Category Archives: Ridiculously obvious scams

Secret US Chemical Warfare Contracts at the UK Porton Down Lab – Dead Monkeys Tell Their Tales, But Live Skripals Can’t

The UK told a very big fib about its Porton Down lab….and it looks like it matters.

New Mexico Attorney General Sues Google Over Kiddie Privacy

New Mexico AG Hector Balderas sues Google for violating children’s privacy under federal and state statutes. Don’t be evil indeed!

Legacy Admissions: Johns Hopkins Drops Preferences, Other Institutions Consider Changes

Johns Hopkins announces it’s eliminated legacy admissions, sparking a wider debate. Will other institutions follow?

Taxcast: Financial Secrecy Index: Who Are the World’s Worst Offenders?

Taxcast – the Tax Justice Network’s monthly podcast: 30 minutes of unmissable corruption, scandal and analysis you won’t hear anywhere else.

Private Equity’s War to Preserve Surprise Billing

Sadly, private equity has beaten back legislation to curb surprise biling.

CalPERS’ Election Rigging: Pushing for Most Costly, Insecure Online and Phone Voting Despite Abject Failure, Why? To Help SEIU Influence Election

CalPERS remains unwilling to run clean and secure elections. One has to wonder why.

Another Demise of a Storied Business at the Hands of Private Equity: Fairway

Fairway shows how private equity ruined a successful and much loved business.

What the Heck Happened to Surprise Billing Legislation? (Or, It’s Never Too Late for the Lobbyists to Win)

Surprise billing is proving awfully hard to kill.

Ship the Airplane: The Cultural, Organizational and Technical Reasons Why Boeing Cannot Recover

Devastating takedown of what went wrong at Boeing with the 737 Max – presented in straightforward terms non-engineers can understand.

Yet More Finance Profiteering: Green Bonds

Count on Wall Street to find a profit angle in actual or pending disaster. Green bonds are becoming a hot idea.

Orwell Goes to Iowa

In fairness, Orwell was far more skilled than the Iowa Democratic Party and DNC are showing themselves to be. This is just lame.

This Philadelphia Refinery Is the Country’s Worst Benzene Polluter. Trump Wants To Keep It Open

Trump-aided behind-the-scenes shenanigans may keep a horrifically toxic refinery in business.

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Two: Profits and Cash Flow Keep Deteriorating as Uber’s GAAP Losses Hit $8.5 Billion

Dissecting how Uber spun its 2019 financial reports. The actual results continue to be ugly, with no path to profit.

War for Fun and Profit

A look at the US war machine.