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August 20, 2024 admin Finance 0

Appearance and Performance: Who and Why? The NBER

Menopause: can women be healthier and happier if they menstruate forever? Guardian (Dr. Kevin). *Sigh* This lowers HRT as an alternative. HRT is demonized for increasing the risk of cancer, but if started before age 60 or within two years of menopause, it reduces all-cause mortality. Any increase in cancer incidence is more than offset by improvements in heart health.

Hopes dashed for drug to target spread of monkeypox virus in Africa Nature (Micael T)

Philippines reports new mpox case with no history of foreign travel Aljazeera

#Covid 19

Recent scientific research points to prolonged COVID in Australia to be an important and growing problem Bill Mitchell

Climate/Environment

Big Profits Investors Made in Disaster Bonds Raises Eyebrows Bloomberg

>Australia’s biggest water catch ABC Australia (Kevin W). I remember a big study back when I was in Oz, between 2002 and 2004, that Australia was exporting a huge amount of its scarce water to its ag exports and not getting paid enough for that. So this recognition comes too late.

Surprise, surprise! Article 6 carbon credits face exactly the same problems as voluntary carbon credits REDD Monitor (Micael T)

China?

China to restrict exports of strategic metal antimony Asia Times (Kevin W)

China expands export controls on drones, parts with potential military use South China Morning Post

China’s State Security Ministry Reveals Spying Concealed as Construction of Air Measurement Tower Global Times

Data shows China’s growing economic crisis: Youth unemployment First Post

California Democrats fear US tech company ‘death spiral’ with China curbs Reuters (guurst). As of last week, still germane.

The breakup of Europe

In their latest piece of completely logical and topical reporting, Der Spiegel is determined to “point to the evil” and asks which of our politicians could be “Hitlers secret” Eguyppus (Micael T)

This is how school profits are used to buy influence Aftonbladet (Micael T)

Trilaterals over Stockholm Jacob Nordangard (Micael T)

Old Blighty

Final paintings in Banksy’s animal series removed by London Zoo Guardian (Kevin W)

We can afford what we can Ann Pettifor (Micael T). And the entry of class warfare.

Poles Apart: Where We Agree Under Our Feet Rachel Donald (Micael T)

Drug supply crisis as half a million patients with ADHD and mental illness face shortages and self-reports

Gaza

‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 318: Gazans given new evacuation orders as Netanyahu insists on more ceasefire conditions Mondoweiss (guurst)

Hamas rejects Gaza ceasefire, accuses Netanyahu of imposing new ‘barriers’ ABC Australia (Kevin W)

Endgame: What is Israel’s plan for the occupied West Bank? Al Jazeera (Kevin W)

Exclusive: Egypt accepts Israeli control of Gaza border so Rafah reopens Middle East Eye

Fighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah despite diplomatic drive Guardian

Revisionist Zionists are tempting the US to pull the plug on their Nakba agenda Alastair Crooke (Chuck L). Important. The exposition is a bit baroque, but make sure you read to the end.

As war rages in Lebanon, refugees wonder how they will survive on Aljazeera

The Scottish Government is suspending all meetings with the Israeli Anadolu Agency

The New Cold War

US WITHDRAWAL FROM UKRAINE BEGAN WITH KURSK: CHINA’S FIRST INTELLIGENCE GAME FOR RUSSIA (Michael T). I can’t begin to test this but it’s a very different view than what we see in regular Russian matches or Russian friendlies. Those of you who read or listen to Russian sources in Russian, please comment.

