Facebook looks to have done well in having two high profile antitrust suits dismissed. But they should keep the campagne on ice.
Friday, November 7, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/28/2021
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NZ to Ban Some Single Use Plastics, Following a Familiar Distressing Pattern
NZ to ban some single-use plastics, in three stages, beginning from next year and through July 2025.
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Ralph Nader: Leaves Must be Canceled. All Hands on the Congressional Deck.
Ralph Nader pens an open letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Covid Vaccine Whack-a-Mole?
Vaccine enthusiasm has blinded people who should know better to Covid downside risks. And as Taleb warned, tails are fat.
Andrew Bacevich: America on the Downhill Slope
Musing on how America wound up where it is.
J & J Agrees to Pay New York $230 Million to Settle Opioids Lawsuit; Global Settlement Soon?
New York State and J & J Agree on an opioids settlement, which should increase pressure for a global, multi-state settlement with the opioids industry.
Yellowstone is Losing its Snow as the Climate Warms, and That Means Widespread Problems for Water and Wildlife
A new assessment of climate change in Yellowstone and Grand Teton and surrounding forests and ranchland warns of the potential for significant changes as the region continues to heat up.
Blackout Risk And Electricity Prices Are Spiking In California
California energy tsuris are set to get worse.
Musical Interlude (“On the Path of Decent Groove”): Country
A country music sampler for a weekend break from your routine.
Hamid Dabashi: U.S. Sanctions Strengthen Iranian Theocracy
Aggressive and hypocritical sanctions by the U.S. bolster the Iranian theocracy whose only mission is defense of their own power and state.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/25/2021
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