One Issue Proved Key to the Opposition’s Stunning Success in India’s Election: Caste Politics
Yves here. Attributing Modi’s underperformance in India’s recent elections to having not-great answers to the opposition successfully mobilizing on caste issues makes perfect sense…to outsiders.
The Cautious US Escalation Against Russia Is Developing Not Necessarily to US Advantage
The feebleness of the US response to a Russian incursion into Kharviv, which was to prevent further strikes on civilian targets in the border city
The EU’s Outsourced Migration Control Is Violent, Expensive and Ineffective
Yves here. Perhaps I am reflexively contrarian, so I hope readers in Europe and/or those who know the Middle East and North Africa will weigh
Israel Threatening to Take on Hezbollah After Cross-Border Attacks Produce Intense Wildfires
Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu has just visited the border area in northern Israel and vowed to take “intense action” against Hezbollah, as reported in lead
‘A Monstrosity’: Biden Blasted Over Planned Executive Order on Asylum
Yves here. Having had such loose immigration enforcement, I am not sure how the US puts the genie in the bottle. Yes, there are legal
Israel Boosterism Keeps Israel Bonds Afloat Even as Some Top Global Investors Exit
The Israel BDS movement is winning some headlines and even some successes in challenging US and foreign investment in Israel government bonds which play a
Links 6/2/2024 | naked capitalism
Man who transformed into a dog says he wants to become another animal Scripps (Furzy Mouse) This Week In Doom – #19: Chicken In A
Links 6/1/2024 | naked capitalism
Meet world”s first edible robot Bangkok Post (furzy) Scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and perhaps how modern humans came to rule the
Biden Authorizes Ukraine to Make “Limited” Strikes on Russia With US Weapons
As the pundit classes have been consumed with the implications of the 34 count conviction of Donald Trump in New York, the Biden Administration has
Global South Suffering Due to Powerful Nations’ Elite-Serving Policies
Yves here. Even though many here are likely well aware of the issue, it bears repeating. The US is running a very stimulative fiscal policy,