As Trump takes the US out of Reagan’s nuclear arms pact with Russia, it’s time to have a look at the Doomsday Clock.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Reminder: Fort Lauderdale Meetup for Thursday, February 7
Hope you can join our Fort Lauderdale meetup!
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/1/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Booker announces, Howard Schultz, Klobuchar, employment situation (“quirky”), manufacturing, consumer sentiment, retail, SS7 hacking, smartphones, Apple,Sony, Amazon, 5G, crude oil, Enbridge 3, teachers strikes, Der Speigel, Dave Asprey, Apollo computing, recursion, nihilism
Frail Seniors Find Ways To Live Independently
A short-term program to help poor seniors cope with their physical limitations appears to be very effective.
Michael Hudson: Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony
Trump’s neocon extremists are burning the US dollar house down.
Millionaire-Driven Education Reform Has Failed. Here’s What Works.
Journalist Andrea Gabor’s new book heralds a “quiet revolution” in education you didn’t know was happening.
An American Budget
What a sound national budget might look like.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Harris, Medicare for All, Sanders on estate taxes, Bloomberg, AOC, the Wall, personal income, jobless claims, new home sales, manufacturing, OxyContin, Comcast, Tesla, the cold snap, forest fires, sea stars, Amazon and unions, memorization, MySpace
How the Peak Oil Story Could Be “Close,” But Not Quite Right
An in-depth look at the “peak oil” thesis and how well its predictions are playing out.
Venezuela Coup Attempt Part of US Plan to Remake Latin America
Unfortunately, US support of the attempted coup in Venezuela is just one part of planned interventions south of the border.
Controversial Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Could Be Operational By November
So much for US ire over the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline project.
‘Foxconn Was a Major Con’: Backed by Trump Promises and $4 Billion in Subsidies, Company Admits Factory Jobs Not Coming
Foxconn fleeced Wisconsin. But this was a feature, not a bug.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/30/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Howard Schultz, Harris, Bloomberg, Clinton, beyond George Lakoff, impeachment, soft coup, Stacey Abrams, GDP, home sales, ADP employment, Facebook, InstaCart, Google, Apple, the polar vortex, animism, billionaires, labor power, bloatware, “You’re fine”
