All the US energy poured into imperial submission accelerates the gains of humanity’s greatest threat.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
How Will Capitalism End? Essays on a Failing System
Upon reading this collection of essays (the title of this post) from Wolfgang Streeck and then contemplating our current world, The Second Coming of William Butler Yeats comes to mind: Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon […]
How Tariffs Hurt the Ones You Love
Investors believe that companies and industries in “red” areas will be hit harder by tariff blowback than those in “bluer” regions.
Revolt Against Data Centers Spreading Around the World
Data centers’ rapidly rising resource demands is fuelling rising internatiional opposition.
‘The Stuff of Nightmares’: Hurricane Melissa Makes Catastrophic Landfall in Jamaica
“Category 6” hurricane with wind gusts up to 250 mph is set to bring flooding, landslides, and other life-threatening impacts.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Gunboat Stupidity
For over a century, U.S. warships projected power through the simple act of showing up offshore. That age is ending. The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, conceived as the modern tool of gunboat diplomacy, has collapsed under the weight of strategic obsolescence. This article examines the LCS program’s structural failures, the rise of anti-access/area denial technologies, and recent real-world challenges in Venezuela and Yemen that reveal why coercive naval presence no longer works.
Hogs at the AI Slop Trough, Gulf States, UFC Edition
Various hogs are lined up at the AI slop trough under the banner of Trump 2.0, including Elon Musk and various Gulf States.
The World Confronts the Genocide Washington Is Trying to Bury
Why no one should fall for the ceasefire sleight of hand in Gaza.
The US Is “Getting a Real Strong Handle” on South America “in a Lot of Ways”, According to Trump
Does he mean handle or choke-hold?
Coffee Break: Follow the Money Under Trump’s East Wing Ballroom and Behind Dem Progressive Campaigns
Let’s follow the money to The White House east wing ballroom and the hidden Dr. Strangelove bunker below. We’ll also follow the money into Dem progressive politicial campaigns like Sanders’, Mamdani’s, Platner’s, Porter’s, and Fetterman’s.
Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
A look at some of the newest greenwashing phrases being road tested at COP30. The worst is many will go down easily.
Tenants Find Strength in Numbers in Fight Against Financialization of Housing
Tenant unions are forming across the country to battle rent hikes, poor living conditions, and the eviction-to-prison pipeline.
