Part the First: How Do You Awaken Sleeping Cancer Cells. Short answer: Inflammation. Speaking from experience, anyone who have ever been treated successfully for cancer never fully relaxes after his or her tumor or condition is resolved. Formerly metastatic cells can remain dormant for a long time. Recent research has shown how they are reawakened. […]
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Saturday, August 2, 2025
Coffee Break: COVID-19 and Cancer, NIH Weaponized Against the People, Consciousness, AI and the Internet, and Famine
Topics: Banana republic, China, Coffee Break, Garrulous insolence, Health care, Pandemic, Science and the scientific method
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 14 Comments »
As Tariffs Bite and Jobs Stall, New Interactive Tool Tracks How Much Trump and GOP Are Raising the Cost of Living
As Trump’s new tariffs are about to squeeze American wallets even harder, a new tool helps keep track of the damage.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Investment outlook, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 32 Comments »
Links 8/1/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 196 Comments »
Quelle Surprise: UK’s Online Age Verification Law Triggers Explosion in Demand for VPNs
It looks like we were right: online age verification is being used as a Trojan horse for the mass rollout of digital identity systems.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 19 Comments »
Chronically Ill? In RFK Jr.’s View, It Might Be Your Own Fault
RFK, Jr.’s policy views confirm that he hates the poors.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:59 am | 16 Comments »
Trump Is Hellbent on Derailing India’s Rise as a Great Power
Is there some logic to Trump’s 25% tariff threat against India, or is this just more pique over his limited influence?
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, India, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:12 am | 19 Comments »
Syria, the Middle East and the Question of the Nation-State
Syria’s push for a nation-state raises questions: is this model fit for a region where it has brought more conflict than stability?
Topics: Coffee Break, Middle East
Posted by Curro Jimenez at 2:00 pm | 37 Comments »
Unexpected China Factory Contraction Confirms Deflationary Headwinds, Overcapacity
China’s leaders admit to widespread overcapacity, such as in EVs and solar panels. Faillure to solve it could generate Japan-style deflation
Topics: Auto industry, China, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Globalization, Politics, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 31 Comments »
Links 7/31/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 177 Comments »
Consumers Are Footing the Bill for AI’s Insatiable Appetite for Energy
The energy cost of AI is probaby vastly higher than you realized, and will be showing up soon in your power bills.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 52 Comments »
Long-COVID, Viruses and ‘Zombie’ Cells: New Research Looks for Links to Chronic Fatigue and Brain Fog
A theory of what might cause the many symptoms of Long Covid, which if proven further, should help in developing treatments
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:56 am | 3 Comments »
South America’s Sovereignty Is Being Lost in Big Tech’s Clouds
How South America and the Global South generally are selling out their automony and the promise of multipolarity for Big Tech convenience
Topics: Banana republic, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:02 am | 9 Comments »
Coffee Break: Amway Oligarchy and Trump’s Willing Figureheads
Certain high profile appointees in the Trump administration, think Pete Hegseth or Kash Patel, function as figureheads to distract from the increasing power of the oligarchy.
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Nat Wilson Turner at 2:00 pm | 16 Comments »
Can States Reinvent U.S. Healthcare? This Expert Thinks So
Trump has sent a wrecking ball through US healthcare. Can states team up to preserve some measure of the old normal?
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 25 Comments »
Links 7/30/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 222 Comments »