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dis nigga was banned for this
Sorry state of affairs ober dere
Guess we just post in here then if it gets to that point....heading there
They are doing moar than just banning IP's
slow it down, server 'issues' after being banned etc.
Screws turned when they start to lose it.
you've seen/witnessed it.
U.S. Treasury's Yellen says it's uncertain if Amazon to be subject to global tax deal
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that it was not certain that Amazon will reach the profitability threshold for a new global tax deal that would allow more countries to tax large multinational firms. “It depends on whether or not they reach the threshold of profitability and I’m not certain of that,” Yellen told CNBC in an interview when asked whether the 132-country agreement would reallocate taxing rights for Amazon.
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-treasury-yellen/u-s-treasurys-yellen-says-its-uncertain-if-amazon-to-be-subject-to-global-tax-deal-idUSW1N2LK030
in other words...no they won't be.
The one that makes no sense cause it's a sale is this:
>>49135 pb Smart Global Holdings Inc. sold by Silver Lake partners: $101m-Apr 26
>>72091 pb Smart Global Holdings, Inc, sold by Silver Lake Partners: $151.15m-July 13
Seems dere was a shortage o deez recently and they are cashing out of it.
they just did a much better job of hiding the black money...the rest did not
They all put it in the advertising bucket, accounting-wise, and in FB's example that was pretty stupid as no one I've ever talked to that has used FB has ever clicked on an ad.
Yet billions of revs from it the 10-Qs
Over-simplified but true
methinks they habs other non-critical investments to cash out but I don't werk dere.
Solvency a big issue for most of them.
They can't handle a drop of a few days or they will start margin-calling each other.
Took a contract job mid 90's for a competitor of them (Silver Lake) and HATED every minute.
Knew that wasn't wut I wanted to do.
Eberybody usually gets screwed 'cept da house.
China’s Pork Imports Set to Plunge 50% as Local Prices Tumble
China’s record demand for foreign pork is about to crater after domestic prices plummeted, potentially easing pressure on the world meat market and cooling at least one constituent of global food costs.
The planet’s biggest importer of the protein staple could slash overseas purchases by more than 50% in the July-December period from the first half of the year because local supplies are now cheaper than overseas shipments, said Jim Huang, head of China-America Commodity Data Analytics, an independent consulting firm focused on agriculture. Benchmark global hog futures have surged more than 25% in Chicago this year on strong demand and higher feed costs. By contrast, pork prices in China have slumped more than 50% on increased supplies as domestic herds rebound from African swine fever. U.S. pork is now more expensive than domestic meat after tariffs and freight, Huang said. This also means that the government can now replenish state reserves more cheaply on the local market.
The plunge in China’s demand for foreign pork could be welcome news for consumers elsewhere in the world. Rising prices of meat, grains and edible oils have helped boost global food costs this year to the highest level since 2011, igniting inflation fears, as the world struggles to emerge from the pandemic. As an illustration of the increase in local supply, pork production in China jumped 36% in the first half of the year from a year earlier to about 27 million tons, while hog numbers were up almost 30% to 439 million at the end of June from 12 months earlier, according to statistics bureau data Thursday. For the whole of 2020, China imported a record 4.4 million tons of pork, more than double a year earlier, while in the first five months of this year overseas purchases were already about 14% higher at almost 2 million tons, official customs data show. Spain, Brazil and the U.S. were the top suppliers. The government no longer needs to import pork for state reserves after the slump in local prices, said Lin Guofa, senior analyst at consultancy Bric Agriculture Group. Beijing has now been buying on the domestic market instead, purchasing 13,000 tons this week and 17,000 tons last week.
Until earlier this year, the government was selling pork from stockpiles to cool the market after African swine fever cut hog numbers by almost half and sent prices soaring. Beijing released 670,000 tons from state reserves in 2020, roughly the equivalent of 15% of the amount of pork imported that year.
https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/china-s-pork-imports-set-to-plunge-50-as-local-prices-tumble-1.1629598
Although Judge Kemp did not give a deadline for the defendants to turn over the records that are not in the physical control of the State Senate, there are two dates in related proceedings to keep in mind.
First, the OSC return hearing that was supposed to take place yesterday in the Arizona Republic's case was pushed back to July 21.
And, the (U.S.) House Oversight Committee got into the game yesterday with an extensive request to Cyber Ninjas for documents and communications.
The deadline for that is July 28.
and on and on and on...
kek
LA County Reinstates Mask Mandate As COVID Cases Rise, Young Black Residents Dominate Unvaxx'd
Never wanting to be outdone on the virtue-signaling scales of social justice, it would appear that LA County's infamous Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer has turned the dial to 11. KNX1070's Claudia Peschiutta reports that LA County has decided to reinstate the indoor mask mandate - regardless of vaccination status - following a rise in COVID cases. s far as we can tell, this would make LA County the first to reverse (so Brave), despite the "science" from the CDC saying that vaccinated people are at no risk from the delta variant and being unmasked everywhere is safe!
