Trump’s Space Force: Nuclear Lunacy
Why Trump’s effort to revive Reagan’s “Star Wars” vaporware increases the risk of nuclear war.
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Brexit: Blame It on the Banking Crisis
The parts of the UK hit hard by post-crisis austerity had a strong tendency to vote for Brexit.
Read more...Brexit: Chasing Their Tails
More Brexit dithering, but at higher velocities.
Read more...GoFundMe CEO: ‘Gigantic Gaps’ In Health System Showing Up In Crowdfunding
GoFundMe campaigns as proof of America’s health care crisis.
Read more...The Shutdown Will Harm the Health and Safety of Americans, Even After It’s Long Over
Another set of shutdown costs.
Read more...Longtime Reporter Leaves NBC, Accuses Media of “Lionizing Destructive Organizations” Like the FBI
The FBI is openly setting out to make and break political leaders, undermining what we have left of a functioning democracy.
Read more...CalPERS Fiasco 2: Confidential Member Data at Risk by Letting Company With No Contract Have Access; CalPERS Apparently Still Has No Deal With Any Vendors for Upcoming Elections
How CalPERS gave access to its sensitive member database to a company it barely knew, Votem Corp., with no contractual protection whatsoever. That’s like giving the keys to your house to someone you just met.
Read more...CalPERS Fiasco: Impermissible Non-Public Board Election Count; Failure of Widely Criticized Internet Voting to Deliver on Any Goals; Botched Tabulation
CalPERS refused to abandon its half-baked idea to push beneficiaries to vote by Internet ant phone. The scheme had not only failed to produce its alleged benefits, but it’s also again demonstrated CalPERS’ incompetence and deep commitment to cronyism.
Read more...‘A Reckless Advocate of Military Force’: Demands for John Bolton’s Dismissal After Reports He Asked Pentagon for Options to Strike Iran
John Bolton manages the difficult task of making me yearn for the days of Henry Kissinger.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Oops, SpaceX to Lay Off 10% of its Employees after Funding Fiasco in November
The LA Times reports that SpaceX, the unicorn startup with a newly minted $30.5 billion “valuation” and dreams of sending humans to Mars shortly, will lay off about 10% of its employees.
Read more...Off-Roading, Chopped Joshua Trees, Overflowing Toilets: Our National Parks During a Shutdown
Wreckage of national parks during the shutdown as yet another sign of lack of social cohesion.
Read more...The Downside of Market-Minded Philanthropy
Beware of squillionaires practicing philanthropy…..
Read more...Trillions In IPO Funds At Risk Over Government Shutdown
It turns out the often-maligned SEC is much missed as the Federal partial shutdown puts the IPO market on hold.
Read more...Kamala Harris Tells Big Lie: That 2012 Mortgage Settlement Was a Good Deal for Homeowners
Kamala Harris’ supposed big accomplishment, of getting California a better deal in the 2012 mortgage settlement, isn’t anything to boast about.
Read more...New Documents Reveal a Covert British Military-Intelligence Smear Machine Meddling In American Politics
The Orwellianly-named Integrity Initiative is bringing international disinformation campaign, road tested in Europe. to the US, in the form of a “political smear unit.”
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