Category Archives: Banana republic

Making Sense of Bolivia’s Discontent

Unpacking the many political and policy contradictions in Bolivia over the past decade.

Lack of Right to Repair Limits Ability of US Military to Maintain its Own Equipment

Support for right to repair from an unlikely quarter: US military. Military hardware is sometimes shipped back to the states for repair.

PG&E Failed California. Here’s How the State Could Turn Things Around.

How PG&E came to dominate California’s electricity market, plus discussion of options to fix the fiery mess it has created.

US Medical Data Security Gets Worse 2 Months After Expose of Hundreds of Millions of Images, Related Patient Info Open on the Internet

Another medical data horrorshow.

On TV, Political Ads Are Regulated – But Online, Anything Goes

We’ve had over two years of pearl-clutching about political ads in the Internet era. What if anything should be done?

“The UN Is Being Turned into a Public-Private Partnership”: Harris Gleckman Explains Stealth Takeover by World Economic Forum

Lynn Fries speaks to Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system – and what can be done to stop it.

The Coup in Bolivia Has Everything to Do With the Screen You’re Using to Read This

The coup in Bolivia as a resource play.

Plastics Watch: Recycling, Raccoons, and Rubbish

Even a massive recycling campaign won’t make a dent in the plastics problem, as long as the industry ramps up production; some thoughts on raccoons, and rubbish.

America’s Arms Sales Addiction

The sorry history of how US arms sales have made the world less safe, and aren’t all that good for America either.

Blockbuster WSJ Investigation: How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results

WSJ publishes results documenting how Google tweaks its search algorithms and adjusts your search results, to privilege large over small, and muddled middle perspectives.

Former CalPERS Board Member JJ Jelincic Files Protest Against Election Abuses

JJ Jelincic is still fighting the uphill battle of cleaning up CalPERS.

Ilargi: Vindman, the Expert

A close reading of NSC director Alexander Vindman’s deposition in the impeachment investigation.

Billionaire Entryism: Prospects and Problems for Mayor “Mike” Bloomberg’s Presidential Run

Who is Bloomberg going to take votes from? Will his late entry into the campaign work? Oppo, oppo, oppo! Can be buy enough votes? And is he really running?!