Clarence Thomas Proves Its Time for Supreme Court Term Limits | naked capitalism
Yves here. With so many news stories with the volume at 11, the Clarence Thomas bribery scandal (there’s no way to pretty this up even in the absence of an…
Amid Efforts to Cool the Planet, Solar Geoengineering Draws Heated Debate | naked capitalism
Yves here. Given the baked-in failure to take early and aggressive enough action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it seems almost inevitable that second-best approaches like carbon capture and geoengineering…
Is National Public Radio Actually National Private Radio? | naked capitalism
Yves here. I give Matt Bruenig credit for taking the brouhaha over Twitter labeling National Public Radio as state owned media seriously and assigning himself the controversial task of determining…
Links 4/14/2023 | naked capitalism
East Vs. West: Who’s Better at Fly Fishing? Field and Stream. Readers? Maine lobsterman catches 5-foot military rocket ABC Video: Drunken “Idiots” Decide to Touch a Moose. See What Happens…
Larry Johnson and Other Former Insiders Debunk Air Guardsman-as-Pentagon-Leaker Story as Press Cheers Arrest | naked capitalism
Lambert and I have discussed that this is an oddly quiet news period, as shown by the number of stories appearing in the RSS feeds of major US and foreign…
German Vaccine Maker BioNtech Faces Series of Lawsuits for Alleged COVID-19 Vaccine Harms | naked capitalism
The experimental mRNA COVID-19 vaccines that were developed and launched to market in record time, generating record profits for their manufacturers as well as injuries for untold thousands, will be…
Banning TikTok Could Weaken Personal Cybersecurity | naked capitalism
Yves here. Despite the anodyne title, this article described some of the technical means that could be used to implement a TikTok ban and how users might circumvent them. Note…
Feds Bust $3.4 Billion Crypto Theft, Demonstrating Ability to Penetrate Supposed Secrecy | naked capitalism
The Wall Street Journal does a solid job of reporting today in one of its lead stories, The U.S. Cracked a $3.4 Billion Crypto Heist—and Bitcoin’s Anonymity. However, as we’ll…
Dour Earnings Loom Over Wall St. as a Slowing Economy Bites
As the country’s largest companies prepare to report their results for the start of the year — offering a view into how the economy is faring as a banking shock…
Wall Street, Venture Capital Drive High Drug Prices | naked capitalism
Yves here. While readers are likely generally familiar with how private researchers and companies are allowed to profit from government-funded drug research, you may not fully appreciate how extreme, as…