Monthly Archives: October 2024

October 9, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/9/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Netanyahu Goes Even More Rogue, Announces Intent to Turn Lebanon into Gaza, Refuses to Inform US of Iran Strike Plans [Update]
  by Yves Smith 12:10 pm

• Links 10/9/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Alzheimer’s: How Not to Study a Disease
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Let’s Stop Pretending That We Can Escape from Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 6:41 am

• Big Digital Tech Moves Into Synthetic Biology: The Generative AI Rush / Black Box Biotech P1/2
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

October 8, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/8/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Sanctions Poison Pill in Putin’s Peace Offer
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/8/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Quelle Surprise: Vulture Funds Set Their Sights on the Argentine Gold Milei’s Government Just Shipped to Europe
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Rob Urie: Failed US Economic Policies Lie Behind Current Geopolitical Tensions
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Is Israel Waiting For The U.S. Elections To Make Its Biggest Move Against Iran?
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

October 7, 2024

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

• Book Review: The Mysterious Impact of Music on the Brain and Body
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 10/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• How Will Türkiye Respond to War in Lebanon (and Renewed Destabilization of Syria)? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Scenes from Helene: A Report from North Carolina
  by Yves Smith 1:39 am

• Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Middle East Exploding, Ukraine Crumbling! The US Take Action?
  by Yves Smith 1:28 am

October 6, 2024

• New CDC Respiratory Virus “Community Snapshot” Caves to Covid Minimizers, Deceives Those Who Want to Stay Safe
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Links 10/6/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Evidence CEOs Tried to Illegally Boost Oil Prices Grows as FTC Bars Hess from Chevron’s Board
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

October 5, 2024

• Links 10/5/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• A Year of Escalating Conflict in the Middle East Has Ushered in a New Era of Regional Displacement
  by Yves Smith 5:10 am

• OK, Forget it, False Alarm, Labor Market Is Fine, Bad Stuff Last Month Was Revised Away, Wages Jumped. No More Rate Cuts Needed?
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

October 4, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/4/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Israel-Axis of Resistance Escalation and the Importance of the Minority Report
  by Yves Smith 11:53 am

• Links 10/4/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• On Third Day of Claudia Sheinbaum’s Presidency, Mexico’s Supreme Court Plunges Country Into Constitutional Crisis
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• When We Have Well-Funded Palliative and Social Care, We Can Discuss Assisted Dying, but We’re Not There Yet
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

• Sharing News Left and Right
  by Yves Smith 2:27 am

October 3, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/3/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Interview with Richard Eskow: ‘Putin, Ukraine and War’
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/3/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Cities Are Clearing Encampments, but This Won’t Solve Homelessness − Here’s a Better Way Forward
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

• Vance-Walz Debate Highlighted Clear Health Policy Differences
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

October 2, 2024

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

• Iran Missile Strikes Into Israel Reconfirm Lack of Meaningful Defenses; Lebanon Invasion So Far Not Going Much of Anywhere
  by Yves Smith 11:09 am

• Links 10/2/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• The US Tries to Pressure Türkiye into Putting Its Russian Missile Systems Under American Supervision
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

• ‘Why We Need Medicare for All’: Boeing Revokes Health Benefits for Striking Workers
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

October 1, 2024

• “I Want to Be a Part of It”: Vance v. Walz New York Vice-Presidential Debate Live Blog
  by Lambert Strether 8:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/1/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• John Mearsheimer Is Not Very Impressed With Israel’s Shock and Awe Campaign Against Hezbollah
  by Yves Smith 10:42 am

• Links 10/1/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Washington Enters Panic Mode As Even Javier Milei’s Argentina Seeks Closer Economic Ties With Beijing
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Fed and the “Soft Landing” – Policy or Luck?
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

• What We Can Learn from Gen Z Workers
  by Yves Smith 6:16 am