Saturday, August 16, 2025
The Inevitable Death of Natural Gas as a ‘Bridge Fuel’
Renewables have become the low-cost fuel source for new power generation much faster than most anticipated, killing arguments to use natural gas as a bridge fuel away from coal-fired power generation. This is great news for the climate.
Brexit: May’s Endgame
Theresa May presses on with her Brexit game of chicken.
Warren Buffett Denounces Deficit Hawkery in His Latest Shareholder Letter
Warren Buffett hasn’t yet become an MMT advocate, but he’s officially decided that worrying about Federal deficits is besides the point.
Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet
New report by Center for International Environmental Law warns: “Plastic is a Global Health Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight.”
Bills Criminalizing Pipeline Protest Arise in Statehouses Nationwide
Comprehensive overview of eight state-level initiatives promoted by oil and gas industry lobbyists to criminalize pipeline protests.
Taxcast: The #LuxLeaks Tax Deals – Still No investigation? Plus Amazon’s $0 Federal Tax Payment
This month’s Taxcast focuses on why the LuxLeaks deals are getting a free pass, the financialization of aid, and Amazon’s tax machinations.
Why a Focus on “Fake News” and Facebook Misses the Internet’s Real Problems – and Solutions
MP’s new ‘fake news’ report largely ignores other platforms like Google and YouTube, and surveillance capitalism itself – and risks sending regulation in the wrong direction.
Easter Eggs and Trojan Horses in the Democrats’ Flagship Bill, H.R. 1 (“For the People Act of 2019”)
HR 1 will increase the Democrat’s institutional power (and the power of the intelligence community as well).
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: 2020 and open thread (for now).
Los Angeles Times Barks Up the Wrong Tree With CalPERS/American Media Inc. (National Enquirer) Story
The Los Angeles Times tells the story of a CalPERS investment misfire to maximize the outrage factor, and does taxpayers a huge disservice by missing who the real perps were (mind you, not to say that CalPERS isn’t too easy a mark….)
How Stupid Do They Think We Are? – Plutocrats Using Logical Fallacies to Defend the Health Care Status Quo
Shredding bad excuses for a bad health care system.
