Monthly Archives: July 2024

July 31, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/31/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Israel Assassinates Hamas Negotiator, Ismail Haniyeh, in Iran, Leading to Condemnation Across Muslim World; Israel Attempts Assassination of Hezbollah Leader in Beirut; Settler Brownshirt Rampage Against IDF Wins Knesset Backing
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/31/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Climate Change: Can One Specific Example Counter the Denialists?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• CrowdStrike Lessons: Liability Shields Fuel Risky Practices, Expert Warns
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Starvation in Sudan: As in Gaza, the Deprivation Is Deliberate
  by Yves Smith 1:22 am

July 30, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/30/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• To Win ‘Medicare for All,’ First Reclaim Medicare From Profiteers
  by Yves Smith 10:10 am

• Links 7/30/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Groundhog Day in Venezuela
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Let’s Abolish the Colonial IMF on Its 80th Birthday
  by Yves Smith 6:21 am

• “Censorship to Defend Democracy”
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

July 29, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/29/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Ukraine End-Game: Rate-Determining Steps and the Question of Denazification
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• World’s Biggest Meat and Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions — New Report
  by Lambert Strether 9:50 am

• Links 7/29/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Kyiv and Brussels Weaponize Oil, Use Other Tools in Bid to Force Hungary and Slovakia into Supporting Project Ukraine 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• U.S. is Facing a Major Energy Crunch Due to AI’s Insatiable Demand
  by Yves Smith 2:31 am

July 28, 2024

• Kamala’s Campaign Blasts Off with an Explosion of Snark
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• Links 7/28/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• How the Financial Authorities Can Respond to AI Threats to Financial Stability
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

July 27, 2024

• Links 7/27/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson Speaks to Luca Placidi About Global South Debt Peonage and the Inevitability of Multipolarity
  by Yves Smith 6:33 am

• Little Free Library’s Not-So-Little Commitment to Getting the Word Out
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

July 26, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Looking for Long Covid: A Clash of Definition and Study Design
  by Yves Smith 10:49 am

• Economy Re-Accelerates in Q2. Our Drunken Sailors Splurge on Durable Goods, Investment Jumps, Federal Gov Undoes Blip
  by Yves Smith 9:45 am

• Links 7/26/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Israel Economy Bleeding Out as Damage Compounds
  by Yves Smith 6:44 am

• AI Financial Crises
  by Yves Smith 3:04 am

July 25, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/25/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Suicide Squad: U.S. Troops Are Losing a War with Their Deadliest Enemy
  by Yves Smith 10:17 am

• Links 7/25/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• ‘Guilty of Genocide’: 135 Congress Members Boycott Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress
  by Yves Smith 6:46 am

• Net-Zero Ambitions Hit Major Roadblocks in Europe, UK, and US
  by Yves Smith 6:18 am

• More Poverty for the Poor
  by Yves Smith 6:09 am

July 24, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/24/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Global Semiconductor Talent Crunch: How Protectionism Backfired
  by Yves Smith 10:07 am

• Links 7/24/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• More Guns, Less Butter: How Will the EU Wed Austerity to Militarization? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Pitchbook Report Attempting to Defend Private Equity Role in Healthcare Suffers from Fundamental, Fatal Analytical Flaw
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

• ‘Woah!’: FTC Applauded for Launching Inquiry Into Surveillance Pricing
  by Yves Smith 5:29 am

July 23, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/23/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• US Voters Want Change, Biden’s Exit Hasn’t Fixed That
  by Yves Smith 10:22 am

• Links 7/23/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Middle East Heating Up: Increased Hezbollah, Houthi Attacks on Israel after Israel Strike on Yemen Port,
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• In Major Shift, British Newspapers Begin Warning of Perils of Cashless Society After Global IT Outage
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation
  by Yves Smith 5:24 am

