The states were COVID19 transmission is increasing ~ Biden and the youth ~ Tragedy of Sanders ~ Trump agonistes ~ Charles Booker in Kentucky ~ Democrats and credentials ~ NBER calls recession ~ Mr. Market in his happy place ~ Permaculture ~ Quarantine fatigue ~ Warhol’s cats
Friday, September 19, 2025
The Day Is Dawning On a Four-Day Work Week
The four-day work week could be another wild idea that makes it through the pandemic’s open policy window.
Private Equity Gets New Pockets to Pick: Your 401(k), in Funds Repeatedly Cited by the SEC for Abuses
While the US was busy with coronavirus and George Floyd protests, private equity stormed the retail investor barricade.
Revealed: Nearly 400,000 British Companies Evade Anti-Money Laundering Checks
David Cameron promised to stop scammers and kleptocrats hiding behind British shell companies. But almost one in ten UK firms still do not declare ‘persons of significant control’
Why I Am Still Worried About the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election Balloting Process
Voting in a pandemic
A Window into the Hearts and Minds of Billionaire Donors
Billionaires explain why they give money away.
China’s Covid-19 Recovery Is Intensifying Class Exploitation
China’s response to the pandemic is to furth disempower its domestic and peripheral populations.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/5/2020
COVID19 in the West ~ Biden’s polling ~ Biden’s Veepstakes ~ Trump and the economy ~ Obama’s house ~ Vote! ~ Voting debacles in Maryland and Los Angeles ~ Employment figures, and are they suss ~ GOOG ~ Bitcoin ~ The Fed and Moral Hazard ~ COVID19 testing ~ Policing in America ~ Money and power ~ Utility workers ~ Non-linear writing
Melting Ice Opens Doors for Wider Spread of Contaminants, Diseases
New pathways and new and more distant places are leading to additional scientific findings on impacts of melting Arctic ice.
Judges Try To Balance Legal Rights And Courtroom Health
Judges are making battlefield health calls in reopening courtrooms, and some policies don’t look very sound.
