Pretty interesting stuff here, seems like we're seeing some backtrack from people in the NBA as an attempt to 'kiss and make up' with China in order to get 'good' relations back with China. I don't see how a US company, the NBA, feels as if this is so much of a threat that they're willing to let look the other way on people getting LITERALLY killed in the streets due to fighting for their freedom. But if you read a little bit more, you find the reason into why he did this. James has a lifetime endorsement deal with Nike, and China is the biggest source of growth for shoe companies. Nike recently announced its plans to release an apparel line based on the motto of James’s media company: “More Than an Athlete.” Check it out: https://www.wsj.com/articles/lebron-james-says-tweet-supporting-hong-kong-protests-was-misinformed-11571107697?mod=hp_lead_pos9Seems normal to make statements like this one. Nike has a lot of profits from the products that are produced in the Chinese soil so they need to keep the bonds between US and China strong. And in order to do so, athletes like Lebron James is a great tool. Normal? Yes. Would Nike have dropped Lebron (Not even sure if they can) if he had actual made a public statement condeming the Chinese government and saying that he supports the protests that are pro democracy -- Probably not. Think about that for a second. Do you actually think that Nike would risk dropping Lebron james for the growth of the shoes market in China? No. Because they would lose the American market if it came out that they forced LEBRON JAMES THE KING OF BASKETBALL (and shoe sales) into going against innocent protesters in HK. |
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Either he was forced/instructed to say something like this by the NBA or he needs that sweet sweet sponsorship revenue. I don't understand why people would support China at this point after all the things we can see. I really like the Chinese but I feel bad for them when most of their news sources are censored.
I'm going to assume that Nike had instructed him to make a statement. I highly doubt the NBA would reach out to him, and risk a potential issue of silencing certain players' opinion. Chinese people are great, though they are in a horrible situation with a government who wants to control every single thing that they do. HK fears that they're going to be under the same control as the Chinese people, which is why they're fighting to hard to ensure this isn't their future. The Chinese government is horrible, they are oppressive to their people and they're willing to LITERALLY kill their own people in the streets to continue their control. Hopefully the world steps up and ignores the business considerations and notices that what China is doing isn't okay. |
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Pretty interesting stuff here, seems like we're seeing some backtrack from people in the NBA as an attempt to 'kiss and make up' with China in order to get 'good' relations back with China. I don't see how a US company, the NBA, feels as if this is so much of a threat that they're willing to let look the other way on people getting LITERALLY killed in the streets due to fighting for their freedom. But if you read a little bit more, you find the reason into why he did this. James has a lifetime endorsement deal with Nike, and China is the biggest source of growth for shoe companies. Nike recently announced its plans to release an apparel line based on the motto of James’s media company: “More Than an Athlete.” Check it out: https://www.wsj.com/articles/lebron-james-says-tweet-supporting-hong-kong-protests-was-misinformed-11571107697?mod=hp_lead_pos9 |
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Just know that project veritas videos are typically plagued with a large amount of cuts and edits to make things look worse then they actually do. Not saying that this is the case in this video, or that it should take away from the effects of what is going on -- because it is pretty wild to think about this.
But remember that everyone has a bias and there is a reason for everyone sharing what they do.
Imagine what Tucker and the rest of the people at fox say about Clinton (and Dems) behind the scenes.
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Honestly don't know why she even entertains this sort of stuff. She could come across as a better person by saying that after 3 years the GOP and Trump still continue to talk about me but no she goes into some weird fantasy world where she thinks she beat Trump. She took a clear opportunity to win -- and pointed back to a time where she lost. What a wacko. |
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North Korea's foreign ministry "strongly demanded" on Saturday that Japan pay compensation for a fishing boat that sank when it collided with a Japanese patrol boat earlier this week, North Korean state news agency KCNA reported.
The collision on Monday was deliberate and "a gangster act" by Japan and Tokyo should take steps to prevent future incidents, a spokesman for the foreign ministry said in a statement carried by KCNA.
