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A 6-week-old boy died after the family’s dog attacked him in bed, a Tennessee family told 7ABC. Paul R: “Holy fools. I wonder if dogs also get covid and become aggressive.”
ANALYZING CENTAURS, NYMPHS, AND GODS: CARL JUNG AND FRIEDRICH CREUZER Antigone
AS ‘BIRD FLU’ IN COWS DISRUPTS MILK SAFETY IN US, SCIENTISTS CONFIRM THAT COLLABORATION ACTUALLY CAUSED VIRUSES TO BREAK THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Paul R)
#Covid 19
San Francisco, CA is about to reach the highest level of wastewater of the entire pandemic at their largest wastewater facility. This is a huge red flag and something we need to look out for. If I were the CDC I would be doing a different sequence there ASAP. pic.twitter.com/VrIHXu899d
– Data Report (@CovidDataReport) June 3, 2024
Excess deaths across the Western World from the COVID-19 pandemic BMJ (Paul R)
Covid vaccines may help fuel rising death toll The Telegraph
China?
US risks ‘permanent’ trade war with China Bloomberg
China to retaliate if Europe raises EV prices Asia Times (Kevin W)
China ready to ‘force’ Taiwan independence: Defense Minister Aljazeera
Goodbye inhalers? Chinese trial offers possible one-shot asthma cure Interesting Engineering Chuck L: “First insulin and now asthma. China’s train wrecks for Big Pharma.”
India
Modi won the Indian election with a weak endorsement from the Financial Times
South of the Border
Peso falls as Claudia Sheinbaum wins Mexican presidency via Financial Times
Mexico’s next president will have to raise taxes to pay for social programs Reuters (Robin K)
The breakup of Europe
ECB Rate Cut Will Be Rare Bright Spot in Troubled Euro Zone Bloomberg
The French far-right is leading the Macronists in European elections, polls show The Local
More Corpses to Benefit German Foreign Policy (Micael T)
Old Blighty
Keir Starmer has declared Labor a ‘national security party’ Guardian (Kevin W)
“Politics, like business, can choose psychopathic traits”:
— Chris Dillow (@CJFDillow) June 4, 2024
Energy bills ‘will remain high due to nuclear plant delays’ The Times
Gaza
To Save Time, Biden Will Throw Next $320 Million Directly In Ocean Babylon Bee (Chuck L)
****** Tzipi Navon, who was Netanyahu’s wife’s assistant, dreamed of taking revenge on the decapitated children by flaying Palestinian militants alive, removing their nails, cutting off their private parts, cooking them and feeding them to hostages.
“Keep their tongues at last, that we may enjoy . . . pic.twitter.com/gdXaIrZlqH
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) June 1, 2024
‘The New McCarthyism’: NY Hospital Burns Nurse for Sympathizing with Gaza Mothers Antiwar.com
****** ‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 241: Israel opposes Biden over Mondoweiss suspension proposal. My guess is that the Israeli government is looking at how to blow up the deal while blaming Hamas. That won’t be easy. Mind you, solid right wingers don’t have that combination but I’m not sure they have the numbers.
Gaza ceasefire turns into deadly survival game BBC (Kevin W)
Alastair Crooke: How the West Must Change Judge Napolitano, YouTube. An important discussion is that the Saudi policy on Palestine, set by the king, cannot be changed until there is a new king, and the current policy does not allow the kind of deal with Israel that the US keeps talking about.
Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The grave dangers of reporting the Israel-Gaza war CPJ (BC)
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says it is attacking Israeli bases as conflict escalates in New Arab
Gaza protests
What I Saw and Learned in New York City Student Walk-Out for Palestine Corey Robin (UserFriendly)
The Gaza strike has extended to two other University of California campuses, as UAW leadership promotes a strategy to eradicate WSWS
Queens College president Lucy Komisar had police officers waiting at the first gates
A Columbia University alumnus has donated $260 million to an Israeli university in a major move for his alma mater as an expert warns it is ‘just the beginning’ after pro-Palestinian protests hit campuses Daily Mail.
