Link October 5, 2024 | Naked Capitalism

#COVID-19 (new coronavirus infection)

I can’t do this anymore. We’ve been forced to forget everything we’ve learned about the coronavirus over the past five years, and we’ve been pretending to be confused for years. Since 2020, the coronavirus has hit us hard. If you have coronavirus, your heart is probably not okay.

first… pic.twitter.com/I3vYNFo7qF

— Laura Miers (@LauraMiers) October 4, 2024

Explain why now is the right time to ease public health measures against the coronavirus. https://t.co/NeSg4EmV2J pic.twitter.com/kUsMdi7Iz4

— Bob Morris, MD, PhD (@rdmorris) October 4, 2024

Climate/Environment

US nuclear regulators urged to address ‘dirty bomb’ risks to society and economy Reuters

Former CQuest Capital CEO Ken Newcomb faces criminal charges over multi-year carbon credit fraud REDD Monitor (Michael T)

Antarctica is ‘greening’ at a dramatic rate due to climate overheating guardian

Hell has frozen over in Texas – the state will be connected to the US power grid for the first time through the gridnt Electrek (Kevin W)

Researchers develop new banana variety that can withstand ‘bananacalypse’ ZME Science (Dr. Kevin)

How climate risks complicate central bankers’ jobs financial times

China?

More completely believable China articles from The Economist 😂 pic.twitter.com/qHjIriAOIu

— Thomas Fudge (@battleforeurope) October 4, 2024

EU relieved by China’s EV tariff vote but wary of Beijing’s retaliation South China Morning Post

antipode

Australian housing is a “pyramid scheme”macro business. I thought this way back in 2002, when prices in Sydney (admittedly a great city at the time) were already on par with New York, and prices just kept going up and up.

Minamar

‘It’s like being trapped’: Ethnic minorities suffer in conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine state Al Jazeera

Bangladesh government collapses due to economic turmoilWion

Africa

Dangerous conflict in the Horn of Africa economist

Chagossians criticize lack of say in British islands handover deal BBC (Kevin W)

discord in europe

The EU could disappear’: Macron warns European leaders about performance compared to US and China LBC

EU military industry promotion plan may fail to meet targets, watchdog warns Reuters

France to cut down some vineyards as global demand for wine declines Bloomberg (Dr. Kevin)

Gaza

How the US worked overtime to deliver weapons to Israel ProPublica (Robin K)

West Bank crisis intensifies amid global attention on Gaza middle east monitor

This abhorrent claim needs to be debunked. The last election was in 2006. Hamas won with 44% of the vote and, as it is now known, also had the support of the Israeli government. Voter turnout in Gaza was 75%, so only 33% of Gazan adults at the time voted for Hamas. The median age in Palestine is 19.7 years, so in 2006 almost half of the population was under the voting age (18 years). But yes, any excuse for collective punishment will not work. That’s before we get to the next fact. Hamas stopped campaigning against Israel as a Jewish state in 2017 And he limited his opposition to Zionism.

Retired member of Israeli military intelligence unit 8200: “After October 7, 2023, one way to restore Israel’s deterrence in the Middle East is to continue the cycle of killing and destruction. Most of the Gaza residents are Hamas ” and deserves to be ruthlessly exterminated.” pic.twitter.com/GIAaNd05J6

— Ramy Abdu | और देखें October 3, 2024

Retired member of Israeli military intelligence unit 8200: “After October 7, 2023, one way to restore Israel’s deterrence in the Middle East is to continue the cycle of killing and destruction. Most of the Gaza residents are Hamas ” and deserves to be ruthlessly exterminated.” pic.twitter.com/GIAaNd05J6

— Ramy Abdu | और देखें October 3, 2024

israel vs lebanon

Death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon rises to 2,011, 9,535 injured anadolu agency

Lebanon says Israel crashes on key border road after Beirut attack D.W.

The genocidal Israeli army has just attacked the main road connecting Lebanon and Syria at the Al-Masna crossing using US MK-84 bombs.
As you can see, the crater is huge and the roads are closed.
They do not want Lebanese to seek shelter or medical treatment outside Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/ObWHKD54f0

— HadiHtt | هادي حطيط (@HadiHtt) October 4, 2024

What are the Biden administration’s motives in the Middle East? Mondo Weiss (Tom H)

israel vs iran

Israel could strike a wide range of Iranian targets, from missile batteries to oil refineries to nuclear research labs NBC

Attacks on Iranian oil infrastructure push oil prices above $100 – Middle East energy researcher Sputnik (Kevin W)

