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Small Hippos and Elephants Once Roamed Cyprus, Until Humans Arrived Scientific Notices (Chuck L)

Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Is Amazingly Scientifically Accurate, Mirroring Complex Atmospheric Physics ZMEScience (Dr. Kevin)

The world will get another moon this month – but not for long! Space (Micael T)

Breakthrough study predicts catastrophic river shift threatening millions around the world ScienceDaily (Kevin W)

What happened to Easter Island? New Research Disproves the Best-Selling Theory of Human Collapse SciTech Daily (Chuck L). This story has been covered elsewhere, in case you missed it.

Anti-Rock Star Atlantic. Anthony L: “Leonard Cohen”

#Covid 19

CAUGHT: NYC Covid Czar Admits to Forced Vaccination and Drug-Induced Sex Orgies YouTube (IM Doc)

Researchers shortlist animals that may have started the COVID-19 pandemic 9News (Kevin W)

Climate/Environment

> EPA Scientists Say Pressured to Reduce Risks From Chemicals. The Watchdog Got Their Revenge. ProPublica (Kevin W)

Avoiding microplastics has become a luxury. The Atlantic (Dr. Kevin)
End of an era’: UK to ask for bailout of its last coal-fired power station Daily Sabah

Germany Needs New Natural Gas Capacity to Meet Its Coal Phase Out Fuel Prices

Drought and wildfires threaten the power supply in the Brazilian Amazon’s largest city

China?

China’s growing military activity makes a transition to war harder to see, warns the Taiwan Financial Times

US maintains missile program in Philippines as China tensions rise Reuters

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The Great China Car Blitzkrieg Michael Dunne (guurst)

China’s dairy farms are swimming in milk like a few babies, the demand to slow down the economy Reuters

ASPI’s two-decade Critical Technology Tracker ASPI. Discussed: China leads the world in 57 of 64 key technologies; from 3 of the last 20 years of Hacker News (Paul R)

Fukushima water under the bridge between China, Japan Pekingology

Show force’: are North Korea’s missile tests a sign that it has stopped cooperating with the US? South China Morning Post

The Antipodes

New Zealand’s economy contracted in the second half of the Business Times

The breakup of Europe

German economy could shrink again in Q3, Bundesbank warns Reuters

“Help! My child is on the right side!”: A leading Berlin newspaper offers “tips for democratic parents” who are forced to deal with “undemocratic children” Germany has the world’s stupidest political speech. Egypt

France’s record deficit could break the law on tax hikes in Le Monde

Old Blighty

UK Deficit Passes Blow to Reeves as Debt Hits 100% of GDP Bloomberg

Farage says Reform can win election as conference leans heavily on Guardian (Kevin W)

Gaza

Attacks on telecommunications equipment in Lebanon violate international law, could be war crimes: UN human rights chief Arab News

Israel kills top Hezbollah commander in Beirut attack on Mondoweiss

An Israeli attack on Lebanon could spark doomsday scenes and all-out war, a senior Daily Mail official said.

Israel vs. Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran — and The New York Times (Dr. Kevin)

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Israel’s First Explosives Are Approved and Executed. Now Comes Paranoia And Your Phone Won’t Be The Next Wired Explosive Pair (Dr. Kevin). I doubt this will be dispositive. But most consumers are governed by inertia, and will instead take the view that they are highly unlikely to be swayed. And the truth is that the most dangerous thing that people do on a regular basis, which is used cars (or here motorcycles) is more dangerous than the explosive power of electrical equipment.

The New Cold War

SITREP 9/20/24: Ukraine Allies Arms Drought Like Clockwork Simplicius

Ukraine – Latest Front Line Reports Point To Systematic Failure Alabama Month (Alabama Month)

EU support shrinks as Ukraine faces looming winter energy crisis EUObserver

Let Ukraine into the heart of Russia, MEPs urge EU countries in Politico

Putin ally warns West of nuclear war with Ukraine Reuters

Russia-Ukraine war: US imposes new sanctions on Russia and North Korea – as reported by the Guardian

Russia-EU Trade Grows For First Time Since November 2023 Sputnik. As there were periods of earlier growth since the war began (Robin K)

West still relies on Russia’s nuclear power sector, shielding Moscow from further sanctions, report warns Sky News

Ukrainian special forces bomb Russian base in Syria: Cradle Report (Kevin W)

A hidden network in Sweden makes defense materials for Ukraine Aftonbladet with machine translation (Micael T)

Immigration to another country

Sudanese refugees in Egypt caught in the middle of conflict and abuse Middle East Monitor

Big Brother Watching Watching

On the emerging digital panopticon NeoFeudal Review (Micael T)

Imperial Collapse Watch

The Decline of America: What Happens Next? ZMEScience (Dr. Kevin)

The Rise and Fall of Higher Education and the Crisis of Medieval Universities Ian Welsh (Micael T)

‘Genocide Gentry’ Consortium News (Robin K)

Biden

Biden touts economic gains, admits a long way to go to Politico (Kevin W). First “Biden” headline in a while.

Trump.

This did not happen. There was a small problem that was not properly covered in relation to the Global Financial Crisis. Banks sold portfolios of credit card receivables. This should have been through transfers even though the banks continue to provide cards. When auto is put in trouble, consumers say, “You need to eat the food that’s gone or we’re not going to buy this stuff again.” There was no way the banks would have the balance sheet strength, much less the problem, to keep the new credit card receivables.

However, if Trump finds a way to implement a different version of this idea (a higher rate on new credit card loans), it could force the industry to return to something similar to its model from the 1980s: strict about extending credit, and setting annual fees (all they’ve had since then , the goal was to make sure they made money on the consumer side for customers who paid their balances in full every month).

2024

Dems “Have No Hope” of Winning Election Warns Green Party VP Candidate Butch Ware Glenn Greenwald. Muslim voters are starting to throw a big spanner. Most will not vote for either party.

In Unprecedented Move, Ohio Funds Construction of Private Religious Schools ProPublica (Kevin W)

Ours is No Longer Free

Taibbi and Kaminsky: Why are we victims of the State Department? No idea, YouTube. A useful overview if you are not up to date on this particular subject.

Mr. The Market Got Its Way

The Fed says its long-awaited rate cuts are not political, even as the presidential election approaches Iowa Capital Dispatch (Robin K)

Not being trusted

High insulin prices spark federal lawsuit against three pharmacy benefit managers The Associated Press (Kevin W)

Qualcomm wants to buy Intel The Verge (Paul R). Do not try to catch a falling safe.

Class War

The largest port on the US East Coast, New York/New Jersey, begins preparing for what could be the first union strike since 1977 CNBC (Kevin W)

Antidote du jour (mrsyk):

This is The Dude (he, it’s a long story but he transforms into his kind of Lola drag on us. His stage name is Lady Stardust, which is described as “pen dust with teeth. Littermate to the previously featured Jean Claude, so I beg your patience.

All the best from the southern Greens of Vermont,

Bonus (Chuck L):

Second bonus (guurst):

Bonus three (Chuck L):

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

BRICS and the Devaluation of the Dollar: Another Disaster or Possible?




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