Friday, November 13, 2026

Coffee Break: MAHA Bites, Economic Growth Is a Dead End, New Politics, Old Politics, American Science on the Ropes But Still Productive

Part the First: MAHA in Action Leads to Fatal Inaction.  Vitamin K was discovered nearly a hundred years ago as a compound necessary for efficient blood clotting.  From the Nobel Foundation: In addition to carbohydrates, proteins and fats, our bodies need vitamins to function well. When Henrik Dam conducted experiments on chickens that were given […]

Debate in New York City Over City‑Run Grocers Is Not Just About Food, but Something Bigger

Will municipal grocers in New York City advance the idea that government can intervene openly to help lower costs to consumers?

Links 11/13/2026

Jensen Huang Ouster at Nvidia: Bigger Governance and Coming Financial Train Wreck than Hank Greenberg Exit from AIG

Nvidia’s ouster of Jensen Huang is proving out short-seller David Einhorn’s saying: “No matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse.”

Data Centers Really Are Ripping You Off

How ordinary electricity customers get saddled with way more than their fair share of data center costs.

El-Sayed Laughs at the Muslim Brotherhood Because It’s Mostly Dead, Despite the Propaganda

Broken since Egypt’s 2013 coup, the Muslim Brotherhood poses no threat to the West—yet Israel and the UAE keep its phantom image alive

Why Is Work Getting Worse?

Employees in the UK are much less happy with work than in the early 1990s, despite their positive views about having a job. What gives?

Links 11/12/2026

‘A Mobilization That No One Imagined’: Furious Over Housing Costs, Millions Join General Strike in Spain

The so-called 11N protest Spain is a general strike for housing and against the cost of living.

A Plea for Reason from a Recovering Extrovert

Is it possible to push back against the decline in the ability to reason and even read in much of the population, particularly the young?

Satyajit Das: Chronicle of A Financial Crisis Foretold – Part 1

An important precis from Satyajit Das’ forthcoming book, The Everything Bubble, setting forth why a crisis looks way too likely.

Coffee Break: Who Benefits From the Nvidia Spy Sex Scandal Allegations?

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy has some questioning the timing and agenda behind those allegations.

Michael Hudson: Hilarious IMF Demand on Ukraine

Is the IMF as stupid as it looks in pretending Ukraine loans can be repaid, or is it hostage to political pieties?

Links 11/11/2026

The Spook Wave: Elections Usher in More Democrat Military-Intelligence Vets

The party continues to align with CIA and woo military-industrial complex cash as it recruits imperial soldiers to run for Congress.