Sunday, August 25, 2024

Michael Hudson: Why We Need to Abolish the Democratic National Committee, Even if That Means Breaking Up the Democratic Party

Reflections on the charade of the Democratic Party debate.

Richard Murphy: Brexit Yellowhammer Is Wrong, but That Doesn’t Mean We Should Ignore It

The Brexit headlines focused on Yellowhammer when that isn’t the biggest development of the day.

Axios: What’s the Actual Cost of Not Addressing Climate Change?

bunking some arguments against Sanders’ climate change program.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/11/2019

Today’s Water Cooler:

The Two Sides of Government Guarantees for Banks

Not all guarantees are created equal, and what that means for banks.

Links 9/11/19

Under Bloomberg Pressure, CalPERS Coughs Up BCG Report on Private Equity, Confirming Criminal Abuse of Open Meeting Law; Board President Henry Jones Casually Leaks Confidential Information

A peek into how CalPERS abuses confidentiality when public agencies are supposed to be public.

Andrew Bacevich, Ending War, American-Style

The US hasn’t won a war since World War II, and even then, the Soviets deserve most of the credit. So how do we keep up appearances?

CalPERS Election Corruption: Huge and Illegally Opaque Dark Spending Against Pro-Accountability Candidate JJ Jelincic

Yet more on CalPERS election shenanigans.

CalPERS, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor, and CalPERS Employees Engage in Illegal and Dishonest Electioneering Against Candidate JJ Jelincic

More on CalPERS’ election meddling.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/10/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: Harris, Sanders, Trump, Warren, undecided voters, Rachel Maddow, Neera Tanden’s union busting, employment, small business optimism, Uber, Lyft, Boeing, Amazon, SpaceX, scooters, corvids, crabs, cattle, AI, deaths of despair, Encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS

California Privacy Law Looms

Businesses race to comply with California’s new data privacy law by 1st January; meanwhile, efforts continue to weaken its protections.

Links 9/10/19

States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices

States go to war against drug price gouging.

Here Are Photos of Some of the Dilapidated Equipment San Francisco Wants to Buy from Bankrupt PG&E for $2.5 Billion

Californians have had it with PG&E. But is San Francisco overpaying to get rid of them? Take a look.