The US continues to talk at, rather than with, China about its close ties to Russia.
Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Holiday Weekend Coverage
We are kicking back a wee bit this Labor Day holiday weekend and hope you can too!
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/29/2024
Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Kamala’s stint at McDonalds: Fact or fiction?; Kennedyon healthy food, and on the environment.; Section 230 decision: “The business model of Big Tech is over.”;
Rob Urie: Kamala Harris is the New Face Being Put on America’s Wars
An unvarnished assessment of what a Kamala Harris presidency would amount to.
Activists Link Climate Change, Gaza in a Campaign Targeting Citigroup
Protesters are pushing Citigroup to divest from fossil fuels and companies that are sending arms to Israel.
Why Poverty Reduction Under Capitalism Is a Myth
A full-throated critique of the claim that capitalism benefits the poors.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/28/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics; The DNC was a superspreading event, and adopted a eugenicist masking policy; Boeing door plug debacle reveals shop floor fiasco; Vermeer’s tronie. ~
Global Poverty Grows as Super-Rich Get Richer Faster
Oxfam gives an update on the ever-widening gap between our money overlords and the poor, and how their enrichment is increasing poverty.
Peer Review: What Does It Really Mean Today?
Why peer review is not what you might think it is, and what can be done to remedy that.
On the Distortions and Distractions of the Democratic National Circus
A well-targeted rant about the offensive shallowness and neglect of concrete material needs of voters that the Democratic Party now embodies.
Why People Stay After Local Economies Collapse − A Story of Home Among the Ghosts of Shuttered Steel Mills
Why many community members don’t leave in the face of localized collapse, and how they adapt.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/27/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler : Politics; syndemics ~
Fog of War and Narrative, Israel and Hezbollah Attacks Edition
An attempt at informational forensics on the Israel-Hezbollah pitched battle on Sunday.
