tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post1087926982748174607..comments2024-03-23T20:50:38.503-04:00Comments on thwap's schoolyard: "Nestle" rhymes with "Nazi"thwaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-14503384671801254432014-10-25T18:15:15.257-04:002014-10-25T18:15:15.257-04:00Thwap, Edstock is right. they are working on two a...Thwap, Edstock is right. they are working on two aquifers in Ontario (with very little publicity) -one in Arkell (just south of Guelph, Ontario) and one near Erin, Ontario. Millions of litres pumped to make bottled water. This is the stuff that Maud Barlow has been railing against - Nestle is definitely a corporate entity to keep a very close eye on!!Askingtherightquestionsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-85472641021478542102014-10-07T06:59:54.157-04:002014-10-07T06:59:54.157-04:00Anonymous,
The long and the short of it is that N...Anonymous,<br /><br />The long and the short of it is that Nestle executives get away with it, decade after decade, and none of them have served a day in prison for it.<br /><br />It's insane.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-28937989624177521132014-10-06T23:20:11.886-04:002014-10-06T23:20:11.886-04:00Passed by a group of 30 or so holding signs readin...Passed by a group of 30 or so holding signs reading 'abortion kills babies'. Maybe they need to widen their eyes a little<br /><br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-36862431666079742892014-10-06T18:42:25.387-04:002014-10-06T18:42:25.387-04:00He donated a significant amount of money to that.
...He donated a significant amount of money to that.<br /><br />Because the optics were good.<br /><br />But he'd blow $1 billion in a day on a summit where he could strut and preen for an afternoon. So it's really worse than shit.<br /><br />Also, I think he attached some Christian-fundie restrictions against birth control and abortions in it. Just because.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-19056101825341254662014-10-06T12:15:44.376-04:002014-10-06T12:15:44.376-04:00I think I read that Harper was interested in mater...I think I read that Harper was interested in maternal health or something. Something about babies. I'll have to look it up. <br /><br />He gave a speech to the UN. <br /><br />IN any case, I'll call the PMO's office and get this thing straightened out.......... gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-7202057137180940542014-10-06T10:58:43.727-04:002014-10-06T10:58:43.727-04:00Edstock,
I made a passing reference to water towa...Edstock,<br /><br />I made a passing reference to water towards the end of the post.<br /><br />The section where I said there was call for some use of formula as an emergency alternative in cases where new mothers are too malnourished themselves to produce milk. <br /><br />They took a worthwhile use for their product and exploited that loophole to justify a horrendous policy.<br /><br />I'd meant to mention that Nestle CEO's asinine statement. I'd wanted to show how he was no doubt arguing some dogmatic interpretation of the "tragedy of the commons," where public goods that belong to nobody in particular, but everyone in common, are wasted because nobody is responsible for them. Therefore (so the argument goes) if things are privatized, somebody will be responsible for them and will steward them properly.<br /><br />It never occurs to the dunce that depriving people of access to necessities and pricing them beyond their means has always led to misery and death.<br /><br />The nazis had pseudo-scientific justifications for their barbarism too.<br /><br />Lastly, I'd meant to say that just as there's no document with Hitler's signature on it, we're unable to see the policy papers from Nestle, mandating these murderous practices.<br /><br />We're to imaginethat regional sales reps dream up these policies, these exact same methods, decade after decade, all on their own.<br /><br />Nonsense.thwaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399550285738440669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022452485619502579.post-81817488932171392922014-10-06T10:07:13.742-04:002014-10-06T10:07:13.742-04:00The there's water. Nestlé wants it all. I beli...The there's water. Nestlé wants it all. I believe the is an acquifer north of Toronto that Nestlé has Provincial rights to take something like 2 million liters of water per day — while farmers in the area cannot access the same water.<br /><br />IIRC, the Nestlé CEO is on record that as far as Nestlé is concerned, access to water is not a human right.Edstockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03295069754219954783noreply@blogger.com