Monthly Archives: June 2022

June 30, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/30/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Privacy in the Wake of Dobbs: How Safe Are Your Medical Records and Digital Data If Prosecutors or Bounty Hunters from No-Choice States Come Knocking?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 6/30/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• New York Times Shows How McKinsey “Guided” Major Opioid Players, Causing Even More Deaths
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Fighting Words – What the Poles Say When They Dare Do Nothing About NATO and the US
  by Yves Smith 4:54 am

• Damage from Air Pollutants You Won’t Hear About from Your Doctor
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

June 29, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/29/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Drax Eyeing California as Site of New Biomass Carbon Capture Plant
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/29/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• As CalPERS Doubles Down on Private Equity, New Analysis Finds CalPERS’ Private Equity Returns “Based on a Mirage;” Another Study Reaffirms that Private Equity Drags Down Performance
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Oil Markets Could Face A Doomsday Scenario This Week
  by Yves Smith 5:29 am

• Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Didn’t Cause the Food Crisis. Capitalism Did
  by Yves Smith 4:33 am

June 28, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/28/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Climate Hypocrisy Ensures Global Warming
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/28/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Is Russia About to Put the Monroe Doctrine to the Test, in Nicaragua?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• “Letter to My Fiercest Abortion Opponent”
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

• How Do Painkillers Actually Kill Pain? From Ibuprofen to Fentanyl, It’s About Meeting the Pain Where It’s At
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

June 27, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/27/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Two Separate Bayer Glyphosate Appeals in One Week
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 6/27/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• “G7 Aims to Hurt Russia with Price Cap on Oil Exports”
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• “Why the Ukraine Crisis Will Make Little Difference to Dollar Supremacy”
  by Yves Smith 6:27 am

• ‘Infuriating’: Biden Rebuked for Continued Opposition to Supreme Court Expansion
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:28 am

June 26, 2022

• Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade by 5-4 Vote, Thereby Leaving it to States to Make Their Own Abortion Laws
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 pm

• Links 6/26/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Boycotts in Sport May Not Advance Human Rights. But They Do Harm Individual Athletes
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

June 25, 2022

• Links 6/25/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How Effective Are Police?
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• How Greedy Corporations Fuel Inflation
  by Yves Smith 4:56 am

June 24, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/24/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Energy-Efficiency Upgrades Can Improve Your Health
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/24/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• “A Digital Road to Hell”: NYU School of Law Sounds Alarm on World Bank’s Digital Identity Programs
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Growing Revolt Among Medical Practitioners Against Vaccinating Toddlers for Covid
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• CalPERS Continues to Endanger Employees During Extended Covid Surge Over Union Objections; Falsely Said It Was Complying With California Requirements; Appears To Be Understating Case Count
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

June 23, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/23/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• WTO 12th Ministerial Conference Continues Sorry Record of Anti-Worker, Anti-Developing Economy Policies
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/23/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• More and More Crypto Crashing and Burning as DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Misbehaves
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Lithuania’s Step Too Far — Blockade of Kaliningrad Draws No Support from US, UK, EU, NATO, as Russia Prepares “Practical Steps”, “No Diplomacy”
  by Yves Smith 6:41 am

• What Might the US Be Like Post-Roe v Wade? Look at Present-Day Nigeria
  by Yves Smith 3:09 am

June 22, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/22/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How the Yurok Tribe Is Bringing Back the California Condor
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/22/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Fast and Furious Omicron New Variants Defy Explanation, and Don’t Bode Well for Future Either
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• German Neutrality Was More Important than NATO Expansion – A New History Book Explains Why Gorbachev Gave It Away for Nothing
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Estimating the Short-Term Impact of War on Economic Activity in Ukraine
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

June 21, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/21/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Portland: Sobering Lessons in Untying the Knot of a Homeless Crisis
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/21/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• A Political Earthquake Just Took Place in Latin America
  by Nick Corbishley 6:49 am

• Charlottesville, COVID, Trump and the War on Free Speech
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

• The Mining Industry Is Replicating the Oil Sector Crisis
  by Yves Smith 4:37 am

June 20, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/20/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Hillary Clinton’s Lunch with the Financial Times
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Turnaround for the Left, Big Gains for the Far Right in French Legislative Elections
  by Jonah Birch 12:00 pm

• Links 6/20/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Buy and Bust: When Private Equity Comes for Rural Hospitals
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• Michael Hudson: The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages
  by Yves Smith 5:22 am

June 19, 2022

• The Fifth Anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire, Aesthetics, and Social Murder
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 6/19/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Climate Deniers and the Language of Climate Obstruction
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

June 18, 2022

• Links 6/18/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Michael Hudson Talks About Almost Everything with Jonathan Brown
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• What Does Capitalism Repress? A Jungian Perspective.
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

June 17, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/17/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• 100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/17/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Mexico to Take Legal Action Against US Construction Materials Giant, Vulcan, for Environmental Damage
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Housing Market Takes Another Body Blow with Sharp Interest Rate Rise
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• Noam Chomsky: Ukraine Is a Diplomacy No-Go Zone
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

June 16, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/16/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Gun Money Predicts Congressional Voting Better Than Party Alone
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/16/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Railroads, Logistics, and War, US Versus Russian Style
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Gazprom Reduces Gas Flows To Italy
  by Yves Smith 5:26 am

• Why Won’t Academia Let Go of ‘Publish or Perish’?
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

June 15, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/15/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• JFK’s Canadian Coup
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/15/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Can the Fed Kill This Inflation Without Killing Too Many Other Things First?
  by Yves Smith 6:34 am

• Fertilizer Prices Are Soaring – and That’s an Opportunity to Promote More Sustainable Ways of Growing Crops
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Boris Johnson’s Hypocrisy on the Northern Ireland Protocol Is a New Low
  by Yves Smith 4:38 am

