Monday, November 3, 2025
A Climate Disaster Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes—And Politicians Still Refuse to Take Action
Tropical storm Ida reminds us how little U.S. politicians have done to address climate change since Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans in 2005.
US as Failed State: Covid Booster Shot Mess
The booster situation has developed not necessarily to the Biden Administration’s advantage.
US Has No Intention of a Global Military Retreat Despite Biden’s Promise
The US military-industrial complex will promote remote warfare as a myriad of risks diminish worldwide security.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/7/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
The Bizarre Civil War-Stoking Impulses of the Professional-Managerial Class in the US
The professional-managerial class looks to be igoring Sun Tsu’s warning: “Tactics without strategy is the noise before the defeat.”
As US Prepares to Ban Ivermectin for Covid-19, More Countries in Asia Begin Using It
The information war takes a dark turn as the corporate media transitions from misinformation and obfuscation to outright lies and fabrication.
What I Did Over Labor Day (Dimash!)
Dimash strikes again.
The Two Satans of Afghanistan – And Jimmy Carter’s Lips Are Sealed
How the Carter Administration nudged the USSR into its Afghanistan mire.
The Downton Abbey Effect: British Aristocratic Matches with American Business Heiresses in the Late 19th Century
How economically faltering British aristocrats monetized their titles.
Red List: More than a Quarter of Species Worldwide Face Extinction; Meanwhile, a Local NYC Group Protects Piping Plovers
Political and scientific leaders meet in Marseille to debate the biodiversity crisis; meanwhile closer to home, a NYC volunteer group moves to help protect nesting piping plovers.
An Entire Generation of Americans Has No Idea How Easy Air Travel Used to Be
While air passengers today might someday see the eventual end of the COVID-19 public health security measures, they’re far less likely to see a return to pre-9/11 security levels at airports.
Waste Watch: Russia, UK Adopt Single Use Plastics Bans
Russia and the UK take limited steps to slow the plastics juggernaut.
