CHILD LABOR
WHO REALLY CARES WHEN CORPORATE PROFITS ARE AT RISK?
A cleaning company illegally employed a 13-year-old. Her family is paying the price. ... One of 27 minors hired to clean a Nebraska slaughterhouse, the middle-schooler and her family now fear deportation and more.
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US POLITICS
GOP LEADERSHIP GETTING SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED
DailyKos: The idea that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is in Congress must tell you comething ... and it is not good.
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MANAGEMENT METRICS
RFK ON GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
Robert F. Kennedy challenges Gross Domestic Product
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THE UKRAINE WAR
DENYS DAVDOV UPDATE
Denys Davydov: Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian army Failed its major attack | They never learn ... March 5th 2023
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THE UKRAINE WAR
ABOUT TANKS
The Tank Museum: Why does Ukraine want tanks?
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US POLITICS
ABOUT THE MAGA MESS IN CONGRESS
MeidasTouch: Republican Committee Hearings Massively BACKFIRE Again
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RUSSIA
RUSSIAN OIL EXPORTS
Joe Blogs: RUSSIAN Oil Disaster - Sales to India Fall in February as Price Caps Cause Documentation Problems
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THE UKRAINE WAR
MITCH MCCONNELL HAS IT RIGHT
DW News: US Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell: Russia has to lose in Ukraine | Conflict Zone Special
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US POLITICS
REPUBLICANS ... THE ANGRY RIGHT!!!!!!!!
Forbes: Ted Cruz And Merrick Garland Have Fiery Clash In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
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US POLITICS
GOP GOES FOR WEAPONIZATION OF CONGRESS
Forbes: 'Gave The Game Away': Jamie Raskin Quotes Jim Jordan To Slam Weaponization Committee
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US SOCIETY
CHANGES AT THE PLAYBOY CLUB
Going Under at the Playboy Club ... It's been a half-century since Gloria Steinem exposed the outrageous working conditions at Hugh Hefner's club. Playboy has changed—but have we?
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CORPORATE BEHAVIOR
GETTING THE PRIORITIES RIGHT
Disney's Response to Florida's New Law Is a Master Class in How to Handle a CrisisSometimes the fight just isn't worth it.
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US SOCIETY / US POLITICS
VOTING RIGHTS ... SELMA 2023
In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault
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US SOCIETY / US POLITICS
VOTING RIGHTS ... SELMA 2023
In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault
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TR-AC-NET BLOGS
LIST OF ALL THE SUBJECTS
List of all the subjects ... a series from around 2007-2010
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US POLITICS ????????????
SELMA 2023
In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault
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US ECONOMY
FED GOVERNOR CHRISTOPHER WALLER
Speech ... At the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America, Los Angeles, California (via webcast) ... February’s Hot Data Releases ... Governor Christopher J. Waller
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US ECONOMY
ROLE OF INTEREST RATES
Has the U.S. Economy Become Less Interest Rate Sensitive?
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TPB EVENTS
CAW EVENTS FOR 2023 AS OF FEBURARY
List of CAW events
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ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION
SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED
How Auditing Giant KPMG Became a Global Sustainability Leader While Serving Companies Accused of Forest Destruction ... The firm vouched for an Indonesian company with a supply chain beset by deforestation allegations and a project in Canada that led to an Indigenous forest’s 'death by a thousand cuts.'
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MANAGEMENT METRICS
ENVIRONMENT ... WATER FOOTPRINT
Ecological -v- Water Footprint
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MEDIA
FOX NEWS AND MISINFORMATION
MSNBC: Busted: Fox News caught on secret recording amid billion dollar lawsuit for peddling lies
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DANGEROUS PEOPLE
MAYBE STUPID ... BUT ALSO DANGEROUS
Mother Jones: Steve Bannon, an Exiled Mogul, and the Ukraine Rescue Effort That (Mostly) Wasn’t ... How a far-right group raised money and sowed confusion in the middle of a massive refugee crisis.
