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Is The U.S. now seen (in the eyes of the world) as a Banana Republic?
In other words is the indictment of Donal Trump a politically motivated 'witch hunt'?
Is the U.S. D.O.J. being manipulated by J. Biden's lot who may want to crush Trump's chances of re-election in favour of Biden next year?
I am sure it is happening in the U.K. with Boris Johnson being subjected to the highest standards of scrutiny.
So, in some ways a relentless application of the law, without the larger picture being considered, as a knee-jerk reaction, resulting in condemnation by legal process, may not reflect what the public voters actually wish to see.
The law is the law but we need to decide if it is being used correctly and without bias.
'jam tomorrow' was coined by Lewis Carroll in his 1871 book 'Through The Looking Glass'.
The White Queen said. "The rule is, jam to-morrow and jam yesterday – but never jam to-day."
"It must come sometimes to 'jam to-day'," Alice objected.
"No, it can't," said the Queen. "It's jam every other day: to-day isn't any other day, you know."
Doggy,
Your eating habits sound ideal - if it is not there in nature do not ingest it.
i.e. no Cola/Soda's/packaged meals/processed meats.
I guess the reason for the huge incidence of acid reflux spectrum illness in modern America (and UK, et cetera) is a consequence of ignoring how our ancestors ate and drank.
In 2022, there were a total number of 9,552 craft breweries in the United States, based on the latest data of the Brewers Association - 4 May 2023.
And I thought most Americans ate huge plates of junk food and drank Budweiser!
Doggy,
£4.50 is about the lowest price of a local 'pub' beer in the UK.
In London you would pay much more.
'Craft' beers are in another league.
What do you pay for ordinary beer in Oregon?
Doggy,
I get the feeling I'm being played with by a box of frogs.
It's not a good place to dwell.
Doggy,
A 'Hit Piece' indeed!
I note that Edelman said against Blinx: ' Why are so many of Blinkx’s metrics out of line with competitors? '. The self same comments are being made now by Spruce Capital against Perion and I suspect that the allegations of fraudulent inflation of revenue will not subside overnight.
Originally called Lucky Goldstar (LG) have had more reincarnations than the vicar preached about.
They have also been fined for endless nefarious activities for donkey's years.
They seem to keep on thriving!
One week to go to before first 1/4 results, that must explain the daily movements?
Not sure really.
Which trash can for Meghan:
Solid Rubbish. ...
Organic Waste. ...
Recyclable Rubbish. ...
Hazardous Waste.
Yes and no, doggy.
I recall my parents from the UK visiting Boston in the times of the IRA.
They were shocked to see money-box British coffins in American bars there.
People were donating money in these coffin-money-boxes to arm the IRA.
In the present day the belligerent Northern Irish faction still refuse to go back to the parliament in Stormont.
The Americans are saying 'start up talks again or we won't give you (the British) funding' worth ?billions?
The American gov't was instrumental in sealing the 'Good Friday' agreement.
Former US presidents have claimed family ties with the Irish.
This Irish animosity goes all the way back to the British landlords in S. Ireland, the potato famine and aristocracy.
Not sure how this squares with the American love of 'the British'.
Doggy,
I like your crazy humour.
You are certainly not ignorant, quite articulate in my opinion and when I likened you to Kevin Kline
it was because we quite like being 'hated' by Americans, whilst portraying them as dumb at times.
I think Harry and his 'witch' grind everyone's gears!
MM is one of your lot, doggy! Born and bred in Los Angeles.
Harry needs to grow a pair and 'Spare' us all.
Supply and demand - there is a shortage of train drivers right now such that, even in the reduced demand after covid, the various rail unions can use the shortage of supply to make greater demands.
Baldy,
Autonomy was headquartered in the UK but had offices around the world, including America.
An interesting read about the whole shenanigans:
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/AUTONOMY-COMPOSITE-PART-A-FINAL-AS-SEALED-NOON.pdf
Well, that RNS ends the speculation then:
First Quarter 2023 Financial Results on May 30, 2023
Yes! Autonomy was a British data firm.
Lynch can be Lynched in America because of the extradition treaty.
HP had previously been found guilty of much the same practices that it alleged forced a write down of the Autonomy purchase:
Washington D.C., Sept. 30, 2020 —
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against technology company HP Inc. for misleading investors by failing to disclose the impact of sales practices undertaken in an effort to meet quarterly sales and earnings targets. HP has agreed to pay $6 million to settle the charges.
According to the SEC's order, from early 2015 through the middle of 2016, in an effort to meet quarterly sales targets, regional managers at HP used a variety of incentives to accelerate, or "pull-in" to the current quarter, sales of printing supplies that they otherwise expected to materialize in later quarters. The order further finds that, in an effort to meet revenue and earnings targets, managers in one HP region sold printing supplies at substantial discounts to resellers known to sell HP products outside of the resellers' designated territories, in violation of HP policy and distributor agreements. The order finds that HP failed to disclose known trends and uncertainties associated with these sales practices. The order further finds that HP failed to disclose that its internal channel inventory ranges, which it described in quarterly earnings calls, included only channel inventory held by channel partners to which HP sold directly and not by channel partners further down the distribution chain, thereby disclosing only a partial and incomplete picture of HP's channel health.
As set forth in the order, HP changed its go-to-market model in part to address these undisclosed sales practices and undertook a channel inventory reduction that reduced its net revenue by approximately $450 million during the third and fourth quarters of 2016.
"Investors are entitled to accurate disclosures of business trends that are likely to have a material impact on a company's future revenues or operating profits," said Melissa Hodgman, an Associate Director in the SEC's Division of Enforcement. "HP’s failure to disclose the foreseeable negative impact of its use of pull-ins and other sales practices created a misleading and incomplete picture of the company’s financial condition."
The SEC's order finds that HP violated the antifraud, reporting and disclosure controls provisions of the federal securities laws. Without admitting or denying the SEC's findings, HP consented to a cease-and-desist order and to pay a $6 million penalty.
Baldy,
If you were buying a 'home' in a different country and were misled, should the (so-called) burglar be brought to your country to be prosecuted?
If auditors are doing their job correctly it should be impossible to deceive them.
HP/Deloitte failed to look at the cash flow.
The extradition treaty negotiated quickly after 9/11 by Tony Blair was sold to Parliament as a measure to deal with terrorists, murderers and paedophiles. Instead, it is being used to pursue commercial traders, bankers and business people. It means an entrepreneur who falls out with an American company – as Dr Lynch did – can be seized from our shores.
France and Germany do not allow America such extradition powers over its citizens.
Lynch will be offered a plea deal of a few years in an open prison and threatened with 20 years if he doesn't plead guilty.