What are the practical consequences if French President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist bloc fares poorly in the upcoming snap elections?
Monday, June 30, 2025
French Snap Elections: ‘Cohabitation’ Could Reshuffle the Cards Between President and Prime Minister
Michael Hudson: US Cryptocurrency as an Offshore Banking Center
Yet another cryptocurrency scheme, here for its major use case, tax evasion. But for a good cause, the US dollar!
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/14/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Pandemics; new Covid charts: stay safe out there; Kamala!; sleep and memory ~
“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
Some updates on long Covid make for an indictment of US public health. Not that that should come as a surprise.
Milei’s Latest Plan to Embroil Argentina in Ukraine Conflict Involves Sending Five French Fighter Jets That Cannot Fly
Milei’s government appears to be determined to turn Argentina into the first Latin American country to send weapons to Ukraine.
Western Officials and Press Starting to Acknowledge Impact of Russian Electric War on Ukraine
The Anglospehere press is slowly waking up to the relentlessness and effectiveness of Russia’s electric war in Ukraine.
Biofuels Manufacturing Found To Be a Significant Source of Hazardous Air Pollution
Biofuels plants emit serious nasties like formaldehyde.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/13/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Electoral college moves toward Trump (slightly); Hillary Clinton services AIPAC; CDC publishes tweet with upside down mask; mushrooms and citizen science ~
Intrigue About Exit of Mustafa Nayyem, Ukraine Restoration Funding Chief and Maidan Revolt Instigator, Diverts Attention from Boneheadness of the Scheme
An overdue discussion of the Ukraine restoration con, with tooth-gnashing over the exit of Mustafa Nayyem as a tell.
“Dollar Doomsters Have Got It All Wrong”
Why reports of the [imminent] death of the dollar are greatly exaggerated.
Corporate Landlords’ Profits Soar as Tenants Drown in Rent Hikes and Fees
Cheerleading about a flat CPI ignores the housing, with tenants generally and the ones with corporate landlords not getting relief
Heatwaves Ripple into the Financial System
Heat stress affects the financial system by increasing defaults and producing tighter lending terms to others in the same area.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/12/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Pandemics; Trump riffing; Hunter BIden’s conviction; ceiling fans and aerosol transmission; origin of the tinfoil hat ~
