jonne

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[–] jonne 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's Canada, they had to use French on the sign too.

[–] jonne 30 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yep, if history is any guide, Democrats, if they ever get back in power, will want to look forward, not back. They've done that with Nixon, Reagan, the GFC, torture, Trump's whole ass coup, ...

It just means that the exact same characters will just try again.

[–] jonne 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, can't really joke about executions in the street.

[–] jonne 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Big issue with the state of politics, comedians are basically relegated to just reading the news because it's already a satire.

[–] jonne 18 points 1 month ago

Blatter doesn't run FIFA any more. And was fine with Russia and Qatar having the world cup, so I'm guessing the principles arrived when he retired.

[–] jonne 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean, the thing is that a donation to philanthropy is tax deductible, so even if you control the charity 100%, it counts. Instead of paying taxes, you're just paying yourself. And once it's in that charity, you can use that money for any charitable cause, even if that cause benefits the non-charitable side of your portfolio. This means that you can

  • pay for your own PR
  • use the charity money to buy a bunch of medicine to eradicate some disease, while you have investments in the pharma company that will provide said medicine
  • donate to academia to steer research goals and then become a early investor in any spinoff companies that result from that
  • donate to a charity run by a politician/other rich person to curry favour

It's not a coincidence he's become richer despite 'donating his wealth'.

[–] jonne 39 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Just shows that the idea that Bill Gates was one of the good ones was just PR. There are no good billionaires.

[–] jonne 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

Can't wait for the Behind the Bastards episode about this guy. Long overdue.

[–] jonne 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Not implying he was President during the Biden years. I guess I meant as a prominent politician.

[–] jonne 18 points 2 months ago
[–] jonne 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's doable if you're not constantly changing the plans. The issue appears to be that he keeps changing things about it. Every plan or rendering they've released is different and it keeps getting bigger with each iteration.

[–] jonne 21 points 2 months ago (11 children)

I wonder what a demolition crew does if you don't pay them. Other tradies will typically just rip out their work, but it's not like a demo crew can easily rebuild something they tore down.

 

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