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Hyperlinks 12/17/2024 | bare capitalism

Discovering hope: Panji and the Javan inexperienced magpie BBC (Allen Ok)

Planet Puppet n+1

How English Swear Phrases Advanced Over 1000’s of Years Laughing Squid

World’s oldest bond celebrates 400 years with a €300 payout DutchNews (Kevin W)

Faculty smartphone ban ends in higher sleep and improved temper College of York (Paul R)

Local weather/Setting

Seven quiet breakthroughs for local weather and nature in 2024 you might need missed BBC

China?

China’s Key Bond Yield Hits Recent Report Low as Knowledge Disappoints Bloomberg

After all of the hostility Trump (and earlier than that Biden) has demonstrated to China, I can’t suppose China sees this as extra a Trumpian bluster in order to not burn all bridges, or a headfake:

The International South Is on the Brink of a Disastrous Debt Disaster. Reform Is Pressing TruthOut. We’ve featured many warnings by Jomo on this very subject.

Koreas

Washington’s Unhealthy Wager on Yoon Daniel Larison

South Korea – Impeached Coup President ‘Aligned With Washington’s Values’ Moon of Alabama (Kevin W)

South Korea’s central financial institution vows to stabilise markets amid political turmoil. South China Morning Publish

O Canada

Canada’s finance minister resigns as Trudeau offers with declining reputation Related Press (Robin R). ZOMG, I believed Chrystia Freeland was the kind who would by no means hand over energy. Does she had a trick up her sleeve, or extra seemingly, some necessary non-elected put up she expects to imagine? Or does she hope to switch him if he loses a vote of confidence? However at this juncture, she appears to be like to be one other sufferer of Alex Christoforou’s Elensky Curse.

Canada finance minister quits after conflict with Trudeau over Trump tariffs, spending Reuters (Kevin W)

European Disunion

European farmers have threatened to blockade grocery store deliveries and depart cabinets naked as a part of their largest tractor protests towards the EU but Telegraph

EU presses for brand spanking new powers to fight menace of Chinese language import surge Monetary Instances

German election: Scholz loses confidence vote DW

Germany ought to pull out of NATO, says chief of far-right AfD The Instances

Germany is unravelling simply when Europe wants it most Fortune

François Bayrou’s robust job: Forming a big-tent authorities Le Monde

The evaluation that Greece has been an ‘astonishing success’ beggars perception Invoice Mitchell. I’ve to admit that I missed this horror. Glad to see Mitchell and Varoufakis, amongst others, shellack it.

Previous Blighty

Rachel Reeves must discover an additional £20billion a yr if Britain is to hit a proposed new NATO goal of spending 3pc of GDP on defence Telegraph

UK authorities approves $4.6-billion takeover of Royal Mail by a Czech billionaire Related Press (Kevin W). Holy shit. No protests?!?!

How did Yang Tengbo change into shut confidant of Prince Andrew? Guardian (Kevin W)

Israel v. The Resistance

Intent: The Highway to genocide Law4Palestine

Tradition would have us imagine there’s room for debate. I’ve one thing to say about that Alon Mizrahi. Podcast with transcript.

Zionist cutouts and intermediaries David Miller (Dr. Kevin)

Iran’s Assad Calculus: Precise Prices of Assist vs Advantages to Iran Views (guurst). Immediately’s should learn. Debunks frequent claims about function of Syria in The Resistance.

US Sanctions Disrupt Iranian Crude Flows to China, Vortexa Says Bloomberg

New Not-So-Chilly Conflict

SITREP 12/16/24: Negotiations Discuss Curdles as Ukraine Loses Extra Territory Simplicius

European ‘peacekeepers’ in Ukraine? A horrible concept. Accountable Statecraft

Expanded assembly of the Defence Ministry Board Kremlin

Ukraine assassinates Russian chemical weapons chief in Moscow bombing Politico (Micael T)

Zakharova: Normal Kirillov uncovered the crimes of the Anglo-Saxons for a few years Vzglyad by way of machine translation (Micael T)

Can Trump Keep away from HUMILIATING DEFEAT in Ukraine? | Alex Christoforou Interview Larry Johnson, Countercurrents

About Energy Projection. Andrei Martyanov. Martyanov very a lot disagrees with considered one of Christoforou’s traces of thought above.

