Category Archives: Banana republic

FAA Hoist on Its Own Boeing 737 Max Petard: Multiagency Panel to Issue Report Criticizing Agency Approval Process, Call for Certification Changes

Another FAA self-inflicted wound.

Andrew Bacevich, Ending War, American-Style

The US hasn’t won a war since World War II, and even then, the Soviets deserve most of the credit. So how do we keep up appearances?

CalPERS Election Corruption: Huge and Illegally Opaque Dark Spending Against Pro-Accountability Candidate JJ Jelincic

Yet more on CalPERS election shenanigans.

CalPERS, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor, and CalPERS Employees Engage in Illegal and Dishonest Electioneering Against Candidate JJ Jelincic

More on CalPERS’ election meddling.

California Privacy Law Looms

Businesses race to comply with California’s new data privacy law by 1st January; meanwhile, efforts continue to weaken its protections.

States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices

States go to war against drug price gouging.

Here Are Photos of Some of the Dilapidated Equipment San Francisco Wants to Buy from Bankrupt PG&E for $2.5 Billion

Californians have had it with PG&E. But is San Francisco overpaying to get rid of them? Take a look.

Who’s Responsible for the Ecocide in the Amazon

Ecocode is profitable, so follow the money.

Democratic Presidential Candidates Face 7 Hours of Tough Questions on Climate Change, From Fracking to Fossil Fuels

CNN hosts seven hour town hall with Democratic presidential candidates on climate change: recap of key exchanges.

CalPERS’ Blatant Election and Mail Fraud: See-Through Envelopes for Completed Ballots; Illegal Electioneering by Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor; Huge and Illegally Opaque Spending Against Challenger JJ Jelincic

CalPERS takes its election fixing to a new level.

North Carolina Did What SCOTUS Wouldn’t – Ended GOP Gerrymandering

RNN interview with Dan Vicuna, discussing how a North Carolina state court recently stopped a Republican gerrymandering plan.

While PG&E Played a ‘Cat and Mouse Game’ With California Regulators, Where Was Kamala?

The WSJ account of how PG&E played a “cat and mouse game” with regulators; alas, California’s utilities commission “is not a particularly adroit cat.”

Private Equity and Surprise Medical Billing

Private equity has glommed onto the healthcare sector, and drives the “surprise” medical billing. phenomenon.

‘Father Is Surgeon’: How Money Talked in USC Admissions Scandal

Defense attorney releases emails documenting just how seriously USC officials weighed family donations in making admissions decisions.

Brexit: Thar She Blows

Does Parliament’s revolt agaist Boris Johnson on Brexit amount to progress?