{"id":2079,"date":"2026-08-08T12:25:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:25:20","slug":"links-8-8-2026-naked-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=2079","title":{"rendered":"Links 8\/8\/2026 | naked capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear patient readers,<\/p>\n

Today we offer supersized Links with Iran War and Borat Agreement sections in lieu of an Iran war post. <\/p>\n

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The Case for Aesthetic Education<\/a> JSTOR (Micael T)<\/p>\n

The upper limits of biology<\/a> Works in Progress (Micael T)<\/p>\n

\u2018Living donor\u2019 horror case triggers crackdown in US<\/a> RT (Kevin W)<\/p>\n

Why Is Everyone In Tech So Sad?<\/a> Nomea. I understand the desire not to be hostage to a high end bullshit job, but to me, hobbies are another form of torture. How about charity, like reading to the blind?<\/p>\n

Climate\/Environment<\/p>\n

The AMOC stayed strong even as a major ocean \u201clifeline\u201d nearly shut down <\/a>Science Daily (Kevin W)<\/p>\n

How Climate Change Is Priming More of the World to Burn<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n

England starts to resemble outback in Europe\u2019s devastating furnace<\/a> Australian Financial Review<\/p>\n

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Breaking: El Ni\u00f1o strength forecasts have just taken another step higher.<\/p>\n

The new ECMWF outlook shows the event peaking near +4.0\u02daC in December \u2014 obliterating the previous record.<\/p>\n

This will have sweeping implications on global climate patterns from late this year into 2027. pic.twitter.com\/YvbctXluCL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

China?<\/p>\n

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What China\u2019s new PLA leaders reveal about Xi\u2019s unfinished military rebuild<\/a> Channel News Asia<\/p>\n

Taiwan\u2019s military drills suggest deeper alignment with the U.S.<\/a> Independent<\/p>\n

China\u2019s 25-year tax reach will cost it more than it collects<\/a> Asia Times (Kevin W)<\/p>\n

Why US tariffs are pushing factories back to China<\/a> Kevin Walmsley<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Japan<\/p>\n

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Twilight over the Rising Sun <\/a>NO1. A good recap. <\/p>\n

A \u2018weaponized\u2019 yen: How the U.S.-Japan intervention may reshape global currency markets<\/a> CNBC<\/p>\n

Japan\u2019s Wobbling Yen Could Trigger A Global Financial Crisis<\/a> Forbes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Koreas<\/p>\n

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North Korea marks Hiroshima atomic bombing anniversary with missile test<\/a> Japan Times<\/p>\n

North Korea speaks: \u2018Build a united anti-imperialist front\u2019<\/a> The Communists (Robin K)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

India<\/p>\n

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Clashes Erupt at Susta Along India-Nepal Border<\/a> The Diplomat<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Southeast Asia<\/p>\n

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US and ASEAN chair press for unconditional Suu Kyi release in Myanmar<\/a> Nation Thailand<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Africa<\/p>\n

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Sudan\u2019s invisible children \u2013 born in war with no legal identity<\/a> BBC<\/p>\n

How to end Sudan\u2019s brutal, forgotten conflict<\/a> Economist<\/p>\n

When atrocities return: The cost of failed accountability in Tigray<\/a> Aljazeera<\/p>\n

Mass prison escape as armed clashes rock western Libya<\/a> Africa News<\/p>\n

Collapsing Empire: US Creates New African Psyops Unit<\/a> Kit Klarenberg<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

South of the Border<\/p>\n

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As the lights go out, Cuba\u2019s true believers vow to resist US intervention<\/a> Guardian<\/p>\n

Mexico deploys troops to secure avocado region after US halts imports<\/a> Aljazeera<\/p>\n

Venezuela: Gov\u2019t and Opposition Open US-Backed Talks to Overhaul Electoral, Judicial Authorities<\/a> Venezuelanalysis (Robin K)<\/p>\n

Venezuela: Leftist Groups Rally Against \u2018Imperialist Plundering\u2019<\/a> Venezuelanalysis (Robin K)<\/p>\n

