Friday, June 27, 2025
The China Debt Trap Lie that Won’t Die
US officials and Western media make things up as China weakens the stranglehold Western bondholders and international financial institutions have on poorer countries.
CalPERS Refuses to Spend $1 Million, or $1.30 Each, to Prevent Sale of Personal Data of 770,000 Beneficiaries on Dark Web
How CalPERS is inexcusably throwing nearly 800,000 beneficiaies under the bus in a massive data heist.
An EU Double Standard With Massive Impact on the Global Environment
The EU is exporting more than 10,000 tons of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides a year to megadiverse countries despite having banned these chemicals from its own farms to protect pollinators.
Putin Orders Reality Check – No Ukrainians Left on the Battlefield, No Sovereignty in Kiev
Putin and the Foreign Minsitry explain why Russia will not sign a treaty with the territory known as Ukraine over ending the conflict.
The EU Sows the Seeds of Its Own Destruction
Brussels’ increasing attacks on the working class mirror decades-long Italian efforts that have caused a collapse in standard of living and trust in the EU.
3M Offers $10.3B Settlement Over PFAS Contamination in Water Systems – Now, How Do You Destroy a ‘Forever Chemical’?
One big challenge is making sure remediation efforts don’t make the problem even worse.
From Pugachev To Lebed – The Muzhik Rebellion Fizzles Out Without Bloodshed, Prigozhin to Exile
The Prigozhin rebellion is looking to be not that much more than a one day wonder.
Fog of Prigozhin: His Bizarre and Surely Doomed Military Revolt
Prigozhin has really completely lost it. But is his revolt as big a threat as the Western press seems to believe?
A New Third World Debt Crisis? The Need for System Change
Emerging economies look to be on the verge of a whole lotta debt hurt. Why does this happen to them so often?
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/23/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Why Interest Rate Rises Are Fueling Inflation
Is central bank inflatin medicine even worse than it seems?
Is A New Housing Crisis Brewing in Spain?
Spain is one of the European economies that was hardest hit by the COVID-19 virus crisis. Now, after years of falling real incomes, millions of families are facing skyrocketing mortgage payments as a result of rapidly rising interest rates.
