The Socialist Monster Awakens

Five Dynamics That Make Sense Of An Increasingly Chaotic World Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, These dynamics and the incentives they generate lead to systemic crisis and collapse. As I noted in What Once Explained Everything Now Explains Nothing, the simplicity of either-or ideologies appeal to us. Identifying with an ideology is like having a favorite sports team: yea for our team! Our team good, other team bad. The roots of this simplistic either-or are obvious: our tribe good, other tribe bad. The problems with this simplistic loyalty arise when we attempt to...

Iran Will 'Immediately' Return To MoU Deal If US Does, Pezeshkian Says, After Two Supertankers Struck In Hormuz Summary Iran offers conditional ceasefire: Pezeshkian says Iran will return to talks if the US honors prior commitments, which Tehran says it has violated. US threatens further strikes: Trump warned of more action but ruled out necessarily returning to full-scale war. Tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz: Two supertankers struck exiting Hormuz, escalating energy-market risks. Oil prices surge: Brent crude rose above $92/barrel. Diesel supply squeezed: Refinery disruptions are driving diesel prices and margins sharply higher. Strait of Hormuz traffic returns to normal by...

Multiple Israeli military operations were reported in southwest Syria’s Quneitra Governorate over the weekend. The operations reportedly included the establishment of a new military checkpoint near the village of Ain Zeiwan and the destruction of farmland in the area. Troops also reportedly enter Samandiyah village in Quneitra, and captured a young man near the village […]