If it was Jeff Bezos would you feel differently?
If it was Jeff Bezos would you feel differently?
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Missing the point. The better question would be, what did the $90 million actually fund? Or how much ended up being funneled to "administration fees" and other bs that didn't even help the movement. The fundraiser just being a facade is what I think duke's trying to point out. People that work for charity are entitled to a salary like anyone, but it's suspicious when they're getting multiple million-dollar homes.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Quoting baby doll (view post)https://news.yahoo.com/blm-official-...114017918.htmlQuoting BLM Global Network
You guys seem to think $90 million is a lot more than it is.
PS: The chick signed a development deal with Warners Television Group last year. Who knows what's going on, or what money went where, but it's interesting nobody considered she might have other sources of income (including from her spouse).
ETA: She also published a bestselling book.
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No, I get that 100%.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
My point is that Bezos has done much shadier stuff with much, much, MUCH larger amounts of money. Yet he is someone Duke consistently supports and even admires.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I'm not really getting into this convo, but 90 million is mother fucking lot of money to a vast majority of people, any way you slice it.Quoting Irish (view post)
It's exactly the point. If she were white and this were a "white" charity, this wouldn't be a story.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
For comparison, quick googling of recent CEO pay at major charities:
- $582,961 (Unicef USA)
- $534,000 (March of Dimes)
- $1.02 million (United Way)
It seems likely a CEO at this level would have a large enough salary to secure a mortgage for a multi-million dollar home, and maybe than one if she had other sources of income. From the Grio / Yahoo News piece, it sounds like a coordinated smear campaign.
It's hard to imagine an amorphous movement sustaining itself long enough to achieve much of anything in the absence of some kind of organizational structure (e.g., the NAACP in the case of the Civil Rights Movement).Quoting bac0n (view post)
In any case, a lack of an organizational structure hasn't stopped conservatives from demonizing Antifa. Wherever oppressed people attempt to assert their rights, whether it's unions fighting for better pay and working conditions or black people demanding the police stop murdering them, there will be a conservative there to demonize them.
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
Good point on the other source of income. I assumed, wrongly, that devoting your entire 40-80-120 hour work week on the most visible cause in the country, wouldn't have any time or allowance to make money anywhere else.Quoting Irish (view post)
No way those are "salaries" are they??Quoting Irish (view post)
That's wild.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I admire persistence and entrepreneurship.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
I dont care if people want to send dick pics to mistresses.
That's not at all what I was talking aboutQuoting Dukefrukem (view post)
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Well say what you mean and mean what you say then, because we can't read minds.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Duke we have wildly different views on what constitutes being a good businessman / company leader.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
I don't think this conversation will be productive.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
https://www.politifact.com/factcheck...itable-groups/Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
More CEO salaries:
American Red Cross, $686,000
Goodwill Industries, $717,000
Nationwide charities are businesses operating under a different tax structure. That's it. Small difference. Nobody takes a vow of poverty to work at one (unless you're a rank-and-file employee, in which case, you're fucked, much like your brethren in the "for profit" world).
Then why bring it up?Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Because I would probably counter with the billions he's spent on philanthropy. You can read about it on his wiki.
I brought it up in relation to the discussion of the BLM co-founder.Quoting Dukefrukem (view post)
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Except the guy in the movie is white.
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
That's true; I guess a more accurate comparison would be this:Quoting baby doll (view post)
I swear, it still (sort of) seemed like satire six years ago...
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Two NYC mayoral candidates estimated median sale prices for Brooklyn homes to be $80k-$100k.
The real median price is about $900k.
Can we please get some political leadership that actually knows what's going on in their territories?
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Wow. That’s hard to believe. Surely those campaigns will hit some kind of snag.
Ottawa is getting near Toronto/Vancouver prices. No one can afford anything, to rent OR buy.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Hahah this happened with retirement pensions and our previous president elect.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
What is this gas shortage I'm hearing about from Trumpers? I just spent a week traveling around Michigan and Ohio and have barely even seen a price increase let alone lines or shortages.