~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Pandemics; the debates; Hillary Clinton’s forthcoming book; counting and scripting in the caring professions; mask bans spread ~
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Despite Warnings, Israel Looks Set to Jump Off Lebanon Ledge
Israel looks like it is about to bite off way more than it can chew in instigating a hot war with Lebanon.
Washington Frets As Chinese Company Cosco Wraps Up Construction of South America’s Largest Deep Sea Port
“Due to its potential size and volume of operations, Peru’s Chancay mega-port is destined to become a nerve centre of international trade.” And it will be exclusively controlled by Cosco.
The Fed’s “Chicken Run”: Why Sticking with High Rates Will Crash the Economy
How the Fed is acting like James Dean in the famous “chicken run” auto race in Rebel Without a Cause.
Analysis Shows How Surging Stock Buybacks Bolster Case for Corporate Tax Hike
The magnitude of corporate cash going to stock buybacks suggests reversing the Trump tax cuts poses little real economy risk.
Project 2025: 920 Pages of Irritable Mental Gestures, or a Blueprint for Fascism?
Litmus tests to see if Project 2025 is serious, and a close reading of its “Mandate for Leadership”
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/24/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics and pandemics; many new Covid charts (New York and New England wastewater down; positivity up; New York hospitaliztation continues its weirdly steady rise); Trump lawfare status; Supreme Court decisions and Thursday’s debate ~
Between the Kremlin Cup and the General Staff Lip After Sunday’s Crimea and Dagestan Attacks
Another tug-of-war between the Russian General Staff plus its hawkish friends and Putin.
Freeports Are Dangerous
Rishi Sunak is still flogging his failed freeports initiative as a success. If they were to take off, the winners would be dodgy operators.
How Corporations Are Fueling Geopolitical Tensions and Global Conflicts in the 21st Century
Multinational corporations with global reach are increasingly getting entangled in conflicts and geopolitical rivalries by supporting multiple sides.
A National Cartel Fixing Rental Housing Prices: The Scandal Continues to Grow
The company at the heart of the rapacious conspiracy finally makes a statement following FBI raid in Atlanta and increasingly incriminating and devastating details.
British Government Invents Phantom Skripals to Refuse to Testify in the Novichok Inquiry
A new lawyer materializes in a London court to say the Skripals refuse to testify in Novichok Inquiry, but it appears as though counsel has had no contact with the Skriprals.
