Thursday, July 3, 2025
Michael Hudson and Dr. Jeffrey Miron of Cato Debate Capitalism
Michael Hudson sharpens some of his arguments in a discussion with a Harvard/Cato Institute stalwart.
Craig Murray Documents Abuse of Process, aka Kangaroo Court, via Butchered Indictment
The UK court is play so dirty with Craig Murray that it might make our FISA court look good.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/22/2020
COVID charts linear, not log ~ Testing data horridly comminingled ~ Biden tearful ~ Biden cranky ~ Sanders mutes supporters ~ Trump counties and COVID ~ COVID and gyms ~ HQ not under the lamp-post ~ Air cargo drop ~ Rail drop ~ Dr. Doom expects food riots ~ The Cannonball Run ~
Food Security: Prince Charles Calls for Furloughed Workers to Pick Berries; My Thoughts as a Former Tomato Picker
Some thoughts from a former tomato picker – moi – on the call from Prince Charles for furloughed workers to help with the food harvest in Britain.
Bernie Sanders Says It Is ‘Nauseating’ to See Corporations Praise Frontline Workers as ‘Heroes’ While Refusing to Pay Them More
Whatever you may think of Bernie Sanders suspending his presidential campaign, his criticism of corporations who laud workers as heroes while refusing to pay them is spot on.
Wolf Richter: Week 9 of the Collapse of the U.S. Labor Market: Still Getting Worse at a Gut-Wrenching Pace
Thursday’s unemployment numbers show that the U.S. unemployment numbers have not yet bottomed out – and that instead, the problem is worsening at a gut-wrenching pace.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/21/2020
Biden tinkers with campaign leadership ~ Cuomocest ~ Warren, just sad ~ Pelosi, just sad ~ Liberal Democrats and means-testing ~ “The Patchwork Pandemic” ~ Employment, leading indicators, manufacturing, housing ~ Animals return! ~ Michigan flood ~ Private equity ruins health care ~ An obituary to reckon with
Yanis Varoufakis: Have Merkel & Macron Just Announced a Eurobond-Funded Godsend for the EU?
There’s not a lot of there there in a proposed EU rescue scheme.
Brexit: Posturing and Impasse
More Brexit chest-thumping.
Sweden’s Covid-19 Experiment Looks Even Worse as Death Rate Rises, Neighbors Contemplate Cordon
More defenses of Sweden’s failed Covid-19 approach appear even as evidence of its failure mounts.
Capitalism vs. Safety, Health: An Old Story Again
A short history of the fight to make workplaces less dangerous to your health.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/20/2020
Florida Data ~ Biden’s leftward pivot ~ Sanders 2020: Second time as farce ~ 2020 a “Blue Wave”? Lichtman’s Keys ~ Democrats proposed to subside themselves ~ Spotify to destroy independent podcasting ~ COVID19 spread by singing and shouting ~ Optimism reconsidered ~ Touch
