Saturday, February 7, 2026

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/8/2022

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Tiny Algae Could Help Fix Concrete’s Dirty Little Climate Secret – 4 Innovative Ways to Clean Up This Notoriously Hard to Decarbonize Industry

Some possible ways to make concrete less of an environmental problem.

Links 9/8/2022

Announcing the Dynamic Duo “Double Your Donations” Challenge!

Two generous readers are making a fundaiser challenge! Be fast off your marks to take it up.

Gorbachev Paved Way for Oligarchs – Aleksandr Buzgalin

By opposing deep democratic reforms from below, Gorbachev laid the groundwork for privatization and the looting of the 1990s.

Chokepoint Capitalism Strangles Us All

Capitalism works in insidiuous ways.

In Response to Court Order, Kentucky Retirement Systems Releases 2,256 Page, Yet Incomplete, Investigation into Hedge Fund Shenanigans

Kentucky Retirement Systems is still in the whitewash business.

7 Reasons Why Naked Capitalism Deserves Your Money

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Hooray! Met Our Second Target Handily! On to the Third: Continuing Expanded News Coverage and Maybe Meetups

Please suppprt your daily news fix, most importantly all our juicy daily links!

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/7/2022

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

The US Army Special Operations Command Weaponizes Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Telegram

Since the Army gets very little bang for its buck, presumably by design, why should its social media campaigns be any better?

Links 9/7/2022

NATO, Russia, Energy Put Balkans on Edge 

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Michael Hudson: Naked Capitalism – Your and My Informational Necessity

Four reasons why Naked Capitalism is indispensable.

“Lehman Event” Looms For Europe As Energy Companies Face $1.5 Trillion in Margin Calls

Why energy price spikes are threatening the financial system. And any derivatives bailout will take prescedence over businesses and housholds.