More evidence of Apple crapification and customer abuse.
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/20/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Net neutrality, solar, Democratic wave, tax “reform,” Russian trolls, home sales, Bitcoin, Uber, Monsanto, the Arctic
Bill Black: DSGE Dilettantes v. ADM God Devotees
Black shows how DSGE defenses fall apart, even as their backers lash out at critics.
Lee Camp: How To Create NPR’s Propaganda – As Seen In a Hit Piece Against Me
NPR stoops to intellectually and factually dishonest bashing of comedy host Lee Camp. Not the behavior of a confident elite.
Why Stopping Tax “Reform” Won’t Stop Inequality
Inequality isn’t driven by taxes—it’s driven by the power of capital in relation to workers.
The Bitcoin Bubble
As bitcoin has become a mania, it is also becoming a risk to the real economy.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/19/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Net neutrality, Wasserman Schultz ballots, tax reform, Russia lunacy, housing, uranium, bitcoin, Uber, identity, quipu
Wolf Richter: Where the Heck is Microsoft’s “Edge?” (Left Behind for Dead)
Users are spurning Microsoft’s Edge in favor of Google, in the privacy version of a beauty contest between Cinderalla’s ugly sisters.
Mark Ames: Kathy Lally Was Caught Trying To Censor Journalism In Russia and Now Deceitfully Claims She’s a Victim
Mark Ames rebuts Kathy Lally’s scurrilous piece in the Washington Post.
From Employer Coverage to Single Payer Health Insurance
A simple proposal for overcoming an obstacle to implementing single-payer insurance.
Gaius Publius: What Would Happen if Sanders Ran for President in 2020?
Speculating on Sanders 2020…
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/18/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Net neutrality, WTO, NAFTA, Moore and Northam debacles, tax “reform,” UFOs, robot boats, bitcoin, wage theft, bad coffee
Pharma Impunity and the Opioids Crisis
Legal liability and opioids crisis: Why do the big fish always seem to get away? Will state lawsuits make a difference?
