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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Links 4/17/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 2 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 | 2 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 | 4 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 | 6 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 | 17 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 | 67 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 | 50 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 | 24 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 | 28 Comments »
More Economic Effects of Our Ongoing Covid Pandemic (with Cognitive Dysfunction and the Labor Market)
Are the effects of Long Covid on the workforrce “material”? Plus the labor market, labor force participation, “the economy,” etc.
Topics: Guest Post, Pandemic, Risk and risk management
Posted by Lambert Strether at 3:55 pm | 50 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/15/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 52 Comments »
Links 4/15/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 167 Comments »
How Ultranationalist Zionists Seek the Destruction of the Al Aqsa Mosque to Produce the End Times
On the plans to destroy the Al Aqsa mosque, one of the most sacred site in Islam, and the conflagration it would generate.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:51 am | 66 Comments »
Starbucks Seeks Supreme Court Protection From Being Ordered to Rehire Baristas Who Say They Were Fired for Union-Promoting Activities
The conservative Supremes appear set to side with Starbucks in an upcoming case that will hurt union organizing across the country.
Topics: Legal, Regulations and regulators, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 5 Comments »