A short true history of NATOs first failed war; Part I
A short true history of NATOs first failed war; Part I
In the spring of 1999, NATO rediscovered the thrill of shooting at things. The Cold War was over for a decade, the Warsaw Pact was dust, and generals everywhere were wondering what the world’s most expensive Empire would do next. Enter Slobodan Milošević, an authoritarian nationalist presiding over the last gasps of Yugoslavia. When his security forces crushed Kosovar Albanian separatists, the humanitarian vocabulary practically wrote itself: genocide, ethnic cleansing, moral duty. President Bill Clinton and NATO’s Secretary-General Javier Solana decided it was time to “act decisively.”…READ MORE…
Arrests made after pro-Palestine demonstration in Boston
Four officers were injured and more than a dozen people were arrested after a pro-Palestine demonstration in Boston on Tuesday, which marked two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack into Israel and the war in Gaza began.…READ MORE…
‘Consumers Are Collapsing….Broke….17% Are Putting Groceries on (Layaway)’
You may not know who Steve Eisman is – but you should:
“Steven Eisman (born July 8, 1962) is an American businessman and investor known for having shorted collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), thereby profiting from the collapse of the U.S. housing bubble in 2007–2008.”
Translation: He saw the 2008 implosion coming. Far enough in advance to make a little bit of money on it. (Approximately $800 million – for a current approximate net worth of $1.5 billion).
If you saw the excellent 2015 flick about the 2008 collapse – The Big Short? Eisman was renamed Mark Baum– and dramatized by Steve Carrell.…READ MORE…
The Loneliest Generation
Sixty-one percent of American adults say they’re lonely. Sixty-one percent.
Think about that.
You probably missed this information, but loneliness was recently listed as an epidemic by the US Surgeon General and the World Health Network. That’s how big of a deal this is.
Namely, because loneliness leads to fatal medical conditions. If you’re lonely, you’re more likely to die by heart attack or stroke, more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression, and significantly more likely to read stupid things on the internet like this.…READ MORE…
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