Thursday, July 3, 2025

Links 6/4/2020

Covid-19 Recessions: This Time It’s Really Different

Why Covid-19 damage will be lasting.

U.S. States Just Lost Pipeline Veto Rights And That’s A Big Deal For Oil

The EPA issued new regulations on pipeline approvals that narrow state authority to intervene. But the fight may not be over.

The Battle Over Free Speech Online Is a Volcano That’s Ready to Blow

The battlte to control social media keeps getting hotter.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/3/2020

COVID-19 charts ~ Biden to attend Floyd funeral ~ Biden’s speech ~ Biden’s “revolutionary agenda” ~ Trump and the suburbs ~ Trump is not Nixon, but he is LBJ ~ the House ~ Ballot Marking Devices ~ Employment, manufacturing ~ Ericsson and 5G ~ Oats ~ Peat ~ Police funding ~ Badgeless cops, generic troops ~ Job cuts move up the ladder ~ Tear gas

U.S. Abandons Open Skies for New Age Space Weapons

The press has hyped the “gee whiz” factor of space toys while ignoring that exiting the Open Skies agreement will kick off a new arms race.

Links 6/3/2020

Hubert Horan: What Will it Take to Save the Airlines?

The airlines are facing an existential crisis, yet no one in power is inclinded or even equipped to intervene.

The Fleming Myth and the Public Sector Contribution to Discovery and Development of New Cancer Drugs

Abstract, “basic research” is essential to drug discovery. It is also largely funded by the public sector.

Judge Entertainingly Dresses Down Expert in Neiman Bankruptcy

A bankruptcy judge minces no words. More, please.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/2/2020

COVID-19 not controlled ~ Trump’s heavy lift in the Electoral College ~ Biden’s speech (video; transcript) & reactions thereto ~ Rahul Dubey ~ Today’s primaries ~ Coincident indicators, housing, employment situation ~ Superspreaders ~ COVID-19 spike from protests? ~ Trekkie anniversary ~ Christo

Michael Hudson: Fed’s $10 Trillion Defends Assets of the Rich

Michael Hudson gives a detailed, if sobering, account of the outlook for the economy.

Links 6/2/2020

Why Did Covid-19 Spiral Out of Control?

Some Covid-19 sleuthing.

What’s the Earliest a Progressive Democrat Can Be Elected President?

Progressive pickins look mighty slim.