Yearly Archives: 2020
The Forgotten Thanksgiving
Americans tend to downplay the grim year that preceded the first Thanksgiving.
Read more...Nathan Tankus: What the Hell is Going On With CARES Act “Funds”?
Trying to make sense of CARES Act gimmickry.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 11/25/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~!
Read more...Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Cheaper than Pfizer’s and Moderna’s and Doesn’t Require Supercold Temperature
Some promising news about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
Read more...Links 11/25/2020
The Coming Deadly Covid Winter
Extrapolating from well-advanced Covid developments leads to some ugly destinations.
Read more...Thanksgiving Schedule and Comments Holiday
We are taking a Thanksgiving mini-break. Hope you get one too.
Read more...What Would a State-Owned Amazon Look Like? Ask Argentina
Amazon hasn’t done well in Latin America. Now Argentina will challenge private platforms to benefit workers, consumers and sellers.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 11/24/2020
~ Covid charts show Midwest improvement ~ Democrat jouissance after GSA ascertainment ~ Diversity ~ Hunter Thompson, prophet ~ Manufacturing, housing ~ Supply chain ~ Wolves ~ Amazon organizing ~ Evictions ~ Occam’s Razor
Read more...Saudi Aramco’s Landmark IPO Is Costing The Kingdom Billions
How the Saudi Aramco IPO has become a financial millstone.
Read more...Links 11/24/2020
To Save the Economy, Biden Must First Save Lives
More discussion of an analysis that concluded that the only way to “fix the economy” was to tackle Covid…and not hope for a vaccine bailout
Read more...Brexit: Decisions
The Brexit trade talks illustrate that not deciding amounts to a decision.
Read more...Yemen: More Damage To World Peace And Security Due To Trump Wrecking Everything As He Exits
Trump kicks Yemen.
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