Link November 5, 2024 | Naked Capitalism

Worms reproduce by injecting sperm into their own heads ABC Australia. Anthony L.: “It’s old, but it gave a whole new meaning to ‘dickhead.'”

Climate/Environment

New research suggests the ocean is absorbing more CO2 than previously thought science tech daily

Ethiopia bans import of gasoline-powered private cars; switching to electric vehicles will be difficult Associated Press

World’s largest transformer maker warns of supply shortage financial times

Los Angeles County files lawsuit over Pepsi, Coca-Cola’s role in plastic pollution crisis Los Angeles Times

Heavy rain disrupts train services in Barcelona as troops search for more flood victims in Valencia 9 News (Kevin W)

China?

EV battle between China and Europe intensifies business insider

Swiss universities not-so-neutral policy restricting applications from Chinese students South China Morning Post (Anthony L)

China’s Ministry of State Security announces gallium smuggling incident, increasing vigilance against espionage activities Global Times

Africa

Botswana’s surprising election chaos puts elites in the spotlight responsible national strategy

south of the border

Mexico has decided to eliminate the head of the drug cartel. It turned out to be a risky strategy
Haaretz (Robin K)

Ecuador survives week of power outages, protests and extended holidays Prensa Latina

Bolivian military camp occupied and soldiers kidnapped BBC

Cuba could face complete grid collapse as financial crisis deepens latin times

discord in europe

Balkan Blog: What went wrong for the EU in Georgia and Moldova elections? BNE

old blighty

Britain’s car finance fiasco threatens to collapse the economy telegraph

Thousands of blue-clad protesters join London march for clean water guardian

israel vs resistance

All residents of northern Gaza are ‘at imminent risk of death’, says UNICEF chief washington post

Live: Israel bombs Syria, hits Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital again Al Jazeera

Fake document scandal reveals Israeli efforts to undermine ceasefire negotiations Mondo Weiss

“The idea that we can end the bloodshed without doing justice[to the Palestinians]is not only a malicious but a dangerous illusion. That’s exactly what the ‘peace process’ is trying to do…That’s why , I object to that.”

In late 1994, a young Israeli anarchist named Yossi Wolfson… pic.twitter.com/CT0bbO3f4X

— BM (@ireallyhateyou) November 4, 2024

In northern Gaza, entire Palestinian families, including survivors, have been wiped out and removed from population registers. The “Shogun’s Plan” to reduce the population through extinction. https://t.co/ObIQH1hA3r

— Nicola Perugini (@PeraginiNic) November 5, 2024

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Israel issues draft notices to 7,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews anadolu agency

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From a few days ago, we still have a close relationship:

Al-Akbar:

○Washington and the U.S. Embassy in Lebanon did not allow Iraqi Airways to land at Beirut Airport and establish an air route to assist displaced people, insisting that aid supplies must first go through Jordan for inspection. .

○Washington also threatened… pic.twitter.com/CNWHcvCNV5

— Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) November 2, 2024

The Ditch is going to court. The Ditch (John B.). Reason for the lawsuit: “FedEx continues to illegally bring munitions into Israel through Irish sovereign airspace.”

Qatar’s B-52s — what is the Pentagon thinking? larry johnson

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Turkey moves to close Palestinian loophole to suspend trade with Israel Eyes of the Middle East. But we still have an elephant in the room in oil transportation.

A new war that’s not so cold war

Ukraine faces harshest winter yet as energy shortage looms politiko

Can NATO’s robotic weapons defeat Russia? Baltic leaders hope so. times

Chinese People’s Liberation Army officials visit Russia the day after Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. South China Morning Post

NATO intends to conduct “defensive wars” thousands of miles from its territory – Lavrov Tas

hat tip Alex Christopher. However, I could not confirm it by searching on the internet.

The highest order based on rules. Sanctions do not apply to the United States.

The U.S. Treasury Department currently approves financial transactions with several Russian banks.

This is to allow the purchase of renewable energy, oil, petroleum products, natural gas, coal, timber, and uranium.

