Sunday, December 28, 2025
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Potential Conflicts of Interest Are By Now Too Big to Ignore
Sunak’s father-in-law’s company, Indian tech giant (and digital identity developer) Infosys, has been doing a roaring business with UK government departments since his son-in-law became chancellor and then PM.
The Reach of JSOC ‘the President’s Private Army’
What is JSOC doing, and where are they doing it?
2024 State of the Union Live Blog/Open Thread
By Lambert Strether of Corrente The State of the Union address, as ordained by Article II, Section 3 of the United States Constition, will take place in about a half an hour, at 9:00PM ET. If you like to watch: In addition to major networks and political cable channels that will air the address, you […]
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/7/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: A hard-core originalist looks at Anderson, well-meant advice for Biden, a fine rant on “our democracy”, and LSD gets “breakthrough status” at FDA. And of course election, pandemic, and business coverage. ~
Apple’s Exclusionary App Store Scheme: Will the EU Tolerate Gaming of the Digital Markets Act?
Will the EU see through and act against Apple’s self-serving, Digital-Markets-Act-evading new app store scheme?
SEC Approves First US Climate Disclosure Rules: Why the Requirements Are Much Weaker Than Planned and What They Mean for Companies
The SEC had to make concessions in its climate disclosure final rules, but it did well given the constraints of its investor focus.
Nothing in Nuland’s Life Became Her Like the Leaving of It
More discussion of whether Victoria Nuland jumped or was pushed, and what that might say about US politics and foreign policy.
Gendering the Predator State
Some new wrinkles on who wins and loses in James Galbraith’s Predator State.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/6/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Super Tuesday, Cuomo in the dock?, open-source P2P search? ~
Ralph Nader: Real Gaza Death Toll at Least 200,000
Ralph Nader calls out the certain extreme undercount of death in Gaza and why that is convenient for Israel, the US, and Gaza.
Victoria Nuland, Major Force Behind Failed Project Ukraine, Retires Unexpectedly
Victoria Nuland is leaving but sadly the considerable damage she has done will endure.
Book Review: Malcolm Harris’ “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World”
The Silicon Valley citadel of capitalism is built on eugenics, bombs, and hatred of the working class, and it’s destroying the world.
