East and Gulf coast dockworkers are about to strike against low wages, unsafe working conditions and the threat of automation while the ruling class demands Collective Biden to intervene.
Sunday, September 14, 2025
UPDATED: Hezbollah Confirms Nasrallah Is Dead; Netanyahu Condemned Over Massive Beirut Bombing
While Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah survived an attack in Beirut, Israel may still get the regional war it wants.
TaxCast on Green Laundering, Combatting Big Corporate Tax Dodging with Joseph Stiglitz, EU Competition Minister Margrethe Vesterger
A look at corporate misbehavior, here extreme tax avoidance and green laundering, and the progress of efforts to combat it.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/27/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Friday charts: The election (tied), and Covid (improved); Kamala’s speeches on economics; New 737 malfunction (rudder pedals) discovered as negotiators back at the table ~
Fall Fashion’s Economic Forecast
A sampling of fall/winter women’s frocks does not make for an upbeat economic forecast.
Quelle Surprise: Ecuador’s US-Born President, Daniel Noboa, Plans to Scrap Constitutional Ban on Foreign Military Bases
During his first ten months in power, Noboa has done everything he can to place Ecuador even more firmly under Washington’s thumb.
Is It Climate Change or Genocide?
The case that the elite lack of willingness to address climate change amounts to genocide.
Progressives Sound Alarm as Harris Courts Crypto Industry
“Crypto is a haven for businesspeople with nefarious or criminal intent.”
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/26/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Kamala’s speeches on the economy (transcripts); Election integrity; Negotiations restart at Boeing, as suppliers and customers begin to feel pain; Potential good news on the nasal spray front (albeit a mouse study) ~
Desperate-Looking Biden Administration Attempt to Get 21-Day Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire
Yet another Biden-Blinken ceasefire fantasy makes headlines.
CBO: GOP Social Security Plan Would Cut Benefits by Thousands, Not Extend Solvency
The CBO releases an analysis of a Project 2025-adjacent plan to reduce Social Security benefits. The “reforms” don’t improve fund solvency!
The Challenge of Preserving Good Data in the Age of AI
If AI-created content floods the internet, who decides what online information is worth archiving?
