My recent trip on the night train from High Point, North Carolina, to NYC.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
US and Iran “At Cliff’s Edge”
Patrick Cockburn, the Independent’s Middle East correspondent, discusses the situation in Iran with the Real News Network.
Maine Meetup Report: Great Conversation, Lost and Found
A meetup update plus seeking the owner of a lost item.
Is it Really “Full Employment”? Margins for Expansion in the US Economy in the Middle of 2019
Many indicators say the US is close to full employment. Hours of work tell a different story.
North Carolina Did What SCOTUS Wouldn’t – Ended GOP Gerrymandering
RNN interview with Dan Vicuna, discussing how a North Carolina state court recently stopped a Republican gerrymandering plan.
One Very Bad Habit Is Fueling the Global Recycling Meltdown
The well-meaning are engaging in ‘wishcycling’ – opting to place objects in the recycling bin that don’t belong.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/6/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Tariffs and retail, Biden, Sanders, Trump, Warren, employment situation, Amazon and automation, Burry on index funds, Yahoo debacle, Boeing woes, climate and economic models, lawns, simulation modeling, homeless fires, Harlan County miners, Chris Arnade, folk-zoological knowledge
While PG&E Played a ‘Cat and Mouse Game’ With California Regulators, Where Was Kamala?
The WSJ account of how PG&E played a “cat and mouse game” with regulators; alas, California’s utilities commission “is not a particularly adroit cat.”
Trump Seeks to Revoke California Emissions Waiver
Trump looks to rollback California’s 1970 waiver under the Clean Air Act, which allowed the state to set emissions standards.
Why 2020 Dems Should Target the Nonprofit Charter School Industry
How neoliberal grifters, pursuing charter school profits, destroyed an historic building.
Private Equity and Surprise Medical Billing
Private equity has glommed onto the healthcare sector, and drives the “surprise” medical billing. phenomenon.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/5/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Sanders, Weld, Climate Town Hall, Immaneul Wallerstein on the Resistance, employment situation, factory orders, services, ethanal, bulk shipping, Apple, hysteresis, Dorian and poultry farms, Harlan County coal miner protest, human speech, audio books and reading, influencers
