http://www.verizon.com/about/news/senator-sanders-needs-get-his-facts-straight
hah! what a joke
>>38651
USA Today
"A big reason that Verizon's effective tax rate is so low, coming in at a negative 4.8%, is largely due to accounting. The company's sped-up depreciation, severance and pension costs are large credits that contribute to pushing the company's taxes down, says Jonathan Schildkraut of Evercore. But there's also a distortion caused by the company's 55% interest in Verizon Wireless. Vodafone, which owns 45% of Verizon Wireless, pays taxes on its share, but the entire profit is reported on income. Adjusting for this, Verizon's effective tax rate is closer to 30%, the company says. Verizon is buying Vodafone's stake, which will eliminate the issue in the future. Similarly, real estate investment trusts have low effective tax rates because they pass profit to shareholders, who then pay the taxes."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/10/23/big-companies-pay-no-taxes/2480281/
Reuters
Verizon paid no federal income tax in the five-year period
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tax-corporate-idUSBREA1P04Q20140226
Bloomberg
Verizon had $32.5 billion in pretax profits between 2008 and 2010 and had a negative tax liability of $951 million that resulted in a tax rate of negative 2.9 percent in those years.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-11-03/thirty-top-companies-profited-without-paying-tax-study-finds
Forbes
1.2 Billion in Taxes (2010)
http://www.forbes.com/2010/04/01/ge-exxon-walmart-business-washington-corporate-taxes_slide_13.html
>>38667
Now, this is a story all about how
My tax rate got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how my tax rate was -4.8 and 30% at the same time
In west New York born and raised
On the phone was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And asking "Can you hear me now?" outside of the school
When a couple of guys who were up to no good
Started making trouble with my tax returns
I got mentioned by one little politician and my CEO got scared
He said 'You're putting out a press release that saying that you paid taxes"
>United States Navy Destroyer USS Donald Cook operating in international waters in the Baltic Sea experienced several close interactions by Russian aircraft on April 11 and 12.
http://www.navytimes.com/story/military/2016/04/13/why-navy-didnt-shoot-down-russian-jets/83000858/
>The attack jets flew so low they left wakes in the water.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/news/a20390/russian-jets-buzz-us-navy-destroyer/
>White House aware of Russian planes flying near U.S. destroyer - spokesman
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/reuters/white-house-aware-of-russian-planes-flying-near-u-s--destroyer---spokesman/42087266
Neat.
>>38615
that navytimes headline... It's like they want a war with a nuclear weapons holder.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/13/us/politics/donald-trump-losing-ground-tries-to-blame-the-system.html
>WASHINGTON — Donald J. Trump and his allies are engaged in an aggressive effort to undermine the Republican nominating process by framing it as rigged and corrupt, hoping to compensate for organizational deficiencies that have left Mr. Trump with an increasingly precarious path to the nomination.
>Their message: The election is being stolen from him.
>On Tuesday, Mr. Trump berated the politicians he said were trying to stop his nomination and denounced the Republican Party, which he cast as complicit in the theft.
>“Our Republican system is absolutely rigged. It’s a phony deal,” he said, accusing party leaders of maneuvering to cut his supporters out of the process. “They wanted to keep people out. This is a dirty trick.”
>His charges built on comments in the last few days by associates, senior advisers and Mr. Trump himself, seeking to cast a shadow of illegitimacy over the local and state contests to select delegates to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July.
>By blaming the process rather than his own inadequacies as a manager, Mr. Trump is trying to shift focus after Senator Ted Cruz of Texas outmaneuvered him in delegate contests in states like Colorado, North Dakota and Iowa, losses that could end up denying Mr. Trump the nomination.
>Asked about the appearance of disorganization, Mr. Trump said in an interview, “You have to remember I’m leading.” He added, “I’m more than 200 delegates ahead, so over all, I’m doing very well.”
>But in what sounded like a wink-wink aside, he said, “Don’t forget, I only complain about the ones where we have difficulty.”
...
Man, could this be framed more negatively?
Being fair, losing delegates to states without primaries is losing the game on the game's terms. Donald knew, and if he didn't know, it was his own fault.
However, this sheds light on how stupid our nomination process for a country that prides itself on democracy. There was literally no popular vote, and the delegate election is absolute garbage.
It's almost like the system is so convoluted for a reason..
Is he wrong? The American political establishment has opposed him at every turn. Even the GOP have been bitching and having conniption fits over how popular he is. The only reason they tolerate him is because they know that if they don't then they can kiss half their voting base goodbye.
related:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/01/us/politics/how-votes-for-trump-could-become-delegates-for-someone-else.html
Even though few Britons have been given sufficient information on whether or not it's a good idea,
the UK is currently preparing to vote on leaving the European Union.
