~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
US Leads Sanctions Killing Millions to No End
Food crises, stagnation and price increases are worsening. Sanctions against Russia hurt those relying on wheat and fertilizer imports.
Italy Secret Services Attack on Ukraine War Skeptics Backfires: Corriere della Sera Publication of “filoputiniani” List Called McCarthyism, Proscription; Suits Coming?
A scandal rocks Italy over a hit piece in a top paper using leaked intelligence dossiers on prominent so-called “Putin lovers”.
Recent Payment Outage in Germany Underscores One of the Dangers of a Cashless Economy: System Fragility
As recent events in Germany (and elsewhere) have shown, even strong proponents of a cashless economy have an interest in safeguarding the future of cash, if only for the sake of financial stability.
The Next PM Won’t Be Any Better – Look at the MPs Who Want Boris Johnson Out
Boris Johnson’s continuing survival as Prime Minister demonstrates how weak and rotten UK leadership has become.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/6/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Will “Living With Covid”™ Even Be Possible? (Because What About the Brain Fog?)
A review of what we know of Long Covid, with some lateral thinking.
Mobile Internet Access and the Desire to Emigrate
Internet access may be boosting the desire to emigrate while reducing the costs of finding information on opportunities abroad
Michael Hudson: Is US/NATO (with WEF Help) Pushing for a Global South Famine?
Are the coming famines in Africa and parts of Asia an accident or design?
Blowback for the Twenty-First Century, Remembering Chalmers Johnson
visiting Chalmer Johnson’s over 20 year old classic, Blowback, which dishearteningly has become if anything more prophetic as time passes.
Did New Ambassador Bridget Brink Undermine President Biden’s Ukraine Rockets Policy Her First Day on the Job?
Vicky Nuland, at it again!
Q&A: The Causal Relationship Between Inequality and Climate Change
Climate change policies focused only on greenhouse gas emissions will be less successful than a broader approach that tackles inequality and climate change together.