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AI AND BIG DATA
THE GROWING LACK OF REALITY
Insanity on steroids
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MISINFORMATION
MAGA, FOX, TRUMP, GOP ARE ALL COMPLICIT
Fox News edits out Trump saying he would have let Russia 'take over' portions of Ukraine: report
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GEOPOLITICS
WESTERN UNITY ON UKRAINE -V RUSSIA
The Astonishing Endurance of Unity on Ukraine ... Russia’s Threat to Security and Moral Values Has Bolstered the West’s Resolve
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THE BASICS OF TVM
PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE
Measuring PROGRESS often more accurate than measuring PERFORMANCE
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PLACE
LOOKS LIKE POLPERRO
Lovely to look at ... but not maybe an easy place to actually live!
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US SOCIETY
WHY IS THERE ANY HUNGER IN THE USA?
Food Banks Will Bear the Brunt of America’s Looming Hunger Cliff ... As the Covid-era SNAP emergency allotment program ends this month, providers are already seeing increased need.
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AIR TRAVEL
SPIRIT AIRLINE HAS PROBLEMS
TNR: Dispirited ... A business school professor studies the world's worst airline (from 2015)
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MANAGEMENT METRICS
MEASURING PROGRESS
The foundational concept for the measurement of progress
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THE UKRAINE WAR
SHORTAGE OF ARTILLERY SHELLS
NYT: Ukraine Needs Shells, and Arms Makers Want Money. Enter the E.U. ... Ukraine is firing artillery shells faster than manufacturers can make them. Brussels is working on a plan to increase production by guaranteeing big advance purchases.
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US ECONOMY
PAUL KRUGMAN VIEWPOINT
Taxes will need to be raised — someday
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MEDIA HEADLINES
NEW YORK TIMES DEAL BOOK
New York Times DealBook ... March 11, 2023 ... Top story: Silican Valley Bank collapse
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THE UKRAINE WAR
GREAT TRAINING MATTERS
CNN: Why retired maj. general believes Russia is getting 'routinely smashed' by Ukraine
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NEWS HEADLINES
DESMOG
A variety of news including articles on railroad safety
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FREIGHT RAIL
RAIL SAFETY
The Railroad Industry Loved Modern Brakes and Safety, Until They Didn’t ... Science and data shows that ECP brakes help prevent rail accidents like the recent one in Ohio. So why won’t the industry embrace them?
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US ECONOMY
TOO MUCH CONSUMER CREDIT
WP Opinion There’s a warning sign in this otherwise hot economy
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TPB / TVM ARCHIVE
TR-AC-NET
Getting to understand the blogs published by Tr-Ac-Net more than a decade ago |
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DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
WORLD BANK GROUP AND THE UNITED NATIONS
TPB: Management in the International Development Assistance arena is extremely weak
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FROM THE TPB ARCHIVE
ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Some blog dialog about the performance of development assistance circa 2007
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GOVERNANCE
IS DEMOCRACY ENDANGERED?
Opinion Democracy may be on the march again
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
ChatGPT
An assessment of ChatGPT as a tool for analysis of TrueValueMetrics.org
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BANK FAILURE
SILICON VALLEY BANK (SVB)
Silicon Valley Bank ... Reporting by Katie Porter
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US BANKING SECTOR
THE FAILURE OF THE SILICON VALLEY BANK (SVB)
Axios Economy & Business ... Regulators working through the weekend
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US POLITICS
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS FOR AMERICA
The 'chat' text from Sunday meeting March 12th, 2023
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MILITARY
AIRCRAFT ... F-35
Sandboxx ... The F-35 is about to become a POWERHOUSE ... as if it wasn't already!
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US BANK FAILURE
SILICAN VALLEY BANK (SVB)
CNN: CEO describes pulling money from bank hours before collapse
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US BANKING SECTOR
SIGNATURE BANK FAILURE
Signature Bank becomes next casualty of banking turmoil after Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failure
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INFLUENCE GROUPS
PAYPAL MAFIA
The Quiet Political Rise of David Sacks, Silicon Valley’s Prophet of Urban Doom ... Like his pals Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, Sacks is using his wealth and online clout to unite conservatives and former leftists in a reactionary movement against liberalism.
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