True to form, CalPERS general counsel Matt Jacobs is playing fast and loose with the law and facts. Will Judge Markman let him get away with it?
Read more...A constitutional convention is remaking Chile to break with the model forged by murderous dictator Augusto Pinochet
Read more...Trying to pull some signal out of the considerable propaganda, um, noise, on Russia and Ukraine.
Read more...Sanders: “The American people have a right to know where their senators stand on the most important issues impacting their lives.”
Read more...Yves here. Michel Hudson, in this short talk with The Saker, debunks many widespread misperceptions about the dollar, the US economy, and the prospects for fundamental change. I have only a couple of teeny quibbles and a further thought. Hudson discusses private equity buying up single family homes. While that was a very big trend […]
Read more...The curious plot so far: an off again, on again Pfizer Omicron booster.
Read more...The Feds throwing money at some parts of Covid care is arguably a precedent to build on. But the US is not exceptional that way.
Read more...No access to Covid home tests beyond the 4 per month per address freebie is yet another proof that Medicare sucks.
Read more...Tested in two hot wars, and during the Cold War, the RAND method for gauging the intention of the adversary predicts this about Blinken – he wants war with Russia; he has no mind for any alternative.
Read more...The Covid spin-doctoring machine is staring to emit smoke.
Read more...Ruminations on our seemingly neverending war, starting with Vietnam….but is that the right frame?
Read more...A coalition of climate groups calls on the Biden administration to use existing statutory authority as a basis for executive action to phase out fossil fuel extraction on public lands.
Read more...Macron stands up for the idea that the EU should have a say about being dragged into a conflict with Russia. Can’t have that!
Read more...Public finance plays a large role in agriculture. Instead of propping up corporate interests, it should learn from local food producers
Read more...The most-hyped stocks are collapsing, some by 90%, such as EV SPACs, as the sordid underbelly of the stock market comes unglued.
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