Sunday, December 28, 2025
America Keeps Eyepoking India and China for Failing to Fall into Line on Russia; Arrogance Looking More and More Like Impotence
America’s failed attempts to get India and China in its corner against Russia is looking less like diplomacy and more like a clown car.
Biometric Surveillance Systems Are Being Hastily Rolled Out Across the West, With Next to No Public Debate
Governments across the West are hurtling down a path that could lead us all to a very dark place.
Refurbished Walkers and Wheelchairs Fill Gaps Created by Supply Chain Problems
Yet more signs of commodity shortfalls: scarce walkers and other assistative devices, due to a shortage of aluminum
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/11/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Beltway A-Lister Gridiron Superspreader Omnishambles (Butchered by “Personal Risk” Brain Geniuses)
Gridiron Club organizes “Vax-Only” events for Beltway elite in ill-ventilated space. Hilarity ensues.
Speculating About the Macron v. Le Pen Presidential Election Rematch
A quick look at what might come next in the Macron-Le Pen contest.
As Oil Giants Turn to Bitcoin Mining, Some Spin Burning Fossil Fuels for Cryptocurrency as a Climate Solution
In a pilot project last year, ExxonMobil used up to 18 million cubic feet of gas per month to mine bitcoin in North Dakota.
Speculating About the Botched Shanghai Lockdown
The Chinese have not given up on zero Covid, despite the continuing outbreak in Shanghai.
Comedy Tonight
Something familiar,
Something peculiar,
Something for everyone:
A comedy tonight!
The European Union Demand Response to High Natural Gas Prices
Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, high natural gas prices triggered an estimated European Union demand cut of about 7%.
Drop in Life Expectancy ‘Speaks Volumes’ About How US Handled Covid: Expert
‘The US expects to be taken seriously in the world when our one million Covid death and falling health indicators say otherwise.
