Howy national conflicts, new concerns about security and supply chain risk, and technology are reshaping trade networks to be closer to home.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Is Donald Trump Likely to Resign?
Looking at some underrated Trump weaknesses.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/3/2020
COVID-19 problem states ~ Obama on Biden ~ Turner on Biden Veepstakes ~ Biden as Nerva ~ Trump’s polling ~ Tucker Carlson trial balloon ~ Trillbillies’ Booker post mortem ~ Rail ~ Employment situation ~ Recover by 2027 ~ Hydroxychloroquine once more ~ Ghislaine Maxwell ~ Identity politics
“A Scandal’: Contracts Show Trump Giving Big Pharma Free Rein to Price Gouge Taxpayer-Funded Coronavirus Drugs
Drug price gouging is so widespread in the US that it seems unlikely that there will be enough outrage to limit coronavirus drug price gouging.
Education 101: Don’t Open a New Charter School in the Middle of a Pandemic
A hard look at charter school misleading ads, racial segregation, and dodgy economics.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/2/2020
~ COVID cases and death rate ~ Biden cognition ~ Biden COVID plan ~ Project Lincoln pushes for war with Russia ~ Trump staff reshuffle ~ Employment situation, manufacturing ~ Robot trucks ~ FBI nabs Ghislaine Maxwell ~ Eviction rocket docket ~ Nathan Tankus ~ VIP parties ~ Bonnard art bot
Some New Climate Models Are Projecting Extreme Warming. Are They Correct?
Why some of the more dire predictions of climate models may be an overshoot.
How Much More Cash Can Uber Burn?
Moar Uber wheel-spinning.
Lots of Brain-Dead Misreporting About the Case-Shiller Home Price Index this Morning
No, Case-Shiller is not yet a reflection of home prices during the Pandemic. Be patient.
New Complaint With California Watchdog Charges CalPERS Board Member Theresa Taylor With Perjury for Filing False Declarations That Hid Over $30,000 of Income; Follows Fines of Board President Jones for Campaign Violations
CalPERS vice president and Investment Committee chairman Theresa Taylor had engaged in an apparent clear cut perjury by failing to disclose income.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/1/2020
COVID-19 problem states ~ “Bar lives matter” ~ Biden and Barbara Lee ~ Biden and Bushies ~ Call for Sanders canvassers ~ James Fallows on Trump’s pandemic response ~ Booker concession ~ Kentucky balloting issues ~ Wirecard’s frozen accounts ~ Corvids ~ Divine ~ Droplet dispersal ~ RAF Luton
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly About the Fed’s New Credit Allocation Policy
Why using credit as an economic remedy evenutally does more harm than good.
