Yves here. News junkies may have noticed the reports last week that the Munich Security Conference participation was increased to include more leaders of the so-called Global South than in…
Yves here. Get a cup of coffee. Those of you in finance will recognize the name of storied short seller Jim Chanos. Here Chanos gives a very broad ranging interview,…
Yves here. Aiee, I somehow missed that this case contesting the FDA authorization of mifepristone, an abortion drug that works by blocking progesterone, which then leads to the breakdown of…
Cat becomes Polish city’s top-rated tourist attraction Notes from Poland The World’s Deadliest Mushroom Has Adapted to Invade the U.S. Field and Stream. Because there’s so much bullshit? And they…
Spain’s golden visa program has helped to attract thousands of affluent Latin American politicians and business owners to Madrid, but its days may be numbered, at least in its current…
Gonzalo decided to give a shout out to fellow YouTuber Alex Christaforu, one half of The Duran team, who typically closes his solo daily updates with a Clown World segment.…
Yves here. Even when it was a hot meme, “Defund the police” was obviously not likely to go anywhere. It vagueness allowed for opponents to define what it meant. But…
Yves here. The Conversation catches up with Naked Capitalism more than six years after the fact. From the top of Jerri-Lynn Scofield’s January 2017 Waste Not, Want Not: Right to…
Yves here. The geopolitical war of the Titans is having the effect of diverting attention from our true existential crisis, climate change. And the data and analyses on global warming…
Yves here. Finance people will immediately recognize that outside of loan-sharking, lenders showing profits on defaulted loans is unheard of. Yet my goodness, Uncle Sam is doing a very good…