Even Americans who don’t have gas stoves oppose a ban.
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Saturday, January 17, 2026
A Majority Of Americans Are Against Banning Gas Stoves
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Health care, Infrastructure, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:35 am | 47 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/21/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 70 Comments »
Drugmakers Are Abandoning Cheap Generics, and Now US Cancer Patients Can’t Get Meds
The US is is abandoning treatable patients, first by not providing reasonably priced insulin, now by ignoring cancer drug shortages.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 24 Comments »
Biden Undoes Blinken China Visit and Then Some by Calling Xi a Dictator
When you thought the US might finally have hit bottom on the China front, we show we can reach new lows.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 7:47 am | 73 Comments »
Links 6/21/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 216 Comments »
Artificial Intelligence and Your Health – Thoughts on Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life
Virtual You is (supposedly) coming! Should you embrace it or run the other way?
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Science and the scientific method, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:20 am | 18 Comments »
The Economic Effects of Military Support for Ukraine: Evidence from Fiscal Multipliers in Donor Countries
An argument that spending on Ukraine is not quite as unproductive as it seems.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:58 am | 38 Comments »
Masks ***ARE*** a Fashion Item! In Asia.
A look at Hong Kong-based MaskLab.
Topics: Guest Post, Pandemic
Posted by Lambert Strether at 3:55 pm | 15 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/20/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 95 Comments »
Links 6/20/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 177 Comments »
US Troops Are in Peru to Counter Chinese and Russian Influence in Latin America, Reports Peruvian News Outlet
Peruvian troops’ “training alongside US forces will help to improve their capabilities and strengthen the operational performance of [Peruvian] Special Forces, boosting their interoperability with NATO systems and doctrine.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 10 Comments »
The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth
The bloody war in Ukraine has reached the carnage phase, as least for Urkaine’s men and their backers.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 99 Comments »
Abortion Down By Less Than 3 Percent
Why some less-bad-than-expected abortion news is not as good as it seems.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:01 am | 6 Comments »
Court Hears Expert Testimony About How Montana ‘Doubled Down on Fossil Fuels’ and Became ‘Outright Hostile’ to the Environment
Montana has never denied a permit for a fossil fuel project, despite its constitution’s guarantee of the right to a clean and healthful environment.
Topics: Global warming
Posted by Lambert Strether at 9:55 am | 14 Comments »
Links 6/19/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 184 Comments »



