Climate Engineering Would Alter the Oceans, Reshaping Marine Life – Our New Study Examines Each Method’s Risks
Yves here. It is depressing but climate engineering, aka geo-engineering, is inevitable. Our putative betters are not just not doing remotely enough to try to
Venezuelan Oil and the Limits of U.S. Refining Capacity
Yves here. Many commentators have described the sorry state of Venezuela’s oil industry and taken a stab estimating what it would take to turn that
Somaliand, Fraud, Frey, Walz and Trump
Minnesota on ICE: With the killing of Renee Good, Minneapolis has become the frontline of POTUS Trump’s incitement and the reasons why go back decades
Justice Department Subpoenas the Fed, Threatens Powell with Criminal Indictment. Powell Comes out Swinging. Stock Futures Tank
Yves here. Trump’s latest power play may prove to be another backfire. Astonishingly, the Trump Administration is pursuing criminal charges against Fed chair Jerome Powell
Schumer, Jeffries Refuse to Join Democrats’ Growing Calls to Slash ICE Spending
Conor here: I’m not sure why anyone would expect anything else. The Democrats are just as responsible for the masked agents terrorizing American streets as
Thrift Store. Clinic. Roller Rink. New Orleans Center Becomes ‘Radical’ Lifeline Amid Homelessness, Drug Crises.
Yves here. This article takes a celebratory tone about a community collective that serves the destitute and desperate. While members of the New Orleans acting
The Next Frontier of Climate Accountability: Making Big Food Pay Its Ecological Bill
Yves here. As Trump’s shredding of the international order and domestic law dominates headlines, our climate and environmental crises keep relentlessly rolling forward. The article
Satyajit Das: Much Ado About Nothing – Why President Trump’s ‘Big Deals” Are No Big Deals
Yves here. Trump’s puffery about Venezeula’s acting president Delcy Rogriguez taking order from the US and Trump taking personal control of its oil is just
Two Decades of Chinese Industrial Subsidies
Yves here. This post gives a useful overview of the profile of subsidies provided by China’s government, not just national but also local. Despite the
Fed’s Standing Repo Facility (SRF) Drops to Zero, from $75 Billion on the Last Balance Sheet as Yearend Liquidity Turmoil Dissolves
Yves here. I am of two minds in even now calling attention to the before-year-end action in the Fed’s repo facility. We’ve had repeated instances,