Axios: What’s the Actual Cost of Not Addressing Climate Change?
bunking some arguments against Sanders’ climate change program.
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The Two Sides of Government Guarantees for Banks
Not all guarantees are created equal, and what that means for banks.
Read more...Under Bloomberg Pressure, CalPERS Coughs Up BCG Report on Private Equity, Confirming Criminal Abuse of Open Meeting Law; Board President Henry Jones Casually Leaks Confidential Information
A peek into how CalPERS abuses confidentiality when public agencies are supposed to be public.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich, Ending War, American-Style
The US hasn’t won a war since World War II, and even then, the Soviets deserve most of the credit. So how do we keep up appearances?
Read more...CalPERS Election Corruption: Huge and Illegally Opaque Dark Spending Against Pro-Accountability Candidate JJ Jelincic
Yet more on CalPERS election shenanigans.
Read more...CalPERS, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor, and CalPERS Employees Engage in Illegal and Dishonest Electioneering Against Candidate JJ Jelincic
More on CalPERS’ election meddling.
Read more...California Privacy Law Looms
Businesses race to comply with California’s new data privacy law by 1st January; meanwhile, efforts continue to weaken its protections.
Read more...States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices
States go to war against drug price gouging.
Read more...Here Are Photos of Some of the Dilapidated Equipment San Francisco Wants to Buy from Bankrupt PG&E for $2.5 Billion
Californians have had it with PG&E. But is San Francisco overpaying to get rid of them? Take a look.
Read more...Who’s Responsible for the Ecocide in the Amazon
Ecocode is profitable, so follow the money.
Read more...Democratic Presidential Candidates Face 7 Hours of Tough Questions on Climate Change, From Fracking to Fossil Fuels
CNN hosts seven hour town hall with Democratic presidential candidates on climate change: recap of key exchanges.
Read more...Brexit: Ultra Fracas
Why the Brexit Ultras are down but not out.
Read more...CalPERS’ Blatant Election and Mail Fraud: See-Through Envelopes for Completed Ballots; Illegal Electioneering by Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor; Huge and Illegally Opaque Spending Against Challenger JJ Jelincic
CalPERS takes its election fixing to a new level.
Read more...Take the (Night) Train Redux
My recent trip on the night train from High Point, North Carolina, to NYC.
Read more...US and Iran “At Cliff’s Edge”
Patrick Cockburn, the Independent’s Middle East correspondent, discusses the situation in Iran with the Real News Network.
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