Gulf Coast communities face added pollution as Hurricane Ida nears amid the build-out of gas export and plastic-manufacturing plants.
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Sunday, November 2, 2025
Ida’s Landfall Imminent, Disaster Expert General Russel Honoré Says Time to Declare Climate Emergency
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:50 am | 11 Comments »
Marin County School Superspreader Event: Another Scientific Communications Debacle from CDC (and the Press)
Just because the CDC seems to have finally accepted aerosols doesn’t mean they’ve stopped butchering the science or their messaging.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Media watch, Pandemic
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:25 pm | 43 Comments »
Links 8/29/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 269 Comments »
Mission and Money Clash in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Venture Capital Ambitions
Though their tax-exempt status is predicated on charitable efforts, nonprofit health systems rarely put humanitarian goals first when selecting investments.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:45 am | 7 Comments »
Links 8/28/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 322 Comments »
Imperialism Then and Now: Capital Relocation, Inequality, Encroachment and Protracted Crisis
On how imperialism enabled exploitation of labor in the global South, and then pressure on worker wages in advanced economies.
Topics: Banana republic, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:07 am | 12 Comments »
Could California End Up With a Trump-Like Governor?
How much should Californians worry that Larry Elder, a politically inexperienced, hard core right winger, might become governor?
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:09 am | 71 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/27/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 147 Comments »
Book Review: Reimagining Humanity’s Obligation to Wild Animals
In “Wild Souls,” Emma Marris explores the worth of individual animals and species, and humanity’s obligations to them.
Topics: Environment, Guest Post, Social values, Species loss
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 8 Comments »
Links 8/27/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 205 Comments »
Why Is the Gates Foundation Funding the UK’s Medicines Regulator?
Just as importantly, why is the regulator laying off 20% of its workforce in the midst of a global pandemic?
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:53 am | 13 Comments »
Current Climate Extremes Double at 2 Degrees Warming and Quadruple at 3 – Lead IPCC Author
The latest IPCC report shows we are climate-cooking our goose more quickly than even most pessimists had thought.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:59 am | 38 Comments »
I Studied People Who Think Leisure Is a Waste of Time – Here’s What I Found
Leisure? Bah, humbug!
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:20 am | 59 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/26/2021
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day * * * #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site. I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching…. Vaccination by region: South still fiddling and diddling. 51.7% […]
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 171 Comments »
EXPOSED: CalPERS’ Brainwashed Board in Denial that CIO Meng Caused His Own Downfall with Information He Himself Provided
CalPERS’ secret rmeeting after CIO Meng left in a huff shows how staff controls the board, here by falsely claiming internal sabotage.
Topics: Banana republic, CalPERS, Investment management, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:44 pm | 17 Comments »



