A short look at the Democrat-aligned-press breakdown over the RFK, Jr. choice of Silicon Valley’s Nichole Shanahan as his VP.
Saturday, December 27, 2025
A Battered Bayer Breathes Sigh of Relief As Mexico Suspends Its Long-Awaited Ban on Glyphosate Weedkiller
Even as Bayer’s sales of Roundup slide as global fears about the health risks of glyphosate rise, most governments continue to baulk at the idea of banning the product completely.
The Crocus City Hall Attack – An Operational Failure
The Crocus City Hall attack does not appear to have achieved any of its presumed aims, beyond the death count.
Western Wind Turbine Manufacturers Struggle to Compete with Chinese Pricing
The US, UK and Europe fall behind China in a supposed priority area, wind turbines.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/27/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Baltimore Bridge Crash: Risk Management Questions
Why it’s a mistake to think of the Baltimore bridge collapse as catastrophic bad luck.
Prolegomena to an Understanding of the Replication Crisis in Science
Taking stock of the state of science’s replication crisis on the 20 year anniversary of JPA Ioannidis’ seminal article.
A Weak Spot in Carbon Sequestration: Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
Carbon stored underground could leak through old wells. How regulators plan to handle that is under scrutiny.
The Evidence on the Crocus Gang Attack in Moscow
An update on information and conjectures about the Crocus City Hall massacre.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/26/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread ~
Draft UN Report Finds Israel Has Met Threshold for Genocide
“Israel’s genocide on the Palestinians in Gaza is an escalatory stage of a long-standing settler-colonial process of erasure.”
CIA Chief Pays Argentina Rare Visit Just Three Days Before Anniversary of 1976 Military Coup
Burns’ diagnosis: “we have a short-term problem in the form of Russia; but a bigger long-term problem in the form of China.” Note to readers: this is a bit of a long post, since it is essentially two in one. The first part explores some of the aggressive moves Washington is making against China in […]
Mapping the Economic Costs of War
Looking at the economic impact of war on neighboring countries, including ones not part of the theater of conflict.
