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The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by bsder »

decimalenough wrote: post #14
pixl97 wrote: post #8

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Turns out Bill is just actually a piece of shit through and through

The kind of piece of shit who donates basically his entire fortune to charity? And actual charity at that, not Ellison style "Larry Ellison Research Foundation for Prolonging the Life of Larry Ellison and Getting Some Tax Breaks Along the Way".

Andrew Carnegie funded a whole lot of stuff we still enjoy today. He was still a piece of shit and responsible for a lot of people winding up dead.

Gates has always been a piece of shit. For example, when Paul Allen got diagnosed with cancer, Gates and Ballmer tried to screw him out of Microsoft stock that he owned (this was roughly 1982-ish?).

You're a shit person if you try to screw over your "friend" like this. You're a shit person squared if you do it when they just got diagnosed with cancer.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by vee-kay »

ceejayoz wrote: post #36
decimalenough wrote: post #14

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The kind of piece of shit who donates basically his entire fortune to charity? And actual charity at that, not Ellison style "Larry Ellison Research Foundation for Prolonging the Life of Larry Ellison and Getting Some Tax Breaks Along the Way".

> The kind of piece of shit who donates basically his entire fortune to charity? https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ ranks him at #13 wealthiest in the world with $108B net worth. He's donated about half his fortune, and 60% of that to his own org.

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Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by vee-kay »

saalweachter wrote: post #43
decimalenough wrote: post #14

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The kind of piece of shit who donates basically his entire fortune to charity? And actual charity at that, not Ellison style "Larry Ellison Research Foundation for Prolonging the Life of Larry Ellison and Getting Some Tax Breaks Along the Way".

Listen, billionaires just have to do three things to be beloved: 1. Donate 5-10% of their fortune to random unobjectionable charities. 2. Don't abuse children. 3. Stay off Twitter. It's not a high bar, we don't need to give a silver medal to those that fall short.

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Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by Lammy »

wewewedxfgdf wrote: post #82
Lammy wrote: post #26

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You don't get that rich in the first place without being a ruthless asshole.

Proof please, not a slogan. Like, actual facts.

I should know better than to feed the troll, but…

- https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-f...

- https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-f...

- https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-f...

- https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-f...

- https://www.justice.gov/atr/us-v-microsoft-courts-findings-f...

- https://birdhouse.org/beos/byte/30-bootloader/

- http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/

One would have had to try very hard to avoid ever hearing about Microsoft's behavior in the '90s.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by vikkymelani »

vee-kay wrote: post #90
decimalenough wrote: post #74

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Malaria deaths have fallen by 60% in the last 15 years, saving on the order of 12 million lives. Bill's foundation has donated around $4B to the cause. And yeah, it's got Melinda's name on it, but let's face it, virtually all the money is from Bill/Microsoft.

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Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by vintermann »

watwut wrote: post #21
soperj wrote: post #6

> If only Bill Gates and Larry Summers had had my mom to go to for advice, they could’ve saved themselves a lot of grief. Doubt it would have changed anything for Bill. There's a pattern there and this is just a piece of that pattern.

Same with Summers. He had reputation beyond Epstein contacts.

"There are two kinds of politicians, insiders and outsiders. The outsiders prioritize their freedom to speak their version of the truth. The price for their freedom is that they are ignored by the insiders, who make the important decisions. The insiders, for their part, follow a sacrosanct rule: never turn against other insiders and never talk to outsiders about what insiders say or do. Their reward? Access to inside information and a chance, though no guarantee, of influencing powerful people and outcomes." -- Larry Summers, according to Yanis Varoufakis in "Adults in the Room"

It sounds a bit cartoon villainy, but honestly, I see no reason to doubt that he said this. Everything points to these people being casually desperate to be let into ever innermore circles. Even now that this particularly ugly circle is blown open, notice that they still simply do not talk about what their fellow insiders did except in vague generalities.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by gscott »

vee-kay wrote: post #107
mrg3_2013 wrote: post #104

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Interesting to see how this is getting downvoted. Somewhat expected. Many more head would roll from this scandal. Bill Gates, Peter Thiel are just starters

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People seem to forget how many companies Bill Gates put out of business by using their designs. It takes years to sue and win damages minus lawyer fees. Then to try to whitewash his reputation by giving the money away.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by verisimi »

jmyeet wrote: post #93
decimalenough wrote: post #14

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The kind of piece of shit who donates basically his entire fortune to charity? And actual charity at that, not Ellison style "Larry Ellison Research Foundation for Prolonging the Life of Larry Ellison and Getting Some Tax Breaks Along the Way".

A lot of the so-called "charity" by wealthy individuals is anything but. It's placing assets in a tax-advantaged positions where some of the proceeds gets used for "charity" (whatever that means) but they still maintain control. For example, the typical tax structure is to put assets into a foundation. That allows the assets to grow and earn income without being taxed. The only requirement is that 5% of the asset poo…

Also, don't forget, that the work itself can be about 'preparing the ground' for your non-charitable interests (which are probably held in trust, ie not held personally). Eg if you involve yourself in child education (perhaps making it worse) this is not an issue if it makes it more like that your classroom software is adopted. Or, if you are heavily invested in pharmaceuticals, singing the praises of vaccines, is just a tax savvy way of increasing the market that you will benefit from.
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