Saturday, October 3, 2026

Links 10/3/2026 Plus Short Iran War/Narrative Note

I Left My Job For My Life to Be More Aligned With My Principles, as Naked Capitalism Has Shown It Can Be

Help support Naked Capitalism’s independence – from conventional narratives, political tribalism, and elite/oligarch capture.

Patient Dies by Suicide After ‘Insurance Issue’ Delayed Medicine for Lung Disease Flare-Ups

Another example of why St. Luigi is celebrated: death due to profit-stoking health insurance negligence is not isolated and set to rise.

With the Trial of ‘Ulm5’ Activists, Germany Looks More and More Like a Police State

The trial of Palestinian rights activists reveals Germany’s neofascist playbook for silencing dissent and its complicity in Israel’s genocide.

Hooray! Met Our Fifth Goal, On to Our Sixth: Karōshi Prevention

Please dig deep to support this fundraiser, including keeping Yves in fighting form.

Coffee Break: The Cascade of Death, Big Pharma, Another Second Law, Dolly Parton, and the Uniparty

Part the First: Die with the Measles or Die of the Measles? One of the more irritating tropes of the MAHA movement and its hangers on is whether someone dies of the disease or with the disease.  Death doesn’t work that way, as pointed out in this opinion piece in STAT News, The ‘died with’ […]

URGENT: Art_DogCT Returns for New “Double Your Donation” Challenge

Reader Art_DogCT rides to our rescue with a new “Double Your Donation” as this fundraiser comes short. But he needs your help! Please chip in.

At the Bottom of the Oil Barrel, There Is No Baseline for the Future

How JP Morgan and Russia’s central bank chief Nabiullina are signaling serious recessionary risk due to the global oil shock.

Links 10/2/2026

Bolivia’s Attorney General, Who Is (Or Was) Investigating “MAGA’s Man in Latin America”, Was Just “Kidnapped” by Security Forces

This is probably the biggest scandal involving the US in Latin America since the abduction of Maduro in January. 

Naked Capitalism: A Haven of Sanity Worth Investing In

Naked Capitalism helps to keep you from believing things that just ain’t so.

Iran War: Narratives Continue to Diverge Under ‘President of Peace’ Trump

The narrative battles to control perceptions of the Iran War continue as does the kinetic battle to control traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the American pressure on Iran’s economy and the Saudi Arabia conflict with Yemen.

The Trouble with Flock Cameras Is the Surveillance System’s Architecture, Not Just Some of Its Users

How Flock’s own actions confirm that Flock and other surveillance schemes need legal limits, not mere promises of good behavior.

Two Reasons Why the AI Industry Is Calling for Potential Nationalization

Frontier labs seek nationalization to socialize massive AI bubble losses and cement their place inside the government’s ruling power structure

The Fun of Curating for Naked Capitalism

How I go about curating the Sunday Movie feature to try to please so many aesthetic palates!