Europe’s fatigue with hosting refugees coincides with Kiev’s desperation for soldiers.
Sunday, December 28, 2025
Dead Smoke Alarms, Moldy Rooms, Empty First Aid Kits: Farmworkers Endure Unsafe and Substandard Housing Across US
US agriculture workers are in desperate need of labor action as the employers (and regulators) do next to nothing to ensure safe working and living conditions.
IM Doc Warns of Coming Medical Dystopia in the US via Pervasive Recording of Visits, AI Test Ordering and Upselling
The coming horror of the loss of privacy and degradation of service via the brave new world of AI administered medicine.
Russiagate Revived in Latest MI6 Operation Against Russia — A Spy Alone Is Spy Baloney
Russiagate fever reaches a new pitch with a new supposed spook-tells-all tale of Russia fixing the Brexit vote.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/16/2024
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Bizarre Valedictory Interview by CalSTRS Investment Chief, Chris Ailman, Asks Private Equity to Be Nice and Share with Workers
A revealing, and not at all in a good way, discussion of private equity by departing CalSTRS Chief Investment Officer Chris Ailman.
France’s Macron Government Is Trying to Criminalise Criticism of Officially Recommended or Mandated Medical Treatments
A new escalation in the war on what governments deem to be medical mis-, dis- and mal-information appears to be under way.
Israeli Siege Has Placed Gazans at Risk of Starvation − Prewar Policies Made Them Vulnerable in the First Place
The more you look at the genocidal actions of Israel, the more the clear its abject lack of morality becomes.
NYC Squeezing Migrants Out of Waiting Rooms, Effectively Forcing Them on to the Streets
NYC Mayor Adams wants to close overflow sites where migrants evicted from shelters sleep on the ground while waiting for a new cot
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/15/2024
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Bill Lerach on Litigating Corporate Wrongdoing: “The System Is Set Up to Defeat Deterrence”
The formidable and controversial former lawyer Bill Lerach explained in a recent interview why corporate misconduct is so deeply entrenched.
Inflation and Power
Why the Fed’s approach to inflation has the main effect of reducing labor bargaining power, which is seldom the real problem.
