Our strategic daily links: rhythmic gymnastics, youth mortality, target Venezuela, Chinese trucks, European draft?, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess

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20.10.2025

The Sunday Movie Presents: Charade (1963) Run Time: 1H 56M | naked capitalism

Charade is a romantic comedy-drama movie about thieves, money, and love in 1960's Paris.

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20.10.2025

Commodities: Why They Are a Challenge for Investors | naked capitalism

Uncertainty is pushing investors to consider commodities but playing them is not as easy as you think!

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19.10.2025

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Amounts of Lead, New Report Says – A Pharmacologist Explains the Data | naked capitalism

As whey and protein powders have moved from the bodybuilder/fitness community to the mainstream, a new study raises alarms about lead levels.

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19.10.2025

Links 10/18/2025 | naked capitalism

Our bouncy daily links: new ice, moar measles, China new ocean surveillance tech, France downgrades, Zelensk dissed, AI power hogging, Israel torture, No Kings rallies, Canada recession, Bitcoin slump, Mangione win, shutdown losers, Prince Andrew gives up title

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18.10.2025

Data Centers Spark Bipartisan Fury As Energy Costs Soar | naked capitalism

Voters are waking up to the fact that their soaring electricity costs represent a big subsidy to data centers. What happens next?

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18.10.2025

Coffee Break: Politics and Science and Politics, a Coral Catastrophe, Mamdani, and the New ICE Age | naked capitalism

Politics and science, the fate of coral reefs in a warming world, Mamdani shaking up our politics, and an ICE Age report from the field

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18.10.2025

The Trump-Putin Phone Call: US Makes Process Concession to Russia and Trump Softens Stance on Tomahawks. | naked capitalism

A reading of the Trump and Kremlin statements shows most commentators are out over their skis as to what the Trump-Putin phone call portends.

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18.10.2025

Links 10/17/2025 | naked capitalism

Our zealous daily links: dolphin lifespans fall, pediatric long Covid, moar US-China trade war, India denies ending Russian oil imports, Israel torture, Bolton indicted, ICE seized >170 Americans, bubble debate, AI fails hedgies, Mamdani-Cuomo debate, JFK reproduciton ignorance, Zions debt loss

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18.10.2025

How a One-Man Grassroots Campaign Scuppered the EU's Latest Plan to Suffocate Online Privacy (For Now) | naked capitalism

Could this campaign serve as a template for others aimed at preventing similar dystopian measures from becoming law in other ostensibly democratic jurisdictions?

Naked Capitalism

18.10.2025

'We’re Not Going to Forget’: Pritzker Warns Trump Enforcers Miller, Homan, Bovino That Immunity Not Forever | naked capitalism

Governor Pritzker has gotten out of bed to threaten Team Trump over ICE abuses. But this still amounts to a wet noodle lashing.

Naked Capitalism

18.10.2025

Book Review: The Mixed Blessing of Antibiotics | naked capitalism

“Dangerous Miracle,” by Liam Shaw, is a sweeping account of the rise and precarious future of a live-saving antibiotics.

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17.10.2025

Links 10/16/2025 | naked capitalism

Our daily links, including CIA unleashed against Venezuela, Israel ignores ceasefire, AI embraces fracking, and grenade-launching robot dogs.

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17.10.2025

What Does New High in US Stock Market Margin Debt Portend? | naked capitalism

Looking at the significance, or not, of a record high in stock market margin debt.

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17.10.2025

Afghanistan–Pakistan Clashes in Middle East Context | naked capitalism

The Afghanistan-Pakistan clash might respond to U.S. interests and preparations for a renewed conflict with Iran

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17.10.2025

Trump Plans to Use Men With Guns as Part of IRS Campaign Against "Left-Leaning" Groups | naked capitalism

Trump, in particular his key deputy Steve Miller, is gearing up to launch his war against political enemies, above all Soros' Open Society

Naked Capitalism

16.10.2025

Financial Institution Leaders Issue More Warnings of Equity Market Froth, Dodgy Debt Bombs | naked capitalism

Financial firm heads are making admissions against interest. Further discussion of apparent and potential risks.

