Harness capitalism to help the poor – Bill Gates

Microsoft founder Bill Gates pitched a new form of capitalism on Thursday that would help better serve the neglected poor  Read the rest of this entry »

The Getty Images Settlement Demand Letter: Reporting on the Extortion Letter Scheme

The Getty Images Settlement Demand Letter is a deliberate attempt by Getty Images to intimidate and bully recipients Read the rest of this entry »

Bill Maher: New Rule: Smart President ≠ Smart Country

Hey! Maybe Bill’s been reading my blog!

Until we admit there are things we don’t know, we can’t even start asking the questions to find out. Until we admit that America can make a mistake, we can’t stop the next one.

via Bill Maher: New Rule: Smart President ≠ Smart Country.

More fakery and tomfoolery

In the comments following this article, I found this little quote, which says what I was trying to say a few days ago, but more concisely.

The root cause of the world economic collapse was a socioethical malaise rooted in greed. Now it appears that this wasn’t limited to the financial sector.

via Elsevier published 6 fake journals :The Scientist [7th May 2009].

Elsevier published 6 fake journals

And the hits just keep on coming …We talked a few days ago about the Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine, a peer reviewed medical journal that was not peer reviewed, not very medically authoritative and not much of a journal.

Today it got worse.

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Merck published fake journal

I gather the point was to produce marketing information referencing, as an authority, this so-called peer reviewed medical journal. It does make me question 2 things, though. Who inside Merck is in charge of corporate responsibility, and who in the regulatory agencies is watching out for false or misleading advertising?

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