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Monday, December 15, 2025
Links 4/19/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 158 Comments »
The CDC’s VAERS and Vaccine Complications: The System is Broken
The CDC has been visibly remiss in gathering and updating Covid data in VAERS, and that typifies its pandemic mismanagement.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Media watch, Pandemic, Politics, Risk and risk management, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 127 Comments »
Two Dozen Senators Tell Biden It Is ‘Past Time’ to Finally Close Guantánamo
Senators press Biden finally to close the Guantánamo Bay offshore military prison, where 40 men are still being held despite global outrage.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:50 am | 9 Comments »
US Security Analysts Tackle Shape-Shifting Threats With… More of the Same
Military responses to societal crises are a proven failure, yet a key security report fails to offer new ideas or recognise underlying causes
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:15 am | 17 Comments »
Take the Train: France Moves to Ban Short-Haul Domestic Flights
In a bid to lower carbon consumption, France takes first step tpwards banning short-haul flights where rail alternatives exist.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 12:25 pm | 53 Comments »
Links 4/18/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 193 Comments »
How Taiwan Beat COVID-19 – New Study Reveals Clues to its Success
There’s much to be learned from Taiwan’s success in preventing COVID-19 from taking hold, as vaccines roll out and new variants emerge.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:50 am | 26 Comments »
Links 4/17/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 175 Comments »
Applications for New Businesses Have a Double-WTF Moment
Federal data says new businesses are being formed in droves. But PPP fraud complicates this otherwise positive picture.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:02 am | 14 Comments »
Welcome to the Age of Hysteria
Hysteria was removed from the DSM as a disorder in the 1980s, apparenlty making it safe as the business model of the neoliberal age.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Media watch, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:21 am | 110 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/16/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 88 Comments »
Prolonged Brain Dysfunction in COVID-19 Survivors: A Pandemic in its Own Right?
More information on lasting Covid damage, this time on the brain.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 50 Comments »
Links 4/16/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 259 Comments »
The Case for WikiSearch, a Wikipedia Search Engine
The Wikipedia search project has been deceitful, duplicitous, and downright dumb. But Google needs a competitor. Maybe it’s not a bad option.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:14 am | 15 Comments »
How China Is Offering an Alternative to the IMF
China has been setting up currency swap lines with many countries. But is this an idea that is ahead of its time?
Topics: China, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Japan, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:45 am | 14 Comments »




