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A specific instance of egregious corporate sociopathy in one word: PLASTICS!
Plastics. I don’t remember the character who imparted this career advice — “Plastics” — to Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate. Someone did, though, and here we are, nearly 60 years later, facing the consequences. “Nearly 60 years later”? A speck in … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, climate change, Consumer boycott, Journalism, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, Science, Technology, The Facts of Life
Tagged "A Civil Action", "The Graduate", "The Island at the Center of the World", Achilles Hell, Amazon, Dark Waters, dolphins and plastic, Dustin Hoffman, Fairway, Morton Williams, Mother Nature, plastics, ShopRite, The Campbell Company, uranium shelf life, V8 juice
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Upset about those million pages on the Epstein Affair?
Worried that the volume (and DOJ redactions) make it impossibly burdensome for Congress’s investigative units to get through them, let alone find the smoking guns? Instead of worrying, watch Dark Waters, a brilliant legal thriller from 2019, starring Mark Ruffalo … Continue reading
Posted in Capitalism, climate change, Consumer boycott, Crime & Punishment, DOJ, Government, Journalism, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, News media, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Congress, Dark Waters, discovery documents, DuPont, Elon Musk, Environmental Protection Agency, Epstein, Mark Ruffalo, PFOA, Robert Bilott, Teflon, timelines, Trump, Trump's Department of Justice
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How nutso is the Trumpery/Texas administration? This nuts: they’re deleting Buddy Holly’s glasses
Where did I see this news item? Don’t recall but boy do I recall the item. Indeed, it’s an Item. Like bolded. I can’t copy ‘n’ paste the photo of a crossroads in Lubbock, Texas — either because someone won’t let … Continue reading
Posted in Consumer boycott, Culture, Government, News media, Politics, Racism, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged Amazon, Black Lives Matter road painting, Buddy Holly, Buddy Holly crossroads, Buddy Holly's glasses, Greg Abbott, Home Depot, Lubbock Texas, Perplexity, Target, Trump
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