Tuesday, July 1, 2025
As UK’s NHS Drowns in PFI Debt, Private Healthcare Providers Offer to Lend a Helping Hand (sarc)
“The scale of the expansion being considered would surpass moves made by the Blair government, which first introduced use of the private sector by the NHS.”
How Organized Labor Shames Its Traitors: The Story of the “Scab”
Any labor action today will inevitably lead to someone getting called a scab, an insult used to smear people who cross picket lines, break up strikes or refuse to join a union.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/17/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Democrat angst; Musk PA events for Trump could break the law; Boeing strike: Wall Street, WSJ, maybe DOD, rush to Boeing management’s assistance; Reader query: AI poisoner sought for photographs ~
Will the Conflicts in the Middle East Spill Over Into the Caucasus (Part 2): What Are the US and Türkiye Up To?
The US tutors Armenia on the ins and outs of being non-agreement-capable. Türkiye up to no good? Russia remains patient.
Satyajit Das: Interrogating Russian History
Satyajit Das discusses three new books on Russian history that profess to offer new insights, with predictably mixed results.
Firm Behind £4M Labour Party Donation Invested in Weapons for Israel
Quadrature Capital, which gave the Labour Party’s largest-ever donation, held shares in arms companies that make Israeli fighter jets and bombs.
Thomas Neuburger: Carbon Sinks Are Failing
On carbon sinks becoming inoperative: ‘Nature has so far balanced our abuse. This is coming to an end’
The Macaulay Library, Bird Songs, and Citizen Science
Our tiny singing dinosaur friends, and the assets they create….
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/16/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Michelle stays home; Trump to work the grill at McDonald’s in Philly; Trump’s “fascism”; Boeing borrows $10 billion, fights off junk status for now, faces break-up ~
Key Issues in Economic Analysis in an Increasingly Turbulent Security Environment
After a period of rapid growth, recent trends in world trade reveal a phase of stagnation. Rising geopolitical tensions have been accompanied by trade restrictions in the name of national and economic security. Analysis of economic security measures should consider multiple dimensions, including the effect on global supply chains, efficiency, costs, foreign direct investment, trade in services, and international competition.
Will the Conflicts in the Middle East Spill Over Into the Caucasus?
The standoff between Armenia and Azerbaijan is being used to apply more pressure on Iran and has all the signs of a neocon divide and conquer scheme.
“Powder Keg in the Pacific, How China’s Challenge Revived America’s Position in Asia and the Pacific”
A reader critical thinking exercise in the form of a neocon justification of US efforts to contain China.