The Japanese coast guard said on Monday it rescued about 60 North Korean crew members from a fishing boat that sank after it collided with the patrol boat that was chasing it out of Japanese waters.
they should be thankful that the Japanese coast guard rescued the 60 North Korean crewmen when they entered the Japanese territory illegally. Philippines had a similar incident with the Chinese but the difference is the Chinese vessel illegally entered the Philippine territory and they intentionally sank a fishing vessel and left the fishing vessel crewmen to die. fortunately the crewmen were rescued by the Philippine navy. I have to ask for two things here. Thanks in advance. 1. Why in gods name do you make those weird space after you post something? Is there a reason for that? 2. Could you link this story? Very interested on reading about it. |
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One of the few things you and I agree on... Those people should never have been in prison in the first place, so releasing them is #1, but some compensation would be appropriate as well. In addition to the clear moral case against imprisoning people for victimless crimes, if you got this many people out of prison and back on their feet, imagine how good that'd be for the economy.
I love that Yang is promising to pardon non-violent drug offenders like this. Have any others made the same promise yet? This is absolutely something that any president could do on day 1. Ron Paul promised the same thing when he was running in 2012.
Well Yang and other Presidents can't really do all of this. They can pardon the ones that have been arrested on the federal level. That's it. All of the state crimes would have to be pardoned by the governors, which may not be so on board. Most convictions for these non violent drug crimes are on the state level anyway. While I do agree that people shouldn't be going to jail for 'victimless' crimes -- I do also think there is a clear problem with giving them money due to this. Is it truly sustainable, or is it just going to create administrative bloat where people never leave the system because government wants this system to be permanent instead of temporary like planned. |
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China is interested in money the most. They consider India to be a large untapped market. Nepal is not a large interest of China but if it can flood the market of Nepal with the Chinese goods and services, the porous border between Nepal and India would lead them easily to India.
India views China's involvement as a competing power and it's rail and road as track for cultural, economic and military expansion, which is also true.
That's what the end goal is here, invest heavily in overseas so you're able to 'purchase' favor with the rest of the world. That's what most countries do to curry favor with other countries. It's one of the biggest reasons the US military spends large amounts of money on military bases in other countries, and spends large amounts of money on foreign aid. While people may not like foreign aid as they think it is useless (some of it is) people don't understand the economic impact of it and what it does to help out the economy as a whole. |
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I without a doubt support this. People are going to have and commented that this is 'fake news' due to the fact that a US related company is reporting on it. But where do you think people are getting the information on this being 'fake news' -- North Korean news agencies. If we're going to compare how reputable these two news agencies are side by side. North Korean news agencies -- LITERAL PROPAGANDA OF THE NORTH KOREAN STATE WHICH KILLS PEOPLE THAT DONT SUPPORT THEM Washington post - A news agency with a bias to US and liberal bias. I think we can see who the winner is here guys come on. |
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Give people who misbehave money. Yeah, that's brilliant (sarcasm).
I know this thread is a bit old, but I do think that it is pretty relevant. +1 to that. I think this sort of idea is BEYOND stupid. I understand wanting to give people proper support for people that are addicted to drugs and are still addicted to drugs: Yes. But giving money to people that are incarcerated just because they did bad things? No. We shouldn't be incarcerating people for non violent drug crimes. Agree. It''s waste of resources all around. We're spending money on prisons, correctional officers, police officers, judes, and so on and so forth. |
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There's no real reason for using something like a vanity address or something like that. It's just cool to have.It's cool just like having a custom plate at the DMV is cool -- cool to have, but no real reason for the usage.
Just stick to regular BTC addresses and QR codes, why do you have to make it even harder for a company to get involved? Now they have to research how to use vanity addresses and all that jazz.
Nah.
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I mean there's something we have to take note of when we're talking about impeachment.
Impeachment is only the act of being brought up on charges in the House, that's it. It doesn't mean you're removed from the office, and it just means that the Senate is now going to vote on if you're guilty on the charges that you're being brought up for. Nothing more, nothing less.
So -- I think it is pretty likely that Trump is brought up on charges in the House, unknown on what it is but I know that Pelosi and the Democrats have a whole have signaled that they do have the votes for this.
Though I think the chance that he is found guilty and removed from office in the Senate is SLIM TO NONE. First, there is not enough votes in the Senate to support it and I dont think it is popular enough among the American people to remove this president.
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this is something that should be done.
You do realize this is what DarkStar has been doing like the 3 last times already ? Mistyped when I wrote should be done. Meant more along the lines of that this is the correct way to go about things as he was seeking feedback. You do understand what my point is though, even if I mistyped. |
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Even if it is a viable case, do you truly think that the US government is going to go after a company that they're practically in bed with. Google helps the US government with pretty much any and every investigation they have. I think it's practically confirmed at this point that the NSA pays google to help them spy on people.
