2:00PM Water Cooler 5/5/2020
Today’s Water Cooler:
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The Invisible Business Risk of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered unprecedented changes in employment levels and the values of stocks, bonds, commodities, and currencies.
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The False Dawn of Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns
It would be nice if relaxing the lockdowns would solve a problem, any problem….
Read more...Jesse Ventura Could Pose a Greater Threat Than Biden or the Democrats Believe
How Jesse Ventura could upset the already wobbly Biden apple cart.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/4/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: #COVID19 stats and international comparison, Biden (Summers, suburban moms), Cuomo, Trump (#MeToo, Greenwich CT), Fauci, Clinton, rehabilitating Bush, soil, #COVID19 (East Asia, insurance, testing), Amazon, cyberpunck, psychedelics, Blondie, “Chairman Meow”
Read more...Tale of Two Cities Redux: HK to Ease its COVID-19 Restrictions, While NYC Situation Remains Dire
Hong Kong’s public health authorities protect its population from COVID-19, via use of masks; NYC, by contrast, flounders.
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Rubbish Is Piling Up and Recycling Has Stalled – Waste Systems Must Adapt
The COVID-19 crisis has disrupted waste management, especially the EU plan to move from virgin resourcs inputs towards a circular economy.
Read more...Pandemic Profiteering: How the Military Goes to the Head of the Covid-19 Bailout Line
How the coronavirus has helped the US military up its grifting game.
Read more...Universa Debunks CalPERS’ Defense of $1 Billion Tail Hedge Miss; Insider Accounts Expose Additional Misrepresentations
CalPERS efforts to ‘splain away its $1 billion tail hedge fiasco backfire as one of the tail risk managers, Universa, shreds CalPERS’ claims.
Read more...COVID-19 Lockdowns: Birds Singing, Flamingoes Flocking, Dolphins Dancing, Cleaner Air and Water
COVID-19 lockdowns have cratered the economy; meanwhile, we can hear birds sing, and air and water are cleaner, from Venice to Kolkata.
Read more...Links 5/3/2020
Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End of Easy Pipeline Permits
Important pipeline legal ruling, plus some context: the Trump administration didn’t pioneer US policy of greenlighting oil pipelines.
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