Links 10/9/2024 | bare capitalism

October 9, 2024 admin Finance 0

Wrinkles reveal whether elephants are left- or right-handed, study finds The Guardian (Dr. Kevin)

Witches all over the world aeon

Keynes in Dublin Book Review (Anthony L)

It’s All Out of the Water: Should a Philosopher Have Sayings? Point (Anthony L)

Why painting (still matters) in the New Statesman (Anthony L)

Needles in Haystacks: The Lost Story Chris Dalla Riva (Anthony L)

Climate/Environment

Weather warning as world’s rivers dry up at fastest pace for 30 years Guardian

Is Arctic methane causing a climate problem? Julian Cribb

Greek honey production is declining due to climate change in the country. No baklava?

Britons Urged to Dig Unnecessary Power to Cope with Copper Shortage

China?

The country is suing TikTok, saying its addictive features are hooking children The Washington Post

Chinese Stocks Fall Most From 2020 on Stimulus Skepticism Bloomberg

Foxconn is building an Nvidia superchip center in Mexico, executives told Reuters

China wants school teachers to hand over their passports to the Financial Post (Dr. Kevin)

The breakup of Europe

The US Navy was said to have been on the scene shortly before the Nord Stream was destroyed, Danish newspaper Weltwoche reports with machine translation (Micael T)

New record: More pensioners than ever rely on NOZ help with machine translation (Micael T)

How the European Union passed a bold new law to protect our planet’s forests, but realized it was a logistical and administrative nightmare that no one wanted Eugyppius (Micael T)

Old Blighty

Russian spies planning ‘chaos’ on Britain’s streets, MI5 chief warns Financial Times

Israel v. The Resistance

Investigating war crimes in Gaza I Al Jazeera Investigations YouTube (furzy)

The Year of Murder and Famine Daniel Larison

SWIMMING AFTER THE WAR YEAR Seymour Hersh

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Israel Netanyahu warns Lebanon could face destruction like ‘Gaza’ Aljazeera. So now it’s official policy as opposed to being isolated from behavior.

For the Skeptics – Hizbullah Reports Alabama Moon Return

Hezbollah says Israel is using UN troops as ‘human shields’ in southern Lebanon The Cradle (Kevin W)

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Col. Larry Wilkerson: Israel Is on the Verge of Destruction in a War Against Iran and Hezbollah! Dialogue Works, YouTube. Includes important discussions about the US and Iran’s hostility over the Strait of Hormuz

Iranian ‘Ahmad Chalabis’ Helps Israel Plan Bombing of Iran Antiwar.com (Micael T)

Israel faces $66bn military bill as economic woes deepen The Cradle (Kevin W)

After a year of war, Israeli unity is shaken and support for RT is bleeding

Scott Ritter: Is Israel’s Complete Defeat Against Iran and Hezbollah Near? Dialogue Works, YouTube. Ritter also discusses how the idea of ​​a nuclear test claim is impossible (it’s still 10 miles below the surface which doesn’t seem right, but he has solid knowledge about IAEA inspections and how difficult it would be to get around them. Ritter explains that it doesn’t take a lot of testing to deliver a nuclear bomb “with a tool gun” as opposed to a missile See from 28:50 for “gun tool”/

The New Cold War

Ukrainian soldiers are like mushrooms; The Russian army favors Marat Khairullin

War’s Critical Impact Shines As Russia Tightens Terms of Simplicius Talks (Kevin W). I wasn’t very specific in my writing of Lavrov’s Newsweek interview repeating Putin’s policies from June 14. Lavrov made it clear that he was confirming Putin’s position. It’s really surprising that Russia is sticking to its Kursk-provided guns. We linked to Anadolu Agency’s coverage at the time to show that not only was everything Lavrov said in Putin’s long speech, but that Anadolu Agency then repeated the same points Lavrov made again.

