Friday, November 14, 2025

Twitter and YouTube Manipulation in Trial of Derek Chauvin for the Death of George Floyd?

Are our tech overlords trying to put their fingers on the coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial?

Links 4/1/2021

LACERS Board Member Lambastes Lousy Private Equity Returns as More Studies Confirm Poor Performance for Decades

Yet another nail in the private equity performance coffin.

Coal Is In Terminal Decline, But China’s Consumption Is Climbing

Sadly, King Coal will be with us for a very long time.

Preparing for a Wave of Non-Performing Loans: Are Banks at Risk?

On a aggregate basis, EU banks appear to have enough capital to weather even a bad Covid storm. A country-by-country look tells another story.

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/31/2021

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Getting a Prescription to Die Remains Tricky Even as Aid-in-Dying Bills Gain Momentum

Right to die laws are scarce in the US, and too often a muddle where they

Links 3/31/2021

A Covid Tragedy: “Wholesale Discrediting of Our Health Science Institutions”

How science, or perhaps more accurately, “Trust the science,” is dangerously being treated as just another political chip.

Chicago School Economists Got it Wrong. Strong Antitrust Policy Boosts the Economy.

History shows robust antitrust enforcement helps promote a prosperous, fair, and balanced economy.

Will Biden’s Central American Plan Slow Migration (or Speed It Up)?

Biden”s Central America plan includes US funding of domestic security forces to keep citizens put and support foreign economic exploitation.

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/30/2021

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Godzilla vs. Kong: A Functional Morphologist Uses Science to Pick a Winner

Godzilla lives!

Links 3/30/2021

It’s Time To Talk About Ivermectin

An extremely cheap, safe and widely available off-patent medicine appears to be saving the lives of covid-19 patients across Latin America and beyond. Yet hardly anybody’s talking about it.