Yearly Archives: 2023

Drugmakers Are Abandoning Cheap Generics, and Now US Cancer Patients Can’t Get Meds

The US is is abandoning treatable patients, first by not providing reasonably priced insulin, now by ignoring cancer drug shortages.

Biden Undoes Blinken China Visit and Then Some by Calling Xi a Dictator

When you thought the US might finally have hit bottom on the China front, we show we can reach new lows.

Links 6/21/2023

Artificial Intelligence and Your Health – Thoughts on Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life

Virtual You is (supposedly) coming! Should you embrace it or run the other way?

The Economic Effects of Military Support for Ukraine: Evidence from Fiscal Multipliers in Donor Countries

An argument that spending on Ukraine is not quite as unproductive as it seems.

Masks ARE a Fashion Item! In Asia.

A look at Hong Kong-based MaskLab.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/20/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Links 6/20/2023

US Troops Are in Peru to Counter Chinese and Russian Influence in Latin America, Reports Peruvian News Outlet

Peruvian troops’ “training alongside US forces will help to improve their capabilities and strengthen the operational performance of [Peruvian] Special Forces, boosting their interoperability with NATO systems and doctrine.”

The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth

The bloody war in Ukraine has reached the carnage phase, as least for Urkaine’s men and their backers.

Abortion Down By Less Than 3 Percent

Why some less-bad-than-expected abortion news is not as good as it seems.

Court Hears Expert Testimony About How Montana ‘Doubled Down on Fossil Fuels’ and Became ‘Outright Hostile’ to the Environment

Montana has never denied a permit for a fossil fuel project, despite its constitution’s guarantee of the right to a clean and healthful environment.

Links 6/19/2023

Blinken-Qin Talks in Beijing: US and China Agree to Keep Talking Past Each Other

Readouts from a meeting between Anthony Blinken and his counterpart Qin Gang indicate the US and China are barely communicating.

Mammoth RICO Lawsuit Targets Credit Suisse, Many of its Directors and Execs, and KPMG for Over a Decade of Fraudulent, Reckless Conduct

Credit Suisse, or more accurately, buyer UBS, some execs/board members, and KPMG are targets in a monster RICO suit.