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16.10.2025

Trump Trio of Vought, Miller, and Eric Rise From the Muck

A Trump Trio stood out in news coverage of the administration this week: Russell Vought, Stephen Miller, and Eric Trump.

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16.10.2025

Drug Price Wars: What Can Really Tame Big Pharma? | naked capitalism

What’s really driving Big Pharma's price gouging — and why have Federal efforts to rein it in made so little progress?

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16.10.2025

Winning with Misinformation: New Research Identifies Link Between Endorsing Easily Disproven Claims and Prioritizing Symbolic Strength | naked capitalism

A new study probes attitudes that are correlated with receptivity to more extreme misinformation claims.

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16.10.2025

Trump 2.0’s Eurasian Balancing Act Has Failed | naked capitalism

Yet more case examples of Trump arrogance and aggression producing failure.

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16.10.2025

As Trump Sells Peace in West Asia, His 'Route for International Peace and Prosperity’ in the Caucasus Fails to Live Up to Its Name | naked capitalism

As US Zionist plans progress in the Levant, what’s happening at another point in the Iran pressure campaign in the Caucasus?

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16.10.2025

Links 10/15/2025 | naked capitalism

Our daily links, including OpenAI embraces erotica, half of internet is slop, conditions for Argentina bailout, and China trade war.

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15.10.2025

The Rising Carbon Footprint of Electricity in the United States | naked capitalism

On the policy of increasing electricity generation without decarbonization, as in increased reliance on gas.

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15.10.2025

Israel, the US, and the New Aerial Imperialism | naked capitalism

Israel has used the US, or vice versa, to subdue the neighborhood via aggressive air campaigns. But is that sustainable?

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15.10.2025

The Huge US Bond Market and the US Dollar Blow Off the “Debasement Trade” | naked capitalism

Why the dollar and Treasuries have rallied despite the Liberation Day swoon and "debasement trade" patter.

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15.10.2025

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse - Rare Earth Elements | naked capitalism

Rare earths power U.S. defense tech, but supply chains are brittle. We show why they matter to the military and why the cost of domestic production would be enormous. Sourcing all strategic materials in the U.S. would likely be infeasible.

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15.10.2025

War in Venezuela Could Be Another Vietnam, Warns Mexican Analyst Fernando Buen Abad | naked capitalism

"The breakout of war in Venezuela could be a horror show for the entire continent. "

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15.10.2025

Links 10/14/2025 | naked capitalism

Our lightening daily links: marine lions, El Nina shift? China-US trade war, India-Pakistan skirmishes, Gaza prisoner exchange, UK budget woes, loss of pay pressures shutdown, H2A visa slavery? Pentagon press gag, consumer debt stress, stock bubble worries, moar crypto crash

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15.10.2025

Economic Myths: Homo Economicus | naked capitalism

Richard Murphy is starting to take part bad economic idea. This series may wind up having no ending.

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14.10.2025

Looking to Türkiye For Clues About What’s Coming in Western Asia | naked capitalism

US-Turkish-Israeli Axis remains intact and with Syria as takfiri staging ground aims to spread chaos to Lebanon, Iraq, and ultimately Iran.

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14.10.2025

How Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think | naked capitalism

Is technology expanding or contracting our horizons?

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14.10.2025

AI: Is it Really Different this Time? | naked capitalism

AI is huge. But so is the hype, hocus-pocus deals, and piles of real money fortified by leverage that caused stock prices to explode.

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14.10.2025

Links 10/13/2025 | naked capitalism

Our wild-eyed daily links, including climate tipping point passed, China rare earths and battery export controls, and US arms manufacturer plant explosion.

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14.10.2025

Bad Jacketing Katie Porter in the Californai governor's race

Last week saw coordinated bad jacketing attacks on Katie Porter the progressive frontrunner in the California gubernatorial race.

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14.10.2025

Crypto Crash Leads to Customer Bail-Ins to Prevent Some Exchanges from Failing | naked capitalism

Yet more reason to be leery of crypto: even when you have won on a leveraged bet, you can be haircut to help rescue the exchange.

