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Donations to Temer

lundi 19 février 2018 à 01:00

Brazil's president Temer got donations from companies "linked to slavery". So did many other Brazilian politicians.

Some of them actively oppose efforts to stamp out slavery.

Cows in the Netherlands

lundi 19 février 2018 à 01:00

The Netherlands has so many cows that they can't dispose of the manure safely.

Sackler family legacy

lundi 19 février 2018 à 01:00

What should museums do about the wings and rooms named after the Sackler family?

It is not entirely fair to compare the Sacklers to drug pushers. Drug pushers know, when they start, what harm they are sure to do. The harm oxycontin has caused was just a possibility when the Sacklers started selling it.

Of course, as evidence of harm accumulated, they resisted the conclusion that they were doing something wrong. I suppose they are still resisting it.

This is not limited to pharmaceuticals. Think of the Gates Foundation (funded by subjugating people in their computing) and the MIT-Lemelson program (funded by a bequest from a blatant patent troll).

Investigation delays

lundi 19 février 2018 à 01:00

It is fishy that investigating Kushner and other cronies of the bully for security clearances has taken a whole year. The delays are probably not the fault of the investigators.

Political asylum in Japan

lundi 19 février 2018 à 01:00

Japan has almost completely shut the door on political asylum.