Mammon category archive
The Ghost Gun Haunting 0
The ghost of ghost guns comes back to haunt a purveyor of portable phalluses.
Here’s a bit from the news report:
(snip)
In lawsuits filed in 2022, the state of New York and the cities of Buffalo and Rochester filed separate actions against Houston-based Primary Arms and other gun sellers, alleging that they deliberately marketed and sold ghost guns to New York residents, contributing to gun violence in the state.
Russian Impulses 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Trudy Rubin warns that, to understand Donald Trump’s plan for peace in a piece of Ukraine, we need to follow the money.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A step forward? SFGate’s Drew Magary minces no words:
Follow the link for more unminced words.
The Entitlement Society 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, LZ Granderson argues that “(m)en like Trump represent what the founders were fighting against.” Here’s a bit of his argument:
Their aversion wasn’t to wealth and power. It was about what can happen to a person who grows up knowing nothing but wealth and power.
Follow the link for the rest of his reasoning.
Parks and Wreck 0
Via The Denver Post, Alex Johnson is not optimistic about the future of our national parks under the Trump maladministration.
Whoopsie Doodle, Black Sox Redux Dept. 0
One more time, no one could have predicted this. Via the AP:
Except everyone who was paying attention.
Emoluments 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Jamelle Bouie follows the money and concludes
Follow the link for his evidence.
It’s All about the Algorithm . . . . 0
. . . and Big Tech is ready to go to court to protect its ability to promote engagement send your kids down its rabid holes.
Emoluments, Meet the Crypto Con 0
David follows the money (launderer). (Warning: Short commercial at the end.)
This New Gilded Age 0
A private equity firm that just bought Walgreens has decided that lowly wage slaves don’t deserve paid holidays off.
Republican Thought Police 0
Honest to Betsy, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
A Notion of Immigrants . . . 0
. . . Meet the privatization scam.
Ruining the Government Like a Business 0
As I’ve mentioned before, the business of America is giving America the business.
Facebook Frolics 0
Profits before people frolics:
Details at the link.
The Emoluments Ballroom 0
Farron follows the money.