Category: Hypocrisy
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Guns, gun research, unethical scientists
After getting the cold shoulder from the federal government for 17 years, U.S. scientists who study the public health impact of gun-related violence are finally getting a warm embrace. A report issued today by the National Research Council (NRC) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) lays out a national strategy for firearms research that identifies…
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Outsourcing problems…
A study has found that China outsouces pollution within its borders, to poorer regions. [1] Logical. We live in the era of outsourcing. You have no responsibilities. You have no problems. You just give them away.
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Why the Nazis actually won...
We consider WWII as an event which resulted to the defeat of the bad, evil Nazis. Yes! We - the FREE and CIVILIZED world won the evil guys with the Hugo Boss uniforms! (yes, they were designed by Hugo) But is it really this true? I think not. Let's consider some examples of how things…
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Greece. Misinformation. ERT.
The Greek PM closed the national TV broadcaster. Media in Greece talk about "thousands" who protest against this "fascist" decision. Media abroad reproduce what media in Greece say. [1] Stupidity and misinformation propagates. Aggressively. A channel with 4% ratings and with almost zero productions of any logical quality (with one "Third" exception which just verifies…
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Selling paint, selling lead, selling "civilization"...
Rich countries banned deadly lead pigments years ago. However western "civilized" and "ecological" countries still export 28,000 tonnes a year to poorer countries. [1] You see, there is no law for killing people from paint there… As the article characteristically points out, in 1786 Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to a friend on the hazards…
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