Monthly Archives: November 2023

November 30, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/30/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Wall Street Journal: “Why No One Wants to Pay for the Green Transition”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/30/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Thousand Boat Blockade-Busting Operation Changes Everything on the Gaza Front – if It Materialises
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Feds Need to Enlist Consumers to Police Eyepoppingly High Level of Medicare Advantage Ad/Marketing Fraud
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• The Destructively High Energy Cost of AI
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

November 29, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/29/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/29/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Gaza Conflict: End Game Not in Sight
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• New Technologies to Get Around Old Laws: Algorithms Being Used to Evade Antitrust Rules, Fix Prices and Worse
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Car Dealers Warn Biden Administration to Pump Brakes on EV Plans
  by Yves Smith 3:55 am

November 28, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/28/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Did Argentina Elect a Right-Wing Non-Establishment Extremist?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/28/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Spanish Government Threatens to Break Ranks With EU and Unilaterally Recognise Palestine. What Gives?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• PlutoniumKun: Correcting the Considerable Misinformation on the Recent Dublin Riots
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Prices of New Houses Drop Further, -18% Year-Over-Year, Sales Drop, High Inventories Rise Further, Supply Jumps
  by Yves Smith 4:30 am

November 27, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/27/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/27/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The West Is Inching Closer to More Insanity in the Baltic Sea
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• A Ceasefire Is Far from Lasting Peace – A National Security Expert on the Israel-Hamas Deal
  by Yves Smith 5:32 am

• After Historic Drinking Water Settlements, PFAS Personal Injury Lawsuits Loom
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• 200 Years of the Monroe Doctrine Is 200 Too Many
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

November 26, 2023

• Links 11/26/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Europe Is Getting Record Amounts of Russian Gas Through TurkStream. So Who Keeps Trying to Blow It Up? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Seeking Input: Fundraising and the Challenge of Finding New Readers When Google Is Out to Disappear You
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• Poland’s De Facto Blockade Of Ukraine Is Its Outgoing Government’s Last Power Play
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

November 25, 2023

• Links 11/25/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• How Finance Capitalism Ruined the World – Dr. Michael Hudson & Dr. Steve Keen
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• The Environmental Impact of Housing and Heating
  by Yves Smith 6:38 am

November 24, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/24/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/24/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Quelle Surprise! UK Government Hands Management of NHS Patient Data to CIA-Linked US Spyware Firm, Palantir
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• NATO’s Proposed “Military Schengen” Is a Thinly Disguised German Power Play Over Poland
  by Yves Smith 5:54 am

November 23, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/23/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/23/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Restructuring of the Global Economy – Michael Hudson, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen
  by Yves Smith 2:49 am

• Russian And Chinese Focus Alights On Iraq’s Strategically Vital Akkas Project
  by Yves Smith 12:11 am

November 22, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/22/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/22/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Do Masks Work During the Pandemic? Scientists Say “Yes.” Secondary Reviews of Clinical Trials Say “No.” So, Which Is It?
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

• Hamas-Israel Hostage Deal Only a Pause in Destruction of Gaza
  by Yves Smith 12:26 am

• Paging OpenAI Board: ChatGPT on “Handling CEO Termination Delicately” versus Larry Summers, Who Is Still Not Fit to Run a Dog Pound, on New Board
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

November 21, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/21/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Geopolitical Rivals Are Key Suppliers of West’s Green Energy Materials
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/21/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Far-Reaching Implications of Javier “the Wig” Milei’s Election Victory in Argentina
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• What Does Mustard Gas Have in Common with Crypto and Blockchain?
  by Yves Smith 5:41 am

• Finland Is Hellbent on Positioning Itself as a Frontline NATO State Against Russia
  by Yves Smith 4:52 am

November 20, 2023

• Is Myanmar’s Armed Resistance on the Verge of Victory Against a Brutal Military Junta?
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/20/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/20/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• Ukraine End Game: Putin and Medvedev Discuss Maps, Putting Kiev on the Menu
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

• Comparing How the West and China Offer Loans to Developing Countries
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

