Sunday, October 6, 2024
Oh Deary, Where Did My Rate Cuts Go? Fed’s Wait-and-See Now Entrenched? And Suddenly Lots of Talk About “Rate Hikes”
What Fed chair Powell said about rate hikes, no rate cuts, rate cuts, and the QT slowdown while getting rid of MBS entirely
“The True Shocking Driver of Crime in America”
A theory of crime, which while it has some explanatory power, weirdly omits white collar crime.
The Culture of the CIA, a First Look
How the CIA evolved, or depending on your point of view, devolved into what it is today.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/1/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Trump’s plans, Biden’s polling, jobs numbers, marijuana to Schedule 3, DEA proposes ~
TaxCast #142: Blockchain Havens
How blockchain/crypto tax havens are displacing traditional tax havens.
Stasi in the West
Governments across the West are enacting more draconian measures to silence all criticism and are increasingly asking citizens to inform on one another.
AirBnB Again in Bed With Surveillance State Tactics by Asking for Biometric ID, Spurring Illinois “Mass Arbitration” Action
AirBnB seems determined to violate customer privacy by demanding government ID images, against the laws of some states. What gives?
AC, Power Banks, Mini Fridges: Oregon Equips Medicaid Patients for Climate Change
Health insurers like Oregon’s Medicaid find it cost effective to give patients equipment to protect them from heat as well as wildfire smoke
H5N1 Happily Mutates Away, while Public Health Establishment Plods Along, Treating the Virus as a Food Supply Issue, and Not as a Potential Pandemic
Lambert puts on his Mr. Pandemic™ hat.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/30/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, and partially open thread ~
“The Four Key Reasons Why The U.S. Will Never Stop Targeting Russia’s LNG Sector”
The US has launched an LNG war against Russia. How likely is it to prevail?
Could Lithium-Rich Bolivia Be Next On BRICS’ Membership List? Russia Seems to Think So
“BRICS is an organization, not a military alliance. It is simply a platform to agree on positions and adopt mutually acceptable decisions that are based on sovereignty, independence and mutual respect.”
