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Thursday, July 17, 2025
180 Million Barrels Of Crude May Never Be Returned to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The Biden plan for replenishing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is unrealitic. And it does not appear to have a Plan B.
The Ukrainian Demilitarized Zone – “Negotiations” Start at a Dead End
The bizarre Ukrainian claim that Russia is seeking negotiations and even offering up a DMZ provides a window into the state of disarray.
How a War on Porn Is Endangering US Sex Workers
Self-styled anti-sex-trafficking groups, who are actually opposed to sex work, are imposing their extreme religious views on all Americans
‘Industry’ and the State (Twitter Files 11 & 12)
A wealth of new detail about the Twitter-government partnership.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/11/2023
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Crypto-Focused Silvergate Bank Got De Facto Backdoor FDIC Bailout via $4.3 Billion Federal Home Loan Bank Advance
More crypto chicanery! How crypto-focused bank Silvergate got a very big ticket rescue from a quasii-government mortgage banker’s bank.
Italy and the EU Are on Collision Course as Economic Conditions Worsen
Brussels insists Italy must surrender more of its economic sovereignty in exchange for any assistance.
Militarized Japan and the Biden-Kishida Summit Signal Moment in the New Cold War
The US is pressing an (over) eager Japan to develop offensive capabilities, with an eye to a conflict with China.
Atmospheric Rivers Over California’s Wildfire Burn Scars Raise Fears of Deadly Mudslides – This Is What Cascading Climate Disasters Look Like
An illustration of how different climate-change-induced or intensified problems can interact to do even more damage.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/10/2023
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Textbooks Are Falling Behind on Climate Change
A new study found that most biology textbooks devote fewer sentences to climate change than they did before 2010.