Multiple Iranian news outlets and Telegram channels affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards said, “Iran has warned the United States that if it targets our refineries, it will target refineries across the region, including Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, and Iran.” and set fire to the oil fields.” UAE and Bahrain. ”

— Sina Toossi (@SinaToossi) October 1, 2024

Goldman Sachs announces that oil prices could rise by $20 due to Iran oil shock CNBC

Iran cannot cause a global oil crisis without hurting its biggest ally. telegraph

A new war that’s not so cold war

New NATO chief supports Ukraine’s call for full-scale attack on Russia politiko

syrakistan

Pakistan locks down capital, jailed former Prime Minister Khan calls for protests Nikkei Shimbun

big brother is watching over you

License plate readers create a nationwide database of more than just cars Wired (BC)

Someone equipped Meta’s smart glasses with facial recognition technology to instantly identify strangers. 404 Media (Dr. Kevin)

Collapse of national security elite’s cyber company leaves bitter aftertaste Associated Press

imperial collapse watch

Without a soft veto over institutions, states use military force as a hard veto.
– After the Cold War, Russia was excluded from major European institutions. Europe will be organized under NATO and the EU, and eventually all Europe will be members except Russia… pic.twitter.com/HRJuyxDYsj

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) October 4, 2024

things don’t always get better Aurelian. Historically speaking, progress is a recent idea.

playing cards

This is a really great confession from a top insider about everything I’ve been taught from the outside about how the CIA effectively controls the Department of Justice. https://t.co/lsSSlyfiCa

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) October 4, 2024

Kamala

Kamala Harris invites Visa CEO to vice president’s residence as government sues company Ryan Grimm (Michael T.). It looks like Rina Khan doesn’t have much time left to live.

2024

Biden appears in WH briefing room for the first time in history to warn that election could turn violent New York Post (Kevin W)

House Democrats’ new bogeyman: Project 2025 the hill

immigration

US won’t renew legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants Reuters (Fergy). I feel guilty about this action so close to the election.

From the people who brought you Project 2025: Fabricated evidence of voter fraud Brennan Justice Center (Fergy)

Haitian gang massacres at least 70 people, thousands flee Reuters (Fergy). What’s funny is that it’s only when the government (according to the story above) is trying to deport some Haitians by not renewing their Temporary Protected Status that I see an MSM article about how bad the situation is in Haiti. It is to do.

Helen’s aftermath

North Carolina asks Zelensky for $100 billion in US funding Babylon Bee

Tim Kennedy on FEMA: ‘They are directly interfering with our ability to accomplish our mission’

“Last night, I went to put some people into a hotel, and there was a security guard at the hotel who said, ‘Oh, I’m sorry, the entire hotel is booked with a federal permit…’ pic.twitter.com/CMpfigYSuF

— Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) October 4, 2024

Check out reports from helicopter owners attempting rescues:

I just received this text 20 minutes ago.

The level of incompetence of the bellicose government is astonishing!! pic.twitter.com/wWbBR7FfUo

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 4, 2024

Our press is no longer free

Censorship allegations resurface as new advertising coalition forms Take Back the Net (Michael T.)

Waltz’s War of Words: A Blatant Distortion of the First Amendment Take Back the Net (Michael T.)

The Council of Europe has concluded that Julian Assange is being held as a political prisoner here in the UK. @guardian @telegraph @thetimes @BBC News Nothing has been reported about this judgment. Please stop making comments about NK, Russia, and China regarding political prisoners. pic.twitter.com/qMmLKhCVTO

— Esheru (@EsheruKwaku) October 4, 2024

Mr. Market is dizzy.

Bank of England warns markets are prone to sharp declines times

A.I.

OpenAI is bad business Ed Zitron (Michael T.)

Three Mile Island owner seeks taxpayer support for Microsoft AI deal Washington Post (Kevin W)

basil

Documents reveal that Thermo Fisher factory that makes RSV drug for infants violated FDA regulations Reuters (Robin K)

class war

Port strike ends as workers agree to interim agreement on wages and contract extensions CNBC (Kevin W)

Mediation talks with defense contractor Boeing resume after Biden-led dock strike suspension WSWS

An immediate antidote. Tracy H: “It might be hard to tell what you’re looking at, but this is the top view of a bumblebee with its nose buried in a flower.”

And bonus:

I can’t stress enough how important it is for enthusiasts to see this gorilla bathing dance. pic.twitter.com/mIxKxb9JOJ

— Nature is amazing ☘️ (@AMAZlNGNATURE) October 4, 2024

See yesterday’s link and antidote. here.