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    I came across this link, which took me to a site on the Time site. It has daguerreotypes of 13 men who were veterans of the Revolutionary War, beneath each is a little history of who the man was and what his role in the war was. Learning a bit about each of those men made me realize that I really did nothing of significance as a teenager. I realize that what they did as teens made it possible for me to not have to do anything important as a teen, but that doesn't assuage my thoughts that I accomplished absolutely nothing.

    I only wish I had found this before today, but I guess it's still somewhat Independence Day weekend. Very, very cool.
    "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill


    "I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader

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    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...r-ireland-move

    The Internal Revenue Service delivered a notice of deficiency to the social media giant Wednesday for $3 billion to $5 billion, plus interest and penalties, based on the agency’s audit of Facebook’s transfer pricing, the company said in a regulatory filing Thursday. Facebook, which plans to challenge the notice in federal tax court, said its balance sheet could suffer if it’s held liable.
    "Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied

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    • #3
      not rare at all. transfer pricing is very hard and very complicated.
      Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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      • #4
        Nice of Wuap to pick up the save on a three-year airball.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
          not rare at all. transfer pricing is very hard and very complicated.
          Yes, but not complicated in that FB just didn't pay billions upon billions in taxes. There's an interpretation here that is wrong eihter on the IRS side or on the FB side.
          "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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          • #6
            I'm sure the COO endorsing Hilary is just coincidental timing.
            Get confident, stupid
            -landpoke

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            • #7
              Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View Post
              I'm sure the COO endorsing Hilary is just coincidental timing.
              ayforplayHillary:
              "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Moliere View Post
                ayforplayHillary:
                So far as I'm aware, the only Silicon Valley leader who has announced for Trump is Peter Thiel, which confounded many in these parts. Even conservative Valley types like Meg Whitman and Marc Andreessen have come out strongly against Drumpf. The COO endorsing Hillary is, despite the faint whiff of impropriety, is clearly in the news category of "dog bites man."

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
                  So far as I'm aware, the only Silicon Valley leader who has announced for Trump is Peter Thiel, which confounded many in these parts. Even conservative Valley types like Meg Whitman and Marc Andreessen have come out strongly against Drumpf. The COO endorsing Hillary is, despite the faint whiff of impropriety, is clearly in the news category of "dog bites man."
                  Peter Thiel really did give a nice convention speech. I enjoyed it.

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                  • #10
                    Facebook is still better than Marlboro...

                    Americans say Facebook is worse for society than Walmart or McDonald's

                    Walmart and McDonald's may have negative effects on society, according to a new survey of 2,000 Americans, but Facebook beats them both.


                    Conducted by the research company Honest Data, the survey asked people to single out from a list of companies which ones they felt had the worst impacts on society. The companies included Marlboro, Walmart, Facebook, McDonald's, and Coca-Cola.


                    Facebook fit that criteria for 27% of respondents, coming in second behind Marlboro, which 43% of people said had negative effects. McDonald's and Walmart came in at 21% and 18%, respectively, while 36% of people said "None of the above."
                    [...]
                    http://www.businessinsider.com/faceb...-survey-2018-2

                    So it has that going for it.
                    "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                    "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                    "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                    GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                    • #11
                      Sad...

                      Facebook stock drops after reports of FTC probe and UK summons of Zuckerberg in data scandal

                      • The probes follow a weekend of turmoil for Facebook after reports that Cambridge Analytica gained access to the data of more than 50 million users.
                      • Shares of Facebook fell as much as 5 percent Tuesday, after falling as much as 8 percent on Monday.
                      • UK officials are also investigating the alleged mishandling of data.

                      The Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether the use of personal data from 50 million Facebook users by Cambridge Analytica violated a consent decree the tech company signed with the agency in 2011, Bloomberg reported Monday.

                      The probe follows a weekend of turmoil for the social media giant. Reports this weekend said the research firm improperly gained access to the data of more than 50 million Facebook users.

                      "We are aware of the issues that have been raised but cannot comment on whether we are investigating. We take any allegations of violations of our consent decrees very seriously as we did in 2012 in a privacy case involving Google," a spokesman for the FTC said Tuesday.

                      Facebook said Tuesday it expected to receive a letter from the FTC with questions, but has not been informed of a formal probe.

                      A violation of the consent decree could carry a penalty of $40,000 per violation, which could mean a fine conservatively estimated to be "many millions of dollars in fines" for Facebook, The Washington Post reported over the weekend, citing a former FTC official.
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                      https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/20/ftc-...onal-data.html

                      Of course, Facebook is a CIA project so F them:

                      "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                      "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                      "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                      GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                        Sad...


                        https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/20/ftc-...onal-data.html

                        Of course, Facebook is a CIA project so F them:
                        Facebook is just the latest defendant on the docket:

                        https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2010...on/?comments=1

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                        • #13
                          $19 billion doesn't get you much these days...

                          Brian Acton, the WhatsApp co-founder who Mark Zuckerberg helped make a billionaire, urges everyone to DELETE their Facebook profile - but it will take 90 days to wipe
                          • WhatsApp founder Brian Acton tweeted: 'It is time. #deletefacebook'
                          • Hashtag trended amid outrage over links to data firm Cambridge Analytica
                          • Acton sold the app to Facebook for $19 billion (£11.4 billion) in 2014
                          • Acton was at WhatsApp for several years before leaving to start the Signal Foundation earlier this year


                          Mark Zuckerberg may have helped make him a billionaire, but that hasn't stopped Brian Acton from turning against Facebook.

                          The co-founder of Whatsapp has taken to Twitter to urge everyone to delete their Facebook profiles tweeting: 'It is time. #deletefacebook'.

                          It takes 90 days for a user's data to be wiped from the site after deleting it.

                          The hashtag has been trending amid outrage over Facebook's links to controversial data firm Cambridge Analytica and its handling of personal data.
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                          http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...-Facebook.html
                          "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                          "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                          "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                          GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by tooblue View Post
                            Facebook is just the latest defendant on the docket:

                            https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2010...on/?comments=1
                            That's an old case. Nothing to see here... move on:

                            California Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment to Apple, Dismissing Consumers' iPhone App Class Action

                            On November 25, 2013, Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted summary judgment for defendant Apple, Inc., dismissing claims by a class of plaintiffs claiming that they had detrimentally relied on Apple's misrepresentations to purchase and use their iPhones and other devices in violation of California consumer protection laws.1 After nearly three years of litigation, Judge Koh ultimately determined that the plaintiffs lacked standing to pursue their claims because they did not establish a genuine issue of material fact that they "actually relied" on Apple's statements that it had adhered to the company privacy policy.2
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                            https://www.wsgr.com/publications/PD...014/index.html
                            "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                            "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                            "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                            GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                              "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                              "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                              "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                              GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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