Fads are tricky times of mass psychology affecting organizations and individuals. One can ride them for momentary marketing and communications advantage but they come to an end soon enough. Then, one is left with proceeding in relative obscurity where the company or individual had been before mass enthusiasm. There is an investing fad now that […]
Posted on March 17th, 2021 by admin
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Environmental groups have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against oil giant Chevron. They allege false advertising on Chevron’s part in its claims to be more responsible in climate control. Chevron says their charge is frivolous. The protestors assert that oil companies are engaged in greenwashing, making their products look friendlier to earth, air […]
Posted on March 17th, 2021 by admin
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Environmental groups have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against oil giant Chevron. They allege false advertising on Chevron’s part in its claims to be more responsible in climate control. Chevron says their charge is frivolous. The protestors assert that oil companies are engaged in greenwashing, making their products look friendlier to earth, air […]
Posted on March 17th, 2021 by admin
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AstraZeneca is having trouble getting its COVID vaccine to market. Its problem is causing supposed blood clots in recipients. Once a pharma company gets a bad reputation for its medicine, it is hard to come back. The onus is on the company to prove that its therapy is safe and effective. Ireland and the Netherlands […]
Posted on March 15th, 2021 by admin
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Presidents can’t away with shading the truth any longer. Not even Joe Biden who gave an address to the nation last night. CNN fact-checked his speech and pointed to exaggerations, errors and misleading statements taken out of context. Biden could have been more accurate. He chose not to do so, and it is going to […]
Posted on March 12th, 2021 by admin
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Here is a perfect example of Doublespeak, which first appeared in Orwell’s “1984.” That is using language to obscure truth by making a lie more palatable or to reverse the meaning of words. “Improving the electoral system” means making Hong Kong less free, less democratic and more communist. Hong Kong has become just one more […]
Posted on March 11th, 2021 by admin
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Sometimes people can be so disconnected from reality that it is astonishing to listen to them. Consider this fellow. He was part of the Capitol breach and he features himself as the “QAnon shaman.” Sadly for him, a judge has rejected his arguments for release from jail by declaring them flimsy and without remorse or […]
Posted on March 9th, 2021 by admin
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In academia, taking an unpopular position is dangerous, especially if one does it without evidence to support his argument. This is the case for a Harvard professor who alleges in an article that Korean teenagers and young women used for sex by Japanese soldiers during World War II were prostitutes. J. Mark Ramseyer has created an […]
Posted on March 8th, 2021 by admin
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China is taking a tip from former President Trump. It is personally attacking Uighur women who allege human rights abuses. The government is revealing personal medical data for the women and calling them derogatory names. While this might fly in China proper, it isn’t working in the rest of the world. The government might not care […]
Posted on March 1st, 2021 by admin
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which built the most recent Mars rover, Perseverance, loaded the machine, the parachute and other parts of the assembly with Easter Eggs for space fans to decipher. Call it engineers having fun, but also call it great PR. It is a reminder to the world that NASA and JPL have figured out […]
Posted on February 25th, 2021 by admin
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