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Friday, November 7, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/14/2022
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 188 Comments »
U.S. Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate for Private Businesses, Upholds for Most Health Workers
The Supreme Court fillets Biden’s private sector vaccine mandate, leaving it to employers and states to act, unless Congress opts to step in and craft a nationwide policy.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 1:55 pm | 44 Comments »
Links 1/14/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 200 Comments »
Wrong Way CalPERS: Dumping $6 Billion of Private Equity After Struggling to Put Money to Work and Then Increasing Target
CalPERS is trying to do something more obviously nonsensical than usual.
Topics: CalPERS, Corporate governance, Investment management, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 13 Comments »
Is Geneva 2022 Munich 1938 Without Chamberlain’s Piece Of Paper? How To Read the US Paper to Russia For Peace For Our Time
Why the US is looking at best mighty unserious in its talks with Russia.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:51 am | 72 Comments »
Our Rolling Civil War
The institutional left has abandoned leadership of a nascent civil war to the institutional right.
Topics: Banana republic, China, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:36 am | 103 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/13/2022
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 95 Comments »
Hong Kong Study: Tumble Clothes Dryers Generate Air Pollution from Microfibers
Tumble dryers create microfibers, which can damage human health. Eliminating this source of air pollutants is not an easy task.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Guest Post
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 26 Comments »
Links 1/13/2022
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 185 Comments »
More on the Morbidity Risk of Omicron: “Like a Chess Grandmaster Playing Against Schoolboys”
A lot of the misunderstanding of Omicron is actively cultivated.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Health care, Media watch, Pandemic, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Science and the scientific method, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 157 Comments »
Africa Faces an Uphill Battle Against Western Emissions to Combat Climate Change
African nations are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change, even though .the continent accounts for the smallest share of global greenhouse gas emissions – 3.8%.
Topics: Africa, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:55 am | 2 Comments »
Biden Under Fire for Resisting Calls to Distribute N95 Masks to All
The Biden administration dithers, while meanwhile Bernie reintroduces legislation that sends N95 masks to every U.S. household.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 4:55 am | 32 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/12/2022
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 144 Comments »
Federal Judge Denies Facebook’s Motion to Dismiss, Allowing FTC Antitrust Lawsuit to Proceed and Discovery to Commence
Judge James Boasberg denies Facebook’s motion to dismiss the FTC’s antitrust action, thus allowing the lawsuit to proceed and discovery to commence.
Topics: Banana republic, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 11:55 am | 5 Comments »
Omicron Surge Empties Supermarket Shelves: Food Supply Shortages Are Here to Stay
Omicron exacerbates food supply chain issues, leading to more empty supermarket shelves.
Topics: Pandemic
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 99 Comments »


