Sunday, August 24, 2025
Middle East Heating Up: Increased Hezbollah, Houthi Attacks on Israel after Israel Strike on Yemen Port,
As you were transfixed by the Biden, Harris and Trump show, the Middle East conflict is escalating, with Hezbollah launching new attacks.
In Major Shift, British Newspapers Begin Warning of Perils of Cashless Society After Global IT Outage
The mainstream media has, until now, played a crucial role in advancing the Global War on Cash — a war that began with no official declaration but in which propaganda, as with all wars, is a vital weapon.
Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation
More evidence that US drug price curbs are unlikely to be harming pharmaceutical innovation
Trump’s Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention
Trumpian themes: People and country, the assassination attempt, Heel or Face, and the working class.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/22/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; many new Covid charts: Stay safe out there! Biden’s defenestration; Harris: Let the oppo begin! What if we stop reading? ~
Wall Street Journal on Americans Being Less Willing to Have Children
The Journal gives a largely sympathetic account of why fewer are having children, even as it may be going easy on cost pressures.
Obama Call for Open Nomination After Biden Withdrawal Assures Party Damaging “All Pay Auction” Process
How Obama rejecting Harris by calling for nominee selection assures not just more infighting but also serious donor fund wastage.
Until 1968, Presidential Candidates Were Picked by Party Conventions – A Process Revived by Biden’s Withdrawal From Race
Biden’s “decline” and withdrawal from the race is already being blamed on voters and used as an argument to return the candidate-selection process to an elite group of party insiders.
The US Vassal State of Germany Comes Apart
Alternative for Germany and Sahra Wagenknecht are likely to perform well as government doubles down on failed policies and castigates voters.
Where’s the Death Data on Heat, Wildfire Smoke, and Other Climate Extremes?
Knowing the true human toll resulting from soaring temperatures might help jolt the nation into action on climate change sooner and lessen the mitigation and resilience we will need.
A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It
An initiative in the Southwestern US demonstrates that health care for the homeless can be financially viable.