July 22, 2024

• Trump’s Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/22/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/22/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Wall Street Journal on Americans Being Less Willing to Have Children
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Obama Call for Open Nomination After Biden Withdrawal Assures Party Damaging “All Pay Auction” Process
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Until 1968, Presidential Candidates Were Picked by Party Conventions – A Process Revived by Biden’s Withdrawal From Race
  by Conor Gallagher 5:05 am

July 21, 2024

• Links 7/21/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:56 am

• The US Vassal State of Germany Comes Apart
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Where’s the Death Data on Heat, Wildfire Smoke, and Other Climate Extremes?
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

July 20, 2024

• A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It
  by Yves Smith 9:05 am

• Links 7/20/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• China Has Just Gained First-Mover Advantage In Nuclear Fusion
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

July 19, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/19/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:09 pm

• Expert: Why Covid and Future Pandemics Are a Bigger Threat than Nukes
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/19/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• What Happens With the War in Ukraine if Trump Wins?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Looking Ahead, But Not Forward, to Five More Years of “Queen” Ursula von der Leyen
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Will Burying Biomass Underground Curb Climate Change?
  by Yves Smith 1:02 am

July 18, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/18/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Big Pharma Preys on Poor Countries – and Patients Pay the Price
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/18/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Biden 2024 Run Back in Play as Democratic Pushback Escalates, Covid Case Offers Face-Saving Out
  by Yves Smith 6:52 am

• Wealthy Enclaves Belatedly Rebelling Against Supersized Houses
  by Yves Smith 4:44 am

• Exporting Extinction: The Global Political Economy of Biodiversity Loss
  by Yves Smith 2:14 am

July 17, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/17/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• US Election Risks and the Impact of Trump’s Re-Election Odds on Financial Markets
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/17/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Updates: Concept Anchoring in Biomedical Science and Its Resolution
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Target Just Became the Latest US Retailer to Stop Accepting Payment by Checks. Why Have So Many Stores Given Up on Them?
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• IT Staffing Agency Smoothstack Traps Tech Workers in “Modern Day Indentured Servitude”, Federal Suit Alleges
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

July 16, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/16/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Targeting Corporate Landlords, Biden to Unveil National Rent Control Plan
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/16/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• UK Government and Israeli Energy Firm Are Preparing to Drill for Oil in Disputed Seas Off Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• A New Era of Endless Labor Shortages? A Critical Analysis of McKinsey’s New Report
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Devastation in Gaza Poses an Increasingly Serious Problem for Starmer
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

July 15, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/15/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Israel’s Inertial Genocide
  by Yves Smith 11:37 am

• Investments in Hospital Infrastructure Reduced Mortality in the US South
  by Lambert Strether 9:50 am

• Links 7/15/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• As NATO Bids Farewell to Reality, Moscow and Beijing Pursue Win-Win Deals With Türkiye
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Michael Hudson: World Shaking Up! Epic Political & Economic Earthquakes
  by Yves Smith 3:11 am

July 14, 2024

• Trump Assassination Attempt: A Round-Up
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Links 7/14/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Efforts to Build Climate Resilience Do Not Protect Human Health
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

July 13, 2024

• Links 7/13/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived.
  by Yves Smith 6:48 am

• How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply Chains from 1965-2020
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

July 12, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/12/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Future May Not Be As Electric as We Think
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/12/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• A License to W*nk: Spain to Launch Digital Identity Wallet to Limit and Ration Access to Internet Porn Sites
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Biden: Strategic Projections of Confidence
  by Yves Smith 5:44 am

• Climate Change Is Coming for Hospitals
  by Yves Smith 1:34 am

July 11, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/11/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• New Agenda of Russia-India Relations
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/11/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Biden Twists in the Wind as Big Donors Close Wallets, Party Criticism Persists Despite Clampdown, and Pelosi Questions His Decision to Continue
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• “Tariffs Don’t Protect Jobs. Don’t Be Fooled.”
  by Yves Smith 4:18 am