Cases are rising (for 18-29 year-olds... who as everyone is now aware, are at monstrously low risk of any severe illness from COVID)...So that's an odd reason to reinstate a mask mandate that was adhered to by 80-90% of all LA County residents and achieved absolutely nothing at all in terms of slowing the spread (as we now know from the actual data post-hoc).
Daily vaccination rates have plunged in recent weeks...So perhaps this reinstated mask mandate is fear-driven to encourage more to get vaccinated (despite the mask-mandate being applied to the vaccinated and unvaccinated equally?).
But there's a problem for the LA County health boss... As opposed to the mainstream media's narrative that it is Trump-loving, white-supremacist, conspiracy theorists that are not getting vaccinated, it turns out the unvaccinated are dominated by black and hispanic people...Oh and it gets worse... the numbers of unvaccinated Americans in LA County are dominated by young black residents...
And of course, Ferrer could not possibly single out that cohort for "reprogramming" on the benefits of getting a vaccine... so unleash the mask mandates until everyone (and by everyone, we mean young black folks) in LA County is vaccinated.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/la-county-reinstates-mask-mandate-covid-cases-rise-young-black-residents-dominate-unvaxxd
it doesn't affect me like it does most since I don't go nowherez really.
Spouse making comments about many here really losing it patience and temper-wise.
It has been improving, mask-wise, but the one draw back to that is many moar chilluns have them on and that was not the case before.
yes I completely understand both of us have said that very same thing for a number of years.
Utmost respect to those that are able to raise a good one or two in this environment.
We tried to habs 'em but it never lasted long at all-3 attempts then enough of it.
The missing pieces from the last few years makes me almost glad it did not habben.
German AF GAF917 Airbus A350 departed JFK Int'l ne
>>72058 pb Germany's Heiko Maas hints at vaccine patent talks
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas leaving and certainly dealt with the following on the visit to pFizer on Tuesday
Pfizer and two of its subsidiaries agree to pay $345 million settlement over EpiPen price hikes
Pfizer Inc. and two of its subsidiaries have agreed to pay $345 million under a proposed settlement to resolve lawsuits over EpiPen price hikes. In documents filed Thursday in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, New York-based Pfizer and its subsidiaries Meridian Medical Technologies Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals, which is based in Tennessee, asked the court to grant preliminary approval to the settlement, Kansas City's NPR station KCUR-FM reported. The litigation dates to 2016, when numerous class-action lawsuits were filed around the country alleging that the companies engaged in anticompetitive conduct related to EpiPen. The cases were transferred to the Kansas court because of its centralized location. Mylan, which is based in Maryland, owns the rights to the EpiPen brand, but the devices are manufactured by Pfizer.
EpiPens, which are auto-injectable devices that deliver the drug epinephrine, are used for emergency treatment of a life-threatening allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. When Mylan acquired the right to market and distribute the devices in 2007, an EpiPen package cost about $100. Today, it costs more than $650 without pharmacy coupons or manufacturer discounts. The proposed settlement comes three weeks after U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree dismissed most of the claims against Mylan. But he allowed other antitrust claims against the company to proceed to trial, which is scheduled to begin Sept. 7. A Pfizer spokesperson denied any wrongdoing in an email to KCUR, saying the resolution reflects a desire by the company to avoid "the distraction of continued litigation and focus on breakthroughs that change patients' lives."
Rex Sharp, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said his clients were pleased that Pfizer had agreed to the settlement, noting it would still need the court's approval. He said they look forward to going to trial on the remaining claims against Mylan.
https://www.wesh.com/article/345-million-epipen-settlement-pfizer-subsidiaries/37039821#
it's all good B no sorry or that needed-it's life.
sometimes I wonder but not for long.
>kids/gran
Work and travel much different for us and no complaints at this point.
Saw many things would have never seen...good and bad in many places o the world.
Thankful for that plus food, spouse, roof and muh frens here
Not much else needed.
I
You do them well B
lucky for them..they know it for sure.
Just mebby not on a daily basis.
The meat thing ...keks here!
