Mammon category archive
Wedded Bliss Business Deals
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The Wedding Industrial Complex continues to grow, sort of like a bunion on the culture’s feet. Now, couples not content with simple ceremonies are prostituting their nuptials as marketing opportunities for corporate sponsors. Here’s a nugget from the story in the Inky”
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Josh Marshall reports on monopolistic frolics:
More at the link.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
Elie Mystal takes a stroller through the dysfunction that is contemporary American air travel.
The Pusher Men 0
Nicholas Kristoff:
Our policy was: You get 15 people hooked on opioids, and you’re a thug who deserves to rot in hell; you get 150,000 people hooked, and you’re a marketing genius who deserves a huge bonus.
Much more at the link.
(Sun Oct 22 23:00:27 EDT 2017: Open tag fixed.)
What Happened in Puerto Rico? 0
Lee Camp looks at the uncovered parts of the story.
Warning: Language.
Scare Tactics 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Roy Eidelson describes how the NRA and the gun lobby uses fear to line their pockets. A snippet:
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Of course, scientific evidence regarding gun violence isn’t popular with many beholden members of Congress. For them, propaganda is just fine. In fact, thanks to NRA lobbying, Congress prohibits the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even conducting research related to guns and public health.