How Big Oil plays data games with the Paris Agreement climate targets, already seen by many as too permissive.
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Germany to Keep Three Nuclear Plants Going Past Old Shut-Down Date to Alleviate Energy Crunch
Germany looks a wee bit desperate as it suddendly moves to keep three nuclear reactors in producion that were set for shutdown
Buy and Bust: Collapse of Private Equity-Backed Rural Hospitals Mired Employees in Medical Bills
Bad enough when private equity hurts customers and communities. Here they stole from employees by defaulting on health insurance
Does Nature Have Rights? Victorian Polymath John Ruskin Thought So
Jeffrey Spear discusses how the insights of John Ruskin can help create a new paradigm for protecting the planet.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/16/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Stagflation: From Tragedy to Farce
Half a century after the 1970s’ stagflation, economies are contracting as prices rise again.
Is Cold, Hard Cash Making a Comeback?
While cash use has been declining in many places for years, the trend may have reached its apogee. In some countries, including the UK and Spain, it even appears to be making a fragile comeback.
80% of US Voters Across Party Lines Support Expanding Social Security
Social Security is so popular that an overwhelming majority wants more. But that’s apparently one of the nice things we can’t have.
“Housing Recession”: NAHB. Homebuilders Cut Prices as Traffic of Prospective New-House Buyers Plunges, Cancellations Spike
Housing sales and prices continuine on their grim slide.
CDC Rigs Its Own Monkeypox Case Reports by Not Including Questions on Airborne Transmission
A careful examination of CDC’s data collection on monkeypox transmission.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/15/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
More US Eyepoking of China with New Congresscritter Visit to Taiwan; What Will China Do Next?
The US is still escalanting with China over Taiwan. And China most assuredly is keeping score.
