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Saturday, September 27, 2025
CalPERS’ Blatant Election and Mail Fraud: See-Through Envelopes for Completed Ballots; Illegal Electioneering by Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor; Huge and Illegally Opaque Spending Against Challenger JJ Jelincic
Topics: Banana republic, CalPERS, Legal, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:35 pm | 27 Comments »
Take the (Night) Train Redux
My recent trip on the night train from High Point, North Carolina, to NYC.
Topics: Curiousities, Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Europe, Global warming, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 1:55 pm | 39 Comments »
Links 9/8/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 245 Comments »
US and Iran “At Cliff’s Edge”
Patrick Cockburn, the Independent’s Middle East correspondent, discusses the situation in Iran with the Real News Network.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 1:55 am | 20 Comments »
Maine Meetup Report: Great Conversation, Lost and Found
A meetup update plus seeking the owner of a lost item.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:05 am | 5 Comments »
Is it Really “Full Employment”? Margins for Expansion in the US Economy in the Middle of 2019
Many indicators say the US is close to full employment. Hours of work tell a different story.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:44 am | Comments Off on Is it Really “Full Employment”? Margins for Expansion in the US Economy in the Middle of 2019
North Carolina Did What SCOTUS Wouldn’t – Ended GOP Gerrymandering
RNN interview with Dan Vicuna, discussing how a North Carolina state court recently stopped a Republican gerrymandering plan.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | Comments Off on North Carolina Did What SCOTUS Wouldn’t – Ended GOP Gerrymandering
Links 9/7/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | Comments Off on Links 9/7/19
One Very Bad Habit Is Fueling the Global Recycling Meltdown
The well-meaning are engaging in ‘wishcycling’ – opting to place objects in the recycling bin that don’t belong.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 4:55 am | Comments Off on One Very Bad Habit Is Fueling the Global Recycling Meltdown
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/6/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Tariffs and retail, Biden, Sanders, Trump, Warren, employment situation, Amazon and automation, Burry on index funds, Yahoo debacle, Boeing woes, climate and economic models, lawns, simulation modeling, homeless fires, Harlan County miners, Chris Arnade, folk-zoological knowledge
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 251 Comments »
While PG&E Played a ‘Cat and Mouse Game’ With California Regulators, Where Was Kamala?
The WSJ account of how PG&E played a “cat and mouse game” with regulators; alas, California’s utilities commission “is not a particularly adroit cat.”
Topics: Banana republic, Energy markets, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 12:55 pm | Comments Off on While PG&E Played a ‘Cat and Mouse Game’ With California Regulators, Where Was Kamala?
Links 9/6/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | Comments Off on Links 9/6/19
Trump Seeks to Revoke California Emissions Waiver
Trump looks to rollback California’s 1970 waiver under the Clean Air Act, which allowed the state to set emissions standards.
Topics: Auto industry, Environment, Global warming, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:50 am | Comments Off on Trump Seeks to Revoke California Emissions Waiver
Why 2020 Dems Should Target the Nonprofit Charter School Industry
How neoliberal grifters, pursuing charter school profits, destroyed an historic building.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 3:55 am | Comments Off on Why 2020 Dems Should Target the Nonprofit Charter School Industry
Private Equity and Surprise Medical Billing
Private equity has glommed onto the healthcare sector, and drives the “surprise” medical billing. phenomenon.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 12:55 am | Comments Off on Private Equity and Surprise Medical Billing