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Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Links 9/15/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 13 Comments »
Iran War: Ansar Allah Strikes Yanbu Port as Rising Energy Prices Help Push 10 Year Treasury Yields Over 5%
Today’s Iran war news: Ansar Allah makes biggest Saudi attack so far, hitting the Yanbu port and a key refinery as 10 year Treasury yields top 5%
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 20 Comments »
Poll Attributed to US State Dept Claims Most Mexicans Support Unilateral US Military Intervention Against Cartels
The notion that a majority of Mexicans would support US military action is beyond risible, and clashes with the findings of all other recent polls.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 4 Comments »
Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai: Why Keynes’ Proposals for a New Currency Order Are the Only Realistic Path to Durable and Stable De-Dollarization
Hudson and Desai revisit Keynes’ original Bretton Woods currency proposal, built on balance, capital controls, and writing off bad debts
Topics: China, Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:44 am | 3 Comments »
Coffee Break: AI Doomer Hypeloop Suspiciously Serves to Support OpenAI & Anthropic’s Agenda
A fortnight of manic MSM coverage of the dangers of AI has crescendoed with OpenAI and Anthropic calling for an AI freeze. When Bernie Sanders & Steve Bannon are agreeing with Altman and Amodei, run.
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 38 Comments »
The Meltdown in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Like many of the foundations of US middle-class life, employer-sponsored health insurance is breaking down, likely faster than you realize
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:56 am | 19 Comments »
Links 9/14/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 87 Comments »
Iran War: Saudi Pipeline Out for at Least a Month, Further Stressing Energy Supplies; Trump + Israel Readying Post-Midterms Big Attack? Iran Weighing NPT Exit
Today’s Iran war news: After Ansar Allah attacks, Saudis seem in denial about the weakness of their position.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 101 Comments »
The Long, Lawless Arm in the Fight Against ‘Anti-Capitalist Terrorists’ Reaches Into Europe as Autistici/Inventati Is Debanked, Hacked, and Has Its Domain Shut Down
The takedown of the digital collective has enormous implications for independent media, pro-privacy advocates, and the EU, which simply accepts it in silence as good vassals should.
Topics: Europe, Guest Post, New McCarthyism, Social values, Surveillance state
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 13 Comments »
‘The Uprising’ Shows How Medieval People Weren’t So Obedient After All
“The violence inherent in the system” remains remarkably consistent.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 21 Comments »
Links 9/13/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 142 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Proudly Presents: Blade Runner Final Cut (2007) Run Time 1H 57M Plus Bonuses!
Blade Runner is a movie about what it is to be human in a world of artificial humans.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 36 Comments »
Organizing for Survival in an Era of Climate Chaos
Systems are failing. What will replace them?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 6 Comments »
Links 9/12/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 133 Comments »
Africa’s Great Lakes: The Perpetual Violence Machine
Why the war in Africa’s Great Lakes is entering its fourth decade and may never end.
Topics: Africa, Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:34 am | 35 Comments »




