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Links 8/14/2024 | naked capitalism


Gaza

As a former IDF soldier and historian of genocide, I was deeply disturbed by my recent visit to Israel Omer Bartov, Guardian

Weekend carnage in Gaza shows Nagasaki mayor was right South China Morning Post (furzy)

‘Operation al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 311: International condemnations of Israel’s massacre at Gaza school as pressure grows on Netanyahu to reach ceasefire deal Mondoweiss (guurst)

The Fajr massacre: Every 70 kg bag of human remains is considered a martyr Mondoweiss

Israeli forces disguised as UNRWA workers to carry out military attack in Gaza, report states Quds News (guurst)

Germany says Israel’s massacre at Gaza school justified in ‘self defense’ The Cradle (Kevin W)

The U.S. Is Accelerating Towards Disaster Daniel Larison

Iran finesses its deterrence strategy Indian Punchline

Could Iran and Israel Drift Into a Full-Scale War? International Affairs (Micael T)

War With Iran Imminent? Ken Klipperstein

New Not-So-Cold War

More Of The Visuals… Andrei Martyanov

Versus Another Russian region declares emergency as Ukraine offensive enters second week BBC.

First arrest warrant for Nord Stream attacks Tagesschau via machine translation. PJH:

A German court has issued an arrest warrant for an Ukrainian diving instructor, who is suspected of participating in the Nord Stream sabotage.

The problem: he was last seen in Poland, Poland doesn’t want to extradite him to Germany (and allegedly tried to block investigations). Now the guy has vanished, but his spokesperson says he’s innocent.

Nice solution, right? An arrest warrant for a person who has vanished and who unlikely will appear in German court. Maybe he’s been selected as a credible scapegoat.

Russian Iskander Missile Strike Destroys Rare Ukrainian Su-27 Fighter at Mirgorod Airbase Military Watch

Debt-Riddled Ukraine Blames ‘Slow’ US Aid, Scrambles to Pay Its Army Sputnik

Caucasus

The South Caucasus in Washington’s playbook International Affairs (Micael T)

Big Brother is Watching You Watch

Texas Sues General Motors, Alleging Illegal Selling of Driver Data CNN

US Senate takes up bill banning government purchase of Americans’ data Biometric Update

Advice from DEFCON: Turn off Bluetooth and WiFi NDTV (furzy)

Imperial Collapse Watch

Better Believe Israel When it Says it is a Reflection of Western “Civilization” BettBeat (Dr. Kevin)

Craig Murray: We Are the Bad Guys Consortium News (Chuck L)

Trump

UAW files federal labor charges against Donald Trump and Elon Musk after threatening workers on X interview CNN

Donald Trump showcases new lisp during Elon Musk interview Independent. Paul R suggest this could be an effect of Covid. How about a new, improved Churchill imitation?

But no, see below, something much simpler. Lambert had this in Water Cooler yesterday:

Kamala

Kamala Harris running ads with fake news headlines – Axios RT. Fake news for me, but not for thee.

🐝 ‘I Will Fix Things If You Vote Me Into Office,’ Says Woman Currently In Office Babylon Bee

Crash the DNC’s Party Covert Action (Chuck L)

2024

Republicans split on tackling deficit, including Medicare, Social Security reforms The Hill

The Nation’s Best Hackers Found Vulnerabilities in Voting Machines – But No Time To Fix Them Politico

Omar gives progressives a needed boost: 5 takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries The Hill

Our No Longer Free Press

From Politico’s EU morning newsletter:

TRUMP ALLIES ACCUSE EU OF FREE SPEECH CRACKDOWN: Allies of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump seized on EU Commissioner Thierry Breton’s stern open letter on X to its owner Elon Musk, accusing Brussels of a China-style attempt to restrict freedom of speech online. The comments will certainly poke the hornet’s nest of transatlantic relations between the EU establishment and the possible next president of the U.S.

Brussels slaps down Thierry Breton over ‘harmful content’ letter to Elon Musk Financial Times. Oopsie! Politico wrong-footed this one.

Memes Pose a Threat to the US Financial System: RAND Report Hacker Noon (Paul R)

A Harris-Walz Administration Would Be A Nightmare for Free Speech Jonathan Turley (Li)

Woke Watch

The Case That Abraham Lincoln Was a ‘Lover of Men’ Vanity Fair (Dr. Kevin)

Antitrust

US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google Bloomberg. Since the Trump Administration DoJ filed this suit, expect it to continue to be prosecuted seriously regardless of who wins in November.

Monopoly Money Ed Zitron

The Bezzle

Why VCs love obnoxious founders Business Insider

Study Finds 94% of Business Spreadsheets Have Critical Errors PhysOrg

Class Warfare

Part 1: Neither Horseshoes nor Fishhooks (book review: Three-Way Fight) Daphne Lawless (Micael T)

Antidote du jour. Stephen T: “This sheep at the Tillamook county fair looks like it’s wearing on of those clingy outfits the sprinters at the Olympics were wearing—though this one showed no signs of dashing off.”

And a bonus. Man, can these guys vocalize:

See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.

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