Category Archives: Guest Post

Thomas Ferguson: Debt Ceiling Theater and the Trump Parallel Universe

Political scientist Thomas Ferguson discusses Democratic debt ceiling fecklessness, Biden’s wobbly coaliiton, and US instability.

Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like ‘Child’s Play’

Edward Snowden describes how surveillace tools have become more powerful in the past decade

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/8/2023

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Small Town and Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closing Due to Funding

More pillaging of America, here in hospitals in flyover, where it won’t be noticed much before those practices start moving to the core.

Links 6/8/2023

Booming Solar Industry Has An Unresolved Waste Problem

Solar panels have a roughly 15 year life. Where do they go to die? The answers now are not very good.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2023

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‘His Peers Thought He Was a Madman.’ The Weird, Wonderful History of Ice

How ice became an industry.

Science-Based Medicine: Sometimes “n = 1” Is Enough

An example of how, in science, pursuing the exceptions can prove more insight than following what seems to be a settled theory.

The Food War, the Grain Deal, and the Real Deal

The West is trying to use the Ukraine grain deal to stymie Russia…..with ample support from the UN’s Guterres.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/6/2023

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As Fewer MDs Practice Rural Primary Care, a Different Type of Doctor Helps Take Up the Slack

Osteopaths are increasingly stepping into the primary care gap produced by MDs who increasingly go into lucrative specialities.

WHO Forges Partnership With EU to Create Global Digital Vaccine Passport System

The World Health Organization (WHO) adopts the EU’s expiring digital vaccine passport as a global standard, as we warned would happen over a year ago.