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The unsolved murder of an unusual billionaire
- Tycho 8y agoWere these the people connected to the Clinton Foundation?
- auntienomen 8y agoI don't think there's a place on Hacker News for this kind of crackpot conspiracy theorizing.
- ArchTypical 8y ago> I don't think there's a place on Hacker News for this kind of crackpot conspiracy theorizing I don't think there's anything crackpot about it. Was a perfectly reasonable question, but because someone decided it implied something, it's to be removed. Strange.
- Tim_Norton 8y agoFound the shill!
- jack9 8y agoNow that there's been some time to see all the comment threads, there was nothing crackpot about the straightforward question about a Clinton connection.
- jws 8y agoConspiracy theorists allege a connection because Canada's largest generic drug company donated drugs to some aid projects in needy countries. Barry Sherman founded the drug company and some of the aid projects were Clinton Foundation projects.
- mojomark 8y agoPareidolia
- pcunite 8y agoApotex worked with Direct Relief, which has Clinton Foundation connections I believe.
- Invictus0 8y agoOff topic but this cover is just so poorly designed. https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7R8Z2i.mox0/v0/800x-1.jpg https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i7R8Z2i.mox...
- dawhizkid 8y agoI think that's completely purposeful...gives off a "Pepe Silvia" conspiracy theorist vibe https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pepe-silvia https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pepe-silvia
- lainga 8y agoLess so now, but in the early half of the decade Businessweek was known for its unorthodox, and often lighthearted style of graphic design. This still survives on in the Businessweek 404 (When will Businessweek get its sh!t together?!), but the corresponding 404 for Bloomberg itself has been replaced by something more sober.
- colechristensen 8y agoI think I tend to trust outlets more if they don't pay so much attention into keeping up with the design style of the day. Overfocus on this shallow surface quality has a correlation with a lack of underlying quality in the actual content. It's not that you can't have both or that I don't appreciate surface quality. But if something is ugly or simple or doesn't follow trends and has great content, it tends to remove a certain sort of person as consumer and perhaps lowers the temptation to cater to shallow desires because not many are around to get hooked. That is, many things are better because certain parts of them are objectively worse and turn away certain people.
- nprz 8y agoLooks like a "Brutalist" design, which is becoming more popular. A sort of reaction against standardized design patterns (Material, iOS). some examples here: http://brutalistwebsites.com/ http://brutalistwebsites.com/
- rdtsc 8y agoI am kind of surprised billionaires and CEOs don't order each others' killings more often. I was doing homework one night and the building next door's top 2 floors were blown up because some banker had a hit placed on his head. So perhaps I have pretty low expectations on what powerful people without morals can do.
- r00fus 8y agoMaybe because it was harder to bypass local laws before? Untraceable money (crypto) is great way to "incentivize" removal of one of your rivals.
- nostromo 8y agoIs the only thing holding you back from murder lack of funds? If not, why do you think billionaires are any different?
- chottocharaii 8y agoHe probably assumes becoming mega rich requires a certain form of sociopathy that ditinguishes the group from the rest of us.
- tuesdayrain 8y agoIf I had near infinite funding + the opportunity to be above the law, I'd definitely be tempted to act as some sort of vigilante.
- newsbinator 8y agoBill Gates realized he could save a lot more kids from the heartache of losing their parents by curing malaria in millions permanently, instead of stopping the Joker from robbing individuals a few nights a week.
- hnaccy 8y agoPresumably a billionaire would be better suited to both get away with and profit from such a murder.
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- mabbo 8y agoThis whole case has been crazy. I live about 4km from the home. It went from murder/suicide to murder/murder to maybe the kids did it? to no wait they've hired all these extra detectives to... Anyone's guess really. At this point, short of a confession from someone I doubt we'll ever know.
- refurb 8y agoAs someone who works in the pharmaceutical industry, Apotex is a HUGE player and Barry was very well known for being an aggressive and shrewd businessman. His death came as a shock to a lot of people.
- HoochieKoo 8y agoI wonder if he had spent more money on security, drivers, personal assistants, etc., whether that would have protected them more from unsavory people in their lives and these extra staff might have given the police more leads in the case. And why wouldn’t they have invested in better security and monitoring of their home? Crazy.
- flyGuyOnTheSly 8y agoThe lack of a serious security system is the craziest part of all of this imho. Not only were they extremely rich, but they splashed money all over the place in various charitable events and business dealings. It seems almost irresponsible to at the very least place a security camera system that monitors the grounds of the home and offices where they spent the most of their time.
- 1024core 8y agoYeah, I was about to say that, but decided not to, since it sounds like victim blaming. But it is true, though: you can get a bloody Wyzecam ($25) which has motion alerts, etc.; put a dozen of them all around the house and you still come in under $500. Why would you not do this? Maybe because it's Canada, and people have a reasonable expectation of not being robbery victims? I don't know.
- 11eleven 8y agoInteresting fact about this case: At first, the police made statements that there was no signs of forced entry and they were not seeking suspects. This led numerous media outlets to report it was a murder-suicide. After the family conducted a parallel private investigation which discovered contrary evidence, the police finally ruled it a double homicide. https://www.cp24.com/news/sherman-family-s-lawyer-offers-10m-reward-slams-tps-handling-of-murder-case-1.4150539 https://www.cp24.com/news/sherman-family-s-lawyer-offers-10m...
- kingofpandora 8y agoThat's all in the original article.
- 51Cards 8y agoThis one struck a little close to home as less than three weeks earlier I had met them at a fundraising event. At the time I really didn't know who they were but the names came back when the news broke a few weeks later. They just seemed like a nice couple in the admittedly very short few minutes I spoke with them.
- democracy 8y agoThey are doing/attempting it all the time (in 2nd/3rd world countries where the law can bought) this is why there are security firms equipped better than most of the special forces out there. In 1st world countries the law can be fought instead and still it happens (just a recent "New trial for Sydney property developer Ron Medich over murder of former business partner"). But I am certain most of the time it is (like with the regular folks) just hatred and personal revenge for theft/insult rather than "just business".
- da02 8y agoWhy was he unusual? (I didn't read the article.)
- flyGuyOnTheSly 8y agoI read the entire article and I still don't know why they called him an "unusual billionaire".
- kik0729 8y agoProbably because he didn't seem to live a very lavish lifestyle, had some dealings with some shady people and was labeled as erratic by some while being a popular and loved figure in Toronto.
- flyGuyOnTheSly 8y agoInteresting timing with this articles release. The family lawyer just accused the Toronto Police of not doing a thorough job just a few days ago.