Thursday, September 18, 2025

Quick Comments on the Biden-Harris Covid Plan: Not Much Sizzle and No Steak

The Biden transition team has abandoned most of the Biden campaign Covid promises, particuarly the ones that cost money.

Victims of Nuclear Bomb Tests on U.S. Soil 75 Years Ago Continue to Seek Justice

The US conducted nuclear tests that damaged the health of generations of New Mexico residents—who remain uncompensated.

Who Is Michèle Flournoy, Biden’s Rumored Pick for Pentagon Chief?

Rumor, as in press reports, has it that Biden plans to install uber hawk Michèle Flournoy as Secretary of Defense.

“What It Took”: The Price of Democrat Victory in 2020

A cri de couer about election 2020.

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/9/2020

~ “Bright college days” ~ Election fraud affidavit emerges, sorta ~ is Pfizer Son of Gilead? ~ GSA “ascertainment” and the Biden transition ~ Malls on the upswing, or not? ~ Mason jar shortage ~ Shutting up Amazon Echo ~ SAD ~ Karl Kraus

What to Know as ACA Heads to Supreme Court — Again

The central issue in the case is whether the requirement in the law to have insurance — which remains even though Congress eliminated the penalty or tax — is constitutional.

Links 11/9/2020

Is Fear of AOC Why Chuck Schumer Is Pumping a Non-Starter “Cancel Student Debt by Executive Order” Scheme?

It’s odd to see Democrats talking about a Biden “100 days” when Obama did nothing like that when he actually did have a mandate to do so that he ignored. Did they not get the memo that their blue wave didn’t hit the beach? It’s even odder to see Chuck Schumer affecting a Damascene conversion, […]

The Collateral Damage to Children’s Education During Lockdown

High-quality before and after tests in the Netherlands suggest at-home lockdown education was a complete bust for primary school kids.

All About Exit Polls (with a Plea for Caution and Reporting)

The two major exit poll vendors, their methodological challenges, why we don’t know which is more trustworthy, and a plea for reporting by humans about humans

Links 11/8/2020

Replacing Rentier Capitalism Is One of the Defining Challenges of Our Age

Housing itself is just the most egregious tip of a very large iceberg. Everywhere you look, COVID-19 is widening the gulf between those who own assets and those who owe debts.

Links 11/7/2020

Whining Pundits

Quelle surprise! Some pundits are trying to distance themselves from their pre-election calls.

Jobs Picture Emerges of Weird Recovery to Historically Awful Level

Jobs not galore. And the target keeps moving.