Supreme Court backs Jack Daniel’s in dog toy row
“Jack Daniel’s loves dogs and appreciates a good joke as much as anyone. But Jack Daniel’s likes its customers even more, and doesn’t want them confused or associating its fine…
Links 6/9/2023 | naked capitalism
Patient readers, i[pastes]f you see any missing “[pastes]f’s,” that’s because my keyboard is having an issue. –lambert What Makes Foxes So Fantastic? JSTOR Daily Octopuses Redesign Their Own Brains When…
Europe’s Strawberry War Heats Up As Germany Sends Cross-Party Delegation to Spain | naked capitalism
Strawberry fields forever? Maybe not in water-starved south-eastern Spain. Germany’s Bundestag sent a cross-party delegation to Spain this week to investigate a controversial proposed irrigation law in the southern region…
Thomas Ferguson: Debt Ceiling Theater and the Trump Parallel Universe | naked capitalism
Yves here. Political scientist Thomas Ferguson takes a hard and not unexpectedly, critical look at the debt deal, calling it a perfect swindle. What may seem more surprising is that…
Another Indictment
Donald Trump has been indicted again. He is now the first president, former or current, to be charged with a federal crime. The charges stem from an investigation into Trump’s…
Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like ‘Child’s Play’ | naked capitalism
Yves here. The continued erosion of privacy due to better snooping continues apace. What is particularly depressing is the way consumers eager aid the surveillance state by, for instance, installing…
Dam’s Destruction Reshapes Ukraine, but Not Arc of the War
The Ukrainian soldiers sped along a dirt road, their pickup truck bouncing over ruts, lest they become an easy target for Russian tanks across the Dnipro River. Nearby, Russian howitzers…
Special Episode: A Second Trump Indictment
Michael S. Schmidt contributed reporting. The Daily is made by Rachel Quester, Lynsea Garrison, Clare Toeniskoetter, Paige Cowett, Michael Simon Johnson, Brad Fisher, Chris Wood, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Alexandra…
A Puzzle in Arizona’s Boom Towns: How to Keep Growing With Less Water
As the mayor of an old farming town bursting with new homes, factories and warehouses, Eric Orsborn spends his days thinking about water. The lifeblood for this growth is billions…
Can He Fix ‘Palace of Scaffolding’ in Time for Belgium’s 200th Birthday?
It was love at first sight. More than 10 years ago, André Demesmaeker, an architect for the Belgium government, was asked to investigate a ceiling collapse at the Palace of…