~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics; NC pulls the anti-mask bill for revisions;Trump lawyer trips up Cohen, jeopardizing conviction; another CDC atrocity; Noonan interviews a Wildwood, NY attendee. ~
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Saturday, May 18, 2024
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/17/2024
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 49 Comments »
Defending Privacy in the Surveillance State and Fragmenting Internet
Governments and private entities are eroding privacy on the internet. Is it possible to safeguard both openness and security in cyberspace?
Topics: Globalization, Guest Post, Legal, Media watch, New McCarthyism, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:56 am | 28 Comments »
Links 5/17/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 159 Comments »
EU Commission Plans to Strip Funding From Public Prosecutors Investigating Ursula von der Leyen’s Pfizergate Scandal
Surely just a coincidence!
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 8 Comments »
Why Did the US Spend $320 Million on a Rube Goldberg Pier For Gaza?
The infamous Gaza humanitarian aid pier is a construction and logistical nightmare.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:40 am | 43 Comments »
The Long Goodbye? Mitch McConnell and Big Money Politics
In a political system whose primary currency is not the vote but the dollar, McConnell’s role as leader has been well-earned.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:14 am | 10 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/16/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Cohen’s testimony in the Bragg trial plus theories of the case, Biden and Trump debate, the NC legislature bails for the weekend without passing the anti-masking bill, the Impressionists and the Paris Commune. ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 72 Comments »
New Palestine Protest/Free Speech Threat: House Oversight Committee Targets 20 Pro-Palestinian Organizations, Such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Demanding Treasury Produce Suspicious Activity Reports, Including on Employeees
A new salvo against designated enemies, aka Palestinian rights advocates, which fortunately is more bark than bite.
Topics: Banking industry, Legal, Media watch, Middle East, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:08 am | 35 Comments »
Links 5/16/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 163 Comments »
Kentucky Retirement Systems Plaintiffs Seek Repayment from KKR Entities of Misappropriated $137 Million Plus Interest and Punitive Damages, Totaling $771 Million….Oh, and An Accounting Too
The Tier 3 Plaintiffs in the long-running public pension case, Kentucky Retirement Systems, are fast off their marks with a blockbuster filing.
Topics: Hedge funds, Investment management, Legal, Politics, Private equity
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:57 am | 8 Comments »
‘Most Thorough Legal Analysis’ Yet Concludes Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza
Israel genocide denialists face more of an uphill battle as an authoritative groups renders a preliminary verdicts against the apartheid state.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Legal, Middle East, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:05 am | 59 Comments »
The IMF’s Chronicle of a Catastrophe Foretold
A dour IMF forecast bodes ill for developing economies and provides more confirmation of crises in the offing.
Topics: Africa, Credit markets, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:57 am | 7 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/15/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Pandemics, Trump’s trial continues, Biden and Trump to debate (without Kennedy), raw milk enthusiasts resist H5N1 “fearmongering”, North Carolina’s horrid anti-masking law, and how to make sure it doesn’t pass. ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 61 Comments »
The Arsenal of Genocide: The U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza
Naming and shaming the weapons systems and manufacturers who are profiting from the slaughter in Gaza.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Investment management, Middle East, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 17 Comments »
Links 5/15/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 187 Comments »