Robert Busch

@shanaka86 In the world described by Carney at Davos, Western democracies seem to be backed into reducing dependence on any one authoritarian might-makes-right actor by diversifying trade links with others of such ilk. It may be the least worst strategy, but forgive my accompanying unease.

In 72 hours this week, three things happened that no allocation model priced: The EU concluded "the mother of all deals" with India. Canada announced a $2.8 billion uranium pivot to Delhi. Treasury Secretary Bessent went on ABC and said the quiet part loud: "They are financing the war against themselves." Here's what he accidentally revealed: The administration views allied trade diversification as betrayal requiring punishment. Not negotiation. Punishment. So the allies did the math. Unilateral defection from US trade architecture: catastrophic. Coordinated defection: survivable. The EU-India FTA creates a $27 trillion market spanning 2 billion people that operates under rules neither Washington nor Beijing controls. Canada adds energy security and critical minerals. Australia and UK agreements slot in. This isn't anti-American. It's post-American. The distinction matters. Anti-American architecture collapses under US pressure. Post-American architecture has economic logic that persists regardless of US objections. The allies aren't abandoning the Western order. They're building insurance against its weaponization. Those who recognized the freezing point are already positioned. Those who didn't will spend the next decade catching up. Read the full mechanism, timing, catalysts, and positioning! open.substack.com/pub/shanakaans…

Dear Robert Peston Here's a story worth investigating. Party leader, who breached the MPs code of conduct 17 times has faced no sanctions. Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards stated the breaches were inadvertent. WHY? £380k is a serious amount of money to 'forget'. #Peston

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

I’ve never been more proud of my daughter than I am right now. And it has nothing to do with tennis (and trust me… papa is proud of those accomplishments too). Without prompting. Without encouragement. Without nudging of any kind. For her journalism course, she chose to write about the mask ban. And then she asked if she could quote comments I made to the Board of Education a few weeks ago. Not because I asked. Not because I suggested it. Because she’s paying attention. Because she’s asking questions. Because she understands that journalism is about truth, context, and courage—not comfort. I’m just… incredibly proud.

@xevekiah Decades ago but egregious then, in DE, a now-deceased close relation survived 2x after serious conditions, complete with classical signs & symptoms, dismissed as psychosomatic, before being rescued by emergency surgery leaving lasting damage. 1 Appendicitis; 2 Ectopic Pregnancy.

what’s a clear example of medical misogyny you’ve witnessed or experienced?

NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure. It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system 1/

NASA Believes That Masks Work 😉😷 The crew has entered the 2-week isolation program designed to keep them from catching anything that could derail the mission They can still see friends and family but with masks, distancing and a ban on public places newser.com/story/382678/n…

It is extraordinary that it is apparently cost-effective to vaccinate millions of CV people to prevent them becoming seriously ill with influenza, but somehow not cost-effective to vaccinate against a SARS virus which is known to have more serious outcomes for more people. (4/4)

@Rainmaker1973 Researchers have known for some time that CVD isn't *just* metabolic but has an inflammatory/immune component. Finding an infectious component (maybe more?) adds to the complexity; time will tell about treatment. None of this negates the relevance of the default Rx paradigm.

Infections could be the real cause of heart attacks. Heart disease has long been blamed mostly on cholesterol, clogged arteries, and high blood pressure. But new research from Finland and the UK has revealed something shocking: hidden bacterial colonies may be quietly setting the stage for heart attacks. Deep inside arterial plaques, scientists have found bacterial biofilms – sticky, gelatinous clusters that can lie dormant for decades. Protected from the immune system and antibiotics, they sit in silence until something wakes them up. It could be a viral infection. It could be stress. But once activated, these bacteria trigger inflammation so severe that the plaque can rupture. The result? A sudden blood clot and, often, a heart attack. Researchers detected the genetic fingerprints of oral bacteria inside the arteries of patients who had died suddenly and in those undergoing surgery for advanced atherosclerosis. In some cases, they even caught bacteria breaking free from the biofilm during a heart attack, with the immune system reacting in real time. This discovery adds a new layer to our understanding of heart disease. If infections play a role, new diagnostics, treatments, and even vaccines might one day help prevent the world’s deadliest condition. ["Viridans Streptococcal Biofilm Evades Immune Detection and Contributes to Inflammation and Rupture of Atherosclerotic Plaques." Journal of the American Heart Association, 2025]

If there’s one thing I know about Nigel Farage, because he’s SHOWED it to us for many years – in addition to him being a racist who’s happy to cultivate racism – it’s that he does nothing unless there’s something in it for him. Nothing. takethebite.substack.com/p/the-case-aga…

@Haggis_UK So KB dislikes the letter E: that's de rigueur for Cons & RefUKers. More disturbing is that she takes the US in 2025 as evidence for not needing treaties to buttress human rights. Its Bill of Rights has proven vulnerable. The UK lacks even that and wd give up ECHR at its peril.

#bbclaurak: Do you really want the UK to join Russia & Belarus in leaving the European Convention on Human Rights? Kemi Badenoch: "America, Australia & Canada are not in that agreement... " 🤦

In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/kem…

Ukraine has passed the screening process to be able to join the EU. This means Ukraine is another step closer to being an EU Member state. There has been so much work going on in the background to get this done. 👏👏👏 Some really good news 👏👏👏

Carl was dying during this interview in 1996, fighting cancer, head partially shaven. But so deeply concerned about what he saw - plain as day - like a slow freight train - heading our way. If we had only listened and internalized his message.

"No more climate change worship", Hegseth tells US military leaders 🙄. They know better. I know that, having been invited to speak at a NATO workshop on Climate Change Security. Climate science is not woke or religion or whatever, it’s physics. It got two physics Nobel prizes.

Stoptoper at the health cafe Roehampton ,professional advice to help residents in Roehampton to get supporter to stop smoking vaping and live a healthier future @RoeLabourCllrs @HolyTrinityRoe @wandbc @WandsworthMayor @SWLNHS @RoehamptonVoice @AltonRenewal @robert_busch65

Estate Art in the Community of Roehampton ,supporting wellbeing 🙌❤️@AltonRenewal @wandbc @WandsworthMayor @DonsLocalAction @RoehamptonVoice @PutneyFleur @RoeLabourCllrs @HolyTrinityRoe @RoehamptonUni @robert_busch65 @SWLNHS

Funny, isn’t it? It’s a HUGE story. Concrete proof of Russian penetration of an influential right wing European party with the obvious aim of destabilisation. It ought to be making banner headlines. It ought to lead to a thorough & extensive criminal investigation with raids, seizures & bank account freezes. But for some reason, that’s not happening.

They lied when they said it would get milder for kids. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 Three times as likely to get myocarditis after the second covid infection than the first... Twice as likely to get *acute kidney injury*... Twice as likely to get *heart disease*... thelancet.com/journals/lanin…