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In a week when “Hamilton” opened in Los Angeles and the rest of the country felt more like “Les Misérables,” this also happened:
As part of a push to get Campbell Soup Co. CEO Denise Morrison to quit one of Trump’s panels, Democratic Coalition Chairman Jon Cooper tweeted a photo showing a fake Campbell’s can offering “Swastika Stew.”
Amazon had to pull listings of eclipse glasses and issue refunds because some people were selling glasses that weren’t safe for, you know, watching an eclipse. Business Insider reported that the glasses fell short of industry standards, according to the American Astronomical Society and NASA.
Even a president whose name is plastered all over the world can’t trump trademark law. That’s why iTrump belongs to a 40-year-old-engineer and amateur musician who created an iPhone app designed to teach people how to play the trumpet. Tom Scharfeld, founder of San Francisco’s Spoonjack, prevailed in a six-year legal fight against Donald Trump — even though he didn’t have a lawyer.
Walmart joined the retailing blimp wars. Bloomberg reported that the huge retailer wants a patent for a blimp-style warehouse that could use drones to make deliveries. Amazon already has a similar patent.
Harper’s ran a story offering comments from prospective jurors who were not exactly empaneled for the trial of “Pharma Bro” Martin
Shkreli. Among them: “I think he’s a greedy little man,” “He’s the most hated man in America,” “The only thing I’d be impartial about is what prison this guy goes to” and “It’s my attitude toward his entire demeanor, what he has done to people . ... And he disrespected the Wu-Tang Clan.”