Thousands protest private property legislation in Argentina as clashes erupt with police<\/a> Le Monde<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

European Disunion<\/p>\n

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A NATO bank <\/a>Lapidarium of Life via machine translation (Micael T)<\/p>\n

Germany\u2019s long industrial decline<\/a> GIS Reports<\/p>\n

Low wages and weak purchasing power continue to fuel Greece\u2019s cost-of-living crisis, with workers earning less in real terms than before the financial crisis<\/a> Tovima<\/p>\n

Europe\u2019s Heatwave Is Hitting Refineries And Power Supplies<\/a> OilPrice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Old Blighty<\/p>\n

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UK in longest jobs slump since financial crisis, PMI shows<\/a> Staffing Industry<\/p>\n

Mossad, Israeli Cash & Nigel Farage: The Scandal BREAKING Reform<\/a> Double Down News, YouTube<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Israel v. The Resistance<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy do Palestinians teach their children to hate Israel?\u201d<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t. Generations of Palestinian children have been taught to hate Israel by Israeli soldiers just like these ones. https:\/\/t.co\/KNUyjY9EMJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jonathan Cook (@Jonathan_K_Cook) August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Finkelstein: “Israel has become a nation of child killers. From Daniella Weiss to Benny Morris-from settlers urinating on children to soldiers filming a dying boy and blocking aid.”<\/p>\n

This is not a few bad apples. This is a citizen army.<\/p>\n

When the entire spectrum-from extreme to\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/puBUSJXy83<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ounka (@OunkaOnX) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The director of one of the main hospitals in Gaza is being heavily tortured after he was taken hostage as part of Israel\u2019s genocidal technique of complete obliteration of the health sector. https:\/\/t.co\/vslZRtzNp3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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These are armed Israeli surveillance drones flying over Lebanon right now. Not only are they used for data collection, they\u2019re also used as a form of psychological terrorism. The sound you hear in the video is from inside my apartment. <\/p>\n

The persistent buzzing of military drones\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/q4d7Ahjujy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 courtneybonneauimages (@cbonneauimages) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2018If I Leave, Who Is Going to Rescue People?\u2019<\/a> New York Magazine (guurst)<\/p>\n

Top Mossad officials sacked over failed Iran regime change plan, as Netanyahu accused of shifting blame<\/a> Mew Arab<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Borat Agreements. Hoisting this label for the moment\u2026.will revert to official name going forward.<\/p>\n

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Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan pledge mutual defence as Middle East turmoil escalates<\/a> Reuters<\/p>\n

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This sudden alliance is likely aimed at defending the Saudi regime after it:<\/p>\n

\u2013 Supported the *failed* US\/Israeli war on Iran.
\u2013 Wants to maintain the US-backed siege in Yemen, despite Yemeni resistance.
\u2013 Bombed Iraqi resistance movements in a joint U.S\/Saudi attack.<\/p>\n

In short,\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/KmwLXPndG1<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MenchOsint (@MenchOsint) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Odd Defense Agreement Between Saudi Arabia, Pakistan And Turke<\/a>y Moon of Alabama. Money sentence: \u201cI find it hard to understand how this new agreement could possibly have more than symbolic value.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Ansar Allah made the US flee, and leave Israel with its ships blocked, and missiles hitting Eliat. What’s Turkey going to do?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Anemher (@Anemher) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan Join Forces\u2026 But Against Whom?<\/a> The Cradle, YouTube (Robin K)<\/p>\n

The Borat Agreements<\/a> Alon Mizrahi:<\/p>\n

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The old whoring guard of West Asia goes to work for its Judeo-Christian overlords with a supposed trilateral Pakistani, Turkish, and Saudi-Arabian \u2018defence pact\u2019, resulting in cheap, risqu\u00e9 comedy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Iran War<\/p>\n

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Alastair Crooke \u2013 Iran \u2018s ONLY Choice: Humiliate the US <\/a>Daniel Davis, YouTube. Important<\/p>\n

