Canada Oil Pipeline: Trudeau Just Knocked Over the First Domino
Canada talks the talk on climate change, but Trudeau’s pipeline decision this week shares too much in common with poor US pipeline policy.
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Catch Us Discussing the New McCarthyism with Josh Scheer of KPFA/TruthDig Today, Dec.1 at Noon PST
We’ll speak with Josh Scheer about the how the Washington Post’s smear against 199 independent news sites is more serious than it might seem.
Read more...Why Has CalPERS Given Chief Investment Officer Ted Eliopoulos a $135,000 Gift Via a Bonus That Violates His Bonus Formula?
CalPERS flagrantly violated its procedures by granting its CIO, Ted Eliopoulos, a bonus greatly in excess of the level allowed.
Read more...Trump Starts Revealing His True Colors: Government by Plutocrats, For Plutocrats
The outlines of how Trump will govern are emerging from the fog, as revealed by his Cabinet picks. As expected, there is a lot not to like.
Read more...Trump Loves to Win, But American Generals Have Forgotten How
Trump recognizes that the senior U.S. military leadership doesn’t know how to win. But can he do anything about it?
Read more...How the Global Left Destroyed Itself (or, All Sex Is Not Rape)
Why the politics of sex in particular, and identity politics in general, have undermined the left.
Read more...Trump’s Existential Threat: Climate Change
Trump will encounter opposition from the military if he persists with climate change denialism.
Read more...Still More Myths About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
Clinton’s “17 Intelligence Agencies” talking point, and “Trump is a Russian puppet” talking point
Read more...Round Up No Suspects: The Bio Telemetry Settlement Demonstrates the Continuing Impunity of Health Care Organizational (and Other) Leaders
As has become usual in enforcement of laws regarding kickbacks, bribes, fraud etc, the case was resolved by a relatively small fine
Read more...Bill Black: Howard Dean Wants to Continue Austerity’s Assault on the Working Class
Why Democrats like Howard Dean believe in and sell austerity snake oil.
Read more...Oil Industry Worries About Peak Oil, as in Peak Demand
Some forward-thinking oil producers are worried about peak demand. Are their concerns warranted?
Read more...These Three Keen Websites Will Improve Your Language Skills!
Rhetorical techniques, snowclones — what’s a snowclone? — and TV Tropes
Read more...Trumpism Has Dealt a Mortal Blow to Orthodox Economics and ‘Social Science’
Why Trumpism caused mainstream ‘social science’ to fall like a house of cards.
Read more...Washington Post Promotes Shadowy Website That Accuses 200 Publications of Being Russian Propaganda Plants
McCarthyism lives! A site with no credentials and no evidence has smeared over 200 sites, including ours, as Russian stooges.
Read more...One More Myth About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
The myth of the BernieBro.
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