November 19, 2023

• What Good Is Dreaming, Anyhow?
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• Links 11/19/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Other China Shock: How Surging Chinese Imports Transformed Global Agriculture
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

November 18, 2023

• Links 11/18/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Book Review: Tackling the Riddle of Free Will
  by Yves Smith 3:02 am

• Gaza: Did the West Learn Nothing from the Peace Process in Ireland?
  by Yves Smith 1:29 am

November 17, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/17/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• “Should CalPERS Fire Everyone and Just Buy Some ETFs?”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/17/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Oh, the Irony: IMF Chief Touts Benefits of Cashless Future In Singapore, Just Weeks After a Major Payments Outage
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Michael Hudson: Were the Prophets Anti-Semitic? Debunking Netanyahu’s Distorted Biblical Justifications for Genocide
  by Yves Smith 5:04 am

• Has the Energy Transition Hit a Wall?
  by Yves Smith 4:42 am

November 16, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/16/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Quelle Surprise! Fast Fashion Exploits Poor Workers; Industry Engages in Empty Virtue-Signalling
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/16/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Biden Administration’s Limit on Drug Industry Middlemen Backfires, Pharmacists Say
  by Yves Smith 6:36 am

• Risks of Fracking Are “Real and Growing,” Report Warns
  by Yves Smith 4:58 am

• Why Protectionists Sometimes Win: The Narrative Power of Economic Nationalism
  by Yves Smith 1:31 am

November 15, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Moshe Dayan: ‘What Cause Have We to Complain About Their Hatred of Us?’
  by Yves Smith 9:58 am

• Links 11/15/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• A Smile and a Shiv: Gavin Newsom’s Cruel Policies Help Position Him to Replace Biden 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Qatar’s Careful Balancing Act In Energy And Geopolitics
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

• Biden New Cold War Weapon in the Indo-Pacific Backfires
  by Yves Smith 5:35 am

November 14, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/14/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder Care
  by Yves Smith 10:07 am

• Links 11/14/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Will the Next Geopolitical Flash Point Be a Centuries-Old Border Dispute in an Oil-Rich Corner of South America?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Israeli War Crimes and Propaganda Follow US Blueprint
  by Yves Smith 5:34 am

• Why Biden Is in Trouble About the Economy
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

November 13, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/13/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Michael Hudson and Ben Norton: Why Does the US Support Israel?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/13/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• CIA-Connected Private Equity to Buy Italy’s Critical Communications Infrastructure
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• US Health Care Strip-Mined for Profit: Primary Care Physicians Becoming Scarce, Poorly Trained Nurse Practitioners Run Wild
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• How the Labor Movement Can Make the UAW’s 2028 General Strike Dream Come True
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

November 12, 2023

• Links 11/12/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Under the Cover of Energy Crisis, Europe Shifts Industry, Emissions and Pollution to Balkans
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Biden Moves To Reduce U.S. Reliance On Russian Nuclear Supply Chain
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

November 11, 2023

• Links 11/11/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Who Will Care for Older Adults? We’ve Plenty of Know-How but Too Few Specialists
  by Yves Smith 6:36 am

• Could It Be the Fed’s Mega-QE Created So Much Liquidity That Tightening Doesn’t Work until this Excess Gets Burned Up?
  by Yves Smith 6:05 am

November 10, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/10/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• After Years of Tanking Climate Action and Anti-Poverty Measures, Manchin Announces Exit From Senate
  by Yves Smith 10:46 am

• Links 11/10/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Brazil’s Lula Government Just Mandated COVID-19 Vaccines For All Children Over 6 Months of Age
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Rob Urie: Biden Visits Hitler’s Bunker, Sends for a Decorator: Israel and Ukraine Edition
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• Jim Chanos: “The Crypto Ecosystem Is Well-Suited for the Dark Side of Finance.”
  by Yves Smith 4:28 am

November 9, 2023

• CDC’s HICPAC Passes Draft Gutting Patient Protections Against Airborne Respiratory Viruses, Faces Challenge at HHS Office of the Inspector General (and You Can Help)
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/9/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Fed’s Bank Capital Three-Card Monte: Undermines Tighter Rules by Allowing Synthetic Risk Transfers to Famed Hedge Fund Bad Actors Like Magnetar, Ares
  by Yves Smith 10:11 am

