2:00PM Water Cooler 10/24/2022 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I must finish up a post on how CDC is butchering variant data. Talk amongst yourselves! –lambert Contact information for plants: Readers, feel…
Colombian President Says the Unspeakable Out Loud: “The US is Ruining Economies Around the World” | naked capitalism
Until recently Washington’s closest ally/client state in South America, Colombia is now under new management. And that management has a wildly different perception of US influence in Latin America and…
Wall Street Journal on “U.S.-Saudi Relations Buckle” Focuses on Personalities Over End of Unipolar Era | naked capitalism
The Wall Street Journal has a new story, U.S.-Saudi Relations Buckle, Driven by Animosity Between Biden and Mohammed bin Salman, which is as good as you can expect from the…
“The US Signals Readiness to Launch Nuclear Strike Against Russia” | naked capitalism
Yves here. Please note that the title is in quotes because it is the translated title of a new article from a Russian military journal that Helmer has translated in…
Links 10/24/2022 | naked capitalism
The Thinking Man’s Guide to Hitting a Moose Outside The White House says the U.S. is strong enough to avoid a recession but Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk think it’s…
Western Narrative Escalation Over Ukraine War: A Warning of Coming Strong Countermeasures? Or a Sign of Desperate Impotence? | naked capitalism
First, a diatribe against the word “narrative,” now pervasively used in commentary, particularly what purports to be political/geopolitical reporting. What is a narrative? It is a story. Until recently, “narrative”…
Texas Revamps ‘Active-Shooter’ Drills at K-12 Schools to Minimize Trauma | naked capitalism
Lambert here: Oh, good. By Renuka Rayasam, KHN Senior Correspondent, and Colleen DeGuzman, KHN. Peggy Girshman Fellow. Originally published at Kaiser Health News. AUSTIN, Texas — After Britt Kelly’s son…
Scientist GM Is Not Impressed by Latest Preprint on Covid Lab Leak Hypothesis | naked capitalism
Strong claims require strong proof. Yet new preprint on Covid is making the rounds, amplified by no less than the Economist. This pape and attempts show that Covid must have…
What U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You to Know | naked capitalism
Yves here. It might be easy to dismiss the run-around Nick Turse has gotten in trying to obtain basic information about the US military presence in Africa, namely the number…
Pelosi Demolishes The Myth That Democrats Aren’t Talking About The Economy
Speaker Pelosi destroying the myth that Democrats have only been talking about abortion and not the economy. Video of Pelosi on Face The Nation: [embedded content] Pelosi said when she…