I’ve been harping on this theme for a while. In particular, I’ve been arguing that, at this point, the disaster is baked in. The only question is, How bad does it get if Trump continues his crazy war? This is especially pertinent because Iran has made it clear…
Nothing significant is expected to change, and the symbolism of a Russian-friendly leader returning to power just as another in Hungary was deposed balances out the outcome of these two “battles”. Former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev’s Progressive Bulgaria coalition won an astounding 44.7% of the vote in…
Here is a salient place to start regarding the economic impact of the Donald’s misbegotten war on Iran: To wit, approximately 7 billion ton-miles of freight moves by truck each and every day in the USA, which heavy truck fleet consumes upwards of 2.9 million barrels per day (mb/d) of diesel fuel.
What this big dumb relic says about the 1990s. A recurring theme of 1990s Hollywood is the soul-sapping tedium of what today we might describe as ‘normiedom’. Unlike the 1970s era media, the institutions of power are usually portrayed as morally sound and reasonably honest (The X-Files…
As the Iranian talks collapsed, Trump again issued a series of major threats about wiping out all Iranian power plants and the like: We’re offering a very fair and reasonable DEAL, and I hope they take it because, if they don’t, the United States…
AMD’s advanced AI lab reveals shocking proof AI is being cucked for us ‘regular folk’ as it expands in ability exponentially for the ruling class. Something very strange has been happening to the most powerful technology ever handed to ordinary people, and I want to describe it carefully,…
The ritual transfer after Charlie Kirk: how Georgia, Arizona, and Arkansas exposed TPUSA’s deeper crisis — and its submission to Israel and the wider Zionist project. Erika Kirk is no longer surviving on grief alone. She is trying to stay relevant through drama, fear, borrowed martyrdom, and the dead…
For nearly a decade, the 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville has been portrayed as a defining moral crisis of the Trump era. Across the media and in political speeches, Charlottesville became shorthand for “Trump-era” hate. In his 2019 campaign launch, Joe Biden called Charlottesville “a defining moment for this nation,” describing how “Klansmen…
The long-promoted practice of requiring vaccinations for those visiting newborns — known as “cocooning” — is facing renewed criticism from physicians who argue it lacks strong scientific support. “Cocooning” — the practice of requiring family members and caregivers to get vaccinated before visiting a newborn — should…
California gubernatorial candidate Tom Steyer launched a direct assault on the most powerful pro-Israel lobby in American politics, declaring that “AIPAC is a dark money organization that should have no place in our politics.” In a subsequent press conference, he added that “AIPAC is cheering on Trump and Netanyahu’s…
