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What Will Happen If the Right Wins Absolutely?

Yves here. I have to be confess to not being wild about the framing of this post, since as Tom Neuburger quickly points out, there

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Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Africa’s Enduring Wars

Armed conflict across Africa is routinely explained as the aftermath of colonialism, the meddling of external powers, the spread of transnational jihadism, or—at the crudest

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Satyajit Das: AI – Artificial Intelligence or Absolute Insanity?

Yves here. Satyajit Das provides a high level but nevertheless very effective indictment of the scam known as AI. I hope readers will circulate this

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Africa’s New Data Dependency – Technology Colonialism

Yves here. This article from Global GeoPolitics documents in detail how key African states such as Nigeria, Kenya, and Rwanda have unwittingly and severely compromised

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Links 12/13/2025 | naked capitalism

Wolf Packs: Battle of the Atlantic Big Serge The CRASH Clock is ticking as satellite congestion in low Earth orbit worsens The Register (Kevin W)

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What’s at Stake in Trump’s Executive Order Aiming to Curb State-Level AI Regulation

Yves here. This post usefully summarizes various state laws to restrict the development and use of AI, as well as their current standing. It also

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Jeffrey Sachs: Trump’s Empire of Hubris and Thuggery

Yves here. Even though the recent Trump National Security Strategy document created an uproar, among other reasons for its harsh criticism of Europe and its

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U.S. Seizes Oil Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast

Yves here. So far, information about the US piracy in capturing an oil tanker off Venezuela is limited, but this action does make the buildup

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Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – The Death of Full Spectrum Dominance

For thirty years, American foreign policy has been guided by a ghost. It went by different names like primacy, unipolarity, the rules-based order, but its

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President Putin and Prime Minister Modi Share a Future Strategy That’s No Joke for President Trump

Yves here. While John Helmer describes how Putin and Modi are seeking to strengthen their alliance as a counter to US pressure, the bulk of