Category Archives: Guest Post

Golden State Killer Suspect Arrest Opens Floodgates for Law Enforcement Use of DNA Websites

Police are casting their DNA-matching efforts wider via genealogy websites.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/1/2018

Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread

Trump Regulators and California on Collision Course on Rolling Back Fuel Efficiency Standards

Trump regulators and California are on a collision course over efforts to roll back the previous administration’s fuel efficiency standards, due to come into effect in 2021.

Links 6/1/18

Wolf Richter: Deutsche Bank CoCo Bonds Plunge, Shares Hit Record Low, after US Entity Makes FDIC’s “Problem Bank List”

Double whammy regularity revelations wallop Deutsche bonds and shares, raising the old question: When will she buckle?

Republican Mayors Push Climate Action Without Saying ‘Climate Change’

Some Republican officials are more active on the climate front than party rhetoric would have you believe.

2:00PM Water Cooler 5/31/2018

Today’s Water Cooler: Steel and aluminum tariffs, Sanders 2020, impeachment, 2006 v 2018, polling, personal income, pending home sales, Wells Fargo, Uber, Tesla, Medicare, Medicaid, Flint, depression

Links 5/31/18

Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (More of “The Wave”, but Only Ripples?)

Wave? What wave?

Links 5/30/18

NIRP’s Revenge: Italian Bonds Plunge, Worst Day in Decades

Markets wail and gnash their teeth as normalization of Italian yields sets in.

Israel and Palestine: A Story of Modern Colonialism

The foundations of Israel are rooted in a colonial project that has modernized its face but continues to subject Palestinians to military occupation, land dispossession and unequal rights.

The Left as the New Enemy Within: Domestic Wargaming Exercise Includes “Progressive” AntiGlobalist Baddies, Um, Terrorists

Apparently needing to justify spending and domestic surveillance, military exercises depict leftie future terrorists as official threats.