Monday, July 7, 2025

Links 4/16/2023

Social Security May Be Failing Well Over a Million People With Disabilities – And COVID-19 Is Making the Problem Worse

Research suggests that well over 1 million people with disabilities are not getting the assistance they need, and even those who receive benefits are likely not getting enough.

The Increasing Number of Trial Balloons for Polish Intervention in Ukraine

The narrative that Warsaw will become the new power center of NATO in Europe and should take western Ukraine and/or fight Russia picks up steam. 

Links 4/15/2023

Russia Leaves Neoliberal West to Join World Majority

The sanctions against Russia and Russia’s kinetic war in Ukraine have produced great changes in and outside. But what are their implications?

Clarence Thomas Proves It’s Time for Supreme Court Term Limits

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been caught out engaging in serious misconduct. But what to do?

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/14/2023

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Amid Efforts to Cool the Planet, Solar Geoengineering Draws Heated Debate

Geoengineering schemes are getting more press as CO2 levels keep rising. But how can their risks be assessed?

Links 4/14/2023

Larry Johnson and Other Former Insiders Debunk Air Guardsman-as-Pentagon-Leaker Story as Press Cheers Arrest

The Air National Guardsman as Pentagon leaker story is comig apart. But like “six guys in a boat”, no one in polite company will say so.

German Vaccine Maker BioNtech Faces Series of Lawsuits for Alleged COVID-19 Vaccine Harms

The experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccines that were developed and launched to market in record time, generating record profits for their manufacturers as well as injuries for untold thousands, will be put to the test before the German courts.

Banning TikTok Could Weaken Personal Cybersecurity

Banning TikTok would be a messy business….and probably not technologically enforceable.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/13/2023

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Is National Public Radio Actually National Private Radio?

Matt Bruenig does the unthinkable and investigates the quetion of whether National Public Radio is state media.

Links 4/13/2023