Slovakian Charged in Shooting ‘Was Against Everything’
He wrote dark, erotic verse and poems featuring torture and pain. He also self-published a book that railed against Roma people and asked why Slovakia had not produced a homegrown…
A Would-be Assassin Stirs Europe’s Violent Ghosts
Dmitri A. Medvedev, the former Russian president and regular forecaster of a third World War, had no hesitation in comparing the would-be assassin of Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia…
Biden’s China Tariffs Are the End of an Era for Cheap Chinese Goods
For the first two decades of the 21st century, many consumer products on America’s store shelves got less expensive. A wave of imports from China and other emerging economies helped…
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/17/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Bullock’s/Baltimore Oriole, Tamarack Ranch, Logan, Colorado, United States. “Highway noise.” In Case You Might Miss… (1) North Carolina pulls the…
Defending Privacy in the Surveillance State and Fragmenting Internet | naked capitalism
Yves here. One of the problems with defending privacy, much like masking, is other people. I am very anti-social and still encounter pressure to engage in activities that expose way…
New Palestine Protest/Free Speech Threat: House Oversight Committee Targets 20 Pro-Palestinian Organizations, Such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Demanding Treasury Produce Suspicious Activity Reports, Including on Employeees | naked capitalism
Genocide, um, Israel defenders are frustrated at their inability to stomp out US opposition to the slaughter. We published on an earlier alert by Lara Friedman, of legislation passing the…
N.F.L. Player Draws Rebukes (and Trolling) for Graduation Speech
Harrison Butker of the Kansas City Chiefs is one of the best place-kickers in the N.F.L. That is enough to make him somewhat famous in the football world, but players…
The Premier League’s Asterisk Season
With five minutes left in his team’s penultimate game of the Premier League season, Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola found the tension just a little too much. As a rival…
Texas Governor Pardons Man in Fatal Shooting of Protester in 2020
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Thursday pardoned a man who was convicted of fatally shooting a protester during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in the summer of 2020, fulfilling…
Video shows crash that left truck hanging off bridge
New video shows the crash that left a truck hanging from the Clark Memorial Bridge in Louisville, Kentucky, on 1 March 2024. The dashcam footage shows an oncoming pickup truck…