Friday, October 4, 2024

War for Fun and Profit

A look at the US war machine.

Links 2/5/2020

Brexit: Fish-y Business

Brexit is getting ugly.

Coronavirus Starting to Hit Auto Industry Supply Chains

A coronavirus worry is starting to manifest.

Libya Is Being Torn Apart by Outsiders

An update on the armed intervenetions in Libya.

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/2020

Today’s Water Cooler:

Obama Helped Make Cars More Efficient, but Now They Spew Black Carbon

How regulations to tame cars’ emissions created a new problem.

Links 2/4/2020

Iowa, Democrats, and Elite Incompetence

Team Dem gets lots of egg on its face in Iowa.

Corporate Counter-Mobilization: Uber and Deliveroo’s ‘Charter of Good Work’ Is Nothing but Fairwashing

Uber and other gig economy employers: “Let them eat a charter.”

Public Health Officials Offer Scant Details On U.S. Coronavirus Patients

Experts discuss US measures for dealing with coronavirus cases.

Agency: William Gibson’s Ode to Personal Networking for the Precarious Professional

A review of William Gibson’s newest.

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/3/2020

Todays’s Water Cooler:

‘Uninsurable and Unhedgeable’: Central Banks Warn of Financial Crisis from Climate Change

The world’s most powerful financial institutions are sounding the alarm that “a new global financial crisis triggered by climate change would render central banks and financial supervisors powerless.”

Links 2/3/2020