MAFFS9 6 and 8 (just getting up) USAF C-130H heading ne toward the Sugar Fire
The Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, Program provides emergency capability to supplement existing commercial tanker support on wildland fires. MAFFS aids the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. When all other air tankers are activated but further assistance is needed, the Forest Service can request help from the Air Force's MAFFS units. MAFFS is a mission that highlights interagency cooperation. MAFFS units fit inside C-130 airplanes without requiring structural modification. This allows the units to be loaded on short notice. It takes about two hours to load a MAFFS unit onto the C-130. The C-130s drop retardant from an altitude of about 150 feet through a discharge tube located in place of the left rear paratroop door of the aircraft. A MAFFS unit can discharge its load 3,000 gallons weighing 28,000 pounds in less than five seconds. The retardant covers an area one-quarter of a mile long and 60 feet wide. After the plane discharges its load, and returns to an air tanker base, it can be refilled and airborne again in less than 20 minutes.
MAFFS units can drop either water or retardant called "slurry." Slurry is made of 80 to 85 percent water, 10 to 15 percent ammonium sulfate, a jelling agent and red coloring. The red in the retardant helps pilots see where they have dropped previous loads. Along with retarding the fire, the slurry acts as a fertilizer. Because the MAFFS discharges the agent in a mist, slurry does not cause damage to buildings.
https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104558/modular-airborne-fire-fighting-system/
Cap #2
https://ucanr.edu/sites/fire/Safety/Current/
March 7, 1997
Chinese Got Long Beach Deal!
The Long Beach Naval Station was tentatively placed on the Military Base Closure-List by president George Bush in 1991. President Bill Clinton, closed the naval base last in 1993. That resulted in the loss to Long Beach, California of 17,500 military and civilian jobs. The economic impact of the of loss was $52.5 million and drove the California economy into the tank. It has never recovered.
Between 1995-1996, during the heat of the Clinton-Gore Campaign fund raising activity, the Clinton administration actively intervened to make sure a Communist Chinese cargo container shipping interest got a too-good deal on a Long Beach, California, shipping terminal. The Secretary of the Navy has formally turned the base over to the City of Long Beach. But, the Port of Long Beach has signed a letter of intent to lease the property to the China Ocean Shipping Co., a steamship line run by the Communist Chinese government.
The Navy base property is about to be leased to a Communist China-owned shipping company under an agreement that was only made possible by the intervention of the White House. Forced by a court order, Port of Long Beach officials have now set March 12, 1997 for a new public hearing on plans to bulldoze the Naval Station and lease the property to the Comunist Chinese shipping company. After a hearing before the court, a judge ruled last week that the deal had been rushed and proper procedures had not been in place. Clinton was so eager to push the deal through that he met twice with Long Beach officials and once at a White House meeting in 1995 that included his then-chief of staff and the Pentagon's No. 2 official and others.
The deal finally approved by the Secretary of the Navy turns over control of the Long Beach Naval Station, with a value of at least $65 million, free of charge to the City of Long Beach. The city has agreed to lease it to the China Ocean Shipping Co. of the People's Republic of China.
The Chinese deal apparently went forward without a national security review by wither the CIA or National Security Council. The White House apparently avoided normal and routine government channels in pushing the deal through in 1995. '... there seemed to be no reason to check with the National Security Council on the decision ...' White House spokesman Lanny Davis said.
However, the China Ocean Shipping Co. of the People's Republic of China has been actively involved in several recent controversies in addition to a Russian AK-47 gun-smuggling episode on the streets of Oakland, California. In another shocking incident in December, one of the company's ships plowed into a crowded boardwalk in New Orleans, injuring 116 people.
Then, in 1992, the shipping company was fined $400,000 in a violation of U.S. shipping law in connection with is practices involving bribery of government officials in order to avoid paying U.S. tariffs on its imports at United States ports of entry. There is still more. Six of the company's ships were detained by the Navy and Coast Guard for violating international safety regulations just in the last year. The Coast Guard said, that is has placed the China Ocean Shipping Co. of the People's Republic of China on a target list of shippers to monitor and search.
Last summer China admitted that the China Ocean Shipping Co. was shipping 640 tons of raw waste from the United States to China when it suddenly decided to dump it into the open sea. In 1993 U.S. Navy shadowed a China Ocean Shipping Co. ship passing in the Persian Gulf after U.S. intelligence warned it was suspected of carrying chemical weapons materials. CIA director Robert Gates has said ' ... any time you turn over an American port facility to a foreign-owned company, especially one with significant [Communist Chinese] government connection, then at least it ought to be vetted through national security agencies.'
A Navy Department career official said that no intelligence review was sought because the China Ocean Shipping Company's was not considered a security threat, by the Clinton White House.
The Chinese will lease the Long Beach Naval Station base for a 10 year term at a fee of $14.5 million per year. The Chinese will have the option to expand the perimeter of the operation onto another 150 acres of old Navy shipyards that will be developed at the City of Long Beach taxpayer's expense.
Officials at the Chinese shipping interest's headquarters in New Jersey and in Beijing refused to comment or respond to questions about president Clinton's involvement.
http://www.dailyrepublican.com/chinesegot.html