Sunday, December 28, 2025
After Two Months of High-Voltage Shock Treatment, Argentina’s Economy Is Screaming at Top of Its Lungs
The economic data for January, Milei’s first full month in office, makes for sobering reading.
BMJ Decries Necrocide in Gaza as UN Describes “Shocking, Desperate Conditions”; Johns Hopkins Estimates Escalation Would Produce 85,000 More Deaths in 6 Months
The world fiddles while Gaza bleeds.
Florida Defies CDC in Measles Outbreak, Telling Parents It’s Fine to Send Unvaccinated Kids to School
The US continues to embrace rolling back progress as Florida greenlights measles by letting infected kids go to school.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2024
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New York City Survey: Unsheltered Migrants Increased Homeless Population by 25%
Some data from New York City shows how the marked increase in new migrants is stressing services and not good for the migrants either.
WSJ Misinforms by Omission in Article on Oil Sanctions-Buster by Ignoring Dollars and SWIFT
A heavily-researched Wall Street Journal article on Russian oil sanctions evasion is half baked.
Understanding Iran’s Non-State Network
A discussion of Iran’s relationship with various militia groups.
The Growing Environmental Footprint Of Generative AI
AI runs on power-hungry equipment that uses millions of gallons of fresh water. Policymakers are weighing the costs.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/21/2024
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Michael Hudson: Higher Education Crapification – The New School Case Study
How the education part of higher education has become an afterthought.
Examining US Neocons’ Wider Black Sea Strategy
Prospects in the region aren’t looking much better than in Ukraine, chiefly due to NATO ally Türkiye, so neocons set course for a further escape from reality.
‘Fourth Wave’ of Opioid Epidemic Crashes Ashore, Propelled by Fentanyl and Meth
Opioid abuse marches on relentlessly, with little attention to the broader social stresses that make the US such an outlier on this front.
