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British-run spy tech powers Ukraine proxy war, putting civilians at risk

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Wed, 04/01/2023 - 04:16

Leaked files reveal the Anomaly 6 spy firm is providing intelligence to the British military through a cut-out involved in the Kerch Bridge bombing and other acts of dangerous sabotage in the Ukraine conflict. On December 6th, The Grayzone revealed how British military and intelligence agencies were deploying technology created by shadowy private intelligence firm Anomaly 6 to illegally spy on citizens across the globe. The company’s technology effectively transforms every individual on Earth into a potential target for surveillance […]

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The Great Inflation Debate: Supply Shocks and Wealth Effects in a Multipolar World Economy

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Wed, 04/01/2023 - 03:21

Setting the record straight and identifying less destructive pathways forward than round after round of interest rate increases.

Economic history is full of episodes in which inflation triggered both intense social conflicts and heated debates among economists and policymakers over its causes. The present worldwide upsurge in prices is no exception: from the moment governments and central banks first contemplated how to protect their citizens from COVID, inflation hawks and doves divided over whether the measures would touch off an inflationary price spiral.

Poor, poor things

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Wed, 04/01/2023 - 02:30
Bernie Sanders has health lobbyists spooked The Vermont senator is immune to their charms (Politico): The Vermont independent is set to take over the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee next month. Leading the panel gives the Medicare-for-All proponent oversight authority over some of his policy priorities — drug pricing, workers’ rights and income inequality, and student and medical debt. But Sanders’ well-chronicled antagonism toward lobbyists has some concerned they’ll be unable to blunt criticism of their clients’ profits or corporate executive salaries. They are anxious Sanders might seek to revive policies like importing drugs from Canada and other nations, an idea loathed by drugmakers. Oh, the horror! Lobbyists also worry they’ll struggle to get traction on any push to make changes to a drug discount program involving pharmaceutical companies and hospitals or revisit association health plans after a Trump-era rule around them was voided. “This will not be business as usual for K Street.

Angels and Demons: Nurses Need Support, Not Just Applause

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Wed, 04/01/2023 - 02:11
NHS staff are professionals, not supernatural entities, says Nathan O’Hagan. They have the right to strike. But we also have the right to ask if our health services could be run more efficiently As millions stepped out of their homes to applaud the efforts of healthcare workers at the height of the pandemic, few would […]

As China Rises, Europe Falls

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Wed, 04/01/2023 - 01:24
As China Rises, Europe Falls

Some interesting news in the semiconductor wars:

Now, ASML had indeed opposed US restrictions. They said explicitly that in the case of sanctions, China would learn how to make the machines themselves.

“Disneyland for Patriots”

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Wed, 04/01/2023 - 01:00
Preparing to wreck the constitution to save it What is the difference between armed “patriots” and armed Taliban? Choice of personal weapon, perhaps? Laura Jedeed attended the Patriot Academy’s “Constitutional Defense” training camp last summer in New Mexico and writes about it for The New Republic. “The handgun course is a loss leader,” she came to see. “The ideology is the product.” Founder Rick Green’s trainees are not preparing so much for armed insurrection as for getting 34 state legislatures to petition for an Article V convention of the states to rewrite the Constitution to better align with biblical principles. Many familiar conservative names and organizations back the efforts of Convention of States Action (COSA): the Mercer family, former Senator Jim DeMint, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), David Barton, and more. In 2016, COSA organized a mock convention of the states in Virginia.

More Mind Reading at the NYT: Tells Readers U.K. Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s Real Concern Is the Working Class

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Wed, 04/01/2023 - 00:27

You have to wonder if job applicants at the New York Times are tested on their mind-reading ability.

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