Zelensky cancels November ‘peace conference’ RT (Kevin W)

Former NATO Chief Stoltenberg Could Have Stopped Ukraine Conflict, But He Fueled It Instead of Sputnik

Big Brother Watching Watching

Smart TVs Are Like a ‘Digital Trojan Horse’ for People’s Homes ars technica. I’ve been thinking that.

Imperial Collapse Watch

Trump

Letter Raises Unverified Claims About Trump-Putin Ties New York Times (Kevin W)

Kamala

Kamala Harris Struggles to Cut Out Working Class, Democrats Fear The Wall Street Journal

Harris’s Biden-esque campaign ‘hiding in the basement’ worries Dems Just News. However, after that 60 Minutes interview, hiding seems to be his best option.

Kamala’s True Grit: Harris Accepts Shots During Biden-Harris Administration Jonathan Turley. Also see the IM Doc in the comments for yesterday’s links on Glocks.

2024

Problems with Polls New York Review of Literature

Trump and Harris are very different in science, but they share things in common on US technology policy Interview (Kevin W)

Milton

Millions in Florida told to leave as Biden makes Hurricane Milton ‘life or death’ warns BBC. Where are they going? Are they sleeping in their cars in Walmart parking lots in safe areas?

Why experts are so afraid of Hurricane Milton The Hill

Helen Aftermath

‘Worst I’ve Ever Seen’: Disinformation Chaos FEMA Hammer Politico. A desperate and shameful new excuse for censorship. What matters to citizens is that if FEMA gets help in distressed areas. Team R’s misrepresentation of operations will not interfere with the delivery of aid. What could hurt is FEMA’s reputation and Kamala’s chance to win.

Compare this attack with the report from KLG that Lambert ran yesterday:

My sources have no reason to lie. Maybe some exaggeration but it all seems very possible to me.

FEMA is a charlie foxtrot, no matter what its apologists and administrators say. Almost everyone who applies for $750 is denied. For example, if you have insurance, you are missing $750 because your kind insurance company will pay. Yes, but for many, after being dragged kicking and screaming to cut the check. The assistant rents his house in rural Georgia. His loss is real but because he is an employer, no amount of $200 can replace the farm produce and meat lost in his freezer due to a church without electricity. That’s all he asks. $200B or whatever in Ukraine but no $200 for him. Some areas still do not know when electricity will be restored. Compared to the mountains of North Carolina, these are lucky. This is the message people are getting…It could be worse when Milton storms Tampa-St. Pete on Wednesday night. Strong winds return to 150 mph in 24 hours. This can be a killer.

Fact-checking lies about FEMA funding and Hurricane Helene NPR (bad). Note this claim:

As of Sunday, FEMA says it has provided more than $137 million in aid to six southeastern states, including 7,000 government workers, nearly 15 million meals, 14 million gallons of water, 157 generators and tarps more than half a million.

137 million dollars related to the scale of this crisis. Lambert also indicated that he can expect to see news about FEMA assistance coming in now, and he hasn’t seen any on his main feed set. Not that we can prove we are negative or even close, but….

Hurricane Helene is America’s Chernobyl moment Unherd (Anthony L)

I think this kind of thing is also what the wannabe censors are upset about. But this piece quotes FEMA documents and uses one of their videos: Survival of the Wokest Lau Vegys

The Watchdog received $7B in unspent FEMA funds — even though DHS Secretary Mayorkas said none were available for future disasters, according to the New York Post.

US lawmakers seize FCC’s $900M Starlink scam following Hurricane Helene The Register.

Ours is No Longer Free

Think Tank Campaign to Censor Satire Bring Back the Net (Micael T)

Never Forget Mark Wauk (Micael T)

Not being trusted

Epic Triumphs as Judge Orders Google to Open Android Gates to the Net (Micael T)

Class War

Automation Is Called “Productivity Growth” Dean Baker, Counterpunch

Cognizant Discriminated against Non-Indian Employees, US Judge Says Bloomberg

Antidote du jour (via):

And bonus (Robin K):

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

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