I’ll be mostly off tomorrow. So here are your links …
Zionists:
- As Christians are attacked in Israel, government shows little concern (archived) – Washington Post
Iran:
- The Iran War’s Most Embarrassingly Wrong Pundits – Jacobin
- The Invasion That Didn’t Happen: The Secret Plan to Overthrow the Iranian Regime (in Hebrew) – The7i – Some interesting details
The CIA, the Mossad, and IDF officers armed, equipped, and provided vehicles, uniforms, and communication devices to the Iranian and Iraqi Kurds, after June 25, in order to stage a coup in Tehran. At the last moment, Trump, who had approved the operation, backed out. - Exclusive: US commanders bypassed warnings about outdated intelligence ahead of strike that hit school in Iran, sources say – CNN
- Steel Over Paper: Iran’s Civilizational Rebirth – How Tehran lost its victory – Multipolar Press – Recommended!
- Leader vows to avenge martyr Ayatollah Khamenei’s blood – Irna
[Mojtaba Khamenei:] “We pledge to avenge your pure blood and the blood of all the martyrs of these two wars by taking revenge against the criminal, disgraceful murderers. This vengeance is what our nation is demanding, and this must definitely be done. These criminals, whose names are fully documented from the highest to the lowest ranks, will carry their dream of a peaceful death in bed to the grave. They must know that this action doesn’t depend on my presence or that of any other official. Whether we are here or not, this will be done. Soon, free-spirited people throughout the world will each carry out a part of this divine mission.”
Russia:
In this week’s cover story the Economist is hyping a Russian ‘oligarch’. It may hope that he will in future play a bigger role.
But isn’t Putin called an “autocrat”? What then is the role of “oligarchs”, i.e. the former politically active billionaires who were banned after the year 2000?
There isn’t one and Melnichenko, the guy in question, does not see himself in any such role.
His writeup though (third link) is of interest.
- Andrey Melnichenko – The man who would change Russia (archived) – Economist Leader
- A top oligarch breaks his silence (archived) – Economist
An interview with Andrey Melnichenko on the future of Russia - Why a broken Russia is bad for the world (archived) – Andrey Melnichenko / Economist
When the war in Ukraine ends, Moscow will need to be part of the new security architecture, argues Andrey Melnichenko – Interesting read! - Four scenarios for the Russian Federation. What does the article of the Russian oligarch Melnichenko in The Economist say? (in Russian) – Strana Comment
Judging by the editorial comments of the magazine, this was probably done in order to support the thesis that has recently been popular in the Western media about the brewing revolt of the Russian elite. …
However, this is rather wishful thinking. … - The Aims of NATO/U.S.-Organized Missile Attacks Inside Russia Go Far Beyond Russia Alone – MRonline
SoAm:
- How Marco Rubio is Running Venezuela From Afar (archived) – NY Times
The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in the Trump era.
Machine Stupidity:
- AI has taken over the stock market. The bond market is next (archived) – Economist
- AI Bubble: We’re headed for the first Tech Great Depression (video) – Ed Zitron / Bloomberg
- Awaiting the Crash? – New Left Review – Good!
- Let AI Burn – Ed Zitron
Ukraine:
- Do not assume Russia has lost the war – Valerii Zaluzhnyi / Telegraph
- The Ukraine war’s big lie Can Kyiv ever win? – Unherd
- The Desperate Search for Soldiers When Nobody Is Left – Military Land
- 155th Brigade Commander in Hiding After Soldiers Detained Over Alleged Kidnappings – Military Land
Ratfucking Demokrats:
- Establishment Attacks On Platner Are Classic Woke Attacks On The Populist Left – Ian Welsh (June 5)
- The hollow campaign targeting Graham Platner – Whatever happened to evidence? – Michael Tracy / Unherd
- Of Course This is a Coordinated Ratfucking of Graham Platner – Freddie DeBoer
Spying:
- Meta tests ‘super sensing’ AI glasses that can record every moment (archived) – FT
Mark Zuckerberg’s hardware ambitions are edging into a new privacy fight over who gets recorded - The rise of the machines – The Iceman
A new book tells the history of the Pentagon office that put AI in the kill chain and made Palantir the world’s most valuable defense contractor. - Palantir: too tied to Trump? (archived) – FT
History:
- Hitler’s Enablers (archived) – NY Books
The complicity of conservative nationalists in the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 offers disturbing parallels to the current American political situation.
Markets:
- This Is Not An Earnings Bubble, It Is A Leverage Bubble – Seeking Alpha
- The next financial crisis may start in your shopping cart – Ynetnnews
- CNBC Helps SpaceX Pull Off Trillion-Dollar Pump-and-Dump – Fair
- AI Investment Mania Has Begun to Percolate Through the Economy, and the Fed Has Begun to Fret About the Effects – Naked Capitalism
Use as open (not related to the wars in Ukraine and Iran) thread …