Team Trump keeps soldiering along with its pro-corporate agenda.
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Thursday, October 3, 2024
Trump, Granting Lobbyist Demands, Quietly Handed Billions More in Tax Breaks to Huge Corporations: Report
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Taxes, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:31 am | Comments Off on Trump, Granting Lobbyist Demands, Quietly Handed Billions More in Tax Breaks to Huge Corporations: Report
Australia Burning; Tourists in New South Wales and Victoria Flee to Beaches
A grim take from smoky Australia.
Topics: Australia, Banking industry, Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:08 am | 66 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/30/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 203 Comments »
Nebraska Farmers Lead on Right to Repair
Nebraska farmers are promoting a right to repair for farm equipment; if negotiations for an agreement founder, state legislation is likely.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Global warming, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 12:55 pm | Comments Off on Nebraska Farmers Lead on Right to Repair
Links 12/30/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 234 Comments »
Why Bad Customer Service Won’t Improve Anytime Soon
Why companies find it profitable to provide crapified customer service: this is by design, rather than reflecting incompetence.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:25 am | Comments Off on Why Bad Customer Service Won’t Improve Anytime Soon
London Tops Global Study for World’s Worst Microplastics Pollution
London tops four cities examined for microplastics pollution; still early days for assessing this pollution’s impact on human health.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | Comments Off on London Tops Global Study for World’s Worst Microplastics Pollution
Links 12/29/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 232 Comments »
How Sales Shopping Is Killing the Planet
Rampant holiday sales are symptoms of the throwaway culture, and exacerbate the worldwide waste crisis.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 3:55 am | Comments Off on How Sales Shopping Is Killing the Planet
Links 12/28/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 373 Comments »
7 Science-Based Strategies To Boost Your Willpower and Succeed with Your New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s self-improvement! Tips on how to organize your life to as to improve your willpower.
Topics: Curiousities, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:22 am | Comments Off on 7 Science-Based Strategies To Boost Your Willpower and Succeed with Your New Year’s Resolutions
Reports Of Patients’ Deaths Linked To Heart Devices Lurk Below Radar
Another KHN scoop on how the FDA has been hiding reports of bad outcomes with medical devices, in this case, ones for heart disease.
Topics: Banana republic, Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:00 am | Comments Off on Reports Of Patients’ Deaths Linked To Heart Devices Lurk Below Radar
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/27/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 10 Comments »
Links 12/27/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | Comments Off on Links 12/27/19
The Loss of Fair Play
How the importance of at least pretending to be fair has eroded, and why that matters.
Topics: Brexit, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:21 am | 155 Comments »