2:00PM Water Cooler 6/11/2020
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Trump Administration Hunting Rule Change: Making it Easier to Execute Alaska’s Bears in National Parks
Trump adminstration makes some rule changes that make it easier to execute bears on national land. Is this practice fair and what is hunting anyway?
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States Sue Drug Companies and Execs for Generic Price-Fixing; Is the Tide Turning on Willingness to Allow Big Pharma a Get Out of Jail Free Card for its Egregious Behavior?
State AGs sue drug companies and their executives for alleged price-fixing. Are we willing to rescind Big Pharma’s Get Out of Jail Free Card?
Read more...Wolf Richter: The Chilling Things Delta Said about the Airline Business, the 90% Collapse in Q2 Revenues, and Why Some Demand Destruction May Be “Permanent”
Delta’s latest SEC filing reiterates the dire situation airlines face as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more...The Elevator Arises As The Latest Logjam In Getting Back To Work
Yet another COVID-19 management problem: how to ensure people maintain social distancing and don’t get infected while taking elevators.
Read more...Yesterday’s Georgia Primary Voting Debacle: A Preview of November’s General Election?
How Georgia’s voting system enables voter suppression and election theft.
Read more...The European Union Still Hasn’t Considered an Economic Proposal That Can Save It
The European Union has not reached a “Hamiltonian moment.” Its plans are too little, too late, hamstrung by institutional barriers to economic recovery.
Read more...Lockdown Aftermath: Changes I Will Continue Going Forward
Ways in which the lockdown has changed my life, and led me to embrace practices I will continue, How about you?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 6/9/2020
COVID19 in the Midwest ~ Biden’s empathy ~ Biden Veepstakes: Condi Rice ~ Trump to shake up campaign, hit the trail ~ Charles Booker ~ Georgia voting debacle ~ Employment, wholesale, debt ~ Stranded capital in fossil fuels ~ COVID asymptomatic transmission ~ Protests ~ Seattle Autonomous Zone
Read more...New York Makes Use of Chokeholds a Felony Charge
New York makes use of chokehold a felony charge, nearly 6 years after Eric Garner died. Perhaps cops may think twice going forward.
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Pushed by National Uprising, Democratic Lawmakers Unveil Legislation to Overhaul Policing
Democrats introduce comprehensive policing reform legislation , but without Republican support, the best possible scenario is some repetition of the stimulus mess.
Read more...Scientists Around the World are Already Fighting the Next Pandemic
Scientists fight the next pandemic, driven by antibiotic resistance, where the technofix fairy won’t help, and the simplest solutions are the most sustainable.
Read more...Dominic Cummings Is Either Ignorant and Lazy or a Psycho, and Doesn’t Know His William Gibson
Tory genius and BoJo advisor Dominic Cummings should read the books he quotes.
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