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The Civil War Is At Home
The Civil War Is At Home Francesco Hayez The Death of the Doge Marin Faliero 1867 Dr. D’s swift response to my essay yesterday, Every Kingdom Divided Against Itself. On the mechanisms by which empires fall. They’re always similar and familiar. Dr. D: Wonderfully said. Since no one will report, here’s what happened to that […]
Hot War and Cold Markets
Hot War and Cold Markets This is turning into a comedy. A black comedy, for sure, but still. As both the Skripal novichok ‘poisoning’ case in Britain and the ‘chemical attack’ in Douma, Syria fall flat on their faces on a total and absolute lack of evidence, it’s becoming clear that western ‘authorities’ are not […]
The Big Tech Backlash of 2018
The Big Tech Backlash of 2018 Herbert Ponting Scott’s Terra Nova Expedition, Antarctica 1911 Something must be terribly wrong with the world. A few days ago Elizabeth Warren agreed with Trump on China, now Bernie Sanders agrees with him about Amazon. What’s happening? Bernie Sanders Agrees With Trump: Amazon Has Too Much Power Independent Vermont […]
The Core
The Core Jerome Liebling May Day Union Square Park New York City 1948Dr. D. peels the American political onion to get down to what it’s all about. I’m impressed. He explains America better than just about anyone. Turns out, there ain’t much left. So yeah, what happened? Dr. D: The news cycle runs so frenetically […]
The Science of a Vanishing Planet
The Science of a Vanishing Planet Dorothea Lange Gravestone St. George, Utah 1953There are numerous ways to define the Precautionary Principle. It’s something we can all intuitively understand, but which many parties seek ways to confuse since it has the potential to stand in the way of profits. Still, in the end it should all […]
Facebook: Six Degrees of Giant Squid
Facebook: Six Degrees of Giant Squid Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) German artist, philosopher, composer, mystic Cosmic TreeAll of a sudden, politicians in the EU, UK, and USA all want to talk to Mark Zuckerberg. That’s a bad enough sign all by itself. It means they all either have been asleep, complicit, or they’re not very […]
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Gordon Parks Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Football practice 1943Here’s a delicious little rant from Dr. D., by now a regular contributor at the Automatic Earth. Dr. D: The schizophrenia surrounding the tariff plan is really startling. But then I could just say, “the level of insanity everywhere is startling.” Self-avowed schmartz-guys […]
1984 Is Not The Future
1984 Is Not The Future Jacobello Alberegno The Beast of the Apocalypse 1360-90 The Guardian ran an article yesterday by one of its editors, David Shariatmadari, that both proves and disproves its own theme at the same time: “An Information Apocalypse Is Coming”. Now, I don’t fancy the term apocalypse in a setting like this, […]
The Lies and the Narrative
The Lies and the Narrative Frank Larson Chrysler reflection, 42nd Street near 5th Ave, New York 1950sUpdate: Dutch Foreign Minister Halbe Zijlstra resigned at 5pm local time, before the parliamentary debate could take place. But that still leaves Rutte in place with his own version of “when it gets serious, you have to lie”. There […]
A Modest Plan
A Modest Plan Rembrandt van Rijn The Storm on the Sea of Galilee 1633 On March 18, 1990, the painting was stolen by thieves disguised as police officers. They broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum in Boston, MA, and stole this painting, along with 12 other works. The paintings have never been recovered, and […]
Big Brother = You
Big Brother = You Giorgione The Tempest 1508Happy belated new year. Belatedly. Thought I’d sit out a few days, since there wasn’t much news to be expected. And it did pan out that way, other than Trump bogarting the limelight; but then, that isn’t really news either. Anything he says or does triggers the expansive […]
The Greek Fraud Reads Like a Crime Novel
The Greek Fraud Reads Like a Crime Novel Tamara de Lempicka The refugees 1937Note: I feel kind of sorry this has become such a long essay. But I still left out so much. You know by now I care a lot about Greece, and it’s high time for another look, and another update, and another […]
Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 5
Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 5 Gustave Courbet Sunset on Lake Geneva 1876Chapter 1 of this five-part series by Dr. D is here: Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 1 Chapter 2 is here: Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 2 Chapter 3 is here: Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 3 Chapter 4 is here: Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 4 Next […]
Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 1
Bitcoin Doesn’t Exist – 1 Gustave Courbet The wave 1869A while ago, I asked a regular commenter at the Automatic Earth, who goes by the moniker Dr. D, to try and write an article for us. Not long after, I received no less than 31 pages, and an even 12345 words. Way too long for […]
Jeffrey Sachs Still Promotes Disaster
Jeffrey Sachs Still Promotes Disaster Amedeo Modigliani Elvira Resting at a Table 1919Many of you are undoubtedly familiar with Naomi Klein’s 2007 book “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism”, in which she describes how neoliberalism, as developed by Milton Friedman and his Chicago School, wreaks often very brutal and bloody havoc upon societies […]