Survivors of October 7 sued pro-Palestinian groups. But what is the goal? Al Jazeera (Kevin W)
The New Cold War
Scholz must explain the change of course in the use of weapons against Russia – TASS (guurst)
The US is close to a ‘fatal’ miscalculation – Moscow RT
Ukraine’s New Victory Theory Is Same as Old American Conservative (Kevin W)
The first strike is powerful: why Russia does not care about the damage of one or another ground-based radar installation Gilbert Doctorow
PJH posts:
Today I read the BlueSky-tweet of Atte Harjanne, who is the leader of the Green Party parliamentary group in the Finnish parliament. He published a blog in support of Ukraine, where he said (Finnish original follows):
Third, it is necessary to prepare for the deployment of Western troops to help Ukraine on the ground. Supporting Ukraine in this way is also in full compliance with the UN Charter. Western powers can act in Ukraine as trainers, as I already wrote in January, as technical support and maintenance, as help in the air defense of civil targets to fight Russian missiles and drones, or to protect the borders against Belarus or Transnistria. This will improve Ukraine’s ability to defend itself and free Ukrainian troops to go forward without Western and Russian forces meeting on the battlefield.
Such military deployments should be carried out with as much cooperation as possible between Western countries. If Finland were to participate, the forces would be integrated in the same way as crisis management operations.
EU DECEIT, FRENCH BENEFIT IN RUSSIA’S NEW SWEETS John Helmer
Note that the last story about the purchase of Zelensky turned out to be false. So if this is another long story, it suggests a concerted effort to defame him;
‼️♨️‼️Zelenskyj bought one of the biggest casinos in Europe
Turkish media reports that Film Heritage Inc. acquired the Vuni Palace hotel-casino located in Kyrenia, a city on the northern coast of Cyprus. The film’s legacy includes. registered in Belize and owned by Vladimir Zelenskiy… pic.twitter.com/nXxafU2RCI
– Peacemaker (@peacemaket71) June 3, 2024
Syracistan
Many were killed after an Israeli air strike targeted Syria’s Aleppo TRT World
Imperial Collapse Watch
A US Disengagement in the Middle East Is Long Overdue Daniel Larison
Ukraine War Tears Off the Veil of US Advanced Weapons Accountability for Statecraft (Bill B)
F-35 Will Now Exceed $2 Trillion As Army Plans to Fly It GAO Blog (Bill B)
Deaf and Blind: The Maladies of American Diplomats ScheerPost (Micael T)
Trump
Buzz Kill: Trump Impeachment Presents Rich Target Area for Appeals Jonathan Turley
Rand Paul Warns of “War on the Streets” From Trump Verdict Modernity
What Movie Will It Be? James Howard Kunstler (Chuck L)
Biden
Biden clashed at the Democratic National Convention with Zoom’s nomination for the Washington Times
Will Biden’s new term limits affect voters? The hill
Jurors selected in Hunter Biden’s gun trial and opening statements scheduled for Tuesday Associated Press (Kevin W)
FirstEnergy, center of bribery conspiracy, may officially beat rap this summer Cleveland (Carla R)
Ours is No Longer Free
Money problems, personnel problems are stressing Intercept Semafor
How School Shootings Are Changing the Design of America’s Classrooms Wall Street Journal (Dr. Kevin)
Oil alliance OPEC+ extends combined crude production cuts to 2025 CNBC (Kevin W)
Bad weather and the Red Sea crisis are driving up oil prices
Not being trusted
Microsoft may be about to write a fat check to avoid a cloud antitrust complaint The Register
Bezzle
Toyota apologizes for cheating on car tests and suspends production of three models Associated Press (Kevin W)
The real estate crisis is clearly hiding The Hill
Google Can Save Your Phone If You Send It In For Repair With Non-OEM Parts Android Authority
Class War
CEOs made nearly 200 times more than their employees earned last year The Associated Press (Kevin W). Note that these metrics are below the CEO’s profit, so the ratio is even worse. Bill Lazonick and others have explained how long the form is.
Antidote du jour. carycat: “The occasional visitor to my yard”:
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
