Minnesota Winters Ain’t What They Used To Be
Wimpy winters are the new normal.
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Private Equity Expert Dr. Ashby Monk Repudiates CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Private Equity Scheme During and Immediately After Presentation at CalPERS
CalPERS can’t even get friendly private equity experts to back Marcie Frost’s hare-brained scheme.
Read more...Vital Economic Data Was Likely Lost During the Shutdown – Here’s Why It Matters to All Americans
Another shutdown cost….
Read more...Confirming Fort Lauderdale Meetup for Thursday, February 7
Confirming our first Fort Lauderdale meetup! I hope those of you in Florida can come by.
Read more...Links 1/26/19
Brexit “Singapore on the Thames” Fantasies
A jaundiced look at “Singapore on the Thames,” yet another barmy Brexit idea.
Read more...Los Angeles Teachers Make the Case That Charter Schools Are an Existential Threat to Public Education
Charter schools undermine public schools, and that’s a feature, not a bug.
Read more...Are Federal Workers Being Forced Into Involuntary Servitude?
A useful, if disheartening, discussion of the limited legal grounds workers have for successfully pursuing “coercion” cases.
Read more...Gilets Jaunes Under Attack
The gilets jaunes have arisen out of the profound inequality that is fracturing societies across Europe. It is against that inequality that leaders must take a strong stance.
Read more...Soros Warns Against AI Promoted Surveillance and Authoritarianism; Singles Out China’s Existing Tools and Ambitions
Soros just designated China’s AI and surveillance ambitions as the #1 enemy to “open societies”. Recall he’s already gone after Facebook and other US tech titans.
Read more...Jonathan Tepper’s The Myth of Capitalism: “Fucking Unreadable”
Author Jonathan Tepper has sent us multiple reader assisted suicide notes, and we are only too happy to oblige.
Read more...Fears of US-Backed ‘Coup’ in Motion as Trump Recognizes Venezuela Opposition Lawmaker as ‘Interim President’
Venezuela becomes the latest target for regime change fun and profit.
Read more...Links 1/24/19
CalPERS’ Story About Sudden “Resignation” of Star Hire Elisabeth Bourqui Falls Apart as Bourqui Comes to Board Meeting With Heavyweight Employment Lawyer
Pass the popcorn. It looks like CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost tangled with the wrong person in the form of Elisabeth Bourqui.
Read more...Experts Declare Physician Burnout ‘a Public Health Crisis’ – and Health IT a Significant Pathogen
Electronic health care records continue to be a drag on doctor productivity and the quality of treatment.
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