Abdul El-Sayed’s opponents, with substantial AIPAC funding, outspent him 11 to 1 but still lost. Israel support is becoming a scarlet letter.
Wednesday, August 5, 2026
Iran War: US Again Fabricates Talks On, “Deal Is Nigh” As Reuters Reports Even Greater Weapons Depletion; Iran Debunks Media Reports on Oman Negotiations v. “Opening”
Today’s Iran war news: Disappointingly, more commentators are repeating Trump bogosity as the weapons and real economy crunch worsens.
Why Does the US Want to Spread Its Wars to the Caspian?
Despite its military limitations, Washington appears determined to settle scores on the battlefield.
A Brief History of How Countries Sleepwalk Into War
How America’s and other nations’ expectations of war have repeatedly been upended by the reality of fighting.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Zero-Latency War
For centuries, military innovation has pursued the objective of reducing the time between observation and action. But what happens when decision latency becomes so short that meaningful human cognition no longer participates in combat? This article argues that warfare is approaching a phase transition in which the traditional objective of faster decision-making gives way to a new engineering challenge: preserving stability and control within machine-speed autonomous military systems.
Will Climate Change Make Homes Uninsurable?
In many countries, most buyers borrow to purchase homes, with insurance required. Climate change is breaking that model.
Did the US and Israel Just Commit Their First Act of Hybrid War Against Spain?
Both countries have their motives as well as the means.
US Intervenes to Prop Up Japanese Yen Amid Worries About Possible Large Sales of Treasuries to Buy Yen, Carry Trade Unwind
On the US intervention to push up the yen, including some wee corrections of misperceptions.
Why Have China and Russia Just Stepped Out of the Shadows in the U.S.-Iran War?
Readers will hopefully have fun with extreme neocon Simon Watkins’ upset that Russia and China dare support Iran, and worse, more openly.
How the Ceuta Border Crossing Incident Immediately Played Into the Hands of Spain’s Far Right
As the dust settles on the Ceuta migrant incident, the question remains: was it coordinated—and by who?
Iran War: Trump Keeps Up Threat Display, False Claims of Negotiations as He TACOs; Israel Still Pressing for Escalation as US Withdrawals Continue
Today’s Iran war news: Coming shortages will limit how long Trump can TACO at comparatively low cost. What happens then?
American Oligarchs Prepare for War in the Wreckage of a State They Destroyed
Diagnosing the collapse of the American secular state and searching for a cure.
