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Our political equinox is about to end. Whether it ends in light or shadow is our choice. Kansas Reflector (Robin K)
I’m…Herman Melville! Los Angeles Review of Books. Anthony L.: “Ray Bradbury, Houston, Moby Dick.”
Greedy Heart Dublin Review of Books. Anthony L.: Sontag and Steiner.
Divine Probability — Part I Philip Pilkington (Michael T)
#COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus Disease)
Pediatricians scale back COVID-19 vaccine vaccinationsKFF Health News (Robin K).
Well, let’s just say that the CDC didn’t update the dataset much and just dumped the exact same values from last week as a placeholder.
Nothing beats the crest of the wave being exactly when the CDC announces a pause for a few weeks. https://t.co/IRsYvGVRNs pic.twitter.com/br7JGtJxa1
— Sarah Ann Willett ♿️🌈👩🏻💻𓅆 (@amethystarlight) September 5, 2024
Climate and Environment
‘We are living a lie’: Astronaut makes shocking confession after seeing Earth from space International Affairs (Michael T)
The Texas billionaire who pushed Greenpeace USA to the brink of bankruptcy The Wall Street Journal (Dr. Kevin)
Study predicts extreme weather events will rapidly intensify over the next 20 years Physical Organization
Kuwait is flush with oil money but can’t keep up with electricity supplies The New York Times (Kevin W.)
China?
$6.5 trillion collapse in Chinese stocks worsens Xi Jinping’s economic crisis Bloomberg
China and SpaceX envision different ways to get to Mars Asia Times (Kevin W)
South of the Border
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez seeks asylum in Spain in election aftermath RT. Kevin W.: “The report says he took off on a Spanish Air Force jet. How obvious is that?”
Africa
Kenyan youth want real democracy Jacobin. Michael T: “Wow! Western values are being practiced in Kenya. Are they going to join the EU or NATO too?”
European Dision
Germany’s Lindner rejects Draghi’s joint borrowing proposal Politico (Kevin W.)
Wolfgang Streeck: “Zafra Wagenknecht is the only person who asks the right questions and provides the right answers” Thomas Fudge (Anthony L.). Translated from an interview.
Germany and the EU have abandoned reason Glenn Deesen as Robin K. Video embedded in post.
Minister: “This is a swamp. It needs to be cleaned up.” Aftonbladet. Michael T:
If it weren’t for the lives destroyed, this would have been a comedy of epic proportions, full of incompetence and inaction. “Interest rate ceilings will be reduced from 40 percent to 20 percent on top of the base rate.” 40 percent is shocking. 20 percent is still usury.
“The interest deduction on all unsecured loans will be eliminated” – The wealthy must be prevented from paying taxes, but the poor who need these loans to survive must be penalized.
How the public sector can get rid of cash Machine translated by Nachdenkseiten (Micael T)
Old Brittany
PM defends ‘tough decision’ over winter fuel suppliesFrom the BBC
Ministers face pressure from unions over winter fuel cuts The Guardian (Kevin W.)
Watching two Labour parties self-destruct Steve Kean (Chuck L.): Australia’s Labor Party is on the same trajectory as the UK.
Gaza
Breaking News🚨
Dr Maung Zarni, who studies genocide in Burma, returned from Israel and Palestine to see the horrific scenes unfolding there.
“This goes beyond what the Nazis embodied. I have never seen such brutal violence.”
Please listen and share his powerful testimony 🙏🏾… pic.twitter.com/uiBpiJGa6R
— Usman Noor (@ousmannoor) September 7, 2024
One of the craters made by the bombs dropped by Israel to commit the New Mawashi refugee camp massacre.
Never before has a crater this big been seen since the occupying forces began their genocidal war against Gaza.
This is unbelievable: entire Palestinian families wiped out. pic.twitter.com/kPqTjp2vWr
— Hussain (@EyesOnSouth1) September 9, 2024
Israeli “police” and “soldiers” prevent settlers from stealing goats from Zanuta, Masakhta Yatta. https://t.co/VskAAuDCHx
— Jalal #CeasefireNow (@JalalAK_jojo) September 9, 2024
Zionists are calling for more war and it may happen Moon Over Alabama (Kevin W)
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, Day 339: Israel ends West Bank operation, blockade continues Mondoweiss
New school term begins in West Bank as Gaza faces second year without education due to Israeli war Anadolu Agency
On October 7, many Israeli citizens were killed by the Israeli military.
