What Covid Means for the Athlete’s Heart
Preliminary data suggests up to 1 in 5 people with Covid-19 wind up with heart inflammation. Athletes should fare better but are at risk too.
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Fallout from Greensill Collapse Splatters British Government, As Taxpayers Face Big Losses
Downing Street’s dodgy dealings with Citi and Greensill show just how far the British government is willing to go to line the pockets of banks and other financial firms while bleeding taxpayers dry.
Read more...Wikipedia’s Deep Ties to Big Tech
Contrary to its image as a cash-strapped, open public service, Wikipedia tries to hide that it is a wealthy NGO with close ties to big tech.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/5/2021
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Read more...New York Joins Pot Party
New York becomes the fifteenth state to legalise possession of marijuana for those over the age of twenty-one.
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Why India is Banking on Health Diplomacy to Grow African Footprint
India has stepped up its foreign policy re-engagement with African countries and has focused on health diplomacy.
Read more...Good Friday and Easter Church Raid Attempts by Police Over Covid Intensify Conservative Christian Vaccine Hesitancy
A doctor describes how the officialdom’s arrogant, “one size fits all” vaccine messaging is backfiring by alienating conservative Christians.
Read more...Martin Luther King’s America Redux: “The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World”
Liz Theoharis commemorates the anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech.
Read more...Links 4/4/2021
Life in a Remote Alaskan Community on the Front Line of Climate Change
Whittier, Alaska, copes with a pandemic and climate change, and confronts the daunting prospects of a Prince Williams Sound tsunami.
Read more...Why the Government Bonds Owned by the Bank of England Are Not a Debt Burden, Even When They’re Repaid
A short discussion of government bonds and what happens when a central bank holds them.
Read more...QE During the “Everything Mania”: Fed’s Assets at $7.7 Trillion, Up $3.5 Trillion in 13 months
Trying to make sense of what the Fed is up to.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/2/2021
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Read more...The ‘Roaring Twenties’ and Covid Recovery: Revisiting the Evidence for Europe
Are the Roaring Twenties an analogue for what a post Covid economy would look like?
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