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Iran War: US Considers Reducing Middle East Military Presence as Conflict Widens Regionally; Market Wobbles Intensify as Government Bond Interest Rates Rise Globally and AI Bubble Implosion Seems Imminent
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Links 8/19/2026 | naked capitalism
How Did the English Build Such Beautiful Villages? Architectural Tradition (Micael T) Is Eating Meat Moral? Classical Wisdom…
Desperate Times Call for Turkish Measures
Following the creation of the Mecca Joint Deterrence Agreement, Türkiye is now in two military alliances targeting Russia…
The AI Boom Runs on an Even More Dangerous Machine (Part 2)
Yves here. This post continues an analysis of how tech advances, and now AI, are deployed as vehicles…
This American City Perfected Clean Water for Beer — Now It’s Fighting to Keep Cancer-Causing Nitrates Out of the Tap
Yves here. This post uses Chippewa Falls as a case study in how a vigilant municipality took steps…
Imperialist Realism and American Empire
“May you live in interesting times.” So says the apocryphal Chinese proverb that may well have been more…
