NYC Mayor Adams will work with the Trump Administration to remove illegal aliens who have committed crimes. What about sanctuary city laws?
Monday, March 10, 2025
First Year of Javier Milei’s Economic “Miracle”: Plunging Inflation, Surging Poverty, Rising Inequality and Slumping Industry
“The deep chainsaw is coming” in the second year.
“Anti-Western or Non-Western? The Nuanced Geopolitics of BRICS”
More on how much and what kind of influence BRICS might wield when it grows up.
A Heart Attack and Stroke Drug That Saves Lives Exists—But American Patients May Be Left Behind by Profit-Driven Healthcare
An example of medical industry inertia and profit priorities thwarting better treatments, here new clot-busters for heart attacks and strokes
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/12/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Trump: Time’s “Person of the Year”; Why Ernst changed her mind on Hegseth (some speculation); Thumbs down on UCLA’s AI-designed textbook cover ~
Warren Bill Would Stop Companies From Placing Shareholder Paydays Over Worker Rights
Warren revives a bill intended to put shareholder obligations in their proper place: at the bottom.
“Russia Dodged a Bullet by Wisely Choosing Not To Ally With the Now-Defeated Resistance Axis”
Another post-mortem on Syria’s collapse, here on the Russia-Axis of Resistance non-relationship.
Unveiling the Antarctic ‘Plastisphere’, a Unique and Potentially Hazardous New Ecosystem – New Research
On the growth of a plastisphere in the Antarctic.
The Increasing Cost of Buying American
Looking at the costs versus purported benefits of programs that require or encourage Federal agencies to purchase American products.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/11/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Lina Khan out; Arnade on McDonald’s: Trump and The Adjuster; Kamala’s flawless campaign, lol; Bird flu carried by dust on the wind ~
The Collapse of Syria, BRICS, and Wishful Thinking
How the sudden collapse of the Syrian government exposes fundamental weaknesses in the BRICS initiative.
Did Türkiye Win the Battle, But Lose the War?
Ankara burns bridges with Beijing and Moscow and is now stuck with Syrian albatross around the neck as emboldened Turkish imperialists eye future conquests.
