Key parts of the medical industry in the US are being held together with duct tape and bailng wire. What happens if the stresses get worse?
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Bob Pollin: Stop Subsidizing Wall St., Start Subsidizing Workers for High Energy Costs
Bob Pollin: High oil prices and supply chain disruption are driving inflation, not workers’ modest wage increases or government debt.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/29/2021
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“Why I Still Believe Covid-19 Could Not Have Originated in a Lab”
Lab escape theories cannot clearly account for a virus that has evolved for human-to-human transmissibility.
Mexico’s AMLO Blasts IMF for Causing Global Crisis, After Fund Takes Aim At His Energy Policy
“The IMF caused social and economic decadence in the world; they and other international financial organisations are responsible for the global crisis.”
Emergency Room Doctors’ Lobbyist Admits to Large-Scale Medicare Billing Fraud by Members, Criminal Corporate Practice of Medicine by PE Firms
Private equtiy stealing from babies…um, oldsters….um, Medicare. Who’d have thunk it?
“Democrats Introduce Plan To Fix Social Security, The Way We Fixed the Cat”
Here we go again….another Democrat scheme to gut Social Security.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/28/2021
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Bleak Prospects for Least Developed Countries
The latest UN assessment of prospects for least developed countries notes recent setbacks without finding any silver lining on the horizon.
Will the Supply Chain Crisis Lead to More Onshoring?
Why even if we see more serious breakdowns, big and medium sized companies are unlikely to move away from reliance on a fragile supply chain.
Climate Change Is Muting Fall Colors, But It’s Just the Latest Way That Humans Have Altered US Forests
Like so many things, fall color season ain’t what it used to be.
Medicare Plans’ ‘Free’ Dental, Vision, Hearing Benefits Come at a Cost
On the Medicare Advantage bait and switch.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/27/2021
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