Climate Change: Hurricanes to Deliver a Bigger Punch to Coasts
Tropical cyclone Idai may be a harbinger of further catastrophic coastal storms; climate change projections suggest the number of intense hurricanes will rise.
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Boeing Crapification: Second 737 Max Plane Within Five Months Crashes Just After Takeoff
Another Boeing 737 aircraft crashed minutes after takeoff in Addis Ababa yesterday, killing all 157 passengers on board, in circumstances similar to last October’s Lion Air crash in Indonesia. Consequences for Boeing depend on what the just-recovered voice and data recorders reveal.
Read more...UN Backs Seed Sovereignty as Defense Against Multinational-Led GMO Projects
The anti-GMO UN declaration was written by and for peasants from every continent.
Read more...How Climate Change Is Increasing Global Hunger
New bad facts on world hunger.
Read more...The CFA Franc Zones: Neocolonialism and Dependency
How France still exerts influence over the CFA franc zone.
Read more...Trump Is Giving Protectionism a Bad Name
A short overview of some protectionism successes.
Read more...Commandos Sans Frontières: The Global Growth of US Special Operations Forces
Why Green Berets and Navy SEALs need to solve national security problems — strategic issues that ought to be addressed by policymakers — is a question that has long gone unanswered: Overview of global deployment of US commandos.
Read more...New York Times: Virtuous McKinsey Defiled by Dark Continent
McKinsey is unhappy that the New York Times did a serious investigative story on a major scandal in South Africa….when the Times pulled some of its punches.
Read more...Back to the Future with Empire Oil
A network of oil companies arond Mayfair, but registered in Britain’s offshore tax-haven network, provides a snapshot of the new imperialism.
Read more...CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten’s Form 700 Violation and His Unduly Mysterious Private Equity Firm
More on the sketchy history of CalPERS’ new CEO, Charles Asubonten.
Read more...Misrepresentations and Inconsistencies in CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten’s Resume
A detailed documentation of the misrepresentations and inconsistencies in the resume presented by Charles Asubonten to CalPERS when he applied for the CFO post.
Read more...How Hunter-Gatherers May Hold the Key to our Economic Future
Their relaxed approach to work stemmed from their faith in the providence of their environment and confidence in their ability to exploit it
Read more...Gaius Publius: More on the Cape Town, South Africa, Water Crisis
Cape Town is becoming ground zero of water scarcity….a future that will arrive for many more in the coming decades.
Read more...Protests in Tunisia Over IMF-Promoted Policies….for Good Reason
Why the IMF’s standard prescription is a poor fit for Tunisia.
Read more...Ilargi: Shithouses
How Trump’s widely deplored shithouses comment was an unintended, uncomfortable truth about US policy.
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