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13.10.2025

Links 10/12/2025 | naked capitalism

Our strategic daily links: gymnastic dance, savants, coal-powered datacenters, Chinese drone show, UK Digital IDs, Gaza horrors, Ukraine burning, vanishing privacy, Trumpishness, Musk world, immigration troubles, Mr. market, AI, and wretched excess

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13.10.2025

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Moscow, My Love (1974) Run Time: 1H 29M | naked capitalism

Moscow My Love is a bittersweet tale of love and loss set in Soviet Russia.

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13.10.2025

Venezuela’s Opposition Used UN Meeting to Lobby for US Coup | naked capitalism

The so-called opposition, with a much-needed rebranding assist from the Nobel Committee, proposes total economic surrender to US oligarchic interests.

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How a Bush-Era ‘Green’ Solution Made Climate Change Worse | naked capitalism

Links 10/19/2025 | naked capitalism

The Sunday Movie Presents: Charade (1963) Run Time: 1H 56M | naked capitalism

Commodities: Why They Are a Challenge for Investors | naked capitalism

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Amounts of Lead, New Report Says – A Pharmacologist Explains the Data | naked capitalism

Links 10/18/2025 | naked capitalism

Data Centers Spark Bipartisan Fury As Energy Costs Soar | naked capitalism

Coffee Break: Politics and Science and Politics, a Coral Catastrophe, Mamdani, and the New ICE Age | naked capitalism

The Trump-Putin Phone Call: US Makes Process Concession to Russia and Trump Softens Stance on Tomahawks. | naked capitalism

Links 10/17/2025 | naked capitalism

How a One-Man Grassroots Campaign Scuppered the EU's Latest Plan to Suffocate Online Privacy (For Now) | naked capitalism

'We’re Not Going to Forget’: Pritzker Warns Trump Enforcers Miller, Homan, Bovino That Immunity Not Forever | naked capitalism

Book Review: The Mixed Blessing of Antibiotics | naked capitalism

Links 10/16/2025 | naked capitalism

What Does New High in US Stock Market Margin Debt Portend? | naked capitalism

Afghanistan–Pakistan Clashes in Middle East Context | naked capitalism

Trump Plans to Use Men With Guns as Part of IRS Campaign Against "Left-Leaning" Groups | naked capitalism

Financial Institution Leaders Issue More Warnings of Equity Market Froth, Dodgy Debt Bombs | naked capitalism

Trump Trio of Vought, Miller, and Eric Rise From the Muck

Drug Price Wars: What Can Really Tame Big Pharma? | naked capitalism

Winning with Misinformation: New Research Identifies Link Between Endorsing Easily Disproven Claims and Prioritizing Symbolic Strength | naked capitalism

Trump 2.0’s Eurasian Balancing Act Has Failed | naked capitalism

As Trump Sells Peace in West Asia, His 'Route for International Peace and Prosperity’ in the Caucasus Fails to Live Up to Its Name | naked capitalism

Links 10/15/2025 | naked capitalism

The Rising Carbon Footprint of Electricity in the United States | naked capitalism

Israel, the US, and the New Aerial Imperialism | naked capitalism

The Huge US Bond Market and the US Dollar Blow Off the “Debasement Trade” | naked capitalism

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse - Rare Earth Elements | naked capitalism

War in Venezuela Could Be Another Vietnam, Warns Mexican Analyst Fernando Buen Abad | naked capitalism

Links 10/14/2025 | naked capitalism

Economic Myths: Homo Economicus | naked capitalism

Looking to Türkiye For Clues About What’s Coming in Western Asia | naked capitalism

How Technology Shapes How We Move, Speak, and Think | naked capitalism

AI: Is it Really Different this Time? | naked capitalism

Links 10/13/2025 | naked capitalism

Bad Jacketing Katie Porter in the Californai governor's race

Crypto Crash Leads to Customer Bail-Ins to Prevent Some Exchanges from Failing | naked capitalism

Links 10/12/2025 | naked capitalism

The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Moscow, My Love (1974) Run Time: 1H 29M | naked capitalism

Venezuela’s Opposition Used UN Meeting to Lobby for US Coup | naked capitalism

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