NOT the Onion: Fracking company teams up with Susan G. Komen, introduces pink drill bits

[Dr. Strange]

Fracking company teams up with Susan G. Komen, introduces pink drill bits “for the cure”

Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the foundation known for painting everything pink and, in one extremely controversial decision, pulling its grants from Planned Parenthood, has found a partner in Baker Hughes, a major drilling services company. The result: Baker Hughes is rolling out one thousand pink drill bits this October. Seriously.

The oilfields giant, which also donated $100,000 to the foundation, boasts that it’s “doing our ‘bit’ for the cure.” Get it? It’s a pun. A horribly misguided, pinkwashing attempt at a pun.


http://www.salon.com/2014/10/08/susan_g_komen_teams_up_with_fracking_company_introduces_pink_drill_bits_for_the_cure/

Time to post your favorite facepalm pics, because damn.

[Blue_Tires]

8. At least she didn't suggest women celebrate by getting a "Horizontal Drilling"

[Heather MC]

11. don't hide, laughter is all we have left and

That shit was funny

[riqster]

31. What the frack were you thinking with that joke?

[Jackpine Radical]

10. They still had some? (nt)

[rocktivity]

14. On Monday, I will post the month's remaining local breast cancer events

on my New Jersey health and medical blog.

I've been considering leaving off the five Komen-linked ones...


rocktivity

[blm]

25. Matuschka (Beauty Out of Damage) is from New Jersey - have you interviewed her?

.

[rocktivity]

29. I inlcuded a blog post about her last year

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Mastectomy Scar Pioneer Undergoes Pioneering Reconstructive Surgery

Should have known she was a Jersey girl. And thanks for making me look so "cutting edge", LOL!


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[blm]

30. Cool - I'll check it out.

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[rocktivity]

47. De-Komen-ization Accomplished!

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I've found more than enough grassroots breast cancer events so that Komen's won't be missed. For good measure, I'm running excerpts from an article Will Pitt wrote. And I will be posting an article about Breast Cancer Action, inventors of the concept of "pinkwashing!"


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[smirkymonkey]

19. Seriously. They might as well pull the plug.

Just when I thought my opinion of them couldn't sink any lower.

[blm]

24. Komen's a COVER-UP tool for PR savvy RW corps. The CUTESIFICATION of breast cancer movement

that they have turned into a brand has actually HURT the breast cancer awareness efforts being done by serious advocates.

Breast cancer advocates reject 'pinkwashing' of the disease
Breast Cancer Awareness month is marked by pink products and pink awareness-raising initiatives, but critics of the 'pinkwash" say that the products don’t raise awareness as much as they raise profits for the companies providing the products, and glosses over the reality of the disease.
>>>

https://storify.com/cbccommunity/pinkwashing-breast-cancer-awareness


http://www.beautyoutofdamage.com/Aboutartist.html

[Contrary1]

27. This ^

Attending one of Komen's "Fashion shows" years ago was enough for me to see what was going on.

As a breast cancer survivor, the thought of anyone becoming wealthy under the guise of promoting awareness for this or any other horrible disease brings back memories of chemo nausea.

[Jester Messiah]

64. There's a term for it. "Pinkwashing." [nt]

[hifiguy]

2. Wut?

[tanyev]

3. OctKomen, rapidly becoming my least favorite month of the year.

[trishtrash]

34. Same here!

Don't get me wrong. As a survivor I fully support efforts in education, research, outreach and support for breast cancer patients and survivors, and the importance of early detection, and the October focus in very important. But I cringe at the October onslaught of pink. In my college town, there are fundraisers called "BreastFest" and, worst of all, "Save the TaTa's". I can't tell you how offensive this is to survivors, who are dealing with their scars and often the loss of their breasts. I complained to an organizer of one of these events, telling her that this is not about breasts, it's about saving lives! I also think that retailers are more interested in selling more merchandise in October than raising money for breast cancer. And don't even ask me what I think about S.G. Komen!

[Lithos]

4. About the same as Tobacco companies for The American Lung Association

n/t

[KT2000]

5. corporations have nothing to fear

from Susan G. Komen. They have been steering research away from toxic chemicals and environmental exposures to not getting enough exercise etc.
They have been capturing research dollars for far too long.
Stop the pink debacle.

