Ho hum. business as usual

Shell bribes part of `culture of corruption‘ in Nigeria. US court fines seven companies, closes investigation

Corruption will not end until there are criminal prosecutions. Fines are meaningless in preventing it as those responsible suffer no consequences for their behavior. The company pays a fine, but nothing happens to them.

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Watergate II inevitable as cash floods election

From Al Hunt, executive editor Washington at Bloomberg

A prediction: The U.S. is due for a huge scandal involving big money, bribery and politicians. Not the small fry that dominates the ethics fights in Washington; really big stuff; think Watergate.

His article seems to imply he knows far more than can publicly disclose now.

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