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Monsanto makes Roundup weed killer. Monsanto is now owned by Bayer. Some 165,000 people have sued Bayer for life-threatening health damage. Bayer was just ordered to pay one Pennsylvania gardener $2.25 billion, who said he developed NH lymphoma cancer from exposure to the ingredient glyphosate. There are many more plaintiffs to go.
How can this business model be sustainable?
Bayer will appeal the judgment and not pay. Bayer will discontinue selling the herbicide to homeowners and small gardeners. Bayer will continue to sell to Big Agriculture. Future exposure to glyphosate will come from the food we eat. The origin of subsequent disease may be impossible to determine.
Better a poor and wise youth Than an old and foolish king who will be admonished no more. Ecclesiastes 4:13
Question:
Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Luke14:31
Answer:
A king who watches too much FOX TV, reads too many Marvel comics, pays attention to the New York Times, and watches too many Hollywood political thrillers.
The narrow strait is the most important chokepoint for the world's oil supply. Some 21 million barrels — or $1.2 billion worth of oil — pass through the strait every day.
Will a closed Strait hurt Iran? In terms of international oil sales, yes, but in terms of daily life, no. Iran pumps 3.5 million barrels of crude oil per day. The situation at this hour:
