Last week's posts at Moon of Alabama:
- May 2 – Why Shouldn't Russia Threaten US Carriers?
- May 6 – U.S. Pushes Fake Stories To Goad Russia Into Escalation
Related:
– Return of the King – Wolfgang Streek / New Left Review <— This week's must read!
– How Putin’s invasion returned Nato to the centre stage – Guardian
– The War Is Getting More Dangerous for America, and Biden Knows It – Tom Friedman(!) / NYT
– First IMF report issued after the nuclear war
"Bright prospects for global recovery" just released in Beijing – Branko Milanovic
> Last Summer’s adoption of Renminbi by Europe, and significant food aid from the countries of the African Union have stabilized, to a degree, the macroeconomic situation. It should be noted, however, that due to the severe difficulties of collection of information and inability of Staff to travel to the Formerly Belligerent Areas (FBAs) (separately), all National Account data have to be taken with a great dose of caution.
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Labor and social issues. Staff note that in the conversation with all FBA (separately), it has been pointed out to the massive high-skill labor shortages. In the United States, the number of people with college degree has been reduced by an estimated two-thirds (in line with the overall casualty rate), but the outflow of high-skilled workers to other countries has additionally exacerbated the problem. It was thus estimated by the Bismarck authorities that the US has lost more than 80% of its college graduates. The US authorities mentioned the plan to build a wall which would stop further outflow of skilled labor but the costs of construction (especially given extremely high level of US foreign indebtedness; see below) are prohibitive. <
- May 2 – Ukraine's Army Is In Very Bad Shape – More Fighting Will Only Destroy It
- May 5 – Ukraine's Forces Are Told To Hold The Line Where Russian Artillery Is Pulverizing Them
Related:
– The Russians Continue Grinding – Larry Johnson
– CIA Ineptitude, Russian Cauldrons and the Ukrainian Mafia – Larry Johnson
– ‘If I panic it will be worse.’ In Donbas, weary civilians try to cope. – CSM
- May 3 – Democrats: The Ukraine War Is Over. Let's Talk Abortion Rights.
Related:
– Ben Franklin Put an Abortion Recipe in His Math Textbook – Slate
- May 4 – On Lavrov's Spat With Israel – Who Is Right?
Related:
– Putin apologises for Lavrov’s Hitler remarks, Israel’s PM says – Al jazeerah
– Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett (no apology in there) – Kremlin.ru
– No comments from Kremlin spokesman about Putin’s alleged apology for Lavrov’s remarks – Tass
- More Ukraine related links:
– American progressives join the War Party – Asia Times
– Unity on Ukraine is crumbling in Eastern Europe – Unherd
– EU Haggles Over Ban on Russian Oil Imports – Energy Intel
– The Blind Alleys of European Politics – Alastair Crooke / SCF
– Greetings to Ukrainian Great Patriotic War veterans – Vladimir Putin / Kremlin.ru
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Other issues:
Covid-19:
- It ain’t over ’til it’s over – Science
- SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant is as Deadly as Previous Waves After Adjusting for Vaccinations, Demographics, and Comorbidities – Research Square
- Death Toll During Pandemic Far Exceeds Totals Reported by Countries, W.H.O. Says (15,000,000) – NYT
Empire:
- BRICS+ 2.0: Toward a polycentric world order – Asia Times
- James Galbraith: The Dollar System in a Multi-Polar World James Galbraith / Naked Capitalism
- The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why is TikTok Employing So Many National Security Agents? – Mintpressnews
Boeing:
- Results Show Airbus Is Leaving Boeing Behind – Simple Flying
- Major aircraft lessor Avolon says Boeing has 'lost its way' – Yahoo
- HOTR: Boeing moving HQ to Washington, DC, was obvious to those looking – Leeham
Use as open – Not Ukraine – thread …