It says ‘Boeing’ both in the linked article and the quoted portion above …

“Federal prosecutors say key Boeing employees ‘deceived the FAA,’ misleading the safety regulators about a new flight control system on the 737 Max called MCAS,” as NPR reported in January of 2021.

The deferred prosecution agreement had been set to expire three years after it was filed on Jan. 7, 2021. But the agreement also allows the DOJ’s Fraud Section to extend its heightened scrutiny for up to an additional year if Boeing is found to have failed to fulfill its obligations — including the airplane company’s promise to strengthen its compliance and reporting programs.

Ofc it does.

Glad I left that place months ago. What a sewer.

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The point is America’s hands are not spotless when it comes to being authoritarian or murderous.

I thought I made that fairly clear.

I never said it makes Iran and America equal. I simply argued against you saying America was totally different in every way.

The HeLa line had its own male-dominated issues, ie: denying her family a right to any money from the use of her genetics … which, once rectified, led to a signing away of any rights for people who have an interest in helping advance scientific and medical knowledge and/or treatments.

I know this because I was asked to become part of a study, but after reading the contract that clearly stated I (and my family/descendants) would be shut out of any and all financial compensation, I declined.

While I agree with this if/when a government agency or university developes treatments or cures, I do not agree with it when the info is given freely to for-profit big pharma for them to make trillions from.

Autocratic theocracy: There is no Western autocratic theocracy. Yes there is, although it is still developing.

• The US is well on its way there now: with the balance of SCOTUS being right wing; Roe vs Wade being overturned; trans and women’s healthcare being decimated; the privatization of youth and adult penal systems without comprehensive federal oversight that have allowed massive abuse to occur; almost every police force in the nation under investigation for murder, fraud, abuse, stealing body parts, etc; educational systems so underfunded that many locales don’t have an actual tally of how many children live in a district; a current presidential candidate who’s facing multiple trials and civil court cases for everything from rape to fraud, but is very comfortable in positioning himself as America’s savior being martyred;
• Tortures and murders their own population: America’s prison population would disagree, as would Black and Brown citizens who daily face being killed by cops. Add to this the seeming joy some take in states reactivating their death sentencing using unproven and unethical means.
• Supporting and directing terrorists: One could argue that American military forces have, in the past, committed some serious war atrocities under the banner of “In God We Trust”. See the Iran-Contra affair for further evidence.
• Selling arms to Russia: America has sold or exchanged weapons with other nefarious actors … again see the Iran-Contra affair.
• Hurting trade: America currently has full or limited embargoes on Cuba, Russia, Belarus, Somalia, and a host of other nations/nationals which obviously affect trade.
• Conducting information warfare: America has a long history of spying on its “friends”, first reported by Edward Snowdon, and more recently through Discord, which have negatively affected its relationships worldwide. Here’s a full list.

Beyond mice, researchers also examined blood samples from 100 patients — and uncovered autoantibodies targeting Xist-associated proteins that scientists hadn’t previously linked to autoimmune disorders. A potential reason, Chang suggests: standard tests for autoimmunity were made using male cells.

I’m am glad they decided to look at other samples. As a woman I find it extremely frustrating that science is still using male cells, testing standards, etc to diagnose and treat women.

Just gonna add a bit of info to your excellent explanation …

The reason Canadian lumber is preferred as a building material is we have shorter growing seasons, which means the growth rings are tighter so the lumber doesn’t warp as much as a lot of US lumber does.

A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told CBS News they were not aware of the incident.

At this point I don’t believe one gawd damned thing the IDF says.

F’king murderous assholes.

No.

Do you have an example of any nation on earth, right now, that operates their economy without unfettered capitalism playing an integral role?

Which is all, unsurprisingly, based on unfettered and unlimited capitalism.

Agreed.

I read a quote some time ago that made a whole lot of sense to me …

If you want to change what Economics does, you have to change what economists are taught.

I admittedly know little about Cameroon’s socialites, but this was too funny to pass up. I’m eagerly waiting to see Western politicians and/or celebrities use it as an excuse.

Speaking to the BBC, Mr Ojong Ashu acknowledged that the recent slew of abuse allegations prompted his client’s arrest, but insisted that Mr Bopda had been arrested for his own safety.

I was born in the early 60’s so nowhere close to a millenial.

For decades many voters in Western nations have collectively held their noses and voted for the person who they believed would do the least amount of damage.

This isn’t democracy in action. It’s simply having nobody to vote for.

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She probably had no choice in the matter and trusted her coach and medical team to do the right thing.

Kids in the Olympics is a double edged sword.

Yes. That was in the portion I quoted.