Sunday, December 28, 2025
ExxonMobil Announces $10 Billion Oil Investment the Same Day IPCC Signals End for Fossil Fuels
uelle surprise! Big oil is not giving up.
Learned Helplessness: Of Roaches, Restaurant Vents, and Reality
A worrisome case study of helpless and inaction in New York City tenants.
The French Election Is All About Imperialism. Here’s Why
How media oligarchs have been moving French voters, and with them, mainstream parties, to the right.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/5/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Sanders Hails Growing Union Movement as Threat to ‘Oligarchy and Corporate Greed’
As Sanders celebrates the Amazon union victory, some billionaire overlords are getting testy.
UK Airports Thrown into Chaos by Surge in Passenger Traffic, Labor Shortages and IT Outages
UK airports and carriers are suffering severe labor shortages, at a time that passenger numbers are surging. Throw in COVID-19 absences to the mixture and it’s a perfect storm for an industry desperately trying to dig itself out of the mother of all crises.
China – A Sub-Imperial Ally of the West?
IMichael Hudson and Patrick Bond debate the trade posture of China, such as whether its Belt and Road initiative is capitalist or socialist
Climate Science and Financial Risk: Forging a Path to More Climate-Resilient Businesses
Is the search for better valuations of climate risks to help businesses reducing global emissions an exercise in self-delusion?
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/4/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
India: Pursuing its National Interest in the Multipolar World
The U.S. botches its India diplomacy as it fails to comprehend Delhi’s understanding of the new realities of the emerging multipolar world.
Russia’s War with Ukraine: Five Reasons Why Many African Countries Choose to Be ‘Neutral’
Why African countries have chosen to be ‘neutral’ on the issue of Russia’s war with Ukraine.
The Importance of Custody, or NATO’s Internal Gold War
Both the UK’s Government and the Bank of England have gotten suspiciously tetchy over German requests to get its gold back.
