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Sunday, September 6, 2026
Links 9/6/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 141 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Exile (1994) Run Time: 1H 35M Plus Bonuses!
Exile is a movie about hardship and renewel.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 5 Comments »
The Newly Violent GUR-SBU Rivalry Is Ukraine’s Most Important Domestic Political Dynamic
Like rats fighting on a sinking ship, Ukrainian intelligence and secret police are at war as a drone strikes office of SBU head.
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 13 Comments »
Links 9/5/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 107 Comments »
Colonel Wilkerson: Trump Admin Preparing Insurrection Act, Martial Law Ahead of Midterms
Larry Wilkerson is unsure the U.S. will hold a free and fair election — if any — given Homeland Security’s expanded ICE and militia forces
Topics: Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:11 am | 47 Comments »
Can Decentralized Energy Prevent the Next Crisis?
William Gibson:“The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed,.” as decentralized power in Ukraine, Puerto Rico and Cuba shows
Topics: Energy markets, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Politics, Privatization, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:46 am | 5 Comments »
Coffee Break: Dolly Parton, the Dead Zone, Junk Food Addiction, and Algorithmic Intelligence
Part the First: Dolly Parton, American from an Old School. August 2026 was the cruelest month for me in a long time. Dolly Parton died, to be closely followed by Wendell Berry. Mr. Berry will be a topic for next week. But this Friday we will remember Dolly Parton. For me, she goes back to […]
Topics: AI, Coffee Break, Food, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 47 Comments »
Links 9/4/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 118 Comments »
To Reduce the Risk of “Foreign” Interference, Mexico Moves to Bar Dual Nationals from Senior Government Roles
“To be a candidate for governor, why would you hold another country’s nationality? In other words, you are Mexican, period.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:42 am | 16 Comments »
Why ‘Entitlements’ Cuts May Succeed
“Never let a crisis go to waste” means “”Expect another go at entitlements reform, as in cuts, in the not-too-distant future.”
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Social values, Taxes, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:20 am | 58 Comments »
Holiday Weekend Schedule
We are taking a wee break over this holiday weekend, but you will still get plenty of post fare, particularly our daily Links.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:46 am | 11 Comments »
Why Resurrecting Prize Law to Seize Iranian Vessels Signals the End of U.S. Naval Supremacy
Reviving 1800s Prize Law to seize Iranian vessels in 2026 marks a shift from global maritime police to a declining sea power
Topics: Legal, Middle East
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 2:00 pm | 25 Comments »
The Financial Times View: Make the Vulnerable Pay for Failing Neoliberalism
As political and economic pressures rise, those in charge are even more willing to punish the poors to save neoliberalism and capital-owners.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Taxes, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:59 am | 30 Comments »
Links 9/3/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 156 Comments »
The Rules-Based Nuclear Bomb
Traditional accounts of nuclear nonproliferation obfuscate that states with the bomb sell the path to it and are planning to use it themselves.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Legal, Middle East, Politics, Risk and risk management, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 35 Comments »




