Last week's post on Moon of Alabama:
- Mar 13 – China's Prestigious Middle East Deal May Soon See Challenges
Related:
– US Senators Adopt New Strategy to Push Saudi Arabia on Human Rights – Reuters
– Arab Nations Seek to Bring Syria In From the Cold Amid Broad Middle East Realignment – WSJ
– President al-Assad in an interview with Sputnik: My visit to Moscow will pave way for new stage in two countries’ relations – SANA
– Zelenskyy introduces sanctions against Syria's Assad – Anadolu
- Mar 14 – Ukraine – Media Start To Acknowledge Reality
- Mar 15 – New Bakhmut Report: High Casualties – Low Morale – Russian Tactics
- Mar 16 – Ukraine – Effective Mortar Range And A Map
Related:
– 'Satisfied with the Banderization of Ukraine' – Moss Robeson / Bandera Lobby Blog
– From Nurseries To Nazis, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 – Deborah Armstrong / Regis Tremblay
– As Xi Heads to Russia, U.S. Says No to Any China-Led Ceasefire in Ukraine – Newsweek
- Mar 15 – The Worst Deal Ever – Australia To Pay U.S. For Nuclear Insecurity
Related:
– The Trouble with AUKUS – Daniel Larison
– What the AUKUS sub ruckus means for regional security – Responsible Statecraft
– The U.S. and UK’s Submarine Deal Crosses Nuclear Red Lines with Australia – Naked Capitalism
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- Mar 16 – The Just Won't Stop – NYT Pushes New False Claims By Debunked Anti-Russia Propagandist Clint Watts
Related:
– Pro-Moscow voices tried to steer Ohio train disaster debate – Associated Press
– U.S. Pushes for TikTok Sale to Resolve National Security Concerns – NY Times
- Mar 18 – Backlash Of Sanction On Russia Must Not Lead To Sanctions On Everyone
Related:
– America’s Chips War With China: Another Sanctions Backfire Coming? – Naked Capitalism
– Rosneft Refinery in Schwedt Continues to Be a Microcosm of Europe’s Sanctions-Induced Energy Mess – Naked Capitalism
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Other issues:
Iraq war:
- The Iraq War 20 Years On: End of the US’s Post-9/11 Neoconservative Dream – Naked Capitalism
- Stop Calling The Iraq War A ‘Mistake’: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix – Caitlin Johnstone
- IRAQ 20 YEARS: Ray McGovern — The Uses and Abuses of National Intelligence Estimates – Consortium News
- Scott Ritter: Biden Led the Charge to Invade Iraq – Sputnik
Biden Mafia:
- Hunter Biden sues laptop repair shop owner, citing invasion of privacy – Washington Post
- Where the money went: The Bidens and Biden associates who received Chinese cash – NY Post
- Biden denies China-linked payments to family members despite bank records – Washington Examiner
The Crash:
- Why the Bank Crisis Is Not Over – Michael Hudson / UNZ
- 20 banks that are sitting on huge potential securities losses—as was SVB – Marketwatch
- Low Rates Were Meant to Last. Without Them, Finance Is In for a Rough Ride. – NY Times
> U.S. banks were sitting on $620 billion in unrealized losses from securities that had dropped in price at the end of 2022, based on Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation data, with many regional banks facing big hits.
Adding in other potential losses, including on mortgages that were extended when rates were low, economists at New York University have estimated that the total may be more like $1.75 trillion. <
felix salmon @felixsalmon – 12:45 UTC · Mar 14, 2023
NAILED IT: “In five years a number of banks will not be around because of blockchain technology.”
-Joseph DiPaolo, Signature Bank CEO, 2018Bloomberg: ‘Old-School’ Signature Bank Collapsed After Its Big Crypto Leap
Various items:
- JOHN KIRIAKOU: Reckoning with a Major Twitter Troll – Consortium News
- Emmanuel Macron: the weakling autocrat brought to power by American meddling – Gilbert Doctorow
- Exclusive: Effective Altruist Leaders Were Repeatedly Warned About Sam Bankman-Fried Years Before FTX Collapsed – Time
Use as open (not Ukraine related) thread …