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August 13, 2024 admin Finance 0

Pigeon left marijuana in the Stockholm Omni cafe with machine translation (Micael T)

Bullfighting, meat-only eating and abstinence: How the ancient Olympians prepared PhysOrg (Chuck L)

The Prisoners Who Gave Their Captors The Bird Now I Know (Dr. Kevin)

New Clues to Life’s Origins: Record-Breaking Mantle Rock Recovery Could Redefine Earth’s History SciTech Daily (Chuck L)

Scientists find oceans of water on Mars: Too deep to touch ScienceDaily (Kevin W)

Neuroscientists identify brain network critical to generation of creative ideas PsyPost (Chuck L)

On the Nature of Friendship A Neo-Feudal Review (Micael T). There is some noise in his signal. I hope you can fix that.

Want to know what Kinky is like? This new scientific scale can tell you PsyPost (Chuck L)

#Covid 19

Corrigendum: The XDV.1 recombinant variant causing the new outbreak in China is not Delta-recombinant but XDE JN-1 recombinant Thailand Medical News (expat2Uruguay)

Climate/Environment

Navajo Nation Says Short-Term Agreement Reached to Stop Uranium Transport on Their Lands During Talks Sputnik. Robin K: “Press US or anywhere to be found?”

‘They encouraged us to close our home. No more loans now’ Guardian (Kevin W)

California PD Rolls Out Nation’s First Electric Police Vehicle. Robin K: “It’s happening! To promote the value of the country that raises the alarm?”

China?

China Goes to New Extreme in Crackdown on Bond-Market Frenzy Bloomberg

Strikes hit China’s commodity, manufacturing sector as growth slows Nikkei

Bangladesh

Sheikh Hasina talks about US plot Indian Punchline (Chuck L, Kevin W)

US Regime Change in Bangladesh: The Danger of Ignoring US Intervention Brian Berletic, YouTube. Berletic paints very bright colors but provides evidence from Western sources to support his claims. You have to watch this video a bit to hear it, but Berletic has some jaw-dropping information from the US Wikileaks cables about the very tight, old, and inappropriate relationship between Yunnus and the State Department.

in Venezuela

US offers Maduro ‘amnesty’ – WSJ RT (Kevin W)

The breakup of Europe

German Economy Now Sees Slower Growth Through 2024 Bloomberg

Anti-Constitutional Wolfgang Streeck, London Review of Books

Old Blighty

Britain has lost respect for the police, says the Home Secretary after the Telegraph riots

The Dark Surrealism of the UK’s Totalitarian Turn Simplicius (Kevin W)

Gaza

‘On the brink of explosion’: Policeman killed in West Bank violence BBC

UN official condemns Israel’s killing of Palestinians in a school shelter in Gaza Anadolu Agency

Sanctions against Israeli ministers ‘must be on EU agenda’ – Borrell RT (Robin K)

Fitch downgrades Israel’s credit rating, warns war could last until 2025 Times of Israel

Iran rejects calls for a European ban as against international law Aljazeera

Iraq Invasion: How the US-Israel invasion ‘brings the sides together’ The Cradle. Chuck L: “From a few days ago, but still relevant.”

Israel violates Lebanese airspace 13 times a day, according to the Polygraph estimate

The New Cold War

Ukraine SitRep: Kursk Incursion Stopped Alabama Month (Kevin W)

Kursk invasion: That’s why Zelensky felt brave RT (Robin K)

Mercouris yesterday pointed to Russian MoD reports showing heavy losses of Ukrainian armored vehicles, apparently scarce and targeted, as well as 25 tanks:

Russian navy trained to target sites inside Europe with nuclear-capable missiles Financial Times

Western firms confirm Russian oil tankers despite sanctions Reuters

Imperial Collapse Watch

“A Complex Web of Bad Actors Working Together” – So is war inevitable? Alastair Crooke (Chuck L). Today’s must read.

