Said yesterday

I asked a prime minister of one of the major countries back in 2023, I said, you know, the Ukraine war is absurd. You know, it’s a dead end. Why don’t you say something in Washington? And he said to me, “Jeffrey, they treat us like children in Washington.” And then we were in a room, suddenly the meeting started, so I didn’t get a follow-up. But I have thought ever since, 3 years onward, how could a leader of a major country of Europe allow himself and his colleagues to be treated as children? And that taking that as an explanation why you don’t speak up in Washington, it’s stuck with me very, very painfully, that remark.

Professor Jeffrey Sachs talking to Glenn Diesen

We are like kids, and we keep maintaining this climate of hate. This is worrying because it’s also a matter of maturity—not just political maturity, but also the maturity of individuals. And what we see today are people who behave like teenagers.

Swiss Colonel Jacques Baud

The answer to the question “Why is that terrible thing happening?” is usually “Because it makes some rich white guys wealthier” or “Because it helps shore up US planetary domination” or “Because Israel wants it,” and it’s often some combination of all three.

Caitlin Johnstone

As the prime minister described it, he was faced with a trade agreement that was suddenly transformed into an attack on Canadian sovereignty, an attempted psychological annexation that could have turned Canada into an American client state, a sort of North American Belarus.

Toronto Star article

‘I’ve seen Donald Trump without make-up. He looks like Spam’

Anthony Scaramucci

Despite the US literally bombing Iran and fighting Russia within its own borders by proxy through Ukraine - neither Russia nor Iran (nor China) have ever attacked the United States within its borders. Within these same US borders, neglect of education, healthcare, and infrastructure has visibly, tangibly reduced the quality of life for the average American. Corporations like Anduril siphoning off tax dollars for threats abroad that do not exist, making these resources unavailable to solve threats to Americans at home that do exist, are responsible for this.

Brian Berletic

As John Maynard Keynes warned, the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.

Daily Telegraph article about the supposed AI bubble