The BBC coverage of the proceedings of this event have been typically one sided. It's quite clear that the BBC
has chosen the "stay in" side of the debate and, just like on many previous occasions, they are subconsciously
conditioning the public so that they agree with their choice.
While the BSIE campaign has received masses of coverage and positive imagery in its representation,
the Leave campaign has received little more than cursory existential acknowledgement.
The BBC has a long history of taking sides in political upheaval and portraying populist imagery to the public in order to
accrue better ratings and to appeal to the most affluent members of society.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34505076
Trump's prediction came true!
>>38613
The BBC truly needs abolishing and all members responsible for any bias and thus breaking the charter, should be jailed.
Protip: BBC is fine for anything not England related. Ignore it for stuff that is.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/spanish-police-find-20-000-isis-uniforms-9djr33sg0
>>38589
It never ceases to amaze me just how naive people are. They invite the fifth column into their homes and then act surprised when they cause suffering.
>>38734
>still thinking countries are run by genuine people
>>38589
Travellers scowl at us, and countrymen give us scornful names. “Strider” I am to one fat man who lives within a day’s march of foes that would freeze his heart or lay his little town in ruin, if he were not guarded ceaselessly!
http://therightscoop.com/colorado-gop-chairman-is-getting-death-threats-from-trump-supporters-3000-phone-calls/
>>38563
Fuck off alt-right scum
>>38563
I just have to know, why do you think Cruz is the trap? I think antisemitism is stupid but ffs, if you buy that bullshit, then who would really be controlled by jews?:
http://www.jta.org/2016/04/13/news-opinion/politics/donald-trump-was-fully-supportive-of-her-jewish-conversion-daughter-ivanka-says
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2016/04/14/man-jailed-21-weeks-for-taking-upskirt-videos-of-colleagues/
>>38717
I knew a kid who did that at King Soopers, but he just took generic creepshots of co-workers and customers.
After it came out and he got fired, all the slutty girls that worked there thought it was funny.
>>38717
good. women love to dress like whores and poor ugly men like him should be punished for even looking at women.
>>38924 (continued)
Also I love being cucked. Best fetish.
Nessie lives!
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-36024638
>>38571
The fact that a 30ft Nessie can remain undiscovered for 67 years even after the hundreds of scans they have done is interesting.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/nation-now/2016/04/14/loch-ness-monster-found-prop-sherlock-holmes-movie-drone/83021040/
>it was just a prop and nothing more
literally nothing
>>38804
Yes but a 30 foot model of Nessie went undetected for decades after countless SONAR sweeps, that is the interesting part of the story.
How could they have missed it? What else have they missed?
"There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one's genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship." Ted Cruz brief to the Court of Appeals
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/04/ted-cruz-dildo-ban-sex-devices-texas
>9 years ago
This isn't news, take it to >>>/pol/
>>38495
>No one ever digs up old dirt
I bet he has a vast collection of dragon dildos.
A chef prepared food after wiping his bottom with his bare hands – and hygiene inspectors found ‘brown fingerprints’ in the kitchen.
Mahbub Chowdhury, 46, had an empty bottle in his kitchen which inspectors discovered was covered in faecal matter.
He said he filled the bottle with water from the kitchen taps and used it to clean his bottom after visiting the toilet – and did not use toilet paper for ‘cultural reasons’.
Chowdhury then prepared dishes including meat and fish curries at his Yeahya Flavour of Asia in Swindon, Wilts.
He pleaded guilty to ten allegations of breaching food and hygiene regulations at Swindon Magistrates Court and will be sentenced later.
Prosecuting, Rosie Heath said health officers visited his business on May 5 last year and found ‘very poor standards of hygiene’.
She said: ‘In the kitchen under the double sinks [they] found an empty plastic milk bottle which was extremely dirty and was covered with brown fingerprints.
‘When asked, Mr Chowdhury explained he filled the bottle with water from the kitchen taps and used it to clean his bottom after visiting the toilet.
‘He did not use toilet paper for cultural reasons. Inspectors concluded the brown finger prints was fecal matter.’
Defending Mark Glendenning said the milk bottle was never assessed and the marks ‘could have been spices’.
http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/13/curry-house-chef-prepared-food-after-wiping-his-bottom-with-his-bare-hands-5814745/
Designated spices.
Fucking disgusting.
Not very newsworthy, epic stale memes aside.
>>38572
I know the reasons why we shouldn't, but it'd be nice to ask a defender to put his life where his mouth is and have this guy cook a few meals for him.
Spice weasel anyone?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Dalit-schoolgirl-alleges-rape-teacher-on-the-run/articleshow/51835807.cms
Following a daily theme in India, a Brahmin pedophile has repeatedly taken sexual liberties with a low-caste child.
>Rajesh Sharma raped the girl for the first time in January
>The teacher had threatened her of dire consequences if she told anyone about it.
