Gaius Publius: Big Oil Seeks Billions from U.S. Government to Protect It From…Climate Change
Big oil seeks yet another handout.
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Why Is CalPERS Aggressively Promoting Internet Voting Despite Experts Like the National Institute of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Saying “Hell No”?
More proof that CalPERS has no shame.
Read more...Prisoners Strike Across America & Canada to End Penal Enslavement
Prison strike that began on August 21 is scheduled to end today, the forty-fifth anniversary of the Attica uprising and rebellion took place in the New York state prison, with prisoners protesting slave labor conditions and other injustices.
Read more...Waste Watch: Burberry Pledges to Stop Burning Unsold Goods
In one small step toward reducing waste in the fashion industry, Burberry has announced it will cease burning unsold goods and using animal fur in its products, with immediate effect.
Read more...As Musk Goes Nuts Publicly, Tesla Bondholders Get Antsy
Rising bond yields pose a problem to Tesla’s survival.
Read more...Nick Turse: The U.S. Military is Winning. No, Really, It Is!
The US military disproves the notion “the conventional army loses if it does not win,” and now wins simply by not losing.
Read more...India: Demonetization Debacle
RBI annual report reaffirms demonetization had little impact on ferreting out black money; BJP majority blocks release of scathing parliamentary standing committee on finance report on the policy’s failure.
Read more...Why I Hate The New York Times Front Page Redesign
Moar crapification.
Read more...CalPERS’ CEO Marcie Frost’s Misrepresentations Regarding Her Education and Work History During and After Her Hiring
Another apparent case of employment fraud at CalPERS, this time with CEO Marcie Frost as the perp.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Verizon Throttled Firefighters’ Data As Mendocino Wildfire Burned
Verizon shows that extortion is fundamental to its business model.
Read more...Lump-of-Labor Fallacy: The Nastiest Motives of Nasty People
Why the lump-of-labor fallacy is bad for workers and for economics.
Read more...Robo-Signing, CalPERS-Style: Travel Expense Claim Forms Regularly Had Approval Signature of Board President Rob Feckner Faked by Staffers; Deputy CEO Doug Hoffner Also Participated in Approval of Undated, Pre-Signed Expense Forms
Yet another addition to the long roster of Board and senior executive misconduct at CalPERS.
Read more...CalPERS Election-Rigging: Delays Release of Proof of Incumbent Priya Mathur Approving Illegal Pre-Signed Expense Forms to Thwart Challenger Jason Perez
CalPERS is up to yet more election dirty tricks.
Read more...The Militarization of Sports and the Redefinition of Patriotism
In the end, it comes down to one thing: who controls the national narrative.
Read more...Hubert Horan’s Quick Take on Uber’s Second Quarter Results
Uber’s latest financial report confirms Hubert Horan’s predictions.
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