Category Archives: Guest Post

Polluted Waterways May Alter Fish Behavior

While drugs like Prozac are designed to change brain function, there are other, perhaps less obvious ways pollution can change behavior.

Here is the Truth: Medicare Advantage Is Neither Medicare Nor an Advantage

“Medicare Advantage is a money-making scam. I should know. I helped to sell it.”

Links 1/15/2023

Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

Following complaints, Oregon’s Public Utility Commission is investigating NW Natural’s meter testing program and billing practices.

Economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson Explain Multipolarity, Decline of US Hegemony

The new year gets off to a rousing start with the launch of a new bi-weekly talk show with Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson.

2:00PM Water Cooler 1/13/2023

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Links 1/13/2023

Another Supply Chain Finance-Enabled Crisis Hits, This Time in Brazil

“Discovery” of multi-billion dollar “inconsistencies” on Brazilian retail giant’s balance sheet is a timely reminder of the risks posed by supply chain finance, especially in a heavily weakened business environment such as today.

What It Means for Hunger to Burn Through the Pentagon’s Ranks

Food insecurity, aka hunger, afflicts from one in eight to one in four military families per recent studies.

2:00PM Water Cooler 1/12/2023

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180 Million Barrels Of Crude May Never Be Returned to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The Biden plan for replenishing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is unrealitic. And it does not appear to have a Plan B.

The Ukrainian Demilitarized Zone – “Negotiations” Start at a Dead End

The bizarre Ukrainian claim that Russia is seeking negotiations and even offering up a DMZ provides a window into the state of disarray.