Mammon category archive
The Grift in the Gift 0
Josh Marshall thinks he has figured out the “White House Gift Shop,” recently in the news in relation to the Trumpled North Korean summit “commemorative coin.”* A snippet:
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*AFAIC, the coin mostly commemorated hideous in design.
“That Toddlin’ Town” 0
Josh Marshall muses on the relationship between Donald Trump’s history in the New York real estate market and his behavior as President. A snippet:
It’s a long, thoughtful piece that is well worth a look.
Your TV Is Hooked on Drugs 1
Pap argues that Big Pharma has an inordinate influence on TV news. He has a point.
I don’t necessarily buy his position that “mainstream media” cannot be trusted. The term is too broad; if it’s amended to “mainstream television,” which is what he focuses on, I accept it.
I long ago concluded that TV news, local or network, broadcast or cable, is not worth my while (Fox News, which is aggressively mendacious and actively toxic, is another beast entirely).
Russian Impulses 0
Shaun Mullen does a deep dive into the reeking stew of Donald Trump, Russian agents, and Hillary Clinton’s emails, reverse-engineering the recipe and laying out the list of ingredients.
A snippet (all caps in the original):
The events surrounding the June 6, 2016 meeting — both before and after — suggest that Trump not only encouraged members of his campaign team to assist Russians working for Vladimir Putin to interfere in the forthcoming election, but expected the meeting to pay dividends for his long-shot bid for the presidency because it would provide new ammunition with which to assail the chief target of his incendiary stump speeches — Hillary Clinton.
The Pusher Men 0
Folks are starting to notice the pushery.
The story goes on to state that Purdue Pharma is “disappointed” at the action.
Yeah, the guys at Enron were “disappointed” too.
Afterthought:
My ex was an OR nurse. The staff always looked forward to visits from drug company pushers salespersons because it meant lunch was on the drug company. And that was 30 years ago.
The Pusher Men, Goldman’s Sacks Dept. 0
Thom explains that, for Big Pharma profits, a cure is worse than the disease.