Andrei Martyanov and Energy Julian Macfarlane. Martyanov is on a roll. And we obtained a pleasant shout out.

Syraqistan

US affirms Türkiye’s proper to go after PKK however dodges questions on YPG Anadolu Company

Assad says he didn’t intend to depart Syria, assertion claims BBC

Overseas powers jockey for management in Syria, risking new conflict Washington Publish. Gee, ya suppose?

Imperial Collapse Watch

America’s allies are in bother Axios

The U.S. Technique of Managed Anarchy: Syria, Ukraine, and Past Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff, Dialogue Works (Chuck L)

Trump 2.0

Choose guidelines Trump doesn’t have presidential immunity protections in hush cash conviction CNN. This was a movement to dismiss and so went earlier than the identical decide. Enchantment to comply with.

Trump girds for battle with Democrats, Supreme Court docket over birthright citizenship The Hill

Yellen Cautions Trump In opposition to Meddling With Monetary Laws Pymnts

Trump says Zelensky not invited to inauguration RT (Kevin W)

Meet the Undertaking 2025 Individuals Who Are Filling Up Trump’s Administration Zeteo. I would like a desk or roster to a video. As Lambert defined longer-form, Undertaking 2025 is rife with inner contradictions, so it’s not a coherent coverage program as a lot as a really lengthy listing of hobbyhorses. And this listing within the intro to this piece, the one one in a put up thought of to be Cupboard-rank is Russ Vought at OMB, and that “cupboard rank” posts are usually not as highly effective as Cupboard members (an analogy is the pinnacle of the Council Financial Advisers v. the Secretary of the Treasury). So whereas this conduct bears watching, this proof isn’t but dispositive.

Biden

Joe Biden’s pardons are an ethical give up Unherd (Anthony L)

Connolly bests Ocasio-Cortez in key vote to steer Democrats on Oversight panel The Hill. All of that kissing as much as Pelosi for naught.

Do Individuals approve or disapprove of Congress? FiveThirtyEight (Robin Ok)

Our No Longer Free Press

‘Libel warfare’: ABC’s payout to Donald Trump sends a chill throughout US media Monetary Instances. Assist me. Defamation and freedom of speech are two completely different classes. And the US is far more permissive about what constitutes defamation than many different nations.

Woke Watch

The Dustbin of Literary Historical past The Studying Expertise (Anthony L)

AI

She didn’t get an house due to an AI-generated rating – and sued to assist others keep away from the identical destiny Guardian

The Bezzle

By no means Forgive Them Ed Zitron. Lambert featured yesterday in Water Cooler, however necessary to not miss.

Guillotine Watch

Luigi Mangione’s Greatest Protection Technique Would possibly Be to Keep away from Arguing Over Guilt Wall Road Journal

New Disaster Hotline for CEOs? Ken Klippenstein (Chuck L). Bwahaha!

Class Warfare

Era Pocket Cash. Inheritocracy: It’s Time to Discuss In regards to the Financial institution of Mum and Dad Literary Overview (Anthony L)

Purchase now, Pay Later companies had their greatest day but on Cyber Monday, with shoppers spending a record-breaking $991.2 million, in line with Adobe Analytics CNN

The “Damage-Productiveness Commerce-off”: How Amazon’s Obsession with Pace Creates Uniquely Harmful Warehouses Senate.gov. Necessary. If you’re pressed for time, learn the Desk of Contents. On high of refusing to treatment dangerous office circumstances, Amazon discourages injured employees from getting extra medical care than first assist even after they clearly want it, and makes it exceedingly tough for them to acquire required lodging when recovering.

Fintech agency opts for AI over hiring LinkedIn (Robin Ok)

Antidote du jour (Alena S):

And a bonus (Chuck L):

A second bonus (Peter D):

See yesterday’s Hyperlinks and Antidote du Jour right here.

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