2 | Achilles Tang Thu, Aug 23, 2012 4:45:29pm |
I must be slow. I don't get this. Spastic OK. But tubes?
3 | Kragar Thu, Aug 23, 2012 4:46:20pm |
4 | Decatur Deb Thu, Aug 23, 2012 4:47:10pm |
re: #2 Achilles Tang
I must be slow. I don't get this. Spastic OK. But tubes?
Refers to Akins' explanation for the physiology of God's Little Shield: trauma makes the tubes all spastic.
6 | Charles Johnson Thu, Aug 23, 2012 4:47:25pm |
8 | Interesting Times Thu, Aug 23, 2012 4:50:33pm |
@joe_hill I think GOP policy is that, if it's legitimate man-made global warming, the Earth has ways to try to shut the whole thing down.— Devin Jessup (@kennokishi) August 23, 2012
10 | Gus Thu, Aug 23, 2012 4:52:40pm |
O.U.C.H. RT @lizardoid: It explains so much. #SpasticTubes @rsmccain twitter.com/Lizardoid/stat...— Lars Olsson (@larsolsson) August 23, 2012
11 | Lidane Thu, Aug 23, 2012 4:55:47pm |
re: #7 Kragar
Willke knows science like Barton knows history.
I read up on Willke. The guy got his MD back in 1948 and it apparently didn't stick.
Anyone who thinks that the only women who get pregnant after rape are the ones who haven't been sufficiently traumatized or stressed out by the experience has no business practicing medicine.
13 | Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:02:45pm |
Now that's a condom! twitter.com/goatwhore666/s…
— GOAT (@goatwhore666) August 23, 2012
14 | bratwurst Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:05:22pm |
15 | God of Binders with Women Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:06:23pm |
re: #13 Stanley Sea
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Looks like the little kid dressed like DV from the Volkswagen commercial.
16 | Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:08:22pm |
re: #15 Changing Colors, Spinning Yarns
Looks like the little kid dressed like DV from the Volkswagen commercial.
Agree. How I love that commercial. Till the kid went on GMA and said he knew nothing about Star Wars. What a joke/let down.
17 | Gus Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:12:06pm |
Oh dear. It's already a RW talking point but this is kind of, well, funny. Gawker might actually be owned by a Cayman Island based shell company according to New York Magazine.
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The ultimate parent company has never been in the U.S.: it used to be Blogwire in Hungary, but now Blogwire Hungary has become a subsidiary of a Cayman Islands entity called Gawker Media Group Inc, which also owns various U.S. operations like Gawker Media LLC, Gawker Entertainment LLC, Gawker Technology LLC, and Gawker Sales LLC. (And what, exactly, is, or was, “Nick Denton Engineering“?)... What is clear is that most of the value of Gawker Media Group is to be found in the Hungarian subsidiaries—since it’s the Hungarian companies which own Gawker’s technology and its intellectual property. The main company there is Blogwire Hungary Szellemi Alkotást Hasznosító Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság, which translates as Blogwire Hungary Intellectual Property Exploitation LLC; it came into being on October 1, 2002, and was officially registered on December 10 of that year. Denton has Hungarian citizenship (his mother, Marika, was Hungarian), which helped in terms of setting up the Hungarian company and getting associated tax breaks.
The Hungarian companies get all of Gawker’s international income, which flows in from 13 different salespeople in ten different countries and which, since it’s international income flowing to a Hungarian company owned by a Cayman Islands parent, is basically pure profit which never comes close to being taxed in the U.S. The result is a company where 130 U.S. employees eat up the lion’s share of the U.S. revenues, resulting in little if any taxable income, while the international income, the franchise value of the brands, and the value of the technology all stays permanently overseas, untouched by the IRS.
(For what it's worth, Salmon thinks that Gawker's proprietary web publishing technology could prove pretty valuable, even though it's never been regarded as much of a tech company.) As for all the corporate rejiggering, Salmon says, "I'm sure there are good tax reasons, but it also looks as though Gawker is moving from something held together with the legal equivalent of duct tape and twine to something more robust and permanent." The groundwork, he adds, has "now been laid for the long company-wide walk away from the world of blogs and towards Denton’s new promised land of cable TV. There will be more video — much more, both in posts and in ads; expect the new director of sales to have TV experience."
Read the whole thing at So a Couple of Things Are Happening to Gawker Media
19 | Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:15:05pm |
re: #17 Gus
Everyone who can, does it. No problem.
Just leaves a shitty taste when you are trying to budget your gas expense for the rest of the month, and you are in a "good ol American" job.
20 | Gus Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:16:43pm |
re: #19 Stanley Sea
Everyone who can, does it. No problem.
Just leaves a shitty taste when you are trying to budget your gas expense for the rest of the month, and you are in a "good ol American" job.
I know. It could also be argued that it doesn't mean anything. So Gawker is owned by a Cayman Island shell company... does that make any difference?
21 | Achilles Tang Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:18:01pm |
22 | Charles Johnson Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:18:20pm |
re: #20 Gus
I know. It could also be argued that it doesn't mean anything. So Gawker is owned by a Cayman Island shell company... does that make any difference?
