Monsanto buys Blackwater

This article is pretty awful, they are assuming that Monsanto is the buyer, they have no evidence.

It seems an error of translation, from spanish (La Jornada) to english (Pravda).

http://redgreenandblue.org/2010/10/16/too-much-of-a-bad-thin...

It seems like the plot for a FPS, an evil transnational macrocorp is doing secret experiments on Genetic Engineering and unleashes a (zombi?) infection. Our hero has to fight not only the private army of the company but the horrid abominations created on their labs... oh, wait!

Bullshit. Blackwater (now called Academi) is a shadow of its former self. At its high point Blackwater had a fixed-wing airforce and a navy. Now it provides training services to US law enforcement and the military. There is nothing nefarious about them now.

Erik Prince is long gone. Now he runs a mercenary group with no name whose purpose it to protect Middle Eastern royalty (historically rulers that did not have the support of the locals employed mercenaries). Price and his family live in a secret fortified location and can't and won't return to the USA unless he is given a blanket presidential pardon to ensure he will not be prosecuted for anything that he did or didn't do in the past.

Yeah, this isn't actually substantiated. Blackwater/Xe/Academi has been sold, but it's not clear to whom: http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/01/04/did-monstanto-finally-... . I'm not sure I find it more reassuring that we don't know who ultimately owns the company.

Yeah, a cursory Google of "Monsanto buys Blackwater" suggests that there's really nothing beyond speculation that this has occurred.

Also, while I'm not familiar with the listing rules in the US, it strikes me as difficult for a company like Monsanto to acquire a company like Blackwater without disclosing it to the market (but IANA(US Securities)L).

Why on earth would Monsanto buy Blackwater? The article provides little, to no evidence. It is pure fear mongering and speculation.

This awful article has been shared on FB over 33,000 times. Seriously? I know people love to hate on both Monsanto and Blackwater but at least have some real evidence... Not baseless speculations.

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