Inside the Economics of Venezuela’s Elusive Oil Reserves
Yves here. This high-level post usefully debunks the Trump hucksterism about Venezuela’s crude. It also contains a chart documenting a point made here earlier, that
‘Could I Be in Their Cabinet?’: Big Business Eyes Up Reform
Conor here: Sounds like a continuation of the Tory-Labour practices. Meanwhile, it sounds like Your Party is struggling to iron out its differences. By Ethan
What Can We Do for the 250 Million and Counting Displaced by the Environmental Crisis?
Conor here: While the following piece highlights a major growing problem, I’m not sure expanding the Refugee Convention to cover those displaced by environment factors
Book Review: A Portrait of the Arctic World in Flux
Yves here. I attended a full day of presentations at the Explorers’ Club presenting findings of on-the-ground research from the 2007-2008 International Polar Year. The
Critics Say Trump ‘Joke Healthcare Plan’ Nothing But a ‘Con’ of the American People
Yves here. We wrote yesterday about the gimmick of Trump’s pretense that he will cap interest on credit cards at 10% for only a year.
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