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[l] at 10/29/24 12:00pm
~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Kamala campaign begins closing argument; The Fascist Question; Memories of Richard Scarry ~

[Category: Guest Post, Water Cooler]

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[l] at 10/29/24 7:30am
Sullivan went from a professed focus on the middle class to overseeing a system of mass slaughter and tried to wed the two. 

[Category: ECONNED, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class]

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[l] at 10/29/24 4:55am

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[l] at 10/29/24 4:45am
Canada and Australia shelve plans for retail CBDCs while the US could soon become the first country to explicitly ban the central bank from issuing a CBDC.

[Category: Guest Post]

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[l] at 10/29/24 3:00am
Maybe European politicians who oppose refugees should stop supporting wars that create refugees. 

[Category: Europe, Guest Post, Middle East]

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[l] at 10/28/24 1:25pm
It would certainly seem odd if the Democratic apparatus, allied with the Blob, did not use same tools to "defend democracy" here at home that they have used with such success abroad.

[Category: Guest Post, Politics]

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[l] at 10/28/24 12:00pm
~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics; Young men and 2024; Robert O. Paxton on Trumpism; Boeing looks to Wall Street for bailout ~

[Category: Guest Post, Water Cooler]

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[l] at 10/28/24 7:55am
Investors associate a higher likelihood of Trump winning with adverse supply-side effects on net. In the US, an increase in the prospects of a Trump victory on betting markets is associated with lower stock prices, higher interest rates, and higher market-based inflation compensation.

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[l] at 10/28/24 4:55am

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[l] at 10/28/24 4:00am
Bloc elite aim to double down on anti-labor, pro-market policies under the guise of becoming more “competitive” and “productive” in order to compete with China.

[Category: China, Europe, Guest Post, Private equity, Privatization, Social policy, Social values, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class]

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[l] at 10/28/24 3:00am
A former Florida rancher battling Parkinson’s disease reflects on years of using paraquat, as thousands of lawsuits claim the herbicide contributed to their illness and new documents shed light on the ongoing legal fight.

[Category: Environment, Guest Post]

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[l] at 10/27/24 4:55am

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[l] at 10/27/24 4:00am
Protests are now expected in country that plays key role in Eurasian logistics after voters choose pro-Russian government. 

[Category: China, Europe, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Politics, Russia]

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[l] at 10/27/24 3:00am
Emails show how health officials struggle to track the bird flu, partly in deference to the agricultural industry. As a result, researchers don’t know how often farmworkers are being infected — and could miss alarming signals.

[Category: Guest Post, Health care]

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[l] at 10/26/24 4:55am

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[l] at 10/25/24 11:27pm
Some practical ideas for how to combat climate change at the local level

[Category: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Real estate, Regulations and regulators, Social policy]

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[l] at 10/25/24 10:14pm
The influence of iffy and inflammatory online content so often depicted as misinformation is overblown, says researcher David Rothschild.

[Category: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Technology and innovation]

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[l] at 10/25/24 2:55pm
It's almost like CDC has something to hide....

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[l] at 10/25/24 12:00pm
~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics ~

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[l] at 10/25/24 7:55am
PR and consulting agencies are being paid millions to focus the world’s attention on a promised “eco-city” — obscuring human rights abuses and Saudi Arabia’s long record of climate obstruction.

[Category: Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Middle East]

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[l] at 10/25/24 4:58am

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