From Saudi oil influence to local sightings in Morocco, the commencement of Ramadan serves as a symbol of global Islamic geopolitics
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Big Tech Accused of AI ‘Greenwashing’
A new report has found that “the promises of planet-saving tech remain hollow”.
Iran War Watch: Why Trump Looks Primed to Proceed Despite High Odds of US Failure
Why the US looks very likely to be about to go to war with Iran, despite how bad the outcomes will be.
Russia’s BRICS Sherpa Debunked Speculation About It Turning Into A Security Bloc
Yet another example of BRICS boosters being way out over their skis.
The Myth of the West: Democracy and the State
Per Thomas Neuburger ‘Democratic’ life began millions of years ago. It died with the birth of the city-state.
Coffee Break: Paramount Still Reaching for WBD as CBS Misplays Colbert-Talarico Interview
The Larry and David Ellison media empire is still in the hunt to acquire WBD even as their CBS triggered the Streisand effect with some clumsy censorship.
Would Raising Taxes on the Richest New Yorkers Drive Them Away?
What might happen if New York City Mayor Mamdani delivers on increasing income and corporate taxes to the next level?
Will Russia (and Iran) Be Forced to ‘Restore Order’ in the Caucasus? Part 2: The March to Central Asia
Washington envisions the Caucasus as stepping stone into Central Asia, but it’s China that remains in dominant position there with both sides ironically working to strengthen same trade corridor.
Twin Cities Unions Planning ‘Largest US Rent Strike in 100+ Years’ as ICE Occupation Drives Eviction Crisis
Renters in Minnesota who’ve been afraid to go to work due to ICE thuggery and allies in labor plan a historic rent strike
One Affordability Battle After Another: What To Do About the AI-Fossil Fuel Industrial Complex
Voters rebel against AI data centers’ electricity costs and fossil fuel pollution, water use, and job loss damage.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Requiem for Nuclear Arms Control
The collapse of nuclear arms control is not returning the world to Cold War stability, but pushing it into a more complex and less governable nuclear order. As treaties lapse, latent up-arming capacity, compressed decision times, and multi-actor deterrence dynamics combine to raise systemic risk. This article examines how the erosion of formal limits—rather than malign intent—has made nuclear escalation easier, more opaque, and more dangerous, and why the United States bears central responsibility for dismantling the institutional architecture that once constrained catastrophe.
Iran Regime Change Tout Spews NSFW, Misogynistic Abuse When Asked Merely to Stop Spamming
A backer of Iran regime change efforts asked to have his ugly, misogynistic exchange with me published, and I am complying with his wishes.