The browner the Asian, the smaller the brain.
>>39253
Because there are no white pedophiles and the age of consent in Vatican was 12 until very recently because reasons I guess? Yep, christian priests are def not pedophiles cause raping boys is not rape and only girls are victims. And even girls are not victims because whites can't possibly be criminals cause that's just shitskins and niggers right?
So if a white christian priest rapes a little girl, a brown or black man is probably responsible.
>>39368
I never mentioned white people. Just Asians.
George Soros is at it again:
>RT: What's the key driver of this public anger we're seeing in the US capital?
>Christopher Greene: George Soros, primarily. It is important to note that ‘Democracy Spring’ is an anti-Donald Trump radical organization. And what I mean by that – we have to deconstruct again who is behind this radical ‘Democracy Spring’ movement. You just have to do a basic internet search to know that George Soros, the billionaire, funds groups like MoveOn.org, also organizations like the Institute for Policy Studies and Demos that fund these radical events in Washington DC.
https://www.rt.com/op-edge/339442-democracy-spring-george-soros/
Someone needs to stop this Jew.
>>38538
>Soros
Oh christ not this shit again. Soros is like middle management, kids. Come back when you know who The Waltons and Carlos Slim are and who *the** fund.
>>38545
>yes goy, pay no attention to the Jew
>it's those other goyim, the Waltons and Slim that are fucking you over
>>38557
Either The Waltons or Carlos Slim could buy out Soros before breakfast and still have 50 billion left over for lunch. Learn who the true master are.
Following his arrest for a vandalism spree, a Florida man who was shirtless and covered in dirt explained to police that he had “listened to too much music and masturbated too much and he felt like going out and destroying stuff.”
According to cops, William Thomas, 25, was nabbed Friday after destroying property at the Clearwater home of victim Davor Jerkovic. Thomas, arrest affidavits charge, caused more than $2000 in damages to Jerkovic’s residence and boat.
Thomas, seen at left, is facing felony burglary and criminal mischief charges. He is locked up in lieu of $7000 bond, jail records show.
When a Largo Police Department cop collared Thomas, he reportedly confessed to the vandalism, saying that he was “envisioning destroying other peoples lives.”
Officer Lawrence Trnka also noted that Thomas “stated that he had listened to too much music and masturbated too much and he felt like going out and destroying stuff.” It is unclear why Thomas targeted the Jerkovic residence, which is about seven miles from the defendant’s Clearwater home.
The unemployed Thomas was arrested earlier this year for stealing items from a Walmart, records show. After entering a no contest plea to the misdemeanor count, he was ordered to pay $500 in fines and court costs.
http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/florida/brilliant-vandalism-excuse-294031
>florida man strikes again
>>38542
>a Florida man
>>38542
I wonder if he's short?
He must be short.
If he were 6ft or above with that face, he wouldn't have any trouble being successful both financially and with women as long as he was diligent.
Also:
>$2000 in damages
He's a fuck up if that's all the more damage he could do when it involved a boat and a nice home.
I could do worse in just a few minutes.
>Valentina Tarallo, 29, was reportedly attacked on her way home by a man who crushed her skull with a crowbar during an apparent purse-snatching.
>Police are seeking a male of African descent aged 20-30
http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/192551/Italian-student-murdered-in-Geneva.html
DINDU
>>38351
Buonasera /pol/, bella presentazione gara-esca.
shes ugly
>On Sunday night, thousands of World of Warcraft players gathered to say goodbye to Nostalrius, the fan-run server that hosted a vanilla version of the iconic MMORPG until Blizzard shut it down.
>According to Nostalrius’s creators, the server had around 800,000 registered users and 150,000 active players, some of whom showed up Sunday to pay their respects.
http://kotaku.com/the-last-minutes-of-world-of-warcrafts-shuttered-fan-se-1770493603?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow
Other articles on the server:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2016/04/07/blizzard-shutting-down-popular-world-of-warcraft-server-nostalrius/#13ba7d4f152c
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/activision-blizzard-shuts-down-fan-run-world-warcraft-nostalrius-server-1553590
http://www.idigitaltimes.com/blizzard-nostalrius-shutdown-sends-kronos-thousands-vanilla-wow-players-will-their-525133
>>38537
>“The heart behind all private servers, including Nostalrius, is to recreate a version of the game that many enjoyed and that Blizzard no longer provides,” wrote testing team leader Nano.
>“When I heard the news that Nostalrius was going to have to shutdown, I nearly cried,” Nano wrote. “I’ve never experienced as rich of a community, both as a player with my guild and working within the Core team. I have friends from retail vanilla WoW still 12 years later and I believe in 12 years from now I will still have friends from Nostalrius.”
>>38537
AUTISM
>>38540
>being this into a game where nobody is in the room together
Yikes.
