links for 2010-10-28
On 28 October 02010 with 4 comments
Arizona's immigration law was written by—literally written by—the private prison industry, which was trying to create a new market of people to imprison. It was passed with the support of elected officials who are members of a private club that's limited to state legislators and powerful corporations, including the Corrections Corporation of America. If Senator Webb wants to know why so many people are in American prisons, he might need to take a look at the profit motive.
BP and Halliburton knew that the cement they'd poured in the Macondo well was unstable. But they didn't let that stop them.
The loathsome phrase has been around for fifty years now, and is overtaking "I couldn't care less." It's a totally illogical phrase, but it sure is popular.
No child has ever been killed by eating poisoned Halloween candy. Ever. Not even once. Halloween is, in fact, a really safe time for kids to wander around the neighborhood and hit up the neighbors for candy. So lay off of them.
When the SCOTUS OKd political spending by corporations, they thought that there would be near-instant disclosure of those expenditures. They were wrong, because they (apparently) did not understand adequately how tax laws work. Now we've got businesses giving bajillions of dollars to influence elections, substantially in secret, even from the very shareholders who have every right to know.
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