Thursday, September 4, 2025

The Alliance Among Washington, Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley

A new power system has emerged with the alliance among Washington, Tel Aviv, and Silicon Valley: the military-digital complex, and Gaza is its testing ground.

Trump Floats Idea of Declaring Housing Emergency: Another Self-Sabotage Operation?

Quelle surprise! The Scott Bessent announcement of a possible Trump housing emergency made it sound like a stunt, not a plan.

Links 9/4/2025

Michael Hudson: Eurasian World Order – New Global Governance

Michael Hudson discusses hot topics, such as the implications of the SCO conference and Xi’s global governance proposal.

“At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn”

How the debate over RFK, Jr. imposing big policy changes at the CDC illustrates the depth of tribalism in American discourse.

Charter Cities Attempting to Create a Libertarian Paradise

Libertarians are engaging in colonialism 2.0 by setting up self-governing enclaves in poor countries.

Coffee Break: Trump Family Grab Their Share of the Crypto, Gaza Take

Donald Trump’s family and key cabinet members are grifting it up and battling one another for power as stresses on the administration build.

Tariffs and US Dollar Depreciations: Not So Surprising After All

How conventional thinking on how the dollar would respond to Trump tariffs missed a key factor: retaliation.

Links 9/3/2025

What Happens as Trump’s Losses Mount?

What will Trump do as his policy backfires become too large and frequent to deny?

Social Murder as a Necropolitical Governance Technology

What is social murder, why is it increasing, and how to fight it. 

U.S. Utilities Put in a No-Win Position by Phantom Data Centers

AI players are gaming utilities, and creating high odd of bad outcomes for other customers, by making duplicate orders for power.

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Two Faces of Palantir

The powerful software tools developed by Palantir are sold to defense and intelligence agencies to protect against exteranl threats, but they also have the destructive potential of enabling domestic political repression.

James Galbraith: Crash in Top Economist Hiring Contradicts Elite-Favoring “Skill Biased Technical Change” Theory

Contrary to some economists’models, salaries aren’t constantly reset based on skills or technology. They follow the economy and politics.

Links 9/2/2025