Some Europeans seem way too eager to find any excuse to justify militarizing against Russia.
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Artificial Traders in Real Markets
What does more and more deployment mean for the operation of financial markets?
Iran War: US Lashes Out at Civilian Targets with Iran Claiming US Military Deaths in Disproportionate Retaliation on US Bases; Servicemembers Becoming Demoralized with Lack of Strategy, No-Win Situation
Today’s Iran war news: Iran upped the ante after the US made further strikes despite its eroding military supplies and morale.
Culling the Herd? The US Accelerates the Destruction of Its Own Food System
At what point is it not just coincidental incompetence?
The Macroeconomic Roots of the Collapse of the Political Center in the US
The collapse of America’s political center is the result of an economy that has abandoning ordinary workers for decades.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Can U.S. Submarines Defeat China?
The United States possesses 48 nuclear-powered attack submarines, but inventory is not combat power. Maintenance, deployment cycles, competing missions, Pacific geography, finite weapons, rearmament, and attrition progressively discount the force that could actually be sustained against China. This analysis asks how much usable submarine combat power remains after those constraints are recognized.
Dollar Dominance Eroding Slowly But Surely
The dollar’s role as reserve currency has been eroding gradually. Rash action has accelerated the trend but not as much as you may think.
AI Off-Balance-Sheet Obligations Hit a Subprime-Like Reset Wall in 2027 and 2028
Trillions in take-or-pay compute commitments come due in 2027–2028. The hidden mechanics show how the AI boom breaks, and when.
AI-enabled Cyber Attacks Pose Major Threat to Global Financial System, Warns Financial Stability Board
G20 finance ministers are being urged to prepare for “more severe scenarios involving simultaneous disruption across multiple firms or shared technology dependencies”.
How the US Is Plaguing the Americas With Misery in the Name of Liberty
On the US’ long history of running roughshod over the rights of its Americas neighbors while invoking “liberty”.
Coffee Break: A Trump Scampire Bank With No Capital and A Dem Party With No Values Beyond Crushing the Left
Trump has somehow managed to make his stablecoin scampire even worse by bringing in the UAE, the Dem zio-centrist establishment is going all-in on war with Hasan Piker, while Dem candidates miss massive opportunities to connect with voters.
Why We Need to Elect More Workers to Public Office
Getting more workers into legislatures is the only way to build a government for ordinary Americans.
