Tuesday, September 16, 2025

When Big Green Meets Big Money: The Nature Conservancy Caught Greenwashing Corporate Pollution

Green organizations are not created equal. Naming some of the leading greenwashers, starting with the Nature Conservancy.

2:00PM Water Cooler 5/4/2021

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Covid ‘Doesn’t Discriminate by Age’: Serious Cases on the Rise in Younger Adults

As Covid deaths and contagion is falling in the US (but rising globally), it’s a mistake for the young to dismiss risks.

India Just Became Latest Country to Approve Use of Ivermectin to Treat Covid-19

There are now more than 20 countries on the planet that are using the off-patent anti-parasite drug against Covid-19. 

Links 5/4/2021

Plaintiffs in Kentucky Retirement System Pension Case Expose Flagrant Corruption in Hiring of Tainted Attorney Regina Calcaterra, Best Known for Sabotaging New York Anti-Corruption Commission

Kentucky Retirement Systems stooped low in cooking its hiring process to pick coverup artist Regina Calceterra to run an “investigation”.

Michael Hudson Q&A in Webinar on 4000 Years of Money and Debt

The Q&A from a Michael Hudson talk on money, debt, and economic orthodoxy.

2:00PM Water Cooler 5/3/2021

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EU Proposes Opening to Fully Vaccinated Non-Essential Travelers; The Catch: Proving Vaccine Status

The fully-vaccinated may soon be able to visit the EU for non-essential travel. The catch: proving one’s vaccine status.

Links 5/3/2021

New Malaria Vaccine Proves Highly Effective – and COVID Shows How Quickly It Could Be Deployed

One lasting benefit of the terrible COVID-19 pandemic might be a quicker route to a malaria vaccine and a safer future for children in the world’s poorest countries.

Webinar with Michael Hudson: A 4000-Year Perspective on Economy, Money and Debt

Michael Hudson gives a long historical account of the role of debt and money as a tool for promoting prosperity and political dominance.

Clarification of Spending/Inflation Constraints According to Modern Monetary Theory

Economists go on tilt with the supposed profligate implications of Modern Monetary Theory. But there are many ways to check demand.

So Much For May Day

On the peculiar decline of May Day.

Mamata Banerjee’s TMC Retains West Bengal, Shutting Out Modi’s BJP from Taking Power in the State

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP failed to pull off an upset in West Bengal, and still has never atatinaed a majority in the state.