NYT piece on contact tracing doesn’t see what good health care has to do with why some of these efforts elsewhere have worked well.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Vaccine Research on Covid-19: An Update
A clinical and not very cheery look at the state of Covid-19 vaccine play.
Thomas Frank: Liberal Elites Will Create Conditions for Another Trump
Thomas Frank: If Biden and the corporate Democrats continue to deny the concerns of populist movements, they ensure a new Trump will emerge
Kamala Harris or Susan Rice? The Veepstakes Appears To Have Kicked Out Two Truly Terrible Choices
If having Kamala Harris or Susan Rice isn’t unappetizing enough, as Lambert points out, the Dem VP pick is the presumptive 2024 Prez nominee.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/30/2020
COVID-19 in the five problem states ~ Biden’s ground game ~ Trump to postpone election or drop out ~ A taxonomy of state failure ~ GDP (ugh), employment situation, rail) ~ Boeing ~ Chinese seeds ~ DIV Covid vaccine ~ “The Stupids Do Covid!:” ~ Grinding games ~ The riots, forgotten ~ Circus Peanut Jello Salad
The Consequences of Inequality Can Be Fatal
A compliation of some of the costs of inequality, updated for the Covid-19 era.
Mayberry v. KKR Plaintiffs File Amended Complaint, Refuting Standing Issues in Recent Kentucky Supreme Court Decision
Another front opens in the landmark public pension case, Mayberry v. KKR
Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine
Experts have the willies about the rush to get a Covid-19 vaccine approved.
Rough Ride for Airlines – Full Recovery Moved to 2024: IATA
IATA is unwilling to apply porcine maquillage to airlines. In light of this forecast, what happens when they inevitably need more bailouts?
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/29/2020
COVID-19 case and death rates ~ Biden veepstakes ~ Biden v. anarchists ~ Biden on ISDS ~ Bloomberg ~ Campaign Barbie ~ Election fraud ~ Housing ~ Intel manufacturing debacle ~ “Amazon’s monopoly tollbooth” ~ Mysterious seeds from China! ~ Crowds ~ Baseball workers ~ Trillbillies
Yanis Varoufakis: Why Bitcoin Is Not a Socialist’s Ally – Reply to Ben Arc
Debunking some major misperceptions about potential roles for Bitcoin and blockchain.
Covid-19: To Clean or Not to Clean?
Cleaning vigilance was an early Covid-19 precaution. Have we gone overboard?
