends” ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 72 Comments »
Links 4/16/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 196 Comments »
Lenin Revised — Russian Military Power Means De-Electrification And Unconditional Surrender Of The Kiev Regime
Chronicling Russia’s relentless de-electrification campaign and the path to Ukraine capitulation.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 51 Comments »
Javier Milei Seems Intent on Embroiling Argentina in War, Whether in Ukraine or the Middle East (Or Both)
Argentina “cannot be neutral in the Third World War.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 26 Comments »
Zombie Tests: Is the SAT Back From the Dead?
The debate over the class and minority bias in the SAT comes back to live as the testing picks up.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:15 am | 34 Comments »