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
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
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
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Book Review: Harnessing the Power of Dreams and Nightmares
Yves here. I sometimes have lucid dreams, but not as often as I would like. Typically I have a conversation with myself, “This must be
The Point of No Return for the Warm Water Atlantic Current Is Coming Up Fast
Yves here. It seems that due climate change signs coming in generally at the bad end of the range of forecasts, the timing for reaching
Report Shows How Recycling Is Largely a ‘Toxic Lie’ Pushed by Plastics Industry
Yves here. Although the Greenpeace report discussed below no doubt has more detail, yours truly has long been frustrated by vendors of supposedly healthy products,
Trump Administration Supporting Bayer at Supreme Court Over Monsanto/Roundup Deal, Savaged by Investors for Wealth Destruction in the Name of Executive Preservation
Yves here. The article below describes how Bayer is trying to get out of the Roundup herbicide liability it took on when it acquired Monsanto.
The Cloud’s Not Fluffy, It’s a Hot, Loud, Energy-Voracious Factory
Yves here. This post does a good, layperson-friendly job of describing how the tech-overlord-envisaged explosion in data centers is even more problematic than you might