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[–] [email protected] 58 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So who's the prick here? Who's the son of a bitch lobbyist who's behind this? Like who's the mass murderer lining people's pockets?

[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Litteraly russia, they are the #1 supplier of asbestos and are putting trumps face on it as branding..

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

There's a documentary somewhere ( this might be it ) about the town of Asbest, Russia (where like all the asbestos comes from) that interviews people who live there (they mostly mine asbestos). The miners are real macho guys who think asbestos is perfectly safe. The cancer rates in Asbest are really high, unsurprisingly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

I can't think of a clever pun for this, the ones I came up with were awful as best.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

wtf? Definitely going to check this out.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting. Though I could see almost any property owner wanting this, too. And also many manufacturers of random things. It used to be everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It'll be called, Trumpspetos™.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Russia I believe is the primary provider of Asbestos.

Also, these jokers basically believe anything that might have been pushed for protecting people is garbage because it ruins profits.