Hunter Biden Plea Deal Collapse: Dirty, Desperate Dealings in Delaware
Hunter Biden seems to have quite the affinity for hot water. Judge Noreika has sent his irregular plea deal back to the drawing board.
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Energy Destinies – Part 7: Endgames – The Strait Jacket
A look at population growth and energy consumption shows that there is no way the world will change behavior enough to stop worst outcomes
Read more...The Balloon Goes Up – How Far Will The Nato Allies Go To Fight Their Losing War in The Ukraine — How Much More Will They Risk Losing of Their Post-1945 Territorial Gains?
Putin has cleared his throat to warn against NATO/Poland incursions into Western Ukraine. But will this red line too be ignored?
Read more...Former Apollo Chief Leon Black Has More Jeffrey Epstein ‘Splaining To Do with Tax Evasion, Alleged Rape of Autistic 16 Year Old
Shed a crocodile tear. Former private equity kingpin Leon Black is back in hot water thanks to his dealings with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein
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Decades of Public Messages about Recycling in the US Have Crowded Out More Sustainable Ways to Manage Waste
Why trying to tackle trash with recycling is too little, too late.
Read more...‘Time for Congress to Act’: Sanders, Scott Unveil $17 Federal Minimum Wage Bill
Another push for a minimum wage boost. The gap between the $17 target and the current level of $7.25 an hour is a yawning chasm.
Read more...The Admissions Game
Quelel suprise! A new paper shows the very rich do very well in getting admitted to elite colleges. But why, exactly?
Read more...Links 7/25/2023
Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina and Head of “BRICS Bank” Throw Cold Water on BRICS Currency Project
We’re late to a story that interestingly has been very much under-reported, perhaps because it is contrary to the anti-globalist narrative….already a minority faction in the Anglosphere. We’ve said for some time that the prospects for replacing the dollar are a long way away, even more so with a newly-created, reserve currency aspirant. Our views […]
Read more...James Galbraith: How Central Bank Myths and Practices Support Financiers and Dollar Hegemony
Sadly, some bank-serving fables are very durable, so James Galbraith has (yet another) go at them.
Read more...New Address for Donations by Check!
Like the shoemaker whose children go unshod, we are tardy in updating our address for check payments! Oopsie!
Read more...Could Winning an Election Be the End of Keir Starmer?
Elected as the lesser of two evils, Keir Starmer’s Labour will face crises from the offset. Could its disenchanted left step in?
Read more...Rage, Neoliberalism, and Phone Trees
How neoliberalism is contributing to the collective sour mood.
Read more...How “Big Ag” Pollutes America’s Water, and Makes Money Doing It
How habitual and unnecessary nitrogen overdosing in American farms is making water pollution even worse than it “need” be.
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