US banks are still sitting on losses, with Fed relief nowhere in sight.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/29/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; jury deliberations begin in Judge Merchan’s court, Covid immune dysregulation, the worst jobs at Disney, the world’s oldest living being ~
Private Equity Seeks to Foist Companies It Can’t Sell on Employees
Oh noes! Private equity is finding it hard to find buyers for all those deals it bought when interest rates were low!
The West Foments Chaos in the Caucasus
Armenia’s pivot to the West unravels. Regime change efforts in Georgia. Türkiye looks to criminalize working for “foreign interests.”
The Popski Syndrome – Allied Defeat Turns into Ukraine Battlefield Fantasies
Ukraine, with certain Western help, has engaged in even more provocative stunts as some NATO leaders threaten escalation.
Repress U., Class of 2024: How to Build a Homeland Security Campus in Seven More Steps
The apparatus behind the explosion of police crackdowns against campus anti-Gaza-genocide protests has been very long in the making.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/28/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics, Google’s internal search documentation leaked (!), closing arguments begin in the Bragg/Merchan trial, bookcases as a superb user interface ~
“It’s Not Just Ideology: Why the U.S. Is Hard-Wired to Be Hostile to Autocratic Regimes”
An, erm, novel exercise to present Americans as always on board with good-thinking values like opposing autocratic players.
Are European Politicians Beginning to Worry About Their Own Possible Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes?
“If you are encouraging a party to undertake a war crime you become complicit in that crime itself.”
IM Doc on the Accelerating Decline in American Medicine
On the rot in US medicine….and as you might expect, it started from the head.
Lost in the Green Transition: Which Workers Win and Lose
Most green energy boosters skip over which workers will win and lose. This post addresses that oversight.
How One Advice Columnist Handled Our Covid Pandemic, Over Four Years
Carolyn Hax tries to sweep back the tide with a broom.
