Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Links 12/13/19

As NLRB Delivers ‘Victory’ to McDonald’s, Docs Reveal Fast Food Giant’s Dirty Anti-Union Tactics

McDonald’s does not play nice.

Tories Rout Labour; Corbyn to Depart; SNP Also Wins Big, Setting Up Long-Term Dissolution Struggle

A big win for the Tories does not bode well for UK citizens.

In the Shadow of Impeachment, Neoliberal Democrats Hand Trump a Victory With USMCA (“NAFTA 2.0”)

By Thomas Neuburger. Originally published at DownWithTyranny! Donald Trump discussing the new NAFTA trade deal (source) If Trump gets re-elected, if Big Tech continues to evade accountability, if imperial adventures continue abroad, if migrant farmworkers cannot feed their families, you can trace it back to this Tuesday, and the actions a House Speaker took while […]

2:00PM Water Cooler 12/12/2019

Today’s Water Cooler, including Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren, Indivisible scorecard methodology, debate schedule, impeachment, diamonds, rail traffic, Amazon, GoDaddy, Sinclair Broadcasting. carbon taxes, Extinction Rebellion, climate and individual actions, the cost of union-busting, acid in Silicon Valley, pr0n, next year’s color

‘Hurricane Truthers’: Bonkers Conspiracies Are Putting Lives in Danger

First ant-vaxxers, now hurricane skeptics……

Links 12/12/19

UK Election Day Is Here

General election day in the UK! If you are eligible, please be sure to vote!

Climate Migration Frightens… Climate Poverty Is Frightening!

Taking a stab at how climate change pressures will increase poverty and migration.

Tesla’s Cybertruck Dead Last In Truck Survey

Only non-truck owners are keen about Tesla’s “cybertruck”.

2:00PM Water Cooler 12/11/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: Bloomberg, Sanders, Warren, impeachment, voting machines, “economic anxiety,” Michelle Obama, root networks, ecocide, the deep sea, strikes highest since the 1980s, Internet of Sh*t

Among U.S. States, New York’s Suicide Rate Is The Lowest. How’s That?

What has New York done to lower its suicide rate?

Links 12/11/19

The “Fixing Capitalism” Headfake

Why most plans to create a kinder, gentler capitalism fall way short.

To Resolve the Economic & Environmental Crisis, Do Not Bank On the Private Sector

More political leaders are coming around to the idea of using government economic muscle to combat climate change. But will they act?