Friday, October 4, 2024
States Set Minimum Staffing Levels for Nursing Homes. Residents Suffer When Rules Are Ignored or Waived.
How a Biden administration initiative to improve nursing homes’ staffing is floundering due to lax enforcement.
How Far Goods Travel: Global Transport and Supply Chains from 1965-2020
A detailed looks at trade patterns and supply chains over the last 50+ years.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/12/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Flexians at “the Committee to Unelect the President”; festival of Biden ~
The Future May Not Be As Electric as We Think
Is there a ceiling to electric vehicle uptake? And even worse, is that lower than many assume?
A License to W*nk: Spain to Launch Digital Identity Wallet to Limit and Ration Access to Internet Porn Sites
The proposal comes just months after the European Parliament and the European Council of Ministers unanimously approved the European Commission’s sweeping digital identity regulations.
Biden: Strategic Projections of Confidence
The effort to shore up Biden’s flagging Presidential candidacy is a case study of the role of confidence and commitment in campaigns.
Climate Change Is Coming for Hospitals
Many hospitals will have their operations interrupted and/or degraded by climate change. What to do?
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/11/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics; syndemics; festival of Biden! ~
New Agenda of Russia-India Relations
Modi and Putin had a bear hug earlier this week. Some context on India-Russia dealings and US upset about them.
Biden Twists in the Wind as Big Donors Close Wallets, Party Criticism Persists Despite Clampdown, and Pelosi Questions His Decision to Continue
Despite reports of ruthless Biden efforts at containment, calls for him to withdraw from the 2024 race grow.
“Tariffs Don’t Protect Jobs. Don’t Be Fooled.”
More discussion of tariffs as the US is using to whack Chinese imports, above all EVs.
Something Rotten in the State of Albion
A look at Britain’s image versus its conduct.
