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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/6/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 143 Comments »
The Tokyo Games Prove That the Olympics Are Less Relevant Than Ever
The Olympics keep getting smaller as they move further from their original ideal and become ever more commercial.
Topics: Curiousities, Globalization, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 56 Comments »
Links 8/6/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 127 Comments »
When is a Majority a Minority? When It’s the GOP
The GOP is masterfully manipulating America’s antiquated 18th century political system to maintain its minority rule.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:13 am | 43 Comments »
‘Unimaginably Catastrophic’: Researchers Fear Gulf Stream System Could Collapse
The Gulf Stream is already slowing, and its breakdown would be an umitigated climate disaster. Yet as always, complacency reigns.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:22 am | 126 Comments »
Apple Rolling Out iPhone, iPad, iCloud Spyware, with Kiddie Porn as the Excuse
Apple abandons its pretense of caring about user privacy and has now joined arms with the police. Be warned.
Topics: Banana republic, Legal, Politics, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:25 am | 66 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/5/2021
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 148 Comments »
Biotechnology Greed Is Prolonging the Pandemic. It’s Inexcusable.
Government is failing when it stands pat in the face of “your money or your life” level corporate greed, now on display in this pandemic.
Topics: Corporate governance, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 37 Comments »
Links 8/5/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 157 Comments »
Cuomo on the Brink: How to Impeach a Governor
As you are making your popcorn, we’re providing a playbill to help you navigate the probable impeachment of Andrew Cuomo.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:53 am | 37 Comments »
Does the Tuskegee Experiment Really Explain Black Vaccination Rates?
A data analysis disproves the liberal myth that the Tuskegee experiment is why black vaccination rates lag, as opposed to (gah!) class.
Topics: Banana republic, Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Media watch, Pandemic, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:04 am | 50 Comments »
China’s Industrial Slowdown Could Kill The Commodity Rally
Many commentators have fixated on levitating US securities markets, ignoring softening growth in Asia that is now hitting commodity prices
Topics: China, Commodities, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post, Investment outlook
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:59 am | 6 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/4/2021
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 165 Comments »
If the Food Supply Chain Collapses Will the Public Finally See Through Brexit?
So is a long expected Brexit disaster finally about to happen, now that Brits believe the disruptions are past?
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 46 Comments »
Links 8/4/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 224 Comments »



