2:00PM Water Cooler 10/29/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: More or less open thread, plus National Cat Day.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 10/19/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Steel tariffs, aircraft imports, Booker, Sanders, Clinton, Democrat consultants attack nurses, home sales, apparel, Mr. Market in his happy space, Uwe Reinhardt, Teamster contract, forgotten suffragettes, law and economics, the Makerphone
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/18/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trump and the postal subsidy, Biden 2020, Warren and the Cherokees, Sanders on foreign policy, Georgia shenanigains, Hillary Clinton, the Resistance, leading indicators, business outlook, Theranos, uber, robot cars, news deserts, Maine Question 1, books
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/17/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, a Trump rally script, dogs playing poker, Warren Cherokee debacle, women veteran candidates, Senate and House, shareholders want Zuckerberg out, Sears, Instagram, Canadian cannabis, law and economics, the circus
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/16/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Currency practices, Pelosi’s plans, polarized electorate, Georgia Governor, Iowa, minority rule, industrial production, housing market, gold, apparel, water in Latin America, #MeToo, the police and protest, Melvyn Bragg, dogs
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/12/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Smug liberals, socialists v liberals, Sanders in South Carolina, the Chicago Way, partisan consumer confidence, import/export, lithium, graphene, Dollar General, Tesla, robot cars, that hardware hacking story, Warren Mosler, PDAs
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/11/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Democrat incrementalism, Senate races in AZ, ND, and TX, Latino votes, consumer prices, lumber, USPS, UPS and rail, Fed bashing, scooters, Jaron Lanier on BUMMER platforms, map of Amazon data centers, nocturnal mammals
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/10/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Tarriffs and retail imports, 2020 (Bloomberg, Harris, Sanders, Avenatti, Trump), Susan Rice, Kavanaugh, climate and civil disobedience, producer prices, wholesale trade, inflation, Seats, Toys “R” Us, Trump on Medicare for All, cat diagrams
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/9/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: New NAFTA, dodgy bills of lading, 2020 debates, Sanders v. Bezos, blue wave in the states, O’Rourke, #MeToo, small business confidence, batteries, wood cities, UPS contract saga, Johnny Ramone, cause and effect, naps
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/8/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade realpolitik, Kavanaugh and the midterms, “An Evening with the Clintons,” Google exposed user data, Teamsters contract, Roman ships, Banksy memes
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/5/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade war, Kavanaugh, ballot measures. “grievance studies,” corporate fascism, employment situation, international trade, blockchain bills of lading, spy chips, tomatoes, Hypocausts, Internet of Sh*t
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/4/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Canada and US trade, Kavanaugh, Democrats and ActBlue money, House and Senate races, identity politics, factory orders, job cuts, Sotheby’s, Estonian banks, Honda, GM, and Waymo, toxic algae, brain transmission, standing desks
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/3/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: USMCA/NAFTA 2.0 terms and effects, Sanders finance break-up bill, Amazon wage raise. “academic grievance studies,” Kavanaugh, mid-terms gushing cash, employment, services, capital spending, robot supermarkets, Woody Guthrie
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/2/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Canada trade deal, Sanders and Amazon, Clinton polling, generic ballot, Airbus engine shortage, Tesla, robots, AI, Theranos, single payer, tech adoption stalls
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