Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Brexit: “Managed No Deal” and Referendum Unicorns Dispatched, but How Long Before Anyone Notices?
More seemingly bad news for the UK on the Brexit front…save none of this should come as news.
Why Is CalPERS Out to Give Roundly Defeated Ex-Board Member Priya Mathur a Glamorous Boondoggle, and Poke a Stick in the Eye of Beneficiaries and Board Members in the Process?
CalPERS again insists on doing the wrong thing.
Bill Black: Countering Chinese Accounting Control Fraud and Predation Against U.S. Investors
Bipartisan failure of securities regulators allows the China Hustle of accounting control fraud to fleece US investors in Chinese companies.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/17/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Boeing in China, tariffs, Republican erosion in CA and PA, Ossoff lives, manufacturing, housing, shipping, banks pulling back, Texas v. United States, health care systems, vax, Xmas cheer, Yugoslavian brutalism, kludges
Sustainable Fashion: Reduce, Reuse, Exchange
Some short notes on recent efforts to improve the sustainability of the notoriously wasteful fashion industry – by reusing trash as treasure, embracing the circular economy, and reusing plastic harvested from the sea.
Warning of Solar Geoengineering’s Dangers, Group Recommends a Global Ban
A Harvard team intends to shoot particles into the air to slow or halt global warming. The unknown risks of geoengineering could be catastrophic, and some scientist support an outright ban.
The UK’s Reform of Limited Partnership Law: Dead on Arrival (I)
Scottish Limited Partnerships and International Crime: NO evidence??
Debate: The ‘Gilets Jaunes’ Movement Is Not a Facebook Revolution
Clearing up misperceptions about the gilet jaunes and the role of social media in organizing.
War on Cash: State and City Governments Push Back
State and local governments are pushing back against cashless businesses, which exclude those who prefer to use or must pay with cash.
Major Health Study Shows Benefits of Combating Climate Change
The medical journal The Lancet published a new report on the association between human health and climate change.
What the US Could Learn from Thailand About Health Care Coverage
The fact that a low-income country like Thailand has universal health care coverage should put the US to shame….except our elites are incapable of that.
