Monday, June 03, 2024

How Do Massive Conspiracies Remain Secret?

3M managers and scientists and C-level executives knew of the dangers of "forever chemicals" for decades. 3M continued making the product, water and land and people's bodies are contaminated because it was kept secret. This is why people believe conspiracy theories - it's happening in board daylight over decades, and nobody does anything to stop it.

ProPublica has a write-up about the toxic chemical cover-up by 3M insiders.



Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.

Saturday, June 01, 2024

Biden Hates Innovation

The SEC, which has refused to publish rules concerning cryptocurrency, has been on a rampage against the crypto-blockchain industry. The latest SEC action is to make it overly expensive for regulated banks to hold client's cryptocurrency for safekeeping. The House of Representatives and the Senate voted to over-ride this latest SEC nonsense. Biden pledged to side with the SEC and did veto the resolution, so Biden hates innovation.


United States President Joe Biden has vetoed a resolution that would have overruled the U.S. Securities and Exchange CommissionJoe Biden has vetoed a resolution that would have overruled the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 121. The controversial decision was immediately met with criticism from the cryptocurrency industry.