“Crypto is a haven for businesspeople with nefarious or criminal intent.”
Sunday, December 21, 2025
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?
Indian Foreign Minister Throws Cold Water on the Idea of a BRICS Currency
The Indian foreign minister make fatal (at least for now) objections to the idea of a BRICS currency.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/25/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Pollsters and polling; Getting to know Kamala; Election Trump’s to lose: Is that what he’s doing? Boeing’s “absurd litany of self-inflicted crises” plus brutal Senate report on whistleblower reports ~
Diet-Related Diseases Are the No. 1 Cause of Death in the US – Yet Many Doctors Receive Little to No Nutrition Education in Med School
An exhortation for doctors to get more nutrition education so they can advise patients on diet. But is that as simple as it seems?
Who Holds All These US Treasuries? Update on the Investors in the Ballooning US National Debt in Q2
As the Fed unloads Treasuries, others are purchasing them…including foreign central banks.
How Cities Run Dry
How afflicted cities are trying to cope with water shortages.
What Is a “Fair” Drug Price?
Debunking Big Pharma whinging over Inflation Reduction Act drug price negotiations.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/24/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; The state of the electoral college; Trump turning populist in the home stretch? Democrats: institutional advantages, political disabilitiesBoeing “Best And Final Offer” roundly rejected by machinists ~
Fog of (Dis)Information in Escalating Israel-Lebanon Conflict
Some updates on the escalating Israel-Lebanon conflict and on the poor state of reporting.