America’s Shadow War in Ukraine Ken Klipperstein. Confirming what has long been suspected

Germany freezes military aid to Ukraine as budget crisis hits home The Telegraph

News of the Nord Stream attack makes the country boil Nachdenkseiten with machine translation (Micael T)

‘Hush’ Tusk tells Germany about Nord Stream revelations Brussels Signal

Suggestions that Poland helped destroy the Nord Stream are baseless, a presidential aide told Reuters

What are the Penalties? 85% of Russian Oil Finds Buyers in China and India Forbes

Zelensky Buffer Zone: Ukr Kursk Fire Bag, Niu-York Falls, Toretsk Stormed, Pokrovsk Fall Alexander Mercouris, YouTube. We get a good long shout out about what to do with a Washington Post article that says Russia and Ukraine have been negotiating to end a power war. I published this piece before realizing that Maria Zarakhova had issued a denial that there were discussions about human infrastructure. Mercouris read that as appropriate. As far as I can tell from a quick search, the power system, including the nuclear plants, is actually privately owned and would qualify as citizens. This statement is almost identical to Zarakhova surprisingly trying to deny that previous attacks hit “public” assets. Aurelien also noted in the comments:

I think a lot of the confusion comes from the loose use of words, just like that. I don’t think there has ever been a chance for a partial “arms treaty to be signed”. In particular, there would be no formal agreement. What may have happened are exploratory talks that lead to unwritten understandings about how war will be fought in the future. This happens surprisingly often in conflicts and does not mean direct contact between the parties. Natural messages that say “if you don’t do X we won’t do Y” can be conveyed to intermediaries, as in this case in Qatar. But I would imagine that the Russians’ immunity from force attacks would be only one part of any “deal,” perhaps in return for something the Russians wanted that we never heard about. In any case, such an “agreement” would be conditional, and the Russians could resume the attack at any time. So I don’t think we should see this as a sign of Russian weakness.

Putin makes it clear that talks with Kiev are now impossible – Lavrov TASS (guurst)

Elon Musk denies giving Cybertruck to Chechen leader Anadolu Agency

Big Brother Watching Watching

The US is developing a road safety system that will see cars ‘talk’ to each other Endgadget (Kevin W)

Ford’s Shocking New Idea Lets Cars Track Others and Send Data to Police and Insurance Companies Back the Net (Micael T)

The Golden Age of Hackers in Vegas Is Over 404Media (Micael T)

Imperial Collapse Watch

Political Freedom and Rawlsian Religion Edward Feser (Micael T)

Trump

Shares of Trump’s social media company hit their lowest level since the Financial Times went public

Trump Targets Biden’s EV Tax Incentives OilPrice

Supreme Court Gives Fani Willis New Deadline for Newsweek (confused)

The Democratic Convention

As Li points out. “The SCt kept pills, 60% of abortions are pills, it’s hard to take these people seriously.” But everyone who works:

Ahead of Democratic convention, outrage over ‘Little Palestine’ Chicago’s Daily Mail (Kevin W)

2024

GOP-controlled election board in Georgia passes law that could extend CNN certification delay

Anti-gerrymandering amendment on Issue 1 2024, but the battle is not over Signal Cleveland (Carla R)

Ours is No Longer Free

Meta has permanently banned The Cradle from The Cradle’s latest attack on free speech

Fired by MSNBC for Giving Voice to the Opposition to the Iraq War, Phil Donahue (1935-2024) Had the Courage of Common Dreams (Kevin W)

The AI

AI photo of ‘Donald Trump and Kamala Harris’ shows something is wrong 9News (Kevin W)

GM Cuts 1,000 Software Jobs As It Prioritizes AI TechCrunch

Real hourly wages, median income, and aggregate payments: July Angry Bear update

Bezzle

Tesla is testing whether shareholders have the power to overturn a judge’s Yahoo! Finance (Kevin W). The world is becoming more and more like an avalanche, see here Greater Hong Kong by Mr. Lee.

A debt strategy that appears to be unsustainable is becoming increasingly popular on Wall Street Fortune

Parents furious at Snoo after smart bassinet company charges for cot for crying babies Independent (Kevin W)

Class War

America’s Renter Population Grows Three Times Faster Than Homeowner Population Amid Rising Home Buying Costs Business Wire

Working: Hearth: Making computing more local Libre Network (Micael T)

Antidote du jour. Eric S:

I wanted to submit a picture of our cat, Skippy, for a time cure. Pictured here thinking about food vs nap, he is often referred to as the Chris Hemsworth of kitty cats because of his cute face (he still has his instagram: skippy_sleeps)

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

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