• Something Rotten in the State of Albion
  by Yves Smith 4:15 am

July 10, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/10/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Michael Hudson: Russia and China CRUSH NATO’s Plan as Ukraine FALLS Apart
  by Yves Smith 10:26 am

• Radioactive Real Estate: Finding a Forever Home for Nuclear Waste
  by Yves Smith 9:56 am

• Links 7/10/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Orbán Shuttle Diplomacy Highlights EU Representation Problem but Not in the Way the Pro-war Crowd Claims
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Why the US Doesn’t Have National Health Insurance: The Political Role of the AMA
  by Yves Smith 4:55 am

July 9, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/9/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Biden Donor Convention
  by Yves Smith 9:46 am

• Links 7/9/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• It Is Now Labour’s Turn to Expand the Piecemeal Privatisation of the UK’s National Health Service
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• ‘How Do We Control Palestinians? We Make Them Feel Like We Are Everywhere’
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

• EU Undershoots 155MM Shell Capacity Target by More Than Half, Blames All Sorts of Things Besides Lack of Operational Capability
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

July 8, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/8/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What Would a Russian Victory in Ukraine Look Like?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/8/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Nature Communications: Permaculture as a Better Alternative to Conventional Agriculture?
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• Israeli Newspaper Confirms IDF Employed ‘Hannibal Directive’ on October 7
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• US Fed-Induced World Stagnation Deepens Debt Distress
  by Yves Smith 4:45 am

July 7, 2024

• Links 7/7/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Spook Scholarship: A Prominent Former CIA Analyst and Project Ukraine Backer Moonlights as a Collegiate Textbook Coauthor
  by Conor Gallagher 6:30 am

• As New Campaign Implores Him to ‘Pass the Torch,’ Biden Rejects Calls to Drop Out
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

July 6, 2024

• Links 7/6/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: We Need a New Political Vocabulary
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• ‘Disturbing Milestone’: Israeli Settler Attacks in West Bank Surpass 1,000 Since October 7
  by Yves Smith 2:39 am

July 5, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler July 5, 2004
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Many People Knew About Biden? Turns Out, A Lot
  by Yves Smith 9:48 am

• Links 7/5/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Will a Keir Starmer Government Make Digital Identity a Reality in the UK?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The New Curse of Critical Minerals
  by Yves Smith 12:22 am

July 4, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler July 4, 2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/4/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Germany’s Grid Is Getting Greener as Its Industry Is Weakening
  by Yves Smith 2:14 am

• Project 2025 Architect Signals Bloodshed If Left Opposes Trump-Led ‘Revolution’
  by Yves Smith 12:56 am

July 3, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/3/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/3/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Anxious Generation: A View of Where We Are and What Should Come Next
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• The Houthis Turn the Red Sea Redder, Stymieing Israel and the US
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• July 4 Holiday Schedule
  by Yves Smith 5:51 am

July 2, 2024

• Biden Slips a Cog: Second Time as Tragedy, Second Time as Farce, or Both?
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/2/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/2/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Mexico Scores Major Victory Against Bayer-Owned Monsanto As Corn War With US Reaches Pivotal Moment
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Biden’s De Facto EV Mandate at Risk After Supreme Court ‘Chevron’ Ruling
  by Yves Smith 4:23 am

• Confronting NATO’s War Summit in Washington
  by Yves Smith 12:44 am

July 1, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/1/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Puppies Behind Bars and the Question of the Role of Prisons
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/1/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 7:00 am

• The EU ‘Doom Loop’: Bloc Set to Embrace More Austerity Despite Evidence It Will Cause Further Rightward Shift
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• How Camping Bans − Like the One the Supreme Court Just Upheld − Can Fit into ‘Hostile Design’: Strategies to Push Out Homeless People
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Balancing Green Goals and Financial Realities: Labour’s Net Zero Dilemma
  by Yves Smith 4:48 am