Saturday, February 7, 2026
Under Bloomberg Pressure, CalPERS Coughs Up BCG Report on Private Equity, Confirming Criminal Abuse of Open Meeting Law; Board President Henry Jones Casually Leaks Confidential Information
A peek into how CalPERS abuses confidentiality when public agencies are supposed to be public.
Andrew Bacevich, Ending War, American-Style
The US hasn’t won a war since World War II, and even then, the Soviets deserve most of the credit. So how do we keep up appearances?
CalPERS Election Corruption: Huge and Illegally Opaque Dark Spending Against Pro-Accountability Candidate JJ Jelincic
Yet more on CalPERS election shenanigans.
CalPERS, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor, and CalPERS Employees Engage in Illegal and Dishonest Electioneering Against Candidate JJ Jelincic
More on CalPERS’ election meddling.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/10/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Harris, Sanders, Trump, Warren, undecided voters, Rachel Maddow, Neera Tanden’s union busting, employment, small business optimism, Uber, Lyft, Boeing, Amazon, SpaceX, scooters, corvids, crabs, cattle, AI, deaths of despair, Encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS
California Privacy Law Looms
Businesses race to comply with California’s new data privacy law by 1st January; meanwhile, efforts continue to weaken its protections.
States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices
States go to war against drug price gouging.
Here Are Photos of Some of the Dilapidated Equipment San Francisco Wants to Buy from Bankrupt PG&E for $2.5 Billion
Californians have had it with PG&E. But is San Francisco overpaying to get rid of them? Take a look.
Who’s Responsible for the Ecocide in the Amazon
Ecocode is profitable, so follow the money.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/9/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Manufacturing and tariffs, corn v. soy, Harris, Sanford, Sanders, Warren, Rahm Emmanuel, Lord & Taylor, AirBnB, Uber and Lyft, cam models, recession or nah, Amazon fires, Alaska ice, Epstein + Falwell, the em dash
Democratic Presidential Candidates Face 7 Hours of Tough Questions on Climate Change, From Fracking to Fossil Fuels
CNN hosts seven hour town hall with Democratic presidential candidates on climate change: recap of key exchanges.
Brexit: Ultra Fracas
Why the Brexit Ultras are down but not out.
