Brexit: End of the Road
The UK has run out of time for Brexit machinations, even if that isn’t well recognized yet.
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Brexit: Send in the Clowns
May takes yet more body blows….while the no deal threat is not yet disarmed.
Read more...Another Way the Rich Get Richer: US Indicts Fifty for College Admissions Fraud
Federal prosecutors indicted fifty people yesterday for college admissions fraud at several elite institutions, including Georgetown, Stanford, and Yale. Serious discussion of how college admissions procedures foster inequality is long overdue.
Read more...JJ Jelincic: CalPERS’ Plan to Create 2 New Private Equity Companies, Give Away Billions With No Control Makes No Sense….Except to Make Fund Managers Rich
CalPERS still can’t justify its new private equity business model, and has even retreated to calling it just a concept, yet it wants the board to sign a blank check at next week’s meeting.
Read more...Boeing Crapification: Second 737 Max Plane Within Five Months Crashes Just After Takeoff
Another Boeing 737 aircraft crashed minutes after takeoff in Addis Ababa yesterday, killing all 157 passengers on board, in circumstances similar to last October’s Lion Air crash in Indonesia. Consequences for Boeing depend on what the just-recovered voice and data recorders reveal.
Read more...India Bans Plastics Waste Imports, While Fossil Fuel Plastics Pushers in US and China Ramp Up to Party On
Kudos to India for banning plastics waste imports, to focus on solving its own waste management problem. Meanwhile, fossil fuel interests ramp up plans to produce more plastics.
Read more...#MeToo Whistleblowing Is Upending Century-Old Legal Precedent Demanding Loyalty to the Boss
Why whistleblowing is a recent development.
Read more...Brexit: Slouching Towards Bethlehem
No one knows what is set to happen on Brexit day.
Read more...Skilling Released from Prison After A Decade of Doing Time: A Reminder of a Not So Distant Past, When the Rule of Law Applied to Corporate CEOs
Jeff Skilling, former CEO of Enron, was released Friday after doing twelve years of prison time: a reminder that corporate officers once were once prosecuted and sent to jail for corporate criminal activities.
Read more...Bills Criminalizing Pipeline Protest Arise in Statehouses Nationwide
Comprehensive overview of eight state-level initiatives promoted by oil and gas industry lobbyists to criminalize pipeline protests.
Read more...CalPERS Election Vendor Votem on Verge of Failure Just as CalPERS Board About to Approve “Business as Usual” Election Notice
More proof that CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost is so busy with self-promotion that she can’t be bothered to have her staff execute adequately on important but not-that-difficult tasks.
Read more...Who Is Really A Socialist?
Identifying some core “socialist” views.
Read more...“Reverse Location Search Warrant”: A New Personal Data Hoovering Exercise Brought to You by Google
Welcome to reverse location search warrants, yet another technology-enabled violation of your Constitutional rights.
Read more...Cisco Joins Other Tech Giants in Calling for a Federal Privacy Law
Cisco joins other big tech companies in calling for a federal privacy law. This is a blatant attempt to shutter what Louis Brandeis called the “laboratories of democracy” – states, such as California, that pioneer new policies to protect their citizens.
Read more...Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Biometric Privacy Law, Clearing the Way for Lawsuits
Illinois Supreme Court hands down unanimous decision that an individual needn’t prove actual injury nor adverse effect to recover under the state’s bellwether biometric privacy statute.
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