Monday, November 9, 2026

10 Reasons Hakeem Jeffries Should Not Be the Next Speaker of the House

Elections have consequences. One should be keeping an AIPAC-backed war-mongerer like Hakeem Jeffries from becoming Speaker of the House.

Links 11/9/2026

Iran War: Trump Signals No Big Attack in CBS Interview; Barmy CENTCOM “Iron Gate” Plan Proof of Weakness or Perhaps Cover for Iraq Ground Operation?

Today’s Iran war news: Is post-election fallout already starting to curb Trump’s maneuver room?

Black Sea Is Now World’s Most Dangerous Waterway: NATO Pushes Militarization, Will Türkiye Relent? 

As pressure mounts on Turkiye to open its straits to the Black Sea, is there a deal the West can offer to make it happen?

AI Companies Are Preying on Under-Resourced Schools, Students Say

Poorer schools are being lured into spending their limited funds on AI tech in the face of chronic understaffing.

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