The Pfizer vaccine study, hot off the presses in the New England Journal of Medicine, features troubling omissions and apparent obfuscation.
Sunday, September 14, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/14/2020
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Authoritative Consultant Slams Private Equity in Journal Article: Cheap Index Funds and In House Buys Beat PE Funds
Yet another authoritative source slams private equity returns.
Pain: The Next Public Health Challenge
Pain – the top joint problem in the US – differs by education.
Macroeconomics, Money (MMT Style) and Post-Brexit Recovery, All in One Twitter thread
Money, lending, government spending, QE….all explained in one tidy post!
Clouds, Cloud Formation, Climate, and the Precautionary Principle
We still cannot incorporate observational studies of cloud formation into our climate models. Does this matter?
It’s the Index, Stupid! Our New Not-So-Neutral Financial Market Arbiters
An overview of the recent changes in financial markets that have come from the rise of ‘passive’ investing.
Robert McChesney: The Decline of American Journalism
Why is US journalism in the crapper?
The Failure of the Public Health Establishment
Questioning whether the public health response to Covid is really about protecting the public.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/11/2020
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Why Paying People To Get the Coronavirus Vaccine Won’t Work
More discussion of how to get the dogs to eat the vaccine dogfood.
