FDA Confirms IM Doc Concerns About Pharmacies Pushing Covid Boosters + Other Vaccines in Same Visit
Flu vaccine upselling as yet another chapter in medicine, American-style.
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How Widespread Is Price-Fixing in the US Economy?
DOJ finally goes after Agri Stats, a company notorious for helping the meat industry gouge producers, stores and consumers. Will the move serve as a warning for other industries?
Read more...Drone Warfare in the Nuclear Age
American leadership drunk on its belief in its exceptionalism, drone and war with China edition.
Read more...IM Doc on the Corruption of Public Health and the Breakdown of Medical Practice in the US
Sadly, famed short seller David Einhorn’s saying applies to US public health: “No matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse.”
Read more...When Authorities Believe Their Citizens Will Become Dangerous…
Ordinary citizens are not worried enough about the prospect that the police/surveillance state will be used against them.
Read more...Some States Fighting Medicare Plan to Require Minimum Staffing in Nursing Homes
Sadly, there is pushback against a proposed Medicare rule to assure (barely) adequate staffing in nursing homes. Please comment in favor!
Read more...Georgia RICO Filing Against 61 Stop Cop City Activists Criminalizes Protest
A sweeping indctment against Atlanta Stop Cop CIty activitsts, that a county DA withdrew from, looks intended to chill protests.
Read more...The Arrest of Igor Kolomoysky Consolidates US Influence Over Zelensky Ahead of Likely Elections
Another unseemly tale from Ukraine, this of the deposing and now arrest of Zelenksy’s kingmaker, Igor Kolomoysky.
Read more...The Other Option for Containing Trump
Your humble bloggers risks getting herself in trouble by speculating about tail event level schemes to thwart Trump.
Read more...Technotage on the Rise? More Efforts to Stymie Job-Threatening, Sometimes Hazardous “Innovations”
Ant-technology action, or technotage, seems to be increasing. Is this a trend or just coincidence?
Read more...The Atlas Network and the Building of Argentina’s Donald Trump
Javier Milei, a climate change denier widely supported by Atlas Network, a web of free market think tanks, won the necessary votes to run in Argentina’s presidential election in October.
Read more...Despite 4 Indictments, Trump Will Still Be the GOP Nominee
Trump won’t be over until he is over, and that will not be before the Republican convention.
Read more...KFF Health News Publishes Shameful, Self-Serving Story Advocating Unrealistic “Social Media” Approach to Bogus Insurer Denials Instead of Pushing for External Appeal
KFF Health News advocated feel-good but largely ineffective approaches to insurer denials, as opposed to effectiive reforms.
Read more...Henry A. Kissinger at 100, Still a War Criminal
Some of the major entries in Kissinger’s rap sheet.
Read more...How Javier Milei Upset Argentina’s Political Status Quo
Yves here. We’re featuring a post from openDemocracy on Argentina’s primary results that had far-right candidate Javier Milei beating the candidates of the two parties that have been in power for two decades. The post is telling, and not in a good way. Milei does advocate extreme views (not that he can go as far […]
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