Plus -- google donates large deals of money to politicians and political parties, making an investigation into them a political problem as well.
Eh?
Its hard to say, but one thing to consider is they are reaching levels of power surpassing national governments. If they are going to do it, it will be sooner rather than later. I think what is most likely is they will use this as leverage to put a leash on them and bring them deeper into the government's purview. True. It might even be fair to say that the US government might have already done this to some US companies already. Pretty much saying that they'll allow them to control their monopoly and continue to grow, but they have to be at the whim of the US government. Which is a pretty easy thing to say yes to. |
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Isn't there this issue with current anti-trust law in the fact that to prove that there is a monopoly, you'd have to show that consumers are being hurt by it in some way.
Take Amazon for example, yes they own tons and tons of companies and they continue to buy more and more.Though they've kept prices down, and they're not raising prices once they've taken over market share.
This is the same situation for Google, Facebook, etc.
Yes, this is one of the primary metrics. In the case of Amazon, that is an entirely different animal because the business models are so vastly different. I am sure plenty of arguments could be made for them too. As far as observable damages to consumers, the action would not have been brought unless they had documentation of this. From my own observations though I would suggest election meddling, reduction of options in competition of a plethora of services, tortious interference, and working against US national security interests in coordination with a foreign state would be at the top of the list. Then again, isn't this something that any company could do and any individual can do? Any company could devote billions of dollars towards a candidate if they wanted to, there's nothing illegal with that. Obviously they'd have to donate towards the candidates aligned super pacs instead of anything else. Working against US security interests isn't going to be allowed though. Though I suppose the US would have to show that they're working against the US on purpose in order to hurt the US. You are not thinking of this in the context of a monopoly. As I already stated, that is just one metric. The other metrics I went over previously in the thread. It is a combination of all of these metrics together that makes it a viable antitrust case. Even if it is a viable case, do you truly think that the US government is going to go after a company that they're practically in bed with. Google helps the US government with pretty much any and every investigation they have. I think it's practically confirmed at this point that the NSA pays google to help them spy on people. Plus -- google donates large deals of money to politicians and political parties, making an investigation into them a political problem as well. Eh? |
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If you didn't decide on a system yet, I'd say offering multiple slots at once is probably best for quite a few reasons:
• less analysis on your end, you don't have to keep going through 60 new applicants' 20+ posts a week to see which is best...
• There's less of a chance of 2/3 great users applying and you having to reject 2 of them because one was almost unnoticeably better in quality/discussion with their posts.
It's still very similar no matter what anyways, you can always do like you did this time and say 1-4 posts are open and avaliable and then choose how many you distribute once all of the applications come in.
Might be a bit late, and you may have already come to a decision. But I do think that this is something that should be done. Much better then opening slots all the time and having to look through 60+ every 2 weeks instead of 60+ every couple months. Because we all know that you're going to be getting the same amount of people attempting to join this campaign if theirs 1 slot or if these 6 open. Nice job jack on explaining it, really swayed me as well. |
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Just an update as well, as I don't know if it's been talked about here or in general. China and the NBA are in a MAJOR international conflict right now, as the Rockets coach tweeted that he supported the HK protesters or something along those lines. Now typically what would happen is that China would demand an apology and the company would oblige - typically sending their CEO to talk to some high level Chinese officials and saying that they regret what they did. BUT THATS NOT THE WAY THIS SITUATION TURNED OUT. The Rockets coach apologized if it angered fans of the team, but hadn't apologized to China -- the NBA stood behind the coach and said that they support his free speech and that was that. Currently still ongoing, but I thought this would be interesting for everyone to hear about. https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-has-an-apology-playbook-the-nba-has-another-idea-11570633239?mod=hp_lead_pos7 |
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This is more of what I meant. The Chinese government is the problem, they've forced the Chinese people to work under horrible conditions, be paid nothing, giving companies pretty much all of the power in China, and have stripped them of basically every human right.
Illegals in the US have more rights then regular everyday people in China. That's truly saying something.
Hopefully the protests in HK spark anger all across China -- though I don't think it's going to happen.