• Links 11/9/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The ‘Pay-or-Consent’ Challenge for Platform Regulators
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Resources to Save ‘Every Creeping Thing of the Earth’ Are Limited. What Would Noah Do?
  by Yves Smith 3:03 am

November 8, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/8/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• UN Special Rapporteur Calls Out Walmart, Amazon, DoorDash as Creating Poverty by Not Paying Living Wages
  by Yves Smith 10:12 am

• Links 11/8/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Biomedical Science versus Biomedicine, a Continuing Series
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• What Did the Houthis’ Attempted Bombing of Israel Aim to Achieve?
  by Yves Smith 3:50 am

• PPPs Fiscal Hoax Is a Blank Financial Silver Bullet
  by Yves Smith 3:26 am

November 7, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/7/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Credit Suisse Forced Marriage Gins Up $9 Billion in Legal Claims in Addition to RICO/Swiss Law Suit for Longstanding Misconduct and Crimes; Amicus Brief by Better Markets Supports RICO Claim
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/7/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Western Propaganda Gets More Desperate as World Majority Sides with China and Russia Against the US over Gaza
  by Conor Gallagher 6:54 am

• The Politics of the Slaughter of Everybody
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• Iran’s Proposed Embargo Could Cause Chaos in Oil Markets
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

November 6, 2023

• Summary of Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of Brainworms on Individual Persons, Communities, and Health Care Systems — United States
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/6/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/6/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Impossibility of Negotiated Settlements in the Gaza and Ukraine Conflicts
  by Yves Smith 5:13 am

• New Report Issues Damning Verdict on Food’s Fossil Fuel Addiction
  by Lambert Strether 3:52 am

• The New Electric War Campaign – How the Russian Army Will Select the Ukrainian Targets
  by Yves Smith 3:19 am

November 5, 2023

• Biden’s Weak and Patchy Executive Order “Regulating” AI
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• Links 11/5/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Not Sure How Long It’ll Last: Spending on Factory Construction Does a Historic Spike, after Years of Going Nowhere
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

November 4, 2023

• Links 11/4/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Nasrallah’s Speech Confirms that “MAD” Has Been Reached Between Israel-US & the Resistance Axis
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

• Why Fossil Fuel Companies Can’t Leave Resources Stranded
  by Yves Smith 5:14 am

November 3, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/3/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Houthi Attacks Affect Both the Israel-Hamas Conflict and Yemen’s Own Civil War – and Could Put Pressure on US, Saudi Arabia
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/3/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The World’s Largest Biometric Digital ID System, India’s Aadhaar, Just Suffered Its Biggest Ever Data Breach
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• ‘Worse Than People Can Imagine’: Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Breeds Chaos in States
  by Yves Smith 2:04 am

• Did People Die from Covid Because of the Power of Populist Politics?
  by Yves Smith 1:08 am

November 2, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/2/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/2/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Türkiye’s Middle Ground Position Becomes Untenable as US Intensifies Conflicts
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Amid Regulatory Gaps, Telehealth Prescribers Flourish
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Egypt Is Playing an Extremely High-Stakes Game in Gaza That Could End in Genocide
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

• Plaintiffs in Mammoth RICO/Swiss Law Suit Versus Credit Suisse, Many Directors and Execs, and KPMG for Egregious Misconduct File Response to Defendants’ Objections
  by Yves Smith 4:43 am

• Elongating the Fossil Fuel Era, One Trick at a Time
  by Yves Smith 2:53 am

November 1, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/1/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Even Rich Nations Now Worried About ISDS
  by Yves Smith 11:23 am

• Links 11/1/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• US Neocons Accidentally Act as Great Uniter in Caucasus
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• New Report Calls Out Chemical Recycling as a ‘False Solution’ to the Plastics Crisis
  by Yves Smith 5:27 am

• Iraq Moves Further Out of U.S.’s Influence With New Russia and China Deals
  by Yves Smith 4:43 am