Category Archives: Banana republic

Health Workers Fear It’s Profits Before Protection as CDC Revisits Airborne Transmission

Health industry employee objections have forced the CDC to rethink its weak guidance on aerosol transmission, but experts are not optimistic.

Despite Inspector General Demand, EPA Refuses to Re-Do Review of Seresto Flea and Tick Collar Implicated in Thousands of Pet Deaths

The FDA is refusing to redo a review that gave a free pass to Seresto tick collars, implicated in thousands of pet deaths

War Is Bad for You — And the Economy

How war spending serves as a cover for the distribution of pork at the expense of American needs.

Neocolonial ISDS, Abused, Biased, Costly, and Grossly Unfair

Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions in trade pacts – long abused by opportunists – are slowly being rejected by governments.

The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers’ ‘Patent Thickets’

The FTC is scoring some early wins in challenging drug company overreach via using patents on delivery methods to extend drug patent life.

World Bank Enables Foreign Aid Theft

The World Bank encourages governments to reduce capital controls, draining precious foreign exchange and government resources.

The Law Firm Helping Big Oil Weaponize the First Amendment

Gibson Dunn is “playing both sides” of free speech, using it to defend Big Oil and silence the industry’s critics.

Russian Asset Seizure Scheming: EU and Euro as US War Proxies Would Take Most Risk; USD Assets Only $4.6 Billion

Addressing wide-of-the-mark commentary on the latest too-clever Western idea. of stealing the $300 billion in Russian central bank assets.

‘This Should Be a National Scandal’: Medicare Advantage Plans Using AI for Denials

Medicare Advantage is neither Medicare nor an advantage.

As Foundation for ‘Excited Delirium’ Testimony by Police Cracks, Fallout Spreads

Rooting out the concept of “excited delirium” will take time in a country where law enforcement is spread across roughly 18,000 agencies governed by independent police chiefs or sheriffs.

Myanmar’s Instability Deepens as the World Watches Silently

Militants threaten Myanmar’s military government. But other non-state actors, as well as China, are vying for influence.

Texas v. Pfizer Alleges Extensive Misrepresentations About Covid Vaccine Efficacy, Censorship of Critics

The State of Texas sent a major shot across Pfizer’s bow via a suit alleging widespread misrepresentaitons about Covid vaccine effectiveness