June 14, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/14/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• SWIFT Dollar Decline
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/14/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• After Decades of God-like Omnipotence, Central Bankers Are Finally Falling Back Down to Earth
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Anschluss, Again — Anticipating Poland’s Strategy in Russia’s Intelligence Assessment
  by Yves Smith 5:37 am

• Race Is Often Used as Medical Shorthand for How Bodies Work. Some Doctors Want to Change That.
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

June 13, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/13/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Pursuing India’s Multi-Aligned Foreign Policy in a Multipolar World: Time for a Sister Souljah Moment?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 6/13/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Western Self-Destruction Continues: US Eyepoking China, US Failed Muscling of Latin America, EU Commission Schemes to Admit Ukraine. To What End?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• How to Stay Cool in Hot Weather
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:30 am

• Would A Price Cap On Russian Oil Help Curb Its Revenue?
  by Yves Smith 4:06 am

June 12, 2022

• Waste Watch: Colorado and New York Pass Right to Repair Measures
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 6/12/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Four Novelists, One Ocean: How Indian Ocean Literature Can Remap the World
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

June 11, 2022

• Links 6/11/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Why What’s Going on Right Now at the WTO Matters
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• The Arm-Wrestle Over Opioids in the Operating Room
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• While You (and We) Were Busy, We Hit 1.75 Million Comments!
  by Yves Smith 3:33 am

June 10, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/10/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘Time to Scrap the Cap’: Sanders, Warren Bill Targets Rich to Expand Social Security
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/10/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Spain Faces Energy Blowback, As Its Largest Natural Gas Provider, Algeria, Breaks Commercial Ties
  by Nick Corbishley 6:42 am

• As U.S. LNG Expands in Europe, a Hidden Threat Grows
  by Yves Smith 5:25 am

• The US War in Europe Isn’t Hot Enough – Dropping the Climate Bomb on Russia
  by Yves Smith 5:24 am

June 9, 2022

• January 6/Capitol Seizure House Select Committee Hearings Live Blog/Open Thread
  by Lambert Strether 7:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/9/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Global Supply Chains Rattled by Winds of War
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/9/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Tricky Question for Russia of How Far to Go
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop: Mortgage Applications to Purchase a Home Drop to Lockdown Lows, “Bad Time to Buy” Hits Record amid Sky-High Prices, Spiking Mortgage Rates
  by Yves Smith 5:41 am

• How Will American Oligarchs Keep Control?
  by Yves Smith 4:56 am

June 8, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/8/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Primaries Are Getting More Crowded with Candidates, and That’s Good News for Extremists and Bad News for Voters
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/8/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• What Is Really Causing Our Inflation: “Inflation in a Time of Corona and War”
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• California Wants to Slash Insulin Prices by Becoming a Drugmaker. Can it Succeed?
  by Yves Smith 6:09 am

• Why Saudi Arabia Isn’t Giving Up On Its Russian Oil Alliance
  by Yves Smith 4:54 am

June 7, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• US Leads Sanctions Killing Millions to No End
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/7/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Italy Secret Services Attack on Ukraine War Skeptics Backfires: Corriere della Sera Publication of “filoputiniani” List Called McCarthyism, Proscription; Suits Coming?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Recent Payment Outage in Germany Underscores One of the Dangers of a Cashless Economy: System Fragility
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Next PM Won’t Be Any Better – Look at the MPs Who Want Boris Johnson Out
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

June 6, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/6/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Will “Living With Covid”™ Even Be Possible? (Because What About the Brain Fog?)
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 6/6/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Mobile Internet Access and the Desire to Emigrate
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• Michael Hudson: Is US/NATO (with WEF Help) Pushing for a Global South Famine?
  by Yves Smith 5:22 am

• Blowback for the Twenty-First Century, Remembering Chalmers Johnson
  by Yves Smith 12:37 am

June 5, 2022

• Did New Ambassador Bridget Brink Undermine President Biden’s Ukraine Rockets Policy Her First Day on the Job?
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• Links 6/5/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Q&A: The Causal Relationship Between Inequality and Climate Change
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

June 4, 2022

• Links 6/4/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Our Country Is Trading Children’s Lives for Guns
  by Yves Smith 6:37 am

• Biden Kowtows To Saudi Arabia
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• A Small Win Out of Our Post on CalPERS’ Covid Regulation-Breaking and (Yet Again) Fibbing
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

June 3, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/3/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The War Situation Has Developed Not Necessarily to Ukraine’s or the West’s Advantage But They Plan to Negotiate When They’ve Turned Things Around a Bit
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/3/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Blame Game Begins As Chaos Reigns At Airports in UK (and Other Parts of Europe)
  by Nick Corbishley 6:46 am

• Michael Hudson on the Coming Global Fracture as Economic Orders Clash
  by Yves Smith 5:16 am

• Suddenly Here Comes the Inventory: Homes Listed for Sale Jump Amid Price Reductions and Sagging Sales
  by Yves Smith 4:34 am

June 2, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/2/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Can the Royal Family Cling on Much Longer?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/2/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Only Possible Solution to School Shootings (and You Can Get It Here)
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• The Oil Industry’s Downstream Nightmare Is Here To Stay
  by Yves Smith 6:06 am

• “One Reason Republican Lies About the Climate Crisis Work”
  by Yves Smith 3:44 am

June 1, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/1/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Sanctions Now Weapons of Mass Starvation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/1/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Europe Braces for Stagflation After EU Bans, At Least Officially, Two-Thirds of Russian Oil
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Giant Tech Firms Plan to Read Your Mind and Control Your Emotions. Can They Be Stopped?
  by Yves Smith 6:24 am

• Gresham’s New Law – In War There Is No Law
  by Yves Smith 5:36 am