The Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods and Why They’re Really Bad for Our Health
Factors driving the growth of ultra-processed foods, such as Big Food lobbying, despite these Frankenfoods being really bad for our health.
Read more...Yearly Archives: 2020
As Boeing Inches Toward 737 MAX Recertification, 787 and Lunar Lander Go Sour, Charleston v. Seattle Looms
Boeing, Boeing…..
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/14/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...We Lost Because We Weren’t Big Enough (the Left in the UK and the US)
Where now for Anglo-American socialism?
Read more...Links 9/14/2020
Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 4 – Total Paralysis Continues
Hubert Horan recaps a talk with FT Alphaville’s Izabella Kaminska on why the airline is in desperate shape and not considering solutions.
Read more...The Bahrain-Israel Mutual Recognition
A take on why Bahrain followed the UAE in recognizing Israel.
Read more...Topsoil Degradation, Soil Erosion, and Soil Governance (Global or Otherwise)
How long will it take for the world to run out of topsoil? What will it take to avoid it?
Read more...Links 9/13/2020
How Charles Koch Is Buying Credibility With Academic Investments
Koch influence in the academic sphere is far ranging. Koch money funds individual courses, professorships, fellowships, and even energy research and policy programs. These are significant investments in the “intellectual raw materials” of free-market advocacy.
Read more...Climate Crisis and Population Growth Will Displace 1 Billion over Next 30 Years
Think tank says climate crisis and population growith will lead at least 1 billion to migrate in countries with least ecological resilence.
Read more...Links 9/12/2020
Wolf Richter: Unemployment Crisis Going in Wrong Direction: Week 25 of U.S. Labor Market Collapse
Unemployment claims continue to increase, with nearly 20% collecting unemployment insurance. even according to the stringent claims criteria.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/11/2020
~ Paul Krugman loses his mind (or Lambert does) ~
Read more...More than 500,000 People in Oregon Flee Wildfires
West coast wildfire crisis extends beyond California to include parts of Oregon and Washington states, caused by rare windstorms..
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