Monday, December 29, 2025

Links 6/4/2022

Our Country Is Trading Children’s Lives for Guns

Gun culture is fed by gun-makers and the gun lobby, the right-wing media and Hollywood. Our children are paying the price.

Biden Kowtows To Saudi Arabia

A scheduled Biden in-person meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is a sign of desperation.

A Small Win Out of Our Post on CalPERS’ Covid Regulation-Breaking and (Yet Again) Fibbing

Our warning about a big Covid outbreak at CalPERS may not have produced any changs there, but it did lead other state agencies to shape up.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/3/2022

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

The War Situation Has Developed Not Necessarily to Ukraine’s or the West’s Advantage But They Plan to Negotiate When They’ve Turned Things Around a Bit

Looking at the presently insurmountable gap between the West’s probable bid and Russia’s ask to settle the militiary and economic wars.

Links 6/3/2022

Blame Game Begins As Chaos Reigns At Airports in UK (and Other Parts of Europe)

Neither airports nor airlines in the UK have restored enough capacity into their operations to handle the predictable surge in passenger numbers as the skies reopen.

Michael Hudson on the Coming Global Fracture as Economic Orders Clash

How our current “clash of civilizations” is a war between economic models.

Suddenly Here Comes the Inventory: Homes Listed for Sale Jump Amid Price Reductions and Sagging Sales

In most US markets, there are more homes waiting to be sold than last year, How long will it take for overhang to lead to lower prices?

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/2/2022

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Can the Royal Family Cling on Much Longer?

Does the royal family have much shelf life after Elizabeth II?

Links 6/2/2022

The Only Possible Solution to School Shootings (and You Can Get It Here)

Turning to a tried and true protection against shootings…..

The Oil Industry’s Downstream Nightmare Is Here To Stay

Another oil and gas crisis problem: inadequate refinery capacity.