Penguin chicks survive iceberg BBC
Fannie and Freddie: Single Family Rate of Bad Delinquency Picked in August Risk Calculated
Nobody Knows Anything, The Beatles The Big Picture show
The weather
Helene’s impact was felt far and wide in several states south of PBS
Hurricane Helene causes more than 4.7 million power outages across the Southeast US S&P Global. Comment:
The mind whirls to see two storms, #HurricaneJohn on the left (west coast of Mexico), and #HurricaneHelene (Florida’s Big Bend region) to the right, both falling at about the same time. #Helene #Johnpic.twitter.com/5nf644NKi8
— Dylan Raines (@RainesOfEarth) September 27, 2024
‘Zombie’ Hurricane John regains strength as it returns to coast of Mexico Guardian
****** Scores dead and millions without power after Helene’s deadly march across the southeastern US AP
TEMA: Duke Energy Says Waterville Dam Failed, Evacuation Notice Still in Effect WIVK
****** Climate change is fueling storms like Hurricane Helene The Hill
America’s Climate Policy Explained: What Americans Need to Know RAND
Syndemics
Missouri investigates possible spread of H5N1 bird flu Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
Avian flu casts a wide net as US health officials keep watershed information Friday Fortune
Review shows bird flu control strategies ‘don’t work’ Pirbright Institute
****** SARS-CoV-2-specific plasma cells are not persistently established in the bone marrow long-term after mRNA vaccination Nature. From Discussion: “Here, we measure SARS-CoV-2 spike-specific [antibody-secreting cells (ASCs)] in abundance [bone marrow (BM)] Chambers up to 33 months after vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 mRNA and compared them with known long-term responses such as tetanus- and influenza-specific ASCs and showed the absence of SARS-CoV-2-specific ASCs in BM . [long-lived plasma cell (LLPC)s]. These findings provide a short-term mechanistic explanation for systemic antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA. “
A federal lawsuit challenging a mask ban in a New York suburb has been dismissed by the AP
China?
‘Make things happen’: China tries to rally risk-averse officials to revive economy South China Morning Post
Moving Bricks: Money Laundering Practices in the Online Fraud Industry Global China Pulse
Sri Lanka’s new Lenin-loving president disrupts the establishment of the FT
Philippines, US, Australia, Japan, New Zealand to hold joint maritime activity in South China Sea Channel News Asia
Water
Millions rely on the Mississippi—but the great river is dry National Geographic
War over water in Central Asia Ferghana Valley France24
India
Schools are feeling the heat as closures increase due to extreme weather events in Monga Bay
How Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand are challenging authoritarian rule South China Morning Post. Comment:
Bangladesh’s Carefully Engineered “Revolution” – Interim Prime Minister Yunus
You don’t even try to hide the coups anymore? 🤔
Muhammad Yunus admits plot to topple Sheikh Hasina at Clinton Global Initiative – then points to a “brilliant” child. pic.twitter.com/YlvEImw4Hd
— RT_India (@RT_India_news) September 26, 2024
Syracistan
Bowen: Massive strike in Beirut leaves West powerless as Israel scrambles to defeat BBC. Comment:
Israel carried out massive strikes in Beirut.
— Douglas Macgregor (@DougAMacgregor) September 28, 2024
“Here is the truth, Israel wants, desires, made and will make peace again”. Netanyahu’s address to the UN Times of India. Currently:
Photo of Netanyahu giving the order to strike south of Beirut tonight from New York, destroying several apartments. pic.twitter.com/LYRNtA9WPV
— Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) September 27, 2024
Israel says it has killed Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah FT. Currently:
Think about this
-The US gives Israel 8.7 billion dollars
-The US welcomes an internationally indicted war criminal (whose forces just killed an American) on US soil
-Hours *before* that leader’s forces attack Lebanon with US bombs, the US tells its citizens *that it will not help them flee pic.twitter.com/srGpYJmpqz– Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) September 27, 2024
****** As Israel Expands War, Gallant Defeats Netanyahu in Their Internal War Haaretz
Israeli forces break into Beirut Airport, threaten Iranian plane Anadolu Agency
****** Biden directed the Pentagon to review the position of the US military in the Middle East Anadolu Agency
Anti-Daesh/ISIS coalition operation in Iraq to end by 2025; US not ‘out’ Anadolu Agency
****** European, Arab and Muslim countries are starting a new plan for an independent Palestinian state AP
Hello Old Blighty
Keir Starmer: a technocrat without an Unmanaged system
Where do neoliberal economists think money comes from? Funding the Future
The New Cold War
Ukrainian Recruits Survive Only Days, Poorly Trained and Panicked – British Sources Military Watch. Comment:
There is actually an important lesson to be learned from this and other Ukrainian fiascos, the saga of Bakhmut and Zaporozhie Hundred Days comes to mind: Ukraine will end up losing this war in large part because it has been trying to fight beyond its means.⬇️
The… pic.twitter.com/HBxHt9nTGt
— Armchair Warlord (@ArmchairW) September 26, 2024
About 7,000 kilometers of power lines need to be dismantled in Kharkiv Oblast Ukrainska Pravda
****** Military aid to Ukraine at risk due to lack of funds from partners – Bloomberg Ukrainska Pravda
What are JSOWs? Long Range of US Bombs Donated to Ukraine Newsweek
****** The President of Serbia suggests that the war in Ukraine will end according to the Korean news outlet Ukrainska Pravda
Russia’s Nuclear Doctrine Change Is More Cautious Than It May Appear From The Wilson Center
South of the Border
Argentina’s poverty rate increased by more than 50% under Javier Milei FT
2024
Harris is on the phone at the US-Mexico border as he works to articulate a tougher stance on AP immigration
Lies Hope for a New Left Review. Israel.
Attorney Ilhan Omar presents Major Long Covid Bill Mother Jones
Not being trusted
Google CEO Says Antitrust Trials Could Go On For Years Bloomberg
Flawed Divestiture, Strong Prices on Steroids, and Hurting Workers: Why the Kroger/Albertsons Merger Should Be Suspended
Police State Watch
Never give your phone to The Verge police
Class War
How Easy Is It To Be Middle Class Now? Charles Hugh Smith, Of Two Minds
Virtual Contracts in American Courts (forthcoming) Drake Law Review
How Evangelical Christians Want to Influence American Politics Using… Museums of the Bible? A literary hub
Antidote du jour (Per-Ola Norman):
See yesterday’s links and the Antidote du Jour here.
