Anonymous ID: a0d437 Sept. 7, 2018, 6:22 p.m. No.2928659   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8668 >>8673 >>8690 >>8751

College Removes All Uniforms With Nike Logo To Protest Kaepernick Ad

 

Following Nike's controversial endorsement deal with former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, a private Missouri college is removing all uniforms bought from Nike that contain the brand's logo. "If Nike is ashamed of America, we are ashamed of them" said College of the Ozarks President Jerry C. Davis, adding "We also believe that those who know what sacrifice is all about are more likely to be wearing a military uniform than an athletic uniform."

 

Kaepernick, who began kneeling during the National Anthem in 2016, has become a divisive figure; representing a resistance icon to some, and an unpatriotic anti-American to others. "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," said the former QB - whose kneeling movement which began under the Obama administration has become a thorn in President Trump's side. In May, Trump told Fox & Friends "You have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you shouldn’t be playing, you shouldn’t be there. Maybe you shouldn’t be in the country." And in a Wednesday tweet in response to the Nike deal, Trump wrote: "Nike is getting absolutely killed with anger and boycotts," adding "I wonder if they had any idea that it would be this way? As far as the NFL is concerned, I just find it hard to watch, and always will, until they stand for the FLAG!"

 

Nike's ad featuring Kaepernick sparked outrage from the right, with several social media users posting videos of burning shoes and other Nike apparel. And on Wednesday we reported that legendary Green Beret sniper and ex-UFC star Tim Kennedy says he's boycotting Nike following their decision to spotlight former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick - as many in law enforcement and the military have taken offense to the ad's tag-line of "Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything." Kennedy - who is currently participating in a military school course at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, told TMZ that Nike's ad is disrespectful to the US flag as well as to the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces. Kennedy says that every member of the special forces in his team room had lost at least 10 friends who had "sacrificed everything." "You can’t go around that room [in Fort Bragg] and not ask a guy if he could list on his two hands friends that have died from Special Forces," said Kennedy, adding "I'm talking about REAL heroes and I'm surrounded by a bunch of them right now."

 

Meanwhile, the National Fraternal Order of Police issued a press release in response to Nike, which reads in part: "Since 2016, 381 cops have been killed in the line of duty. They believed in something and sacrificed everything as did the families they left behind. All of the men and women in law enforcement believe in something and are prepared to sacrifice everything.

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-07/college-removes-all-uniforms-nike-logo-protest-kaeppernick-ad

Anonymous ID: a0d437 Sept. 7, 2018, 6:32 p.m. No.2928795   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Putting Jeff Bezos' Record Fortune In Context

 

As Amazon's market capitalization surged yesterday, it became the 3rd company in history to top the trillion-dollar level. While 3rd (after PetroChina and Apple) is not bad, CEO Jeff Bezos is on his own in first place in terms of global net worth - almost lapping the next richest person. Bezos epic horde is $70 billion more than Bill Gates and almost double that of Warren Buffett. Bezos net worth, according to Bloomberg, stands at around $167.7 billion as of last night's close (up $67 billion or almost 70% year-to-date).

 

Here are six ways to put that $67 billion gain into context (via Bloomberg):

 

It’s more than the entire market capitalization of FedEx Corp. Bezos’s gain this year alone would make him the seventh-richest person on Earth, ahead of Mexico’s Carlos Slim and Alphabet Inc.’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It’s about the equivalent of Walt Disney Co.’s blockbuster bid for most of the assets of 21st Century Fox Inc. His wealth has increased by an average of about $8 million an hour in 2018. It’s roughly 10 times Amazon’s total net income since it went public in 1997.

The 499 other billionaires on the Bloomberg ranking have added a net combined $8.3 billion to their fortunes this year. But, Pine Capital's Taylor Mann has succeeded in putting Bezos' stunning total personal wealth in context?

The Amazon CEO's fortune is over 2 million times the net worth of the median US household…

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-05/putting-jeff-bezos-fortune-context