DC Tom Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 29 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: What happened? Did an austere religious scholar do something in Pensacola? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 On 12/2/2019 at 12:29 PM, Deranged Rhino said: I look forward to both John and Tony’s time on the stand at Trump’s impeachment trial. It should be quite illuminating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 (edited) interesting read. explains what was going on behind the curtain the last three years and if true, would validate much of what @Deranged Rhino has surmised. https://twitter.com/drawandstrike/status/1203040480507912198 Edited December 6, 2019 by Foxx 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Quote Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Ericsson or the Company), a multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, has agreed to pay total penalties of more than $1 billion to resolve the government’s investigation into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) arising out of the Company’s scheme to make and improperly record tens of millions of dollars in improper payments around the world. This includes a criminal penalty of over $520 million and approximately $540 million to be paid to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a related matter. An Ericsson subsidiary pleaded guilty today for its role in the scheme. ... “Today, Swedish telecom giant Ericsson has admitted to a years-long campaign of corruption in five countries to solidify its grip on telecommunications business,” said U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman of the Southern District of New York. “Through slush funds, bribes, gifts, and graft, Ericsson conducted telecom business with the guiding principle that ‘money talks.’ ... According to admissions by Ericsson, beginning in 2000 and continuing until 2016, the Company conspired with others to violate the FCPA by engaging in a longstanding scheme to pay bribes, to falsify books and records and to fail to implement reasonable internal accounting controls. Ericsson used third party agents and consultants to make bribe payments to government officials and/or to manage off-the-books slush funds. These agents were often engaged through sham contracts and paid pursuant to false invoices, and the payments to them were improperly accounted for in Ericsson’s books and records. The resolutions cover the Company’s criminal conduct in Djibouti, China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Kuwait. Details at the link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Anyone want to participate in this biometric data party? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 15 minutes ago, Hedge said: Anyone want to participate in this biometric data party? Why the ***** would I want to willingly give a federal law enforcement agency my biometric data? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 26 minutes ago, Hedge said: Anyone want to participate in this biometric data party? This is a real WTF!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 11 minutes ago, Koko78 said: Why the ***** would I want to willingly give a federal law enforcement agency my biometric data? So it goes with the facial recognition pictures they have of you, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, Hedge said: So it goes with the facial recognition pictures they have of you, of course. I am opposed to willingly giving them my fingerprints. If they're too lazy to get my prints from NYS, *****'em. However, if they want to send an attractive cis-female agent to my door, I may be persuaded into giving her a DNA sample. You know, for the good of the nation and all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, Buffalo_Gal said: This is a real WTF!? The link from the tweet just spins for me, but here are some others: I believe this is where the tweet link attempts to go Pilot Program Allows Electronic Fingerprint Submission for IdHSCs at Select Post Offices Just now, Koko78 said: I am opposed to willingly giving them my fingerprints. If they're too lazy to get my prints from NYS, *****'em. However, if they want to send an attractive cis-female agent to my door, I may be persuaded into giving her a DNA sample. You know, for the good of the nation and all... You, sir, are a true patriot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinga Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Hedge said: 2 hours ago, Koko78 said: I am opposed to willingly giving them my fingerprints. If they're too lazy to get my prints from NYS, *****'em. However, if they want to send an attractive cis-female agent to my door, I may be persuaded into giving her a DNA sample. You know, for the good of the nation and all... You, sir, are a true patriot. No he's not! He's just another vagrant willing to swap spit for self gratification! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) Edited December 7, 2019 by Hedge 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 4 hours ago, Koko78 said: I am opposed to willingly giving them my fingerprints. If they're too lazy to get my prints from NYS, *****'em. However, if they want to send an attractive cis-female agent to my door, I may be persuaded into giving her a DNA sample. You know, for the good of the nation and all... You lawyers, always mincing words. Why don't you just come out and say getting your fingerprints are going to cost the feds one good looking hooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 1 hour ago, 3rdnlng said: You lawyers, always mincing words. Why don't you just come out and say getting your fingerprints are going to cost the feds one good looking hooker. No, the fingerprints they can get from NYS. The DNA sample will require a good-looking hooker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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4merper4mer Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 8 hours ago, Cinga said: No he's not! He's just another vagrant willing to swap spit for self gratification! Like Ben Franklin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Long thread: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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keepthefaith Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Buffalo_Gal said: Long thread: Well, as much as I enjoy uncovering dirt on Clinton and others, I'm not sure this is fair criticism. We've been selling arms and training Saudi military and helping Saudis build bases in their country for a number of years and Trump has continued to approve the arms sales. Bush and Obama did same. In part it's a counter to growing Iran military capability in the region. Certainly a tragedy the shooting in Florida and I think we have to have a strong response to S.A. maybe to discontinue training here. We do train their pilots in Saudi. Maybe train only there. Certainly fair to question the CF contribution. Edited December 7, 2019 by keepthefaith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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