Category Archives: Banana republic

Dominic Cummings Is Either Ignorant and Lazy or a Psycho, and Doesn’t Know His William Gibson

Tory genius and BoJo advisor Dominic Cummings should read the books he quotes.

Private Equity Gets New Pockets to Pick: Your 401(k), in Funds Repeatedly Cited by the SEC for Abuses

While the US was busy with coronavirus and George Floyd protests, private equity stormed the retail investor barricade.

Revealed: Nearly 400,000 British Companies Evade Anti-Money Laundering Checks

David Cameron promised to stop scammers and kleptocrats hiding behind British shell companies. But almost one in ten UK firms still do not declare ‘persons of significant control’

Why I Am Still Worried About the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election Balloting Process

Voting in a pandemic

CEOs Bank Big Bonuses As Oil Companies Go Bankrupt

Ka-ching

The Battle Over Free Speech Online Is a Volcano That’s Ready to Blow

The battlte to control social media keeps getting hotter.

U.S. Abandons Open Skies for New Age Space Weapons

The press has hyped the “gee whiz” factor of space toys while ignoring that exiting the Open Skies agreement will kick off a new arms race.

Hubert Horan: What Will it Take to Save the Airlines?

The airlines are facing an existential crisis, yet no one in power is inclinded or even equipped to intervene.

The Fleming Myth and the Public Sector Contribution to Discovery and Development of New Cancer Drugs

Abstract, “basic research” is essential to drug discovery. It is also largely funded by the public sector.

What’s the Earliest a Progressive Democrat Can Be Elected President?

Progressive pickins look mighty slim.

New Poll Says a Majority of Americans Would Privilege Slowing the Spread of COVID-19 Over Restarting the Economy (Despite the Relentless Assault of Get Back to Work, Slackers! Propaganda)

New ABC-Washington Post poll shows a majority favor halting the spread of COVID-19 over restarting the economy – despite the propaganda blitz.

Watch: This Is What It Looks Like When the Response to Protests Against Police Violence Is… More Police Violence

Compilation of footage of police response to protests in various U.S. cities over police brutality and the killing of George Floyd, plus Amnesty International condemnation.

EU Stimulus Fakery as Brexit Stumbles Forward

The news on the EU and UK fronts is less than promising. It looks good only compared to rampaging cops on this side of the pond.