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Is Your Pension Safe? | naked capitalism

Yves here. Even though the precepts that Richard Murphy covers below are well-known to most readers, some things cannot be said often enough. The biggie

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How a Remarkable 19th-Century Revolutionary Priest From Ukraine Ended up in Hayward

Episode Transcript Olivia Allen-Price: We start today’s episode in Garin Regional Park – high in the hills overlooking Hayward. If you drive over this way,

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Barry Keoghan, Beatles’ Ringo Starr Hair Transformation

So, how does Ringo feel about Barry portraying him on the big screen? “I heard the guy who’s playing me was taking drum lessons,” he

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Defeat of the West – Michael Hudson and Lena Petrova on Davos Panic, Destruction of the EU & Economic Collapse

Yves here. Michael Hudson provided another one of his wide-ranging, informative discussions of the rapid shifts in the international economic and political. Here with Lena

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The Real Cost of AI Slop

View the full episode transcript. How much does your own AI use matter? With all the warnings about AI’s adverse impact on the environment, it

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Ray J Health: Heart Beating 25% After Pneumonia Hospitalization

Emilia Clarke’s Brain Aneurysm Emilia Clarke filmed battle scenes for Game of Thrones, but in 2019, she published an essay in The New Yorker titled

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Creative Energy Diplomacy Might Avert Another American Attack On Iran

Yves here. I have seen claims (forgive me for not running them down) that the US contacted the Iranians and basically asked them to stand

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California Governor Candidates Denounce ICE at San Francisco Forum

The movement for reparations at the state Capitol, which was buoyed by the creation of a task force to study the issue in 2020, appears

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Lisa Ann Walter Shocks Jeopardy! Fans With Cursing on Air

Lisa Ann Walter got caught in a parent cursing trap.  The Abbott Elementary star competed in Jeopardy!'s Tournament of Champions on Jan. 26, and during

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Geopolitics as a Monetary Shock: The ‘Silent Tightening’ in the European Banking System Due to Sanctions Against Russia

Yves here. This article has a very important finding even though it is bizarrely loath to depict the “shock and awe” sanctions as the cause