— Sirius Report (@thesiriusreport) November 4, 2024

syrakistan

The stories we publish today are stories that really have to be read to be believed. It’s about America’s role in fomenting authoritarianism in Pakistan, but more broadly about how institutions like the New York Times treat the scourge of anti-Semitism solely as a weapon…

— Ryan Grimm (@ryangrim) November 3, 2024

imperial collapse watch

“Mr. Anwar: Rejected US call to not be friendly with Russia.”

“I responded: ‘That’s your problem. Don’t dictate to us. We are an independent, sovereign nation. We make decisions for our people and for our nation,'” he said. told Anthony Blinken. https://t.co/NnBT2ofEQZ

— Warwick Powell | Bao Shaoshan (@baoshaoshan) November 5, 2024

playing cards

Republicans are ready to support Trump if he runs for office. the hill

The potential coup coordination planning group here is called National Democracy Defenders Action. The state auditor’s office will need to monitor this group closely over the next two months. Because they are doing the same thing that the Biden World State Audit Office allegedly did to Trump World in 2020, but 100 times worse. https://t.co/ErXW05Bl8g pic.twitter.com/hQbLYZMLy8

— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) November 3, 2024

⛔️RFK Jr. Banned — The CDC lists water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century, and ranks the American Dental Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the United States Public Health Service, and the WHO. Recommended by nearly every public health and medical organization, including. . pic.twitter.com/kI02FPuUVS

— Eric Feigl Ding (@DrEricDing) November 4, 2024

2024

Where it rains on election day politiko

Voting in Florida begins tomorrow at 7 a.m.

Fortunately for you, we can watch the Republican spike in real time and see if there is a Democratic “spike.”

This will be the first test of whether this belief that Republicans have run out of ammunition by Election Day is true.

Florida isn’t like that…

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 4, 2024

America’s Reckoning: Does Gender Decide American Elections? financial times

Top Democratic strategist Jim Messina called the early voting numbers “horrible” on MSNBC, saying, “This is the biggest sign we’ve seen that early voting is a problem.” Kamala Harris says @MarkHalperin. Messina’s comment was “brutal honesty. Look at all the major urban centers that are swinging… pic.twitter.com/iXEa027m17

— 2WAY (@2waytvapp) November 4, 2024

But President Trump is flagging the endgame: Mark Halperin declares he’s ‘tired’ of Trump’s declining momentum, calls Pennsylvania rally ‘one of the worst things I’ve ever seen Trump hold’ mediate

Washington braces for potential unrest with new fencing surrounding White House and Harris mansion Sputnik (Kevin W)

Americans preparing for the Second Civil War New Yorker (Kevin W)

Pennsylvania election officials weigh in on challenges to 4,300 mail-in ballot applications Associated Press (Fergy)

Trump or Harris? Whoever wins will face a change of power in the global economy. guardian

OPEC+ postponements increase again due to low oil prices new york times

Mr. Market should be more sensitive.

From Britain to France to America, we may be headed for another financial crisis telegraph

Office CMBS delinquencies soar to 9.4%, highest since the worst months after the financial crisis wolf richter

A.I.

AI will kill writing – scientists RT (Robin K)

basil

Intel may be too big to fail — policymakers in Washington are already discussing potential solutions if the chipmaker doesn’t recover. tom’s hardware

From what I understand, production of the cheaper Vision Pro has been delayed for some time to 2027 and beyond. This means Apple’s only new head-mounted display device in 2025 will be the Vision Pro, which has an upgraded M5 processor.

What was the real reason Apple delayed the release of the low-priced version?

— Ming-Chi Kuo (@mingchikuo) November 3, 2024

class war

Insurers on high alert for risks of strikes, riots and civil unrest Insurance ERM

Boeing machinists approve new contract, end strike seattle times

Report shows unemployed Gen Zers are forced to turn down jobs because they can’t afford commutes and uniforms. Fortune (Kevin W)

Mysterious fees that make your grocery bills expensive angry bear

Temporary antidote (Mike K):