Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Air Combat Is Changing
The recent fighting between India and Pakistan has provided evidence of the diminishing role of the jet fighter pilot in modern warfare. A large air
They Looted Companies — Now They’re Looting the Government
Yves here. A terse but cogent description of how executive grifting has moved on to the deeper pockets of government. By Lynn Parramore, Senior Research
Links 5/10/2025 | naked capitalism
Dear patient readers, We have a lot of links today due to including Victory Day coverage. Enjoy! * * * Former Supreme Court Justice David
Coffee Break: More on the Disruption of American Science and Good News on Intranasal Viruses to Combat Respiratory Viruses
Part the First. A Few Words in Response to the Excellent Commentariat of Naked Capitalism. No one knows better than I that funding of science
Palantir Revisited: Who’s Us in Us vs. Them?
Yves here. Tom Neuburger looks at how Americans are being indoctrinated to accept even more state spying…because, of course, baddies. It is striking that the
Predictive Policing AI Is on the Rise − Making It Accountable to the Public Could Curb Its Harmful Effects
Yves here. This post describes one predictive policing experiment gone awry….and then makes positive noises about one that has not yet started, merely based on
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – U.S. Defense Racketeering
As the Trump administration prepares to increase the enormous U.S. defense budget to over one trillion dollars, it is an appropriate time to describe how
Coffee Break: Across the Pond, Tyrants Edition
The leaders of the three largest countries in Europe (excluding Russia) are behaving in an increasingly tyranical way as their ineptitude is starting to severely
Responsibility to Protect and Humanitarian Military Intervention
Yves here. This post describes the framework for international humanitarian military intervention, as in military action to stop genocide, war crimes, crime against humanity, and