Political scientist Thomas Ferguson discusses Democratic debt ceiling fecklessness, Biden’s wobbly coaliiton, and US instability.
Saturday, June 28, 2025
Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like ‘Child’s Play’
Edward Snowden describes how surveillace tools have become more powerful in the past decade
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/8/2023
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Small Town and Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closing Due to Funding
More pillaging of America, here in hospitals in flyover, where it won’t be noticed much before those practices start moving to the core.
Is Russia’s Least Bad Option Now the Maximalist Stance of Taking Control of Western Ukraine?
Is Russia moving towards the perceived necessity of subduing western Ukraine? And how might that work?
Booming Solar Industry Has An Unresolved Waste Problem
Solar panels have a roughly 15 year life. Where do they go to die? The answers now are not very good.
Biden Signs Off on Restarting Student Debt. Why?
Do student debt concessions prove Democrats are just terrible negotiators? The real reason Party leaders do the debt ceiling dance.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2023
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‘His Peers Thought He Was a Madman.’ The Weird, Wonderful History of Ice
How ice became an industry.
Science-Based Medicine: Sometimes “n = 1” Is Enough
An example of how, in science, pursuing the exceptions can prove more insight than following what seems to be a settled theory.
The Food War, the Grain Deal, and the Real Deal
The West is trying to use the Ukraine grain deal to stymie Russia…..with ample support from the UN’s Guterres.
Why Don’t We Get the Politicians We Need?
Some thoughts about why US and UK politicians are so bad
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/6/2023
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