How leading American experts see future Anti-Spiegel battles with machine translation (Micael T)

Col. Larry Wilkerson on Scott Ritter – Israel’s Declining Morale and Military Crisis Talks Are Working. Lots of great details.

Emmanuel Todd, The Conquest of the West – main ideas explained in English by Jeff Rich (Robin K). As of last month, still germane. See also: Conquest of the West: Emmanuel Todd By Chris Knight (Florida)

NATO is crazy. We must stop them before it is too late Protect Democracy (Micael T)

Trump

Musk hosts friendly chat with Trump on X after BBC delay

Trump and Musk, at X, Discuss Immigration and Shared Opinion US Wall Street Journal

Trump wants $100M in damages from DOJ for Mar-a-Lago search on The Hill. Lambert talked about this development yesterday, but this story is getting some play.

Kamala

Kamala Harris’s Inner Circle and California Democratic Way’s Lee Fang. In Glenn Greenwald’s System Update.

EXCLUSIVE: Nancy Grace reveals new evidence in Ellen Greenberg ‘suicide’ case that could hurt Josh Shapiro’s chances as VP Daily Mail (Li)

2024

14 hours of videos from Project 2025’s Presidential Administration AcademyProPublica (Robin K)

The government of Pennsylvania sent this out in no uncertain terms. Look at the answers. Not a bee (Li)

Ours is No Longer Free

EU warns Elon Musk about Donald Trump’s live broadcast tonight on X The Verge (Li)

The EU Threatens Elon Musk for Negotiations with Donald Trump, He May Run in the US Elections Michael Shellenberger (Li)

Elon Musk says ‘massive DDOS attack’ on X during Donald Trump interview with ABC Australia

Labor MPs start quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’ Guardian (angry). “In a Guardian story on Monday, former Twitter CEO Bruce Daisley said Musk should face disciplinary action and an arrest warrant if he continues to stir up public unrest.”

London Calling: Police Chief Threatens to Arrest People Worldwide for Online Speech Jonathan Turley

MR.BEAN (Rowan Atkinson) – Communist Britain?! Freedom of Speech?! YouTube. When you lost Mr. Bean….”

Police State Watch

Ex-Law Enforcement and Ex-Military Officers Charged in Sham Raid to Extort OC Man at Behest of Chinese National Justice.gov (David M)

Mr Market is in Moody

Natural gas has never been this low as negative prices are prevalent Texas Fortune (Kevin W)

Don’t bet against the Telegraph’s massive market crash

The labor market may not be as weak as Axios seems

Canadian housing foreclosures to surpass global financial crisis levels The Globe and Mail

The AI

AI Dynamic Pricing Ian Welsh (Micael T)

Boeing helicopters…and more!

NASA Investigation Finds Boeing Blocks Americans’ Return to Moon Flying Magazine. Paul R: “The Boeingization of Boeing Continues”

Bezzle

Coca-Cola Faces $16 Billion Tax Battle: Ongoing Dispute with IRS Puts Profits and Money at Risk Francine McKenna. As of last week, still germane.

Existing quantum machines could be used to disrupt the stock market New Scientist (Dr. Kevin)

Bitcoin’s hashprice, a key metric that measures how much money miners earn per unit of computing power, fell to an all-time low of $40 per unit per day on August 8, 2024 The Currency Analytics.

Guillotine Watch

Low tax countries attract the world’s richest Financial Times

Class War

Perhaps Killing and Humiliation by Whole Point Alon Mizrahi (Dr. Kevin). Important

The refusal of the American people to continue paying higher prices may have a significant impact on inflation in the US Associated Press (Kevin W). Indirect confirmation of the greedflation thesis.

The UK’s top CEOs earn more per year than the average worker in a lifetime – RT study (Robin K).

Survey: Half of US cardholders now have credit card debt, many don’t have a plan to pay it off The Daily Item

Antidote du jour. Tim H: “Here are the Doodles, about 16 years old here, in the Magnificat setting.”

And a bonus (Chuck L). Aaaaw! Isn’t this a big cheetah litter?

See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.

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