“He lied, and we are the ones who got stuck with never-ending wars.” Muntadhar al-Zaidi (the famous shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist) said about Powell.
behavioral economics
SCOTUS Sides With Police And Upholds Qualified Immunity In Two Excessive Force Cases
Critics of the court’s decision say that qualified immunity lets police “off the hook” in virtually every case where their actions are not specifically prohibited.
European Central Bank Prez Lagarde Warns Globalization Might Hurt Rather than Help EU
“Faced with historically long delivery times, global manufacturers’ stockpiling of inputs continues to run higher than before the pandemic,” Lagarde explained.
Robert Reich Asks: “Is America Experiencing An Unofficial General Strike?”
“Corporate America wants to frame this as a ‘labor shortage.’ Wrong. What’s really going on is more accurately described as a living-wage shortage,” Reich explained.
The CIA Created Its Own Private Venture Capital Firm…Allegedly
In the early 2000s, the CIA’s venture capital arm decided to fund a satellite mapping software operation known as Keyhole, which later became Google Earth.
Trial Over Assassination Of Thomas Sankara “Africa’s Che Guevara” Opens In Burkina Faso
Sankara publicly denounced the World Bank’s structural adjustment programs and was one of the first African leaders to raise awareness about the growing AIDS epidemic in the ’80s.
Texas Law Tells Schools To Give Books On Holocaust And Slavery An “Opposing Perspective”
“We find it reprehensible for an educator to require a Holocaust denier to get equal treatment with the facts of history,” Robison said. “That’s absurd. It’s worse than absurd.”
How Wealthy Parents Dodge Taxes By Taking Out Cheap Loans To Buy Their Adult Children Houses
“It’s one way to start the wealth transfer between generations,” said Whit Magruder from a division of Goldman Sachs’ private bank.
Hollywood “Behind The Scenes” Crew Strike Looms As Union Draws A Line In The Sand
There was a film crew strike in 1945 called “Hollywood’s Bloody Friday,” where violent clashes occurred outside the Warner Bros studio.
721,000 Retail Workers Said “I Quit” In August Alone–Just In Time for The Holidays!
“The end of emergency unemployment insurance and kids returning to campus this September was not the silver bullet for the jobs recovery many hoped for,” economists noted.