Twenty-eight Apache helicopters had run out of ammunition and needed to be reloaded.
The mainstream media is finally catching up to this barrage of Hannibal Directives.
Read our report here Follow What actually happened on October 7th: pic.twitter.com/g5xhsNRJVQ
— DoubleDownNews (@DoubleDownNews) September 8, 2024
8-year-old Sama loses her hair after ‘mental breakdown’ NBC (Ma)
A new cold war
Senator Graham has openly stated that the US is only interested in Ukrainian raw materials. Machine-translated anti-Spiegel (Micael T)
Mapping Ukraine’s resources Historical meaning (Michael T)
Scholz and Pistorius discuss procurement of new missile defense system Gilbert Doctorow (Michael T.)
Ukrainian politician calls for ban on children leaving country RT (Kevin W)
Small countries are bound to make historic mistakes Vuzglyad (Michael T.)
Caucasus
To whom is Armenia losing its statehood and will its sovereignty be protected? Eastern Angle (Michael T)
Empire Collapse Watch
What I got wrong about ‘shock therapy’” Matt Taibbi, DropSite
The Persistent Myth of “Isolationism” Daniel Larrison
Vietnamese TV warns of dangers of US NGOs funding and organizing color revolutions
When I was in Vietnam, this was the only real external threat people cited.
The world has woken up.pic.twitter.com/isgB6OIXO0
— Danny Haiphong (@SpiritofHo) September 9, 2024
Kamala
Patrick Lawrence: “The Joy of Voting” is a Nostalgia Delusion Consortium News (Chuck L)
Kamala Harris is Bearbock 2.0 Machine-translated anti-Spiegel (Micael T)
Trump
It’s now in the news in Hong Kong.
Donald Trump has threatened the whole world that the US will impose 100% tariffs if they do not use the US Dollar as the reserve currency and default international trading currency.
Anyone who thinks that ROW & BRICS+ are… pic.twitter.com/J3p4g9BX7H
— Eric Yeung 👍🚀🌕 (@KingKong9888) September 9, 2024
Additional details:
President Trump argues that losing the dollar’s dominance would turn the U.S. into a Third World country, and he seeks to use tariffs to maintain the dollar’s status.
He believes the Biden administration’s excessive use of sanctions has rendered them ineffective and led to more sanctions… pic.twitter.com/TucCPNsCuo
— 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 (@OopsGuess) September 10, 2024
The press is no longer free
Thank you to Kelly’s Law Firm Crispin Flintoff & Everyone Roger Waters & @georgellawayMy bail conditions have been revoked. This is my first tweet. pic.twitter.com/pk0vRIoCbc
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) September 8, 2024
Foreign election influence campaigns roar, but their effectiveness is questionable NBC
Awakened Watch
Don’t listen to the Habsburgs’ advice Dial (Anthony L.)
artificial intelligence
People who say “AI” are already being fooled Jacobin (Michael T.)
Elon Musk files new lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman CNN (Bob H)
More bands are seeing hits with AI-generated songs on streaming services Metal Injection Molding (Michael T)
Goodbye Tinder, hello Strava: Are ‘hobby’ apps the new social networks? The Guardian (Kevin W.)
Basil
EU Supreme Court orders Apple to pay €13 billion in back taxes Financial Times. We’ve written before about Apple’s Irish tax arrangement, which was crazy, and how it meant that the company didn’t have to pay tax anywhere in the world.
The Quantitative Easing Theory of Everything New Statesman (Furzy)
Class struggle
Anti-elite red lines Neoliberal feudalism (Michael T.)
what to do? The Wisdom of Crowds (Robin K.) On Populism.
Trouble on the farm Bleeding Heartland (Robin K)
Today’s antidote. Happy family! Tim H: “I’m going to let my brothers Gorgeous George (back) and Sir Munchkin Scruffles (front) rest their weary bodies.”
And bonus (Robin K):
The endangered Kagu bird meets another bird of its kind. pic.twitter.com/gagtgxhJRg
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) September 8, 2024
See yesterday’s link and the Antidote du Jour here.
