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* [https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees/ The 2022 World’s Most Ethical Companies® Honoree List] - is this a joke? [[AT&T]]? [[Eli Lilly]], who survives on overcharging for insulin? [[John Deere]], which fights against right-to-repair? [[Microsoft]], which is basically Microsoft? Apple Computer, which is... like Microsoft, only worse? At least they didn't list [[Amazon.com]]. | * [https://worldsmostethicalcompanies.com/honorees/ The 2022 World’s Most Ethical Companies® Honoree List] - is this a joke? [[AT&T]]? [[Eli Lilly]], who survives on overcharging for insulin? [[John Deere]], which fights against right-to-repair? [[Microsoft]], which is basically Microsoft? Apple Computer, which is... like Microsoft, only worse? At least they didn't list [[Amazon.com]]. | ||
* '''2022-11-17''' [https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2022/11/the-bridge-the-threat-hiding-in-plain-sight The Bridge: The Threat Hiding in Plain Sight] ([https://journa.host/@WalterShaub/109370845644603896 h/t]) {{fmt/quote|The plot I’m talking about is an effort to send America back to the dark days of the nineteenth century by politicizing the civil service.}} {{fmt/quote|Since the nineteenth century, we have gradually replaced the spoils system with an objective process of hiring candidates for federal jobs based on merit instead of party loyalty.}} Republicans would obviously be keen on this, since GOP presidents seem to view government agencies as candy to be handed out to their supporters. | * '''2022-11-17''' [https://www.pogo.org/analysis/2022/11/the-bridge-the-threat-hiding-in-plain-sight The Bridge: The Threat Hiding in Plain Sight] ([https://journa.host/@WalterShaub/109370845644603896 h/t]) {{fmt/quote|The plot I’m talking about is an effort to send America back to the dark days of the nineteenth century by politicizing the civil service.}} {{fmt/quote|Since the nineteenth century, we have gradually replaced the spoils system with an objective process of hiring candidates for federal jobs based on merit instead of party loyalty.}} Republicans would obviously be keen on this, since GOP presidents seem to view government agencies as candy to be handed out to their supporters. | ||
| + | * '''2022-11-09''' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fDvGZ1dDLk Why Even Comcast's Employees Hate Them] (video, 27:31, iilluminaughtii): [[Comcast]] is worse than you knew. | ||
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