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Your bailout money at work

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

This is far worse than buying a jet: Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community’s top legislative priority. Participants on the October 17 call — including at least one representative […]

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Drug companies and doctors

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Check out this article at the New York Review of Books (Drug Companies and Doctors: A Story of Corruption). It’s a review of three books about the way that drug companies market their product, and of the corrupt relationships between doctors and drug companies. It’s difficult to summarize. Read it now, since I think you […]

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Mercenaries Ahoy

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Blackwater, the mercenary army made rich by George Bush, is now planning to go into the pirate fighting business. Via Thinkprogress: Private security firm Blackwater Worldwide began holding meetings in London on Tuesday with potential clients for a new business venture — protection from pirates. The Moyock, N.C., firm, which has grown rapidly through State […]

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