Why the poor will be more successful in gaining material and political ground if they design initiatives and advocate.
Friday, July 18, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/4/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
ICUs Become A ‘Delirium Factory’ For COVID Patients
COVID can infect the brain and current protocols may exacerbate the delirium it induces in some patients, as doctors aim to slow its spread.
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Covid-19 Recessions: This Time It’s Really Different
Why Covid-19 damage will be lasting.
U.S. States Just Lost Pipeline Veto Rights And That’s A Big Deal For Oil
The EPA issued new regulations on pipeline approvals that narrow state authority to intervene. But the fight may not be over.
The Battle Over Free Speech Online Is a Volcano That’s Ready to Blow
The battlte to control social media keeps getting hotter.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/3/2020
COVID-19 charts ~ Biden to attend Floyd funeral ~ Biden’s speech ~ Biden’s “revolutionary agenda” ~ Trump and the suburbs ~ Trump is not Nixon, but he is LBJ ~ the House ~ Ballot Marking Devices ~ Employment, manufacturing ~ Ericsson and 5G ~ Oats ~ Peat ~ Police funding ~ Badgeless cops, generic troops ~ Job cuts move up the ladder ~ Tear gas
U.S. Abandons Open Skies for New Age Space Weapons
The press has hyped the “gee whiz” factor of space toys while ignoring that exiting the Open Skies agreement will kick off a new arms race.
Hubert Horan: What Will it Take to Save the Airlines?
The airlines are facing an existential crisis, yet no one in power is inclinded or even equipped to intervene.
The Fleming Myth and the Public Sector Contribution to Discovery and Development of New Cancer Drugs
Abstract, “basic research” is essential to drug discovery. It is also largely funded by the public sector.
Judge Entertainingly Dresses Down Expert in Neiman Bankruptcy
A bankruptcy judge minces no words. More, please.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/2/2020
COVID-19 not controlled ~ Trump’s heavy lift in the Electoral College ~ Biden’s speech (video; transcript) & reactions thereto ~ Rahul Dubey ~ Today’s primaries ~ Coincident indicators, housing, employment situation ~ Superspreaders ~ COVID-19 spike from protests? ~ Trekkie anniversary ~ Christo
Michael Hudson: Fed’s $10 Trillion Defends Assets of the Rich
Michael Hudson gives a detailed, if sobering, account of the outlook for the economy.
