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Amazon’s Acquisition: Deep Discounts Coming to Whole Foods Today

When Amazon’s $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods becomes final on August 28, 2017, shoppers will immediately see deep discounts on a plethora of items, including salmon, avocados, baby kale, and almond butter – all products that are normally rather pricey, regardless of where you shop. [1]
The following week, look for dropping prices on bananas, eggs, ground beef, rotisserie chicken, butter, and apples.
In a joint statement released August 25, 2017, Amazon and Whole Foods said:

World’s Richest Man Escapes Scrutiny From His Own Paper—And Its Rivals

Amazon CEO and Wahsington Post owner, Jeff Bezos on an elevator for a meeting with then President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York, Dec. 14, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci)
The three most prominent US newspapers haven’t run a critical investigative piece on Jeff Bezos’ company Amazon in almost two years, a FAIR survey finds.

Worst President Ever Wants To Raise Taxes On The Internet To Get Even With The Washington Post's Owner

The vindictive asshole Trump's supporters elected looks like he may be headed towards letting them down again-- this time over taxes. Who ever thinks about Republicans raising taxes. An effective multi-decade p.r. effort has persuaded Americans that Republican don't raise taxes-- although they certainly do.

Indigenous Tribes In Brazil To Map Deforestation On Google Earth

Brazilian Pataxo women take part in a ritual dance during a protest against a proposed constitutional amendment that would put the demarcation of indigenous lands into the hands of the Congress, in front of the Brazil’s National Congress, in Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 10, 2015.(AP/Eraldo Peres)

Indigenous peoples in Brazil will now be able to map, in almost real time, the deforestation in the Amazon.