Category Archives: Banana republic

Orwell Goes to Iowa

In fairness, Orwell was far more skilled than the Iowa Democratic Party and DNC are showing themselves to be. This is just lame.

This Philadelphia Refinery Is the Country’s Worst Benzene Polluter. Trump Wants To Keep It Open

Trump-aided behind-the-scenes shenanigans may keep a horrifically toxic refinery in business.

Twitter Is Blocking My Tweets (Updated: Back to Normal)

I appear to have been banned on Twitter.

Iraq Is on the Brink of an Energy Crisis

A case study of the struggle for influence in Iraq.

War for Fun and Profit

A look at the US war machine.

Iowa, Democrats, and Elite Incompetence

Team Dem gets lots of egg on its face in Iowa.

Cybernetic Opioid Pushers: EHR Vendor Practice Fusion to Pay $145 Million to Resolve Criminal and Civil Investigations

Practice Fusion solicited payments to manipulate MDs to prescribe opioids….illustrating how electronic health care records insert themselves in treatment.

US Loses Nearly 4 Million Jobs to China Since WTO Entry

More evidence, this time via China, on the costs globalization imposed on American workers.

How Iowa Chooses National Convention Delegates and What That Means For Us

Explaining the Iowa Caucus Rube Goldberg machine.

#MeToo Shamefully Nowhere To Be Found as SEIU Not Only Refuses to Fire Staffers Charged With Multiple Instances of Sexual Misconduct, but Retaliates Against Press and Whistleblowers

SEIU is acting like thugs. Please help reporter Mike Elk who has exposed more of their dirty linen than they can stand to have aired.

The Dead Zone Downstream: Gulf Edition

The cost of modern agriculture, as measured by a growing oxygen-free patch in the Gulf of Mexico.

A New Type of Conflict: France’s Ongoing Struggle for Pensions

The French strike over pensions has gone on longer than any other, even in 1968, has 60% support….yet the press barely covers it.