November 8, 2017

Anti-Trump Limerick Challenge

https://twitter.com/PrisonTrump/status/928256322008702976

https://trumpforprison.org/blogs/commentary/limerick

November 7, 2017

'Fat Leonard' corruption probe expands to 60 admirals

The Navy’s investigation into the so-called Fat Leonard corruption scandal has expanded to include at least 60 admirals, The Washington Post reported.

In all, the conduct of 440 active duty and retired personnel is now under review, according to the Post, which cited a Navy response to its questions.

The “Fat Leonard” scandal, the worst corruption scandal in Navy history, centers around Malaysian contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, who bribed scores of officers with extravagant parties, luxury gifts, prostitutes and more in exchange for classified information to win lucrative contracts for his Glenn Defense Marine Asia company.

The Justice Department has already filed criminal charges against 28 people, including two admirals. Francis has pleaded guilty to bribing Navy officials and defrauding the government of more than $35 million, and is awaiting sentencing.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/358924-fat-leonard-corruption-probe-expands-to-60-admirals-report

November 7, 2017

Second Saudi prince dead in 24 hours?

Trump admires these people

Twitter is abuzz with the reports of death of yet another Saudi prince. Prince Abdul Aziz, 44, was the youngest son of King Fahd.

Hours after the death of Mansour Bin Muqrin, son of former crown prince Muqrin al-Saud, Twitter is abuzz with the reports of death of yet another Saudi prince.

The ArabicAlIthad News later quoted a Saudi Royal Court release saying that the Saudi royal family mourned the death of the prince who died at 44. It however did not cite a reason for the death.

Prince Aziz (44) was the youngest son of King Fahd and was reportedly arrested on Sunday.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/saudi-prince-killed-helicopter-crash-twitter-saudi-arabia/1/1083443.html

November 7, 2017

A short video that explains Americas tax code.

https://twitter.com/nxthompson/status/927612398198050817

November 7, 2017

Theft and a movie

Man accused of stealing car, taking in movie in Georgia

MORROW, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of stealing a Maserati and driving it to a movie theater in Georgia has been arrested.

The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office told news outlets Friday that 41-year-old Keithrick Williams is accused of driving the vehicle to an AMC theater in Morrow and parking it while he watched a movie.

A Facebook post from the sheriff’s office says a deputy spotted the vehicle and radioed in for more deputies to join him.

Authorities say Williams emerged from the theater and got into the car.

He was arrested Thursday. Jail records show he was charged with theft by receiving stolen property and possessing a weapon during a crime. It’s unclear if Williams has a lawyer.

https://apnews.com/cafe34653bd04de6bd6a41141ea2adac?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP_Oddities

November 7, 2017

.@realDonaldTrump promised a paradise,

and yes: his inner circle is in #ParadisePapers. Proving once again, he's not draining any swamp.

https://twitter.com/VicenteFoxQue/status/927588565944594434

November 7, 2017

Journalists boycott Disney films in solidarity with the L.A. Times

ournalists are boycotting coverage of films from Walt Disney Studios in order to show solidarity with the L.A. Times, which is being blocked by the company.

Entertainment sites like The A.V. Club and Flavorwire, as well as a pop culture writer for the Washington Post, said they would curb their Disney coverage until the ban of the Times was lifted.

"It's a dangerous precedent that Disney is setting: Write an unfavorable story—one that Disney hasn't disputed factually, even—and it will blacklist your publication, punishing independent journalism by using its massive corporate influence," wrote A.A. Dowd, the A.V. Club's film editor.

Last week, the Times explained in an editor's note that Disney's films were not included in its annual Holiday movie preview because of a story the Times published in September that examined the business relationship between the company's Californian theme park -- Disneyland -- and the city of Anaheim.

http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/06/media/disney-la-times-boycott/index.html

November 7, 2017

If you get HBO seek out Vice News Tonight Mon 11/6/17

1 hour show

They were embedded with the ICIJ the entire Paradise Papers project

Trailer:

November 6, 2017

Massachusetts becomes first state to ban bump stocks

(CNN)Massachusetts is the first state to ban the gun accessories used by the Las Vegas shooter last month to increase his rate of fire.

Bump stocks became a major source of discussion among lawmakers across the country after the attachments were found on the guns of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 and injured some 500 last month. But talk of banning the devices nationwide appears to have stalled.

Beginning in 2018, penalties for the possession or use of a bump stock or trigger crank in Massachusetts will range from probation to life in prison, Representative David Linsky, a Democrat who proposed the amendment, told CNN.

The new law defines a bump stock as "any device for a weapon that increases the rate of fire achievable with such weapon by using energy from the recoil of the weapon to generate a reciprocating action that facilitates repeated activation of the trigger."

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/us/massachusetts-bump-stock-ban/index.html?sr=twCNN110617massachusetts-bump-stock-ban0304PMStory

November 6, 2017

After a Tax Crackdown, Apple Found a New Shelter for Its Profits

The tech giant has found a tax haven in the island
of Jersey, leaving billions of dollars untouched
by the United States, leaked documents reveal.

Tim Cook was angry.

It was May 2013, and Mr. Cook, the chief executive of Apple, appeared before a United States Senate investigative subcommittee. After a lengthy inquiry, it found that the company had avoided tens of billions of dollars in taxes by shifting profits into Irish subsidiaries that the panel’s chairman called “ghost companies.”

“We pay all the taxes we owe, every single dollar,” Mr. Cook declared at the hearing. “We don’t depend on tax gimmicks,” he went on. “We don’t stash money on some Caribbean island.”

True enough. The island Apple would soon rely on was in the English Channel.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/06/world/apple-taxes-jersey.html?emc=edit_ta_20171106&nl=top-stories&nlid=50533710&ref=headline&_r=0