Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

‘Catastrophic Injustice’: Judge OKs Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan Shielding Sacklers

Tens of thousands dead and the Sacklers get to ride away with their Purdue Pharma loot.

Lack of a Vaccine Mandate Becomes Competitive Advantage in Hospital Staffing Wars

Why most hospitals aren’t imposing vaccine mandates.

‘Net Zero Emissions’ and the Carbon Offsetting Scam

Big Polluters are advancing a “net zero” climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny. The IPCC is inadvertently helping them.

Ida’s Landfall Imminent, Disaster Expert General Russel Honoré Says Time to Declare Climate Emergency

Gulf Coast communities face added pollution as Hurricane Ida nears amid the build-out of gas export and plastic-manufacturing plants.

Current Climate Extremes Double at 2 Degrees Warming and Quadruple at 3 – Lead IPCC Author

The latest IPCC report shows we are climate-cooking our goose more quickly than even most pessimists had thought.

Here’s What Makes a New Amazon Carbon Study So Unnerving

Walking through yet more troubling information about the state of the Amazon.

“All-Electric Future Comes At A Huge Cost”

Tempering some of the enthuiasm for “all-electric” schemes.

The Coming School Opening Covid Train Wreck

Covid warning for the fall: assume the brace position.

Notes on the ‘Loss’ of Afghanistan

Cleaning up some misperceptions about the US operation in Afghanistan, including the idea that it was a country.

50th Anniversary of Powell Memorandum: Neoliberalism Has Wrecked Its Hosts

Commemorating a desructive anniversary, that of the Powell memo that set forth how big business would wage war against ordinary citizens.

Amazon: Regrowing Forests Have Offset Less Than 10% of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation

Unless drastic changes are made to halt deforestation and encourage forests to regrow, the Amazon cannot fulfil its potential to mitigate climate change.

School or ‘Russian Roulette’? Amid Delta Variant and Lax Mask Rules, Some Parents See No Difference

A discussion of parents worried about sending their kids back to school curiously contains only red state/nonurban examples.

Afghanistan: Another Reminder for Withering Britain

Afghanistan as an echo of the end of imperial Britain.