Well, Nick Denton's not running for President.
23 | Achilles Tang Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:20:32pm |
re: #20 Gus
I know. It could also be argued that it doesn't mean anything. So Gawker is owned by a Cayman Island shell company... does that make any difference?
Not to Romney.
24 | Gus Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:23:21pm |
re: #23 Achilles Tang
Not to Romney.
I think I figured out how Mitt Romney can fix this! Bain Capital buys Gawker. Wait. Now that give me another thought. It would be funny of if Bain Capital has investments in Gawker.
25 | Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:23:56pm |
re: #20 Gus
I know. It could also be argued that it doesn't mean anything. So Gawker is owned by a Cayman Island shell company... does that make any difference?
They also own Deadspin. Ever read that?
I'm thinking that the docs are legit, and probably just document normal American tax evasive business practices. Every business/business person with the resources can avoid taxes to their government. That is the big picture.
26 | Gus Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:28:15pm |
re: #25 Stanley Sea
They also own Deadspin. Ever read that?
I'm thinking that the docs are legit, and probably just document normal American tax evasive business practices. Every business/business person with the resources can avoid taxes to their government. That is the big picture.
Never read Deadspin and yes this can also be a teaching moment. Of course this still leave everyone wondering about Romney's tax returns. This acts as a catalyst to those requests.
27 | kirkspencer Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:31:21pm |
What has me wondering, a bit, is Ann Romney's statement. They don't want to give the opposition any ammo?
We already know there were foreign tax avoidance accounts. We already know the tax rate was extremely low.
What is in there that might be seized upon as evidence that Mitt Romney should not be acceptable as president of the US?
I'm still doubting it is illegal, but I'm still of the opinion that as their potential employer we should get to see the history. "Trust me" isn't enough.
28 | Our Precious Bodily Fluids Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:34:32pm |
re: #17 Gus
Oh dear. It's already a RW talking point but this is kind of, well, funny. Gawker might actually be owned by a Cayman Island based shell company according to New York Magazine.
Read the whole thing at So a Couple of Things Are Happening to Gawker Media
I'd laugh myself to death if it turned out to be a company associated with Bain.
29 | Gus Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:37:40pm |
re: #28 What Would Spalding Gray Do?
I'd laugh myself to death if it turned out to be a company associated with Bain.
What's interesting here is that the Gawker documents are Cayman Island documents. If Gawker truly is owned by a Cayman Island shell company that increases the likelihood that it was a connection from within Gawker themselves and obtained these documents -- not "leaked by the Obama camp."
30 | Charles Johnson Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:39:04pm |
re: #29 Gus
What's interesting here is that the Gawker documents are Cayman Island documents. If Gawker truly is owned by a Cayman Island shell company that increase the likelihood that it was a connection from with Gawker themselves obtained these documents and not "leaked by the Obama camp."
Good point.
31 | Decatur Deb Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:42:05pm |
re: #28 What Would Spalding Gray Do?
I'd laugh myself to death if it turned out to be a company associated with Bain.
Welcome to 21st cent globalism, where everyone is owned by everyone.
32 | Gus Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:43:18pm |
re: #31 Decatur Deb
Welcome to 21st cent globalism, where everyone is owned by everyone.
The Illuminati!
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33 | Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:46:27pm |
re: #27 kirkspencer
What has me wondering, a bit, is Ann Romney's statement. They don't want to give the opposition any ammo?
We already know there were foreign tax avoidance accounts. We already know the tax rate was extremely low.
What is in there that might be seized upon as evidence that Mitt Romney should not be acceptable as president of the US?
I'm still doubting it is illegal, but I'm still of the opinion that as their potential employer we should get to see the history. "Trust me" isn't enough.
Today the Romney camp (or Romney himself - find link) said they didn't want to release because they didn't want to show the amount given to their church, or something like that. How I read that is they are going to batten down the hatches under some sort of religious freedom from whatever. You know, the latest protection.
34 | Page 3 in the Binder of Women Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:48:50pm |
re: #31 Decatur Deb
Welcome to 21st cent globalism, where everyone is owned by everyone.
Hell, I got MARRIED in the Cayman Islands. I was a part of it all.
35 | Lidane Thu, Aug 23, 2012 6:12:19pm |
I played GOP Monopoly last night. No regulations. In five minutes, I had asthma, one guy owned everything and the banker was blowing him.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP) August 24, 2012
Heh.
36 | S'latch Fri, Aug 24, 2012 5:21:27am |
This is a traumatic thing -- he is, shall we say, he's uptight. He is frightened, tight, and so on. And kindness, benevolence, humanity, empathy, if deposited in his heart, is less likely to be able to fertilize. His tubes are spastic.
37 | I Am Kreniigh! Fri, Aug 24, 2012 9:11:26am |
re: #11 Lidane
I read up on Willke. The guy got his MD back in 1948 and it apparently didn't stick.
Anyone who thinks that the only women who get pregnant after rape are the ones who haven't been sufficiently traumatized or stressed out by the experience has no business practicing medicine.
I actually shook his hand last week, at a family funeral. He's my great-uncle and I had never been introduced to him before. I don't think he approved of my long hair. :(