Bill Clinton, Paid to Speak to Biotech Conference, Extolled $1000 Pill to Prevent “Liver Rot,” Despite Lack of Evidence that It Does
What won’t the Clintons do if the price tag is high enough? Now Bill is playing drug detailman.
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Greece Asks for Last Minute Deal Before Bailout Expires
So much for that referendum! Just kidding!
Read more...Will the US Keep Winning Indefinitely? With ISDS Trade Panels, That Is
The threat to regulation, democracy, and the rule of law posed by investor-state dispute settlement is very real.
Read more...My Big Fat Greek Bank Black Hole: No Deposit Insurance
It’s hard to find an official who is comporting himself very well in the wake of the Tsipras surprise announcement of a referendum on July 5 for a then-defunct bailout offer.
Read more...Consent of the Governed, Tsipras Style (Updated)
Tsipras has already taken the decision to miss the €1.6 billion IMF payment due June 30 and the €3.5 billion ECB payment that falls on July 20, while falsely telling Greek citizens that they have a say in this momentous choice.
Read more...BBC: ECB to Stop Emergency Support of Greek Banks on Monday; Bank Holiday Likely
The ECB has decided to lower the boom on Greece.
Read more...Detroit: A Case Study of Oligarchs and Vigilantes Taking Over Public Safety in a Big City
In Detroit, safety is a privilege enjoyed by the white and wealthy.
Read more...College Is Wildly Exploitative: Why Aren’t Students Raising Hell?
Colleges wear the cloak of liberalism, but in policy and practice, they often embody a corrupt and cutthroat system of power and exploitation
Read more...The Bankruptcy of America’s Elites
Why America’s elites have failed.
Read more...Caymans Exposed: Tax Havens Lucrative for Big Finance, Leave Only Crumbs for Locals
Being a tax haven isn’t all it is cracked up to be.
Read more...New Study Debunks Myth That Exorbitant CEO Pay Results from “Talent”
In the last month or so, I’ve seen some remarkably dubious studies flogged around what Lambert calls the Innertubes, all ringing changes on the same themes: outsized pay for those at the top is a reflection of a state of nature. Fortunately, a new study from Lawrence Mishel and Alyssa Davis of the Economic Policy Institute has done the heavy lifting of shredding new, creative defenses of out-of-control CEO pay.
Read more...15 Ways Bill Clinton’s White House Failed America and the World
How Bill Clinton hurt the American middle class and US interests abroad
Read more...TPP: Will Voters Re-elect Laughing Stocks to the Senate?
Fast Track authority, whose passage is tantamount to passing the TPP, the TTIP, and TISA, goes back to the Senate. Please call your Senators ASAP, particularly Patty Murray (D-WA), Michael Bennet (D-CO), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) .
Read more...Tom Engelhardt: Armed Violence in the Homeland
If you worry about safety, stop fretting about terrorists and focus on the nasty intersection of rising social stress and widespread gun ownership.
Read more...A New Bank Boycott Movement Starting?
A California county recognizes that the flip slide of banks being Too Big to Fail is that they are also Too Crooked to Trust.
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