Category Archives: Guest Post

Hospital ‘Trauma Centers’ Charge Enormous Fees to Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home

The trauma center ripoff provides more evidence that the medical industry is primarily in the business of exploitation, not care.

Vaccine Certificates Are Making Global Travel Harder, Not Easier

Vaccine certificates were ostensibly rolled out to help facilitate cross-border travel as vaccination numbers increased. But thanks to vaccine geopolitics, the opposite is happening

Bad News About Iran and Nuclear Deal

Oof, Biden blows the chance to keep relations with Iran from moving further in the wrong direction by capitulating to his hardliners.

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/15/2021

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Biden Targets Non-Compete Agreements, Which Restrict the Job Opportunities of Millions of Low-Wage Workers

Biden goes after non-compete agreements….but will this effort make a difference?

Robinhood’s Revealing Ad Pitch: We’re All Investors, Alone

The latest Robinhood campaign is more raspberry than rah rah.

The Conflict Within OPEC Is Far From Over

Another byproduct of inflation generally and rising gas prices in particular is more eyes on OPEC.

Consumer Inflation Rises…Will It Draw the Fed’s Attention?

Inflation is hitting a few important sectors very hard. The Fed isn’t set up to contend with this problem, but will it try anyhow?

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/14/2021

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A Curious Union: Covid, Clorox, Cleveland Clinic, and the CDC Foundation

Cleveland Clinic’s and the CDC Foundation’s unsound Clorox sponsorship confirms that the US has the best medical system that money can buy.

When Counterculture Goes Mainstream: A Dispatch from the 2021 Bitcoin Conference

How Bitcoin hard-core loyalists see the future of their project.

Bureau of Labor Statistics (Non) Reporting Tallies 8 Strikes in 2020 Versus Payday Report’s >1200

Tiny Payday Report does the Bureau of Labor Statistics to shame in tracking strikes in 2020. What gives?

Industry Calls the Climate Shots in the Biden Administration

And you believed Biden on climate change?

Does the Fate of Ivermectin As a Covid-19 Treatment Rest in the Hands of the Deeply Conflicted Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?

One of the world’s biggest vaccine proponents and strident defender of intellectual property rights is funding, directly and indirectly, large trials into cheap, off-patent, off-label COVID-19 treatments, including ivermectin.