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Sunday, March 1, 2026
Links 3/1/2026
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 50 Comments »
Iran War: Quick Early Updates
Some of the latest Iran war sightings even as the fog of war and attempted narrative control is mighty thick.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Media watch, Middle East
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 327 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Yeelen (Brightness) Run Time 1H 38M
Yeleen is a movie about magic and myth.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | No Comments »
Massive US War Spending Hike Raises Debt, Taxes, Doubts
As US President Donald Trump pushes the world to war, arms spending has been rising worldwide. Wars secure more budgetary allocations, mainly benefiting the US-dominated military-industrial complex.
Topics: Macroeconomic policy, Market inefficiencies, Social policy, Taxes, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 2 Comments »
Links 2/28/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 48 Comments »
US, ISRAEL ATTACK IRAN, START REGIONAL WAR; IRAN RETALIATES AGAINST ISRAEL, US BASES IN BAHRAIN, SAUDI ARABIA, QATAR. UPDATE: ISRAEL TV REPORTS IRAN BLOCKS STRAIT OF HORMUZ
The US and Israel have launched a war against Iran. A great empire will fall.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 405 Comments »
Trump Says He’s ‘Entitled’ to Illegal Third Term as Allies Draft Voter Suppression Decree
Will Trump try to use the war just launched with Iran as part of a scheme to stay in office for another term?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:18 am | 14 Comments »
Coffee Break: A Few Notes on the Incoming Surgeon General
Only one part this Friday. The president announced Casey Means, MD, would be his nominee for Surgeon General of the United States hearings in the middle of 2025. The US Senate began considering her nomination this week. The back and forth has been interesting. Where to begin? First we can start with the previous nine […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Health care, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 18 Comments »
The Hidden Math Behind Rising Electricity Prices
How high construction and financing costs are likely to lead to even bigger electricity price increases than anticipated now.
Topics: Energy markets, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:04 am | 21 Comments »
Links 2/27/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 121 Comments »
Iran War Watch: Iran Makes Real Concessions on Nuclear Enrichment But Can Trump Take That Win? UPDATE: Israel Embassy Evacuation Says War May Be Imminent
As stoopid and wildly US-hegemony-destructive as a war with Iran would be, the possibility is still very much in play.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:51 am | 80 Comments »
Will the US Try to Pull a False Flag to Justify Escalating Its War on Cuba?
The Trump administration is capable of just about anything these days, especially when it comes to Cuba, Marco Rubio’s most coveted prize of all.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 15 Comments »
How X’s Algorithm Shifts Political Attitudes
Not only does brain-pickling by algorithm work, but it has a durable effect by influencing voter information sources over time.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:30 am | 5 Comments »
Curtis Yarvin’s Dystopian Plan for “Gaza Inc.” Closer With Proposed Stablecoin
Gaza will be rebuilt as the first fully native-digital, stablecoin-driven surveillance society and a dystopian model for others
Topics: Coffee Break, Doomsday scenarios, Middle East, Real estate, Surveillance state
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 2:00 pm | 16 Comments »
From Fed Failures to Inflation and Stablecoins: America’s Trust Is Cracking
Bill Bergman and Larry Feltes argue that falling trust in government and financial institutions puts the U.S. economy in peril
Topics: Corporate governance, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Media watch, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:57 am | 25 Comments »



