Sunday, November 8, 2026

Links 11/8/2026

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: The Hour Of The Wolf (1968) Run Time: 1H 27M Plus Bonuses

The Hour of the Wolf is a film about creeping doom.

Is Recognising Possibility a Revolutionary Act?

Discussing the need for narrative as the basis of change and how the recognition of possibility is the basis for revolutionary thinking.

Links 11/7/2026

Western Democracy Was Always a Managed Oligarchy. Now It’s Breaking

How democracies under stress are showing their true oligarchy status.

‘I Heard a Barnacle’ – How Paying Attention to Nature’s Background Noise Can Reveal Animal Secrets

The too-often-neglected importance of sound in nature and scientific investigation.

Coffee Break: Fake Medicine, Cancer Vaccines that Work, and an Update on Bigfoot and Democratic Politics

Part the First: How Do You Identify a Vanity Institution?  Last week we discussed an alternative medicine clinic in Switzerland in which several patients died after alternative therapies.  These clinics are, of course, everywhere, and sometimes they are difficult to identify.  Jonathan Jarry has written The Parallel World of Fakery for the McGill Office of […]

‘No Blank Checks for Big Tech’: Schumer Faces Protest Over ‘Dirty Data Center Deal’

Will a bill that disses the midterms’ AI repudiation by speeding up data center construction advance in the lame duck Congressional session?

Links 11/6/2026

How Did Paraguay’s Fastest Growing Bank Become the Country’s Worst Nightmare?

The fallout of Ueno Bank’s collapse has quickly spread across the economy, leading to the collapse of Paraguay’s government and the arrest of eight bank executives

Iran War: Will AI Rout, Report of Rubio Exit, End of Netanyahu Reign, Likely Hegseth Impeachment, Halt Plans to Hit Iran Over Weekend?

Today’s Iran war news: Trump is bleeding out power, but will he still proceed with his big beautiful attack on Iran to shore up his manhood?

‘Time for Some Accountability’: Advocate Says Democrats Must Subpoena Corporate Price-Gougers

Will a push to rein in algo-driven individual corporate price gouging get Congressional support and legal restrictions?

The Decline of Politics, Lawfare and the Coming Technocratic Government

Driven by zero-sum conflict and legal overreach, the decline of politics threatens to replace representative democracy with technocracy.

Easy Money Does Not Win Elections

Why politicians’ complaints that central banks are hurting them by not lowering the cost of money are nearly always wrong.

Links 11/5/2026