Nick Turse: Trump Threatens Mass Destruction in Afghanistan
Trump threatens mass slaughter in Afghanistan.
Read more...Yearly Archives: 2020
FAA Considering Mandatory Simulator Training for Boeing 737 Max as New Hardware Problem Surfaces
The FAA and Boeing may be moving towards a deal.
Read more...Iraq Parliament Calls for U.S. Troops to Be Expelled (plus Cavalcade of Stupid)
A round-up on the Iraqi parliaments resolution calling for our troops to leave, plus the idiocy of elite policy-makers, of both parties.
Read more...Links 1/5/2020
Australia’s Bushfires Are A Wake-Up Call: We Must Build A More Humane Economy Before It’S Too Late
Here’s hoping the Australian bush fires trigger new alliances in 2020, so that we come together to recognise that this crisis is one that hurts us all
Read more...Links 1/4/2020
Manufacturing Employment, New Orders & Production Fall Fastest Since Apr-Aug 2009
Yves here. As readers know well, on the one hand, services and not manufacturing dominate the US economy. But manufacturing jobs, even now, are relatively well paid and manufacturing growth is often seen as having spillover effects. By Wolf Richter, editor at Wolf Street. Originally published at Wolf Street US manufacturing took a turn from […]
Read more...What if We Let the Oceans Into Our Cities?
Radical thinking for soon-to-be-waterlogged cities.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/3/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Polling, Biden, Buttigieg, Gabbard, Sanders, Williamson, Democrats and Iran, Kohler, KKR, Apple, AirBnB, Uber, facial recognition, global river ice, educational technology debacles, privatized military housing, inequality data, cellphones and academic achievement
Read more...Plastics Problem: Overview, Plus What YOU Can Do to Reduce Your Use of Plastics
Plastics Problem: how bad is it? Very. Steps to take, beyond low-hanging fruit, without despairing.
Read more...Links 1/3/2020
What Is Climate Change Adaptation, and Why Does It Matter?
Climate change reality is starting to sink in.
Read more...The Crapification of Mattresses and Retail Therapy (and an Iran Aside)
The sorry state of mattresses as a worthwhile distraction from the sudden US escalation against Iran.
Read more...Credit Cycles and Asset Returns
Yves here. I’m clearly not in touch. I am surprised that this finding, that credit booms predict equity busts, is novel. Of course, given that manias last way longer than cooler heads deem possible, judging the peak of a credit cycle is tricky business. Nevertheless, when a wee summer associate at bond trading powerhouse Salomon […]
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/2/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Buttigieg, Castro, Sanders, Trump, impeachment, UPS, Amazon, van manufacturing, Australia bush fires, gardening, feral hogs, New Year’s post mortem, job cuts, Harvard grad students union, NY farmers union, Car Talk, visual snowclones
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