Iraq Parliament Calls for U.S. Troops to Be Expelled (plus Cavalcade of Stupid)
A round-up on the Iraqi parliaments resolution calling for our troops to leave, plus the idiocy of elite policy-makers, of both parties.
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Plastics Problem: Overview, Plus What YOU Can Do to Reduce Your Use of Plastics
Plastics Problem: how bad is it? Very. Steps to take, beyond low-hanging fruit, without despairing.
Read more...Trump, Granting Lobbyist Demands, Quietly Handed Billions More in Tax Breaks to Huge Corporations: Report
Team Trump keeps soldiering along with its pro-corporate agenda.
Read more...The Loss of Fair Play
How the importance of at least pretending to be fair has eroded, and why that matters.
Read more...Trumpian Rhetoric: The Case of His Letter to Pelosi (and Foreshadowing 2020).
On Trump’s schtick.
Read more...Pete Buttigieg’s Odd Time at McKinsey
The more you look at what Buttigieg has said about his time at McKinsey, the more questions it raises.
Read more...Soil Science, Climate Change, and Property
Our understanding of soil is changing fast with new science. But can soil science help prevent global warming? Or, if the problems are political, not scientific, what is the political barrier?
Read more...Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Portion Of Obamacare
An appeals court nixed the Obamacare individual mandate and put the rest of the law in play. What might happen next?
Read more...Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #8 in Los Angeles, California
Candidates! Candidates! Candidates! ★★★ Seven candidates on one stage! ★★★ Come on down!
Read more...Impeachment Semi-Open Thread
The historic House vote means impeachment is on. Or is it?
Read more...Bill Black: Lawrence O’Donnell Aims at Buttigieg, But Hits New Democrats
A takedown of the New Democrats’ love of austerity.
Read more...What Would Happen If The ACA Went Away?
The ACA is back in play.
Read more...Climate Change: US Denounced as ‘Threat to Humanity’ as COP25 Ends Without Deal on Big Polluters’ Responsibility to Frontline Nations
What will it take or political leaders to take serious action to combat climate change? UN COP25 Summit a complete failure.
Read more...Felix Rohatyn, an Icon of an Older Wall Street, Is Dead
Why Felix Rohatyn was and wasn’t typical of his industry.
Read more...Don’t Blame Corbyn or Brexit: Labour Failed To Rage Against the Hated Political System
A take on why Labour failed.
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