“We encourage the IPCC to… ensure that Big Agriculture and the global meat industry have no influence over future reports.”
Saturday, January 17, 2026
Durham Report: The Republic We Didn’t Keep
The Durham Report and State Crimes Against Democracy
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/22/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
US Geopolitics: Believing Impossible Things
On the global stage, US can only barely keep up the pretense that it is not losing its mind.
Four-Fifths of Board Members at America’s Top Six Banks are Climate Conflicted
High level links between polluting sectors and bank directors could be acting as a block to climate action, campaigners warn.
U.S. Shale Production Is Set For A Rapid Decline
Much tighter shale markets look baked in by year end. That would produce a lot of knock-on effects.
I’d Love to Go Long Masks, and… Maybe Someday! Tasks for the American Mask Manufacturers Association
Masking can become a social norm if masks become fashion items, but that can only happen if the mask industry adopts some standards.
Central Banks: Uncertainty Is the Problem, Not Managing the Trilemma
Regain price stability is difficult but doable; the bigger problem facing central banks is economic uncertainty
Are US Prescription Drug Prices 10 Times Those of Other Nations? Only Sometimes
Misleading fact checking as a way to denigrate figures who regularly challenge the mainstream, here Bernie Sanders.
Could a Far-Right vs Centre-Left Showdown Be the Future of British Politics?
Amid global pressures, a centrist Labour government could face a far-right opposition, with no true reformists in sight
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/19/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Senators Ramp Up 14th Amendment Pressure on Biden to Counter GOP Debt Ceiling Brinksmanship
Although the GOP created the debt ceiling, Democrats are culpable for neither challenging its Constitutionality nor using the platinum coin.
