Sunday, December 28, 2025

Lee Camp: NY Times Goes After Indie Journalists

Lee Camp calls out the New York Times’ many acts of malpractice, including the smearing of real journalists like Ben Norton.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/20/2022

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Beer and Spirits Have More Detrimental Effects on the Waistline and on Cardiovascular Disease Risk than Red or White Wine

More evidence that moderate wine drinking is not harmful and can confer some health benefits.

Links 4/20/2022

Climate Collapse & Adaptation

Is it possible to adapt to the inevitable like climate collapse? We do it all the time, and everyone living will do it at least once.

CDC Delenda Est

More on why the CDC is beyond redemption.

Court Should Consider Taking Over Dept. of Correction, Warns Manhattan U.S. Attorney

NYC’s notorious cesspool masquearading as a jail, Rikers Island, has failed to implement mandated reforms, which may result in a Fed takeover

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/19/2022

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Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Inflicted by Self-Serving Elite

How the Sri Lanka debt crisis was decades in the making.

Links 4/19/2022

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Naive Questions About Russia’s War Economy

Russia is now debating alternatives for putting its economy on a war footing: nationalizations or keeping billionaire capitalism in place.

Global Energy Giants Breathe Sigh of Relief as Mexico’s Electricity Reform Falls at Final Hurdle

Within hours of the Electricity Reform’s failure, Mexico’s President AMLO had shifted his focus to new legislation aimed at nationalizing Mexico’s lithium deposits.

Outdated Energy Grid Poses Existential Threat to the Renewable Revolution

Green energy skeptics cite batteries as a potential constraint on greater EV use. The electrical grid is another possible choke point.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/18/2022

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External Affairs Minister Jaishankar: India Has Concerns About U.S. Human Rights Record

Look to India to stay an independent foreign policy course, pursuing its national interests in a multipolar world, instead of joining the U.S. kennel of poodles.