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  • Monopoly Round-Up: Antitrust Chief Says Economics Has Its Big Tobacco Corruption Moment

    Kanter then brought up how pervasive and routine this corruption has become, that it has infected major economics journals, and that it’s similar to how big tobacco operated in the 1950s and 1960s to hide the link between cancer and cigarettes. Universities, economics journals, and the practice of economics are being fundamentally corrupted. https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-antitrust-chief

  • Is Ticketmaster a Criminal Conspiracy?

  • Report: Israeli Officials Knew of October 7 Attack a Year Ago, But Didn’t Act

    Israeli officials agree in private that, if they had taken the plan seriously, they could have reduced the severity of the death toll or even prevented it altogether, the investigation found. Due in part to the U.S.’s unbending support, Israel has one of the most powerful militaries in the world. https://truthout.org/articles/report-israeli-officials-knew-of-october-7-attack-a-year-ago-but-didnt-act/ I really fear for…

  • Head of Climate Conference Who Happens to Be an Oil Exec Says Actually Fossil Fuels Are Fine

    An Emirati oil executive has landed in hot water after claiming that there’s “no science” behind phasing out fossil fuels to keep global temperatures from creeping above 1.5 degrees Celsius, an internationally agreed-upon climate benchmark. His comment, made during a panel led by former UN special envoy for climate change Mary Robinson, particularly struck a nerve as…

  • Pluralistic: Pedophiles for Purdue Pharma (05 Dec 2023)

    Enter the “Third-Party Nonconsensual Release,” a bizarre and wildly corrupt feature of elite bankruptcy. The Sacklers offered the court a deal: they would take the family business, Purdue Pharma, into bankruptcy, and kick in a few billion out of their collective hoard. In return, the court would settle all claims against both Purdue and the family. The family would not have to go…