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Polluter fines reduced

dimanche 13 août 2017 à 02:00

EPA fines issued against polluters have been cut by over 50% under the troll compared with the same period in 2016.

Even under Obama the EPA suffered from regulatory capture, so the rate of fines was surely too low already in 2016.

Harmful diets

dimanche 13 août 2017 à 02:00

"Clean eating" took simple basic nutritional advice (eat more vegetables and less meat) and turned it into a cult of rigid narrow diets that often harm people's health.

The author suggests this is the result of a generalized fear of some unidentifiable toxin in our food.

There are toxins in our food, and water. Some of them are natural, while some come from industrial pollution. In a few places, pollution taken into the stomach causes real harm to people's health. For humanity overall, we don't know.

Blumenthal Vietnam lies

dimanche 13 août 2017 à 02:00

Senator Blumenthal fed the myth that US soldiers met with hostility when returning from Vietnam. It turns out he fabricated not only the claims of a hostile reception but also the claim that he returned from Vietnam. He never went there.

Enslavers not prosecuted

dimanche 13 août 2017 à 02:00

Even when it's obvious that workers are enslaved, the enslavers are often not prosecuted.

Business supremacy treaties

dimanche 13 août 2017 à 02:00

The mainstream media continue to propagandize for business-supremacy treaties using fallacious arguments that exaggerate small economic benefits while disregarding the sure and steady harm that they generally do.