Biden is not living up to his PR. The implications are significant, given the need for significant change.
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/25/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Michael Hudson: Why Biden Won’t Cancel Student Debt
Michael Hudson gives a hard look at the typical excuses for not cancelling student debt and finds them wanting.
“I Don’t Know of a Bigger Story in the World” Right Now Than Ivermectin: NY Times Best-Selling Author
So why are journalists not covering it?
West’s Selective Support for Press Freedom: Only in Countries We Don’t Like
Belarus is a bad actor in forcing a passenger jet to land so it could seize a prominent dissident/journalist. But who wrote this playbook?
Despite Federal Moratorium, Eviction Rates Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The eviction process is restarting, even when it is premature under the law. What will the collateral damage be?
CDC Recommends Masking for School Staff, Accepts Aerosol Transmission (Without Using the Word)
CDC inches toward complete acceptance of aerosol transmission with improved Covid prevention strategies for schools.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/24/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Crypto Crackdown: Only the Beginning?
If you think the officialdom is getting tough with crypto, there’s even more they can do to tighten the screws.
How Redistribution Makes America Richer
Modeling the numbers on bottom-up and middle-out economics.
Israel-Gaza Clash: Conflict of Narratives, Victory of Remote Warfare
An initial tally of winners and losers in the latest round of Israel-Palestine strife.
Beavers, the Landscape, Carbon, Methane, and Climate Change
Beavers engineer the landscape to create carbon sinks and methane sources. What to do?
