The fact that California is having to consider making insulin to get around price grifing show the depth of disease in our health care system.
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Why Saudi Arabia Isn’t Giving Up On Its Russian Oil Alliance
Why Saudi Arabia is still not playing nice with the US.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
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.
