The over-anticipated collapse in Ukraine’s combat capacity may finally be starting.
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Ukraine: Breakthrough on All Fronts Ahead of Schedule
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 126 Comments »
Links 2/2/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 153 Comments »
The DEA Takes Aim at Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Misses Badly
“There was no evidence for what they were trying to say,” said former DEA agent Mike Vigil. “I did not see any evidence that López Obrador was involved, had knowledge or intention of receiving ‘hot money’ from drug traffickers.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 20 Comments »
CBO and CMS Continue to Overestimate Health Care Cost Increases, Creating Unjustified Pressure to Cut Benefits
The CBO and CMS, keep overestimating health cost increase, and at least for the CBO, it’s due to neoliberal fealty.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 3 Comments »
What’s the Fate of Social Security in a Brutally Unequal America?
Presidential contenders ignore root causes threatening Social Security. Is it due to their reliance on wealthy donors?
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:14 am | 26 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/1/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 108 Comments »
Cancer in the Corn Belt Sparks Actions to Fight Farm Fertilizer Nitrate Contamination
Long-standing concerns about fertilizer runoff leading to toxic nitrates in water supplies look to be getting more traction.
Topics: Environment, Guest Post, Health care, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:41 am | 24 Comments »
Links 2/1/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 209 Comments »
Freedom of Navigation: Houthi Attacks Only Part of How a Historical Anomaly Is Unwinding
Open seas, often touted as freedom of navigation, may be on its way out due to US negligence and technology change.
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:52 am | 57 Comments »
Identity Formation as a Stage of Human Development
Why identity is about sustainability, not uniqueness.
Topics: Guest Post, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:00 am | 14 Comments »
‘Rooftop Solar Is the Future, but It’s Also a Scam’
The solar panel business illustrate how corporations will always find the least acceptable solution to any problem, as they have with AI
Topics: Credit markets, Derivatives, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:27 am | 50 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 99 Comments »
Iraqi Militia Suspends Attacks on US Forces, Paving Way for Troop Withdrawal
“If true, this is the least bad outcome. Iraqi militias agree to stop targeting U.S. troops, who then can be safely removed.”
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 57 Comments »
Links 1/31/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 190 Comments »
A Philosopher Looks at Work in Our Modern World
Thinking more deeply about what work is and how it is changing.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 41 Comments »