Masks ***ARE*** a Fashion Item! In Asia. | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Readers will recall that I’ve been muttering for some time that masks (and respirators) should become fashion items. Recently: The way we live now, in…
US Troops Are in Peru to Counter Chinese and Russian Influence in Latin America, Reports Peruvian Newspaper | naked capitalism
Peruvian troops’ “training alongside US forces will help to improve their capabilities and strengthen the operational performance of [Peruvian] Special Forces, boosting their interoperability with NATO systems and doctrine.” As…
The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth | naked capitalism
Yves here. After televised coverage of the horrors of the war in Vietnam helped fuel opposition to it, the US, with many other governments following it, has sought to keep…
Abortion Down By Less Than 3 Percent | naked capitalism
Yves here. Matt Bruenig presents what ought to be cheery news, that in the post Roe v. Wade world, abortions have not fallen by very much despite many states having…
Court Hears Expert Testimony About How Montana ‘Doubled Down on Fossil Fuels’ and Became ‘Outright Hostile’ to the Environment | naked capitalism
Lambert here: This continues DeSmog’s coverage of Held vs. Montana, where Montana youth charge that the state’s strong preference for fossil fuel development has violated their right, guaranteed under Montana’s…
Links 6/19/2023 | naked capitalism
This Extinct Dolphin Had Tusks That Fish Were Wise to Avoid NYT. Of course, in Alabama, the tusks are looser. Killer Whales Are Not Our Friends The Atlantic The Next…
Blinken-Qin Talks in Beijing: US and China Agree to Keep Talking Past Each Other | naked capitalism
The press in both the US and China seem to be doing their best in applying porcine maquillage to the meeting between Anthony Blinken and China’s foreign minister Qin Gang…
Mammoth RICO Lawsuit Targets Credit Suisse, Many of its Directors and Execs, and KPMG for Over a Decade of Fraudulent, Reckless Conduct | naked capitalism
Some firms never outgrow their formative periods. That’s confirmed by the astonishingly long list of criminal activity, looting, and recklessness perpetrated by Credit Suisse detailed in a recent RICO/class action…
Profit Inflation Is Real | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post is a bit technical because Servaas Storm finds it necessary to go into the weeds on profit inflation, as in whether corporations jacking up prices under…
Are the Canadian Wildfires Really “Natural” Disasters? | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. “You have not thought things through,” he said. By his standards it was a brutal insult.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Word for World…