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Sunday, September 14, 2025
The Ultimate Grenfell Betrayal: UK Government Leaves Victims of Cladding Crisis Holding the Bill
The costs fall on leaseholders, who are least able to pay and not remotely to blame for the crisis, while the government protects builders, developers and cladding manufacturers.
End Vaccine Apartheid Before Millions More Die
More on the vaccine atrocities perpetrated by Big Pharma, aided and abetted by first world countries.
Will Clean Energy Kickstart A New Resource War?
Why the transition to green energy is likely to be geopolitically destabilizing .
How the New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik Played His Readers for Chumps on Outdoor Dining and Aerosols — Including Me
The New Yorker anatomizes outdoor dining, without telling readers how to dine safely.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/22/2021
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The Ancient Roots of “Doing Nothing”: Is Idleness a Form Of Resistance — Or Just an Indulgence for the Lucky Few?
The ethics of idleness.
The Bullshit Economy Part 2: Payday Loans 2.0, aka Early Paycheck Apps
Payday loans suck. Giving them a new name does not make them suck less.
Cabin Fever: Americans (of Means) Keen to Travel. How Many Will Play it Safe?
The travel genie is about to leave the bottle.
Covid Is Airborne (on Airplanes)
Border controls and quarantine in the United States, as contrasted to Vietnam and Japan
The End of Closed Democracy?
Corporate and financial capital still dominate, but politics no longer serves them alone, by putting the interests of the market first. Instead, power is having to listen to people everywhere.
