Roundtable 7: Gonzalo Lira with Yves Smith and Isabella Kaminska

 

Update from ‘military summary’

 

Some Covid news from Australia

 Three myths about COVID-19 — and the biggest challenge that lies ahead “So what's my plan, now that I know the risk of heart problems and other poor health outcomes is just as high on a second or third infection, and in the absence of a vaccine to stop BA.5 infection?

I'm dropping my COVID hubris and donning a mask.”

Michael Hudson on American diplomacy

 Michael Hudson: American Diplomacy as a Tragic Drama

Michael Hudson: some memoirs and more

 An Autobiographical on Economic Rent and Exploitation

Col Doug Macgregor - Ukraine Russia latest

 

Yves Smith in gas supply problems in Europe

 The Gang That Can’t Shoot Straight: Western Leaders Bungle Russia Gas Supply, Barmy Oil Price Cap, and Appear Unable Even to Line Up Meetings

Juxtaposition

 Scoria dell’Arte

Yves Smith on UN’s grain and fertiliser agreements

 Some Implications of the UN’s Ukraine Grain and Russia Fertilizer/Food Agreements

Ukraine updates from Alexander Mercouris and ‘military summary’

 

Odessa deal valid for 120 days

 https://youtu.be/EtDw8eHl3yk from Alex Christoforou

US-NATO jets to Ukraine

 White House confirms plans to send US-NATO jets to fight Russia

Vladimir Putin’s speech on the forum “Powerful ideas for a new era” 2022.

 Vladimir Putin’s speech on the forum “Powerful ideas for a new era” 2022.

Gautam Bhatia on Chile’s constitution

 https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1549670469670162433

Mobilisation and real economy by Andrew Martyanov

 

An update from Yves Smith

 Russia’s Campaign in Ukraine: Nearing an Inflection Point?

Coronavirus reinfections

 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01914-6 ‘

One coronavirus infection wards off another — but only if it’s a similar variant’

Vasant Desai in ‘Songs of Yore’

 Vasant Desai Part 1

Vasant Desai Part 2

Current wisdom among some pro-Russia experts

 Lira and others

Discussion with Michael Hudson and Steve Keen

 Dollar Diplomacy: Michael Hudson and Steve Keen on Real Progressives