[blkmusclmachine]

7. Komen, oh yeah, they are right wing politically. Makes sense they'd pull a stunt like this. Drill,

baby, drill.

[blkmusclmachine]

6. WTF. Fracking probably CAUSES (breast) cancer.

[surrealAmerican]

9. industrial strength irony

k & r. I don't know what else to say about that.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

12. oil giant ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$) donates $100,000.

($00.000001)

philanthropists.

[tooeyeten]

43. Like NFL

They give a pittance to Breast Cancer considering that all that crap they get you to buy in October is your dollars as profit forwarded to Breast Cancer. They put a cherry on top in a few million dollars, guessing its tax deductible too, and they are tax exempt alreadyFreaking phoneys!

[rocktivity]

13. Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" Award

The "You Forgot The 'Not From The Onion' Disclaimer" Category!


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[Initech]

15. Company that is a cause of cancer, paying money to *THE* cancer charity?

[Bryce Butler]

16. I'll let Captain Picard chime in...

[LynneSin]

17. I refuse to support anything connected to Susan G Korman foundation - I think that group is a fraud

What they did to Planned Parenthood a few years back was a joke.

There are too many other great groups out there that support Breast Cancer research and leaves the politics aside. If SGK thinks Pink drill bits is funny especially with an industry that probably is helping to raise the number of women with Breast Cancer - well shame on them!

Hell why not have SGK team up with Phillip Morris to put out pink cigarettes for Breast Cancer Awareness month??!!

[Raine1967]

18. I am going to procure this comment on my FB thread about this.

particularly this:

Hell why not have SGK team up with Phillip Morris to put out pink cigarettes for Breast Cancer Awareness month??!!

Damn straight, LynneSin.

[bvf]

44. Boomers might remember

Virginia Slims' "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" campaign when they tried to jump on the feminist bandwagon.

Nothing would surprise me anymore.

[tjl148]

56. And I remember the reply...

If you are smoking a cigarette, your going the wrong way.

[With whom]

20. Telling every cashier and every woman

I knew how SGK pulled funding for Planned Parenthood revealed through their responses how few women knew of it. Our media sucks!

[rocktivity]

48. I think you've been plagiarized, Lynne

and by a fellow DUer, no less!
http://yourhhrsnews.com/breast-cancer-foundation-endorses-company-that-uses-cancer-causing-chemicals


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[LynneSin]

49. It's Will- he always has a free pass

[niyad]

59. that reichwing hack, nancy bricker, defunding planned parenthood was not a joke. it was a disgusting

piece of political theatre.

[LynneSin]

62. Seriously!

What did SGK think Planned Parenthood was doing with their money. All money was documented and shown to be used for Breast Cancer examinations. Did they think they were giving free abortions with all mammograms or something. SGK execs really blew it on that one!

I always knew that there was a strong GOP bond with SGK but ignored it because I thought that SGK put politics aside and focused on women. But after that fiasco with Planned Parenthood I was done. This thing with the Fracking was just downright stupid on the part of SGK. I can understand the idea that the folks that make the bits want to donate towards breast cancer research. I'm sure dozens of companies that make/do questionable things want to do the same. But then downplay the damn donation. Tell the Bit-maker thank you for your donation but we really don't want you to play up this donation - it looks bad or if you do we will return the money.

[davidpdx]

21. A company that causes cancer supports an organization fighting cancer

Yeah, that is fucked up.

[grahamhgreen]

46. +1

[IronLionZion]

22. Using something long and hard to deeply penetrate mother earth

with pressure for hydrolic fracturing and pumping chemicals and wasting millions of gallons of fresh water, what could go wrong? Ooh look it's Pink!

[AtheistCrusader]

51. I am... Staggered. It's wrong on so many levels.

I don't even.

[marions ghost]

58. I logged in just to add

:

This is GROTESQUE

[Man from Pickens]

23. Let me know when they do "for Pink Floyd"

[oldandhappy]

26. Baker Hughes and the NFL

What did we do to be blessed with such outrageous organizations.

