Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Ocean Presence: A New Model of Naval Power

Naval power has long been built around scarce, expensive warships that concentrate sensing, weapons, communications, and crews in a few sophisticated platforms. Autonomy and global networking now make another architecture possible: a persistent naval mesh that distributes those functions among large numbers of specialized unmanned systems.

How South Korea Is Tackling Its Super‑Aging Problem – And What Other Aging Nations Can Learn From Its Experience

Aging societies should be seen as desirable by lowering resource demands. Some countries like South Korea seek to manage the economic shift.

Links 9/15/2026

Iran War: Ansar Allah Strikes Yanbu Port as Rising Energy Prices Help Push 10 Year Treasury Yields Over 5%

Today’s Iran war news: Ansar Allah makes biggest Saudi attack so far, hitting the Yanbu port and a key refinery as 10 year Treasury yields top 5%

Poll Attributed to US State Dept Claims Most Mexicans Support Unilateral US Military Intervention Against Cartels

The notion that a majority of Mexicans would support US military action is beyond risible, and clashes with the findings of all other recent polls.

Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai: Why Keynes’ Proposals for a New Currency Order Are the Only Realistic Path to Durable and Stable De-Dollarization

Hudson and Desai revisit Keynes’ original Bretton Woods currency proposal, built on balance, capital controls, and writing off bad debts

Coffee Break: AI Doomer Hypeloop Suspiciously Serves to Support OpenAI & Anthropic’s Agenda

A fortnight of manic MSM coverage of the dangers of AI has crescendoed with OpenAI and Anthropic calling for an AI freeze. When Bernie Sanders & Steve Bannon are agreeing with Altman and Amodei, run.

The Meltdown in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

Like many of the foundations of US middle-class life, employer-sponsored health insurance is breaking down, likely faster than you realize

Links 9/14/2026

Iran War: Saudi Pipeline Out for at Least a Month, Further Stressing Energy Supplies; Trump + Israel Readying Post-Midterms Big Attack? Iran Weighing NPT Exit

Today’s Iran war news: After Ansar Allah attacks, Saudis seem in denial about the weakness of their position.

The Long, Lawless Arm in the Fight Against ‘Anti-Capitalist Terrorists’ Reaches Into Europe as Autistici/Inventati Is Debanked, Hacked, and Has Its Domain Shut Down

The takedown of the digital collective has enormous implications for independent media, pro-privacy advocates, and the EU, which simply accepts it in silence as good vassals should. 

‘The Uprising’ Shows How Medieval People Weren’t So Obedient After All

“The violence inherent in the system” remains remarkably consistent.

Links 9/13/2026

The Sunday Morning Movie Proudly Presents: Blade Runner Final Cut (2007) Run Time 1H 57M Plus Bonuses!

Blade Runner is a movie about what it is to be human in a world of artificial humans.

Organizing for Survival in an Era of Climate Chaos

Systems are failing. What will replace them?