France plans to deploy Rafale jets armed with tactical nuclear bombs to Poland and other EU states to threaten Russia.
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Monday, June 1, 2026
France’s “Forward Deterrence” Vis-à-vis Russia Raises The Risk Of Nuclear War
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 13 Comments »
Links 6/1/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:56 am | 34 Comments »
Iran War: Iran Rejects Trump Claims That Deal Is Near as US Counterproductively Toughens Terms; Hotter Tit-for-Tat Strikes Threaten Ceasefire; What if Trump Continues to Stall When Hitting Energy Cliff ?
Today’s Iran war update: What if Trump fails or refuses to resolve the conflict despite the US going over the energy cliff, projected for July?
Topics: Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Investment outlook, Media appearances, Media watch, Politics, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 63 Comments »
Rough Times Ahead in Caucasus Regardless of Armenia Election Outcome
Reminiscent of Ukraine, Sunday’s election becomes a contest between the direction of the country: EU or Russia.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Europe, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 12 Comments »
Building Fairer Cities: New Insights From Mohenjo-daro
New insight reveals that inequality was low in one of South Asia’s first cities and that it decreased as its citizens prospered.
Topics: Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Social policy, Social values, Taxes
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 6 Comments »
Links 5/31/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 181 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Howling For God (1998) Run Time: 1H 3M and Bonus: Ya Zamene Ahu (1970) Run Time:20M
Howling for God is a movie about earthly power and spiritual power.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 4 Comments »
Shutting Down Federal Bee Labs Threatens Bees, Beekeepers and the US Food System
Is the country’s food supply being destroyed intentionally?
Topics: Agriculture, Market inefficiencies, Social policy
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 10 Comments »
Links 5/30/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 145 Comments »
Manufacturing Consent for Trump’s Invasion of Cuba
Team Trump’s rhetoric against Cuba gets louder despite the lack of legal justification.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Real estate, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:36 am | 20 Comments »
A New Iron Curtain Is Inevitable
European hostility towards Russia and related trouble-making have hit the point where Russian Ambassador invoked a new Iron Curtain.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:16 am | 82 Comments »
Coffee Break: Ancient Art, the Return of Analog, Science in Distress, and Death Is for Losers
Part the First: Functional Art from the Enigmatic Daunians. William Morris famously wrote, “Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” Of course, his beauty in response to the immiseration of the working class was for the English rich but nothing is perfect. Our old […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Health care, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 24 Comments »
When ICE Ramped Up Enforcement, US‑Born Workers Didn’t See Any Economic Gains
US natives did not see wage gains from ICE crackdowns. But the story looks more complicated than some suggest.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 11 Comments »
Links 5/29/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:58 am | 68 Comments »
Iran War: New Reports of Agreement on Memo of Understanding Effectively Shot Down by Bessent as He Also Repeats Threats Against Oman; Israel Attacks Beirut; More Warnings of Energy Price Cliff Plus Claim Trump Made Illegal Below-Market SPR Sales
Today’s Iran war news: More Axios “deal is sealed” fake news as real economy costs of continued conflict look even more dire.
Topics: China, Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Investment outlook, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:53 am | 149 Comments »