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There is a vast gulf between what official Washington is saying and what official Tehran is saying.<\/p>\n

Iran clearly feels no urgency to end this war, except on its own maximalist terms. https:\/\/t.co\/TbtQfRdvzb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Will Schryver (@imetatronink) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Iran Sees an Opening to Kick the U.S. Out of the Gulf<\/a> Wall Street Journal <\/p>\n

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When a \u201csource\u201d claims the US and Iran are close to agree on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iran now doesn\u2019t even bother to answer and deny anymore \u2013 they just blow up one more oil tanker that tries to cross the Strait without their approval<\/p>\n

\u2014 JustDario (@DarioCpx) August 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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there’s no Hormuz deal, latest proposal untenable<\/p>\n

Hormuz exiting oil flow is drifting higher (now trending >5 MMbpd) as pre-MOU dark trade patterns reemerge<\/p>\n

Iran doing enough to keep ships wary but not enough to entirely clamp down (if that’s even what they want?)<\/p>\n

it’s a mess<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rory Johnston (@Rory_Johnston) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Iran not to allow opening of second corridor in Hormuz<\/a> Mehr News. On the Oman-Iran pact specifically, Trita Parsi points out<\/a> that the details about fees and the corridor are still in flux. Also underscores a point I have made, that Reuters, which ran the claim of 5% to 7% fees, has often been unreliable. I can see how planting that rumor would be intended to piss off already unhappy GCC countries even more. <\/p>\n

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BREAKING: Iran has released an image of a fully intact Israeli Hermes 900 drone taken down by Iran’s electronic warfare, with the IRGC now reverse-engineering various parts of the drone, per Tasnim.<\/p>\n

Iran has also started the process of reverse-engineering the previously captured\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/j9hYWQ8cj6<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Iranian Air Force general said today that an Iranian aircraft bombed US bases using just paper maps.<\/p>\n

He says pilots flew without GPS and without radio communication in order to not get detected, catching US air defenses off guard.
pic.twitter.com\/QLjYtqJ1iy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jackson Hinkle \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@jacksonhinkle) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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BREAKING: Saudi Arabia fired approximately 2,400 Patriot PAC-3 interceptors during the first 44 days of the Iran war, depleting an estimated 86% of its pre-war stockpile and leaving roughly 400 missiles by April. At the same rate of fire, those would be exhausted in just 8 days,\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 The Hormuz Report (@HormuzReport) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More on the Ansar Allah attacks on Saudi-backed forces:<\/p>\n

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Massive plumes of smoke are rising from the impact site in Marib, Yemen, following the Ansarallah ballistic missile attack.<\/p>\n

There are reports that Yemeni Government Saudi-backed officials were holding a meeting in the targeted building. https:\/\/t.co\/d14qmq4iAn<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5pn2R3pxeC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 MoloMonitor \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf9 (@MoloWarMonitor) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

THE MIDDLE EAST MILITARY CRISIS: A GREAT PARADOX<\/a> MILITARY ANALYSIS AND HISTORY (guurst)<\/p>\n

Iraq and Kuwait face tougher oil restart than Gulf neighbours<\/a> AGBI<\/p>\n

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Today, the United States sanctioned one of the most significant Iranian sanctions evasion schemes ever uncovered.<\/p>\n

Under Executive Order 13902, OFAC sanctioned Shelbit, an illegal gambling network that is part of $4 BILLION sanctions-evasion network.<\/p>\n

At a time when the United\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Brett Erickson (@BrettErickson28) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Syraqiatan<\/p>\n

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Clashes on anniversary of Imran Khan imprisonment<\/a> Aljazeera<\/p>\n

Protest group in Pakistan-administered Kashmir rejects claims of Indian meddling<\/a> Independent<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

New Not-So-Cold War<\/p>\n

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Russia, Ukraine exchange overnight strikes, killing 4, injuring 11<\/a> Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n

How Russian ballistic missiles are exploiting holes in Ukraine\u2019s air defenses <\/a> CNN<\/p>\n

