Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Israel Orders Attack on Iran After Iran Allegedly Violated Ceasefire It Never Agreed To
Israel is, or is about to be, back into the war-making game. And the US is sure to be in on the action.
Javier Milei’s Controversial “Memorandum of Understanding” With Israel
Milei’s crushing austerity will not apply to Israeli residents of Argentina. Meanwhile, Israel’s national water company controls more and more of Argentina’s water supply.
On the Accelerating Decline in US Medical Training, and With It, Doctor Competence
A warning to US readers on the further degradation in medical training and resulting crapification of care.
Coffee Break: Nihilists at Google Wrecking Existing Business to Chase AI Growth
Nihilism on the part of Alphabet’s CEO explains Google’s willingness to risk its search business and the open web itself to chase OpenAI.
Trump Backfire: How the 2018/19 US Tariffs Against China Boosted Exports and Employment in Mexico
How a Trump 1.0 tarrifs backfire illustrates fundamental flaw in how Trump goes about doing things.
Breaking: Fordow Attacked Again; Trump Talks Up Regime Change, Brays About Iran Nuclear Site Success as Israel Taking Increasing Toll from Attacks, Iran Puts Pieces in Place for Strait of Hormuz Closure; UPDATE: Iran Media Claims Attack on US Base in Syria
Iran updates, with the big underlying pressure being Israel’s decay path and US failure so far to arrest that.
Proxy Fighters in the Fog of War
Examining the potential role of Turkey, Azerbaijan and nonstate actors bordering Iran in the destabilization campaign.
At Antarctica’s Midwinter, a Look Back at the Frozen Continent’s Long History of Dark Behavior
Sunlight is beginning to return to Antarctica, but are there warnings for us from the “Madhouse at the End of the Earth”?
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: In The Soup (1992) Run Time: 1H 33M
In The Soup is a funny movie about a starving artist and a happy-go-lucky mobster who want to make a film together.
The Senate GOP’s Great Western Land Heist
A buried budget clause could force the largest public land sell-off in modern history, without a vote, a hearing, or a warning.
US Attacks Iran: Start of a Long War? Update: Iran Parliament Votes to Close Strait of Hormuz
And so the US war against Iran begins, with showy strikes against empty nuclear facilities. What next?
