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Saturday, October 3, 2026
Links 10/3/2026 Plus Short Iran War/Narrative Note
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 2 Comments »
I Left My Job For My Life to Be More Aligned With My Principles, as Naked Capitalism Has Shown It Can Be
Help support Naked Capitalism’s independence – from conventional narratives, political tribalism, and elite/oligarch capture.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 6:40 am | No Comments »
Patient Dies by Suicide After ‘Insurance Issue’ Delayed Medicine for Lung Disease Flare-Ups
Another example of why St. Luigi is celebrated: death due to profit-stoking health insurance negligence is not isolated and set to rise.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:17 am | 1 Comment »
With the Trial of ‘Ulm5’ Activists, Germany Looks More and More Like a Police State
The trial of Palestinian rights activists reveals Germany’s neofascist playbook for silencing dissent and its complicity in Israel’s genocide.
Topics: Europe, Guest Post, Legal, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:12 am | 2 Comments »
Hooray! Met Our Fifth Goal, On to Our Sixth: Karōshi Prevention
Please dig deep to support this fundraiser, including keeping Yves in fighting form.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:34 pm | 3 Comments »
Coffee Break: The Cascade of Death, Big Pharma, Another Second Law, Dolly Parton, and the Uniparty
Part the First: Die with the Measles or Die of the Measles? One of the more irritating tropes of the MAHA movement and its hangers on is whether someone dies of the disease or with the disease. Death doesn’t work that way, as pointed out in this opinion piece in STAT News, The ‘died with’ […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Health care, Ridiculously obvious scams, The dismal science
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 7 Comments »
URGENT: Art_DogCT Returns for New “Double Your Donation” Challenge
Reader Art_DogCT rides to our rescue with a new “Double Your Donation” as this fundraiser comes short. But he needs your help! Please chip in.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:00 am | 7 Comments »
At the Bottom of the Oil Barrel, There Is No Baseline for the Future
How JP Morgan and Russia’s central bank chief Nabiullina are signaling serious recessionary risk due to the global oil shock.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post, Middle East, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 9 Comments »
Links 10/2/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 48 Comments »
Bolivia’s Attorney General, Who Is (Or Was) Investigating “MAGA’s Man in Latin America”, Was Just “Kidnapped” by Security Forces
This is probably the biggest scandal involving the US in Latin America since the abduction of Maduro in January.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 8 Comments »
Naked Capitalism: A Haven of Sanity Worth Investing In
Naked Capitalism helps to keep you from believing things that just ain’t so.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 6:40 am | 4 Comments »
Iran War: Narratives Continue to Diverge Under ‘President of Peace’ Trump
The narrative battles to control perceptions of the Iran War continue as does the kinetic battle to control traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, the American pressure on Iran’s economy and the Saudi Arabia conflict with Yemen.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Middle East
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 6:01 am | 52 Comments »
The Trouble with Flock Cameras Is the Surveillance System’s Architecture, Not Just Some of Its Users
How Flock’s own actions confirm that Flock and other surveillance schemes need legal limits, not mere promises of good behavior.
Topics: Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:30 am | 8 Comments »
Two Reasons Why the AI Industry Is Calling for Potential Nationalization
Frontier labs seek nationalization to socialize massive AI bubble losses and cement their place inside the government’s ruling power structure
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 2:00 pm | 35 Comments »
The Fun of Curating for Naked Capitalism
How I go about curating the Sunday Movie feature to try to please so many aesthetic palates!
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by semper loquitur at 11:00 am | 11 Comments »


