The Geopolitical Game That Could Transform Gas Markets
Will Turkey’s economic straits prime a big multi-country gas deal?
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Links 11/27/27
The NRA Could Be Winning Its Long Gun Game Even as It Appears To Be in Dire Straits
The NRA may have done its job. Gun support may not longer depend on its aggressive lobbying.
Read more...‘We Are Fighting Back’: Global Black Friday Strikes and Protests Seek to #MakeAmazonPay
Workers around the world held Make Amazon Pay protests to obtain fair wages, end Amazon’s tax avoidance, and lower its impact on the planet
Read more...Probable Vaccine-Escaping Covid Variant Sequenced in Gauteng, South Africa and Spreading Rapidly; Press Underplaying Downside Risk
A very nasty new variant is spreading rapidly and looks to evade monoclonal antibodies and current vaccines. Assume the brace position.
Read more...Gerrymandering Is a Climate Problem
How the upcoming round of gerrymandering is likely to impact climate change remediation campaigns.
Read more...Thanksgiving Myths and Realities and Betty-Jo
For those of you contending with Thanksgivings that fall short.
Read more...Why Don’t We See Headlines Touting the Pentagon’s Hefty Price Tag?
ions on how the press is a reliable Pentagon cheerleader.
Read more...How the Pandemic Helped Spread Fentanyl Across the US and Drive Opioid Overdose Deaths to a Grim New High
The jump in opioid deaths during the pandemic was due significantly to distribution changes that favored fentanyl.
Read more...Links 11/24/2021
The “Tesla Financial Complex”: Financial Times Details Wildly Outsized Speculation in Tesla Options
The Financial Times provides insight as to why Tesla stock is so frothy.
Read more...Go Private for the Treatment You Need, NHS Tells Patients
NHS patients are being refused treatment, discharged too early and pushed towards private referrals.
Read more...Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule and Sort of Comments Holiday
We’ll be on a lighter posting schedule over the Thanksgiving holiday. But we wil be here!
Read more...Among Social Scientists, a Vigorous Debate Over Loss Aversion
Loss aversion, which allegedly explains decision-making — from investor behavior to insurance markets — isn’t ironclad, experts argue.
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