Captain Woody
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USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and one of the authors of Project 2025, just ordered the agency's staff to effectively cease all operations in an org wide email.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
When is Social Security going to send out the notification, to everyone with a Social Security number, that all user data has been breached? A shifty tech team working for the world's richest person, broke into the US' payment databases.
February 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
When is Social Security going to send out the notification, to everyone with a Social Security number, that all user data has been breached? A shifty tech team working for the world's richest person, broke into the US' payment databases.
Vendee Globe winner and fleet update ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_iz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_iz...
An exciting week | Vendée Globe 2024
YouTube video by Vendée Globe
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Vendee Globe winner and fleet update ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_iz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_iz...
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The combined wealth of the world's billionaires grew by $2 trillion in 2024 — nearly three times faster than it did in 2023.
That's $5.7 billion PER DAY.
Once again: It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of extreme wealth concentration to continue.
That's $5.7 billion PER DAY.
Once again: It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of extreme wealth concentration to continue.
'A New Aristocracy': Billionaire Wealth Surged by $2 Trillion Last Year | Common Dreams
An Oxfam report published Monday shows that the combined wealth of the world's billionaires surged three times faster in 2024 than the previous year.
www.commondreams.org
January 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The combined wealth of the world's billionaires grew by $2 trillion in 2024 — nearly three times faster than it did in 2023.
That's $5.7 billion PER DAY.
Once again: It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of extreme wealth concentration to continue.
That's $5.7 billion PER DAY.
Once again: It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of extreme wealth concentration to continue.
Frenchman Charlie Dalin Wins the Vendee Globe Race.
At dawn on Tuesday morning, January 14, 2025, French solo sailor Charlie Dalin crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Lonne, France to win the Vendee Globe non-stop race around the world ...
January 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Frenchman Charlie Dalin Wins the Vendee Globe Race.
At dawn on Tuesday morning, January 14, 2025, French solo sailor Charlie Dalin crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Lonne, France to win the Vendee Globe non-stop race around the world ...
A couple of pix from our amazing sailing exploration of the Aeolian Islands, north of Sicily ...
December 13, 2023 at 4:03 PM
A couple of pix from our amazing sailing exploration of the Aeolian Islands, north of Sicily ...