2:00PM Water Cooler 11/10/2023
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After Years of Tanking Climate Action and Anti-Poverty Measures, Manchin Announces Exit From Senate
“During his time in office, Manchin served the fossil fuel industry and lined his pockets with the payoff,” said one critic.
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Brazil’s Lula Government Just Mandated COVID-19 Vaccines For All Children Over 6 Months of Age
Brazil’s Minister of Health, Nísia Trindade, claims that all COVID-19 vaccines have proven to be both effective and safe, and that COVID-19 is a vaccine-preventable disease.
Read more...Rob Urie: Biden Visits Hitler’s Bunker, Sends for a Decorator: Israel and Ukraine Edition
The US is losing power and geopolitical legitimacy by its mishandling, or one might say misguided handling, its clients Israel and Ukraine.
Read more...Jim Chanos: “The Crypto Ecosystem Is Well-Suited for the Dark Side of Finance.”
The famed short-seller talks Sam Bankman-Fried, why Wall Street is still so keen on crypto, and how technology is making us dumber
Read more...CDC’s HICPAC Passes Draft Gutting Patient Protections Against Airborne Respiratory Viruses, Faces Challenge at HHS Office of the Inspector General (and You Can Help)
Sue the b*stards!
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Resources to Save ‘Every Creeping Thing of the Earth’ Are Limited. What Would Noah Do?
A discussion of Martin Weitzman’s ideas about the best way to look at species preservation.
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By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Common Nightingale (golzii), Ile River Delta–Zheltorangy Poplars; Almaty, Kazakhstan. * * * Politics “So many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a rational management of symbolic capital.” –Pierre Bourdieu, Classification Struggles Capitol Seizure Hmm: A person is disqualified from […]
Read more...UN Special Rapporteur Calls Out Walmart, Amazon, DoorDash as Creating Poverty by Not Paying Living Wages
Major companies like Walmart create poverty via obscenely low pay, most recently confirmed via a UN special rapporteur.
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Biomedical Science versus Biomedicine, a Continuing Series
A case study of biomedical science progress against cystic fibrosis, and the resulting “biomedicine” profiteering.
Read more...What Did the Houthis’ Attempted Bombing of Israel Aim to Achieve?
The Houthis are trying to mix things up, at least a little bit, in the conflict in Gaza. To what end?
Read more...PPPs Fiscal Hoax Is a Blank Financial Silver Bullet
More on why public private partnerships, aka PPPs, amount to private enrichment at public expense, not just governments but also users.
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