I personally understand what you meant, but I think it is important to be explicit, especially since a significant language barrier is involved. The people of China need to understand this is not an attack upon their nation if they are to feel enabled to resist the CCP. This is the CCP's primary strategy to rile up nationalism and cast foreigners as wanting to attack the nation itself rather than its criminal leadership. I don't think most of the mainland Chinese will be as much pissed over what is happening in Hong Kong, as they will see it as an example that resistance is possible. However when China's economy inevitably falters, they will in fact be pissed and be motivated to resist, and that is when the lessons learned in Hong Kong will become more important. China is a great nation with lots of gifted people, but its culture has long been festering under the rule of the CCP. China needs to bury the CCP and grow out of its corpse into the beautiful and strong tree it was always destined to be. Without a doubt fair, we wouldn't want any of our Chinese friends on the board thinking that we're demonizing them when we're not. So that's something that I without a doubt think is fair to be explicit about. I just don't see a way for the CCP to fall with the people under their thumb as they are now. It's not something that's going to be easy, and the people are going to need the support of other nations to allow for them to takeover the gov and be replaced with a Democratically elected one. That's not an easy task -- and regime change always brings about the chance of a power vacuum and violence. One critical point to keep in mind is China's economy is currently largely based on fraud and fake numbers. The CCP is a mafia. In order to keep criminal cartels functional, the spice must flow. With the world economy faltering, the world waking up to China's bad behavior, and the trade wars lead by Trump, this is putting the CCP in a very untenable position. As the fraud there in China becomes more evident, the people are going to be increasingly unwilling to cooperate with the CCP. I am of the opinion that it is only a matter of time before the CCP falls, and once that happens, then China will become the world's economic powerhouse and displace the USA in this role, largely with international blessings. Yeah, I've read MANY articles on this sort of thing. Here's one of the many that I've read on the matter. https://www.ft.com/content/961b4b32-3fce-11e9-b896-fe36ec32aeceChinas economy is allowed to lie about the numbers because we let them do it. Think about all of the chinese companies that are on US stock exchanges that WITHOUT A DOUBT have fraudulent numbers. We turn a blind eye because China makes us cheap shit and we don't want to mess with the growth. It's a great thing...... |
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WSJ/NBC poll ? Yeah, I'm sure that polled an equal amount of the country's beliefs.
A recent poll in Hustler magazine revealed that men like to look at boobs.
A recent poll in The Vatican news reveled that no one looks at boobs.
What the heck do you think you'd get out of a WSJ/NBC poll. 90% of their audience is liberal.
How do you think the same "poll" would play out if taken by The Daily Wire?
Ive been on this earth for almost 50 years, and no one has yet to ask me my opinion on any poll.
Do you truly think that the people who read WSJ - the business journal - are liberals? I'd understand that argument if you were talking about CNN twitter poll, or something along those lines. But this is a poll that isn't on the readers, its done scientifically to attempt to minimize the margin of error. They're calling people from all around the country -- probably around 500 or so from different parties and different ideologies, different income levels, walks of life, etc (or at least they try for this) So your argument is invalid. This isn't a bias on the readers or anything like that. If you would've started saying that you think polling is flawed for x,y, z reason (Ex: People who respond to polls are biased because they respond, issues with data gathering, issues of questions) then I would've said that your argument is fine. But the one you've presented isn't legitimate. You may be right. I didn't bother spending the time to research the polling procedure for this poll. But, I do know most polls are about as reliable as the toilet paper they're printed on. Without a doubt true, most polls are complete and utter garbage. But there is a clear amount of polls that are PRETTY good -- or at least good enough to run with. And when you aggregate tons of 'goodish' polls together you're going to get something that is fair enough to use. Think of something like 538 or realclearpolitics.I'd checkout those sites if you're done with the whole "Trump is hated in this poll" "Trump is loved in this one" |
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UK has borders with Cyprus as well. Akrotiri and Dhekelia is a British Overseas Territory. According Wikipedia, there live about 15700 people. Cyprus is a EU country. Gibraltar is part of the UK, and it has a land border with Spain, which is part of the EU. It will obviously need a customs agreement with the EU once we are free of their shackles.
Interesting to see. Though I doubt there's going to be a HARD (or whatever term they're using now) border between the two nations. There's going to most likely be some sort of agreement made for areas that truly do need it, arrangements made to make it easier for people who do business in the overlapping areas to not have too large of issues. Though then again all of this WILL ONLY HAPPEN if the Eu and the UK can't come to a deal in terms of all of this. At the moment we're just speculating. |
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