Kazakhstan Squirms as Russia-Ukraine War Fallout Widens <\/a>Energy Intel<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Big Brother is Watching You Watch<\/p>\n

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This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He\u2019s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy <\/a>Guardian. Sadly, not the case in the US. If you are in public view, even in your yard if it is visible from the street, you have no expectation of privacy. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Trump 2.0<\/p>\n

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Trump says he could be last Republican president in US<\/a> TASS<\/p>\n

Trump signs orders to limit US birthright citizenship, despite Supreme Court ruling <\/a> Reuters (Kevin W). This development was in Links yesterday, but important not to miss <\/p>\n

Appeals court rules Trump can\u2019t build White House ballroom without congressional approval<\/a> Associated Press<\/p>\n

Senate confirms Todd Blanche as attorney general after bruising fight<\/a> The Hill<\/p>\n

Trump FCC kills TV ownership cap, claiming authority over limit set by Congress<\/a> ars technica (Kevin W)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tariffs<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s new tariff plan is more preposterous and anti-democratic than the last<\/a> Steven Hill <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Economy<\/p>\n

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Another Weak Jobs Report, Payrolls Down 23,000 and Employment Down 87,000<\/a> Micael Shedlock<\/p>\n

U.S. Diesel Exports Hit Record High as Global Supply Crunch Deepens<\/a> OilPrice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mr. Market Should Be More Worried<\/p>\n

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How the Climate Crisis Is Becoming a Financial Stability Risk<\/a> Vision of Humanity<\/p>\n

Asian Tech Stocks Are Most Volatile Since Global Financial Crisis<\/a> Bloomberg<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

AI<\/p>\n

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The West\u2019s breathless AI spending spree can only end one way<\/a> Telegraph<\/p>\n

The AI boom isn\u2019t real: 70% of AI revenue comes from OpenAI and Anthropic | Ed Zitron The Tech Report. YouTube<\/p>\n

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AI has become the backbone of US economic growth.<\/p>\n

Private business investment in AI-related categories jumped +$300 billion YoY in Q2 2026, or +25%, to a record $1.5 trillion annualized rate.<\/p>\n

The surge was driven primarily by investment in computers and peripheral equipment,\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/g14BTgaN9d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Guillotine Watch<\/p>\n

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Antichrist Rolls Eyes Throughout \u200aPeter Thiel Lecture<\/a> The Onion<\/p>\n

Zuckerberg apologizes for child sexual abuse ads on Instagram<\/a> Caleb Ecarna<\/p>\n

Part II: Technocrats Call For Dictatorship And Technocracy In 2026 <\/a>Patrick Wood (Micael T). We ran Mencius Moldbug off the site very shortly after he started commenting due to his persistent bad faith argumentation + conversation-hogging. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Class Warfare<\/p>\n

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What Can Progressives Win Without the Working Class? Not Much!<\/a> Les Leopold<\/p>\n

Crenshaw weighs in on \u2018dumb\u2019 $20 burrito sparking debate over affordability<\/a> The Hill. It used to be a chicken in every pot. <\/p>\n

7 Hacks To Obtain A Burrito For Less Than $20<\/a> Babylon Bee<\/p>\n

The Yo-yo strike is back \u2013 but to win it requires a rematch<\/a> Proletaren via machine translation. Micael T: \u201cThe Swedish unions are inspired by the US automotive unions: working against the members.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Antidote du jour (via<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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A bonus:<\/p>\n

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The best way to teach kids <\/p>\n

[\ud83d\udcf9 wf_christian_] pic.twitter.com\/KYSNry6diy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A second bonus:<\/p>\n

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This is the level of unbothered I’m striving for pic.twitter.com\/4Sxu733moi<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 We Assess and Draw Cats \ud83d\udc3e (@WeAssessCats) August 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And a third:<\/p>\n

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He was there every step of the way\ud83d\ude2d pic.twitter.com\/flwH9sYA7f<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Wolf (@WolfprwX) August 7, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

See yesterday\u2019s Links and Antidote du Jour here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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