Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Boeing’s Crapified Safety Culture: Airline Pressured, Overruled FAA Designees, Told FAA Late of Problems, Gave Inconsistent Stories to 737 Max Customers
The longer you look at Boeing, the uglier it gets.
Will the U.S. Start a War Against Iran?
The US announced plans to park warships on Iran’s doorstep and tries to depict Iran as the provocateur. What gives?
Ilargi: Renewables Are Dead
How Germany’s failure to meet renewable energy targets demonstrates that renewables won’t be able to meet current and expected production needs.
2:00PM Water Cooler Special: Blowback on Russiagate for 2020
The country needs a full accounting of what the intelligence community did in the 2016 presidential campaign
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/6/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: O’Rourke fakie, Sanders organization, Warren, Clinton podcast and ticket prices, cell phones and ebola, e-bikes, Galaxy, Huawei, Beyond Meat, PFAS, Green New Deal, nature as stress reliever, GoT Easter eggs, neoliberal game shows, Stop & Shop strike, black holes
War on Cash: UK’s First Till-Free Grocery Store
War on cash- issues and complications undermine business case for till-free stores.
Climate Change: The Wrath of Cyclone Fani
Easy warning and evacuation systems worked as designed in India and Bangladesh, minimizing the death toll from the cyclone that struck Friday, the most severe in decades. But protecting property, infrastructure, and the ecosystem is another matter.
Boys Go to Baghdad. Men Go to Tehran.
The US now seeks to shut down Iranian exports to zero. Will Iran respond by closing the Strait of Hormuz?
Antitrust in American History: Law, Institutions, and Economic Performance
The Chicago School’s weakening of antitrust law hurt the economy
Good Riddance to CalPERS’ Bill Slaton; Board Changes May (Finally) Lead to Staff Serving Beneficiaries, Not Its Own Interests
Why beneficiaries and California taxpayers should welcome Lisa Middleton replacing Bill Slaton on the CalPERS board.
Bill Black: Thousands Die, Millions Injured on the Job, and No Businesses Prosecuted
Bill Black describes how OSHA’s few underfunded inspectors can’t do their jobs, and prosecutors don’t prosecute businesses for non-compliance.
