School or ‘Russian Roulette’? Amid Delta Variant and Lax Mask Rules, Some Parents See No Difference
A discussion of parents worried about sending their kids back to school curiously contains only red state/nonurban examples.
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Will Americans Who Were Right on Afghanistan Still Be Ignored?
Quelle surprise! No one is held accoutable for huge, predictable strategic and moral failures like going to Afghanistan, because profit
Read more...Afghanistan: Another Reminder for Withering Britain
Afghanistan as an echo of the end of imperial Britain.
Read more...“Are vaccines becoming less effective at preventing Covid infection?”
As more data about the Covid vaccines comes out, it is becoming acceptable to step away from cheerleading and make factual judgments.
Read more...Iran’s Huge Caspian Gas Find Is A Geopolitical Gamechanger
A new Iran gas find has the potential to supply 20% of Europe’s needs. But its pricing and delivery will be coordinated with Russia.
Read more...Biden Administration to Withhold Medicare and Medicaid $ from Nursing Homes Not Having Fully Vaxxed Staff
The Biden Administration thinks it can coerce badly paid workers in nursing homes who’ve held out to take the jab. That’s not a great wager.
Read more...Texas Supreme Court Says Dems Who Fled State to Block Voter Suppression Package Can Be Arrested
GOP-appointed judges sided with Texas Gov. Abbott and right-wing lawmakers, allowing legislators to be arrested and hauled to the Capitol
Read more...Why Did the Taliban Take Over Afghanistan So Fast?
How the Taliban outfoxed the US.
Read more...Conspiracy Theories Aside, There Is Something Fishy About the Great Reset
The Great Reset is a planned corporate takeover of global governance that affects our food, our data and our vaccines.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Biden Forfeits His Afghan Victory by Defending His Deep State Advisors
Biden gave a bizarre justification of the horrifically mismanaged US exit from Afghanistan, revealing his capture by intel incompetents.
Read more...“RLB Can Suck a Dick”: CalPERS Board VP Theresa Taylor Debases CalPERS, Sneers at Workers and Little People in Unhinged, Factually False Attack on SEIU California President
CalPERS Board VP and Investment Committee chair Theresa Taylor has yet another put foot in mouth and chew incident.
Read more...The War Nerd: Was There a Plan in Afghanistan?
Trying to make sense of Afghanistan.
Read more...SARS-COV-2 Post-Delta: Andy Slavitt Says “Let ‘Er Rip” 2.0
Doing the math on SARS-CoV-2 when “everyone gets it.”
Read more...Is Western U.S. Experiencing a ‘Megadrought’?
The U.S. West may be in a climate-fueled megadrought, but willingness to admit that, let alone address it, is awfully slow in coming.
Read more...A Half Century Since The Beginning Of The End Of The Post WW II Economic Order
Marking the 50th anniversary of the end of the Bretton Woods economic system.
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