Mammon category archive
The Round-Up Round-UP 0
Farron discusses how Monsanto’s Round-Up has entered our food chain.
The Entitlement Society 0
Robert Reich comments on the self-important snowflakes of our new Gilded Age and manages to find commonalities amongst a most disparate set of folks.
The Medicine Show 0
Thom and Wendell Potter discuss how Big Pharma and Big Insurance are trying to scare Americans from fixing the healthcare mess that feeds their bottom lines.
More here.
Breathe Deeply . . . While You Can 0
David discusses the Trump administration’s moves to allow greater use of asbestos while limiting the ability to study its dangers.
A Formula for Success 0
Katherine Foss considers Americans’ creepy phobia about mothers’ breast-feeding babies the way nature intended. She thinks she may have found the culprits.
More at the link.
The Snaring Economy 0
Thank you, no, I’ll call a cab.
It’s called “vomit fraud,” a scam repeatedly denounced in social networks yet still taking place around the world. . . .
What is it? Passengers request Uber cars, which deliver them to their destination. So far so good.
But soon the passenger receives a note from Uber reporting an “adjustment” in the bill and an extra charge that can range from $80 to $150, depending on the driver’s degree of crookedness.
The story goes on the describe how unresponsive Uber is to the victims of this sick attack.
Suffer the Children 0
It’s not scripture. It’s Republicanism.