Tuesday, August 19, 2025

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/25/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: National activity, manufacturing, 737 softwar fix, the Fed and inflation, recession signals, carbon markets, Missouri flooding, grazing lands and carbon capture, cliimate and disease, Mount Everest, kale, the Sacklers, Amazon strike, Uber/Lyft strike, Internet of Sh*t

Clean Water: UNICEF Shows More Children Die from Diarrhea than Direct Violence in Conflict Zones

Unicef reports diarrhea causes more childhood deaths in conflict zones than outright violence. Bangladesh’s recent history shows even the poorest countries can reduce fatalities from diarrheal disease.

Links 3/25/19

Climate Change: Hurricanes to Deliver a Bigger Punch to Coasts

Tropical cyclone Idai may be a harbinger of further catastrophic coastal storms; climate change projections suggest the number of intense hurricanes will rise.

Brexit: Controlled Flight into Terrain

In case you wondered, Brexit didn’t get any saner over the weekend.

Matt Taibbi: It’s Official – Russiagate is This Generation’s WMD

The Iraq war faceplant damaged the reputation of the press. Russiagate just destroyed it.

Second Roundup Decision: Jury Finds Weedkiller a “Substantial Cause” of Plantiff’s Cancer

A San Francisco jury found last Tuesday that Roundup – the glyphosate-based weedkiller – was “a substantial cause “ of the plaintiff Edwin Hardeman’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, in the first of a three-stage process, which focused only on scientific evidence.

Links 3/24/19

Taxcast: Mainstream Media Misrepresentations of the Financial Crash

This month’s Taxcast discusses misleading reporting from the mainstream media on the financial crisis: it was overloaded with finance ‘experts’, fed us all sorts of misunderstandings about the financial crash, sold us the austerity narrative, and omitted alternative solutions.

Links 3/23/19

Five Ways to Talk to Kids About Climate Change (and Have Fun Too)

Climate change is a tough topic to present to children. Some ideas.

Airbus and Boeing Are Signing Economic Suicide Pacts With China

Western companies that ought to know better are setting themselves up to have their lunch eaten by China.

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/22/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: Biden/Abrams trial balloon, Gravel, Sanders, Yang, Meuller report to drop?, DCCC cripples challengers, wholesale trade, new home sales, manufacturing, Boeing, oil traders, JP Morgan and oil funding, premature spring, apple trees, trust fund squirrels, excellence in food

Work of the Past, Work of the Future

How the change in the nature of work has helped increase income inequality.

Links 3/22/19