[get the red out]

28. Bizarre

Such a strange team! And the thing looks like a dog toy.

[Dopers_Greed]

32. Ironic

Because fracking is known to expose people to carcinogens

[riqster]

33. Triple penetration facepalm.

Christ on a Schlumberger truck.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

35. ...

[OnlinePoker]

55. Red

[lewebley3]

36. I thought this group went bust!

Komen is a disgraced, said they really were helping women, until
they went crazy, and got into abortion.

[LynneSin]

37. It's a GOP-connected group - if there are still suckers to scam they'll do it.

Somehow the Big-wigs that run SGK have to justify their big salaries.

I read an article about the salaries made by the CEOs who run them. The American Red Cross brings in 10x the donations that SGK does (something like 340mill vs. 34 mill something like that) yet the CEO of SGK makes more money than the person who runs the American Red Cross.

Sick.

[sakabatou]

38. And Komen shows what it really is

[Rozlee]

39. What's next?

If they want to signal support for children with cancer they'll shape their drills like Hello Kitty and Buzz Lightyear?

[adirondacker]

40. Well that's a fracking twisted bit of crude irony!

I know, I'm boring

[L0oniX]

41. Self destruction in progress. Stupidity kills.

[tooeyeten]

42. Komen run by idiots

Should have hooked up with psychiatric practice too. You do recall they decided to stop funding Planned Parenthood, right?

[MADem]

45. They must never be forgiven. Not just for this but for the Planned Parenthood bullying stunt as

well.

I'll bet $99,000 of that donation will line the pockets of the board of directors, with most of it ending up in Dead Susan's greedy sister's pocketbook.

Eschew These Assholes. It's the right thing to do.

[DirkGently]

50. Thought this was satire in the first thread.

Apparently it's not. Fracking "for the cure." Fracking. For. "The cure."

They are apparently completely serious.

What's next for the Kreepy Komen foundation? Pink seal clubs "for the cure?" Pink toxic waste barrels for the cure?

Perhaps a bright pink hand grenade or shark-finning knife?

We definitely need breast cancer research, but the Komen outfit is starting to look like a nasty disease itself.

Let's cure that too.





http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?page_id=13

[Jamastiene]

52. There are not enough Face Palms in the world to express the irony of that stunt.

Nothing says FUCK CANCER like fracking, amiright?

Oh, the irony. They could have painted the entire world pink to try to fight cancer, as if that would do a damn thing to fight it, but teaming up with a fucking industry known to cause flammable water and, oh, I don't know, FUCKING CANCER, to fight cancer is the stupidest shit I have seen in a long time...and I live in an area of the country KNOWN for extremely stupid shit.

[SwankyXomb]

53. Sure, why not?

After all, you can't spell "FUCK CANCER" without "FRACK", right?

[Stargazer09]

54. Mom died of breast cancer

I supported Komen for years, until the Planned Parenthood fiasco.

Yeah, I know, I should have looked into them before that, but I enjoyed running in their events. And it made me feel better about losing Mom.

Now, whenever they send me stuff, I return it with a note telling them how disgusted I am with them. They've pretty much stopped bothering me.

[tjl148]

57. How about blue?

I'm all for breast cancer awareness. But in the NFL and here in Florida high school football? Wouldn't prostate cancer awareness be more appropriate for a group of boys/men? In fact, wouldn't just cancer awareness be the most appropriate? For my money and time I support the ACS Relay for Life and the Cancer Action Network. I know the good they do, my wife and I are both cancer survivors.

[niyad]

60. k and r for continued visibility. and boy, am I sorry I ate a piece of cake just before logging in.

now I need a drink--a STRONG one!

[PatrynXX]

61. gotta be the best face palm I've ever seen . rather painful :) Hellraiser style n/t

[Marr]

63. Well, it's breast cancer "awareness" they're promoting-- not a cure. So...

maybe the frackers just consider this advertising their wares?

[MrMickeysMom]

65. Hello… My name is Susan G Komen...

… and I have absolutely SOLD myself OUT.

[Dr. Strange]

66. Or as her friends like to call her...

$usan.