Saturday, May 30, 2026
Manufacturing Consent for Trump’s Invasion of Cuba
Team Trump’s rhetoric against Cuba gets louder despite the lack of legal justification.
A New Iron Curtain Is Inevitable
European hostility towards Russia and related trouble-making have hit the point where Russian Ambassador invoked a new Iron Curtain.
Coffee Break: Ancient Art, the Return of Analog, Science in Distress, and Death Is for Losers
Part the First: Functional Art from the Enigmatic Daunians. William Morris famously wrote, “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” Of course, his beauty in response to the immiseration of the working class was for the English rich but nothing is perfect. Our old […]
When ICE Ramped Up Enforcement, US‑Born Workers Didn’t See Any Economic Gains
US natives did not see wage gains from ICE crackdowns. But the story looks more complicated than some suggest.
Iran War: New Reports of Agreement on Memo of Understanding Effectively Shot Down by Bessent as He Also Repeats Threats Against Oman; Israel Attacks Beirut; More Warnings of Energy Price Cliff Plus Claim Trump Made Illegal Below-Market SPR Sales
Today’s Iran war news: More Axios “deal is sealed” fake news as real economy costs of continued conflict look even more dire.
In His “Radical Centralism” Essay, Tony Blair Is, As Usual, Talking His Book
And that book was written by Larry Ellison.
It’s Not Just High Gas Prices – Inflation Is Now Spreading Through the US Economy
Inflation is rising and set to become more severe and puts the Fed in a bind.
Is the AI Data Center Boom Building the Infrastructure for Tokenization and Control?
If the AI bubble bursts, the data center build-up could become the infrastructure for economic tokenization and state surveillance
The Brits, French, & Germans Are Now Right on Russia’s Doorstep
Russia has cleared its throat about naked European escalatory threats and belligerent moves. What next?
Iran War: US Attacks Iran for Second Day as Trump Rejects Leaked Iranian Outline of Terms, Threatens to Bomb Oman; US Draining of Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Contain Energy Prices Means Energy Cliff Arrives Sooner
Today’s Iran war update: The US and Iran trade blows as Trump forcefully rejects fundamental Iran demands and Israel pounds Lebanon.
Electile Dysfunction—Why Can’t the Democrats Get Their Polls Up?
Quelle surprise! The Democrats will not attend to the material needs of its traditional popular base because it is thrall to its donor class.
Satyajit Das: Book Essay: In Western Eyes – A History of the idea of the West
A treatise on what the idea of the West falls short on synthesis but still provides good grist for discussion.
