Public Schools Fray as Pentagon Gets More Pork
More on the sorry state of US public schools and how they got there.
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
The Ukraine War Clock Is a Time Bomb – It Blows Up On November 8, US Election Day
Yves here. Helmer gives interlocking updates, one of what can be inferred about the state of the war in Ukraine, the other on the prospects for Team Dem come November. Recall that Helmer was part of the Carter Administration, as so has some perspective. A couple of additions: Helmer provides evidence that Ukraine is regrouping […]
Read more...Various Covid Updates
Some Covid news, not encouraging but not yet alarming.
Read more...Journalist Gonzalo Lira Is Alive and So Is His Bucha Video
We are glad to see confirmation that Gonzalo Lira is alive and are reposting his short-lived but important Bucha video.
Read more...China vs. West: New World Disorder
Joanna Chiu’s book, China Unbound, argues for engaging China to seriously address human rights, climate change, and economic development.
Read more...The Energy Transition Has A Major Metals Problem
Green energy requires significant amounts of metals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese. Current supplies aren’t adequate.
Read more...Minneapolis Teacher Strike Brought Unity, Victory and a Reminder of the Threats Facing Public Education in the U.S.
Teachers ended a nearly three-week strike, citing advances in pay and working conditions for many members. But more work remains.
Read more...Russia’s Campaign in Ukraine and the West’s Response: The End of the Beginning?
Even through the fog of the Ukraine war, it’s possible to discern some contours of the future emerging.
Read more...DOJ Files Perfunctory Appeal to Revive Travel Mask Mandate
The CDC, which requested the mask mandate appeal, said “an order….remains necessary for the public health.”
Read more...Lee Camp: NY Times Goes After Indie Journalists
Lee Camp calls out the New York Times’ many acts of malpractice, including the smearing of real journalists like Ben Norton.
Read more...Beer and Spirits Have More Detrimental Effects on the Waistline and on Cardiovascular Disease Risk than Red or White Wine
More evidence that moderate wine drinking is not harmful and can confer some health benefits.
Read more...Links 4/20/2022
Climate Collapse & Adaptation
Is it possible to adapt to the inevitable like climate collapse? We do it all the time, and everyone living will do it at least once.
Read more...CDC Delenda Est
More on why the CDC is beyond redemption.
Read more...Court Should Consider Taking Over Dept. of Correction, Warns Manhattan U.S. Attorney
NYC’s notorious cesspool masquearading as a jail, Rikers Island, has failed to implement mandated reforms, which may result in a Fed takeover
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