Don't think Trump made his money by selling out our country. If she wins it's because our country is chalk full of idiots who believe the mainstream media or are just plain stupid.
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Plans to Host Fundraiser for Hillary Clinton Next Month
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Don't think Trump made his money by selling out our country. If she wins it's because our country is chalk full of idiots who believe the mainstream media or are just plain stupid.
Hillary Clinton's net worth is $31.3 million. The Hillary Clinton net worth number comes from analyzing her 2015 U.S. Public Financial Disclosure Reports. Bill Clinton has an estimated net worth of $80 million. That gives a combined Bill and Hillary Clinton net worth of $111 million dollars. 26 July 2016 via MoneyNation.com
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Likely. I just hope that and moves like this don't bite them in the a$$.
In continuation of my earlier reply to you, I thought I should post this in case you haven’t read any of this Steve Jobs history:
The Trappist monk whose calligraphy inspired Steve Jobs — and influenced Apple’s designs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...red-steve-jobs-and-influenced-apples-designs/
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Then, in 1972, Jobs came to campus.
The future Apple co-founder enrolled in Reed College that year, but dropped out after a single semester. He remained on campus, however, to attend classes that interested him, as he explained in that 2005 commencement address at Stanford.
Palladino’s calligraphy course was among them, he said:
“My first impression was that all the other students really liked him,” Palladino told the Hollywood Reporter’s Tim Appelo, a Reed graduate himself, for a 2011 story. “That surprised me, because there were all these geniuses floating around, and Steve was a dropout. But they detected greatness even then.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...red-steve-jobs-and-influenced-apples-designs/
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Then, in 1972, Jobs came to campus.
The future Apple co-founder enrolled in Reed College that year, but dropped out after a single semester. He remained on campus, however, to attend classes that interested him, as he explained in that 2005 commencement address at Stanford.
Palladino’s calligraphy course was among them, he said:
Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and sans serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can’t capture, and I found it fascinating.
None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But 10 years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.
Just as Jobs never forgot that course, Palladino never forgot his student.None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But 10 years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.
“My first impression was that all the other students really liked him,” Palladino told the Hollywood Reporter’s Tim Appelo, a Reed graduate himself, for a 2011 story. “That surprised me, because there were all these geniuses floating around, and Steve was a dropout. But they detected greatness even then.”
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Sorry, I should have written that it is personal.
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Sorry, should have said that it is.
It's so obvious the American political system has reached its limits. Spending millions on a popularity contest between two persons. What a waste of time and money. Especially as most people don't like either of them.
If Bernie were still in the race the dynamics would be entirely different.
But the worst of all: this election shouldn't be a close call. Hillary should win by a big margin for obvious reasons. But the fact is that she won't. A lot of people will vote for Trump just for the sake of it.
So good for Tim for at least supporting the right (or less evil) of the two available options.
If Bernie were still in the race the dynamics would be entirely different.
But the worst of all: this election shouldn't be a close call. Hillary should win by a big margin for obvious reasons. But the fact is that she won't. A lot of people will vote for Trump just for the sake of it.
So good for Tim for at least supporting the right (or less evil) of the two available options.
Sorry, I'm kind of confused by your post. Are you saying that your company doesn't allow you to express opinions in social media, or merely to claim that your opinions are company opinions? What exactly is the terminating offense you talk about?
Do you only concentrate on business? Why should anyone have to focus 100% on business and never do anything else?
The decision was made long before Tim that Apple is now an iDevice and adapter company.
The money you spend on everything is being funneled somewhere. Likely, a good portion of what I pay for gas is going towards paying off lobbyists and politicians to make rules more favorable to gas companies. Money spent to right-leaning organizations almost certainly heads towards the NRA or other big pro-2nd organizations. It is what it is.
What? By stating that Tim actually exists outside of Apple? It's true.
Wait....aren't we told non-stop that the only purpose of business is to make as much money as possible for shareholders? As such, shouldn't that be all he cares about? (Note that I don't agree with this, but it's supposedly the only way)
Apple was headed down the tubes far before Cook came into the picture. They were determined to become a company solely focused on phones and tablets.
Steve did make a terrible mistake. Cook continued it.
you started by calling people ignorance. Let's see...
This is capitalism. Let the market (nature) decide what is the right $ an hour. if you think the Government should intervene and give everyone $15 an hour. and everyone should be richer? you are dead wrong. When this happens, the market (again nature) will correct it self. Some jobs will move oversea, hence job loss, whether government likes it or not. small business and big companies will cut jobs so that they can still make profit, job loss. everyone else used to make more than $15 will also get a raise (otherwise they will complain and go somewhere else to get paid more).
As the result, inflation will increase (say 4 or 5 %). basically raising minimum wage is like raising the water level. everything will float and raise as the result (inflation). a gallon of milk will increase. so are egg, car, house, etc. so getting $15 an hour does not mean that you can buy more than you are used to. Due to inflation, your buying power remains the same as before because everything becomes more expensive.
you see, the market corrects itself. The government can't control it. so many socialist countries failed trying to control price, wage, food, etc.
Democrat idea of raising minimum wage sounds very convincing but they only tell you half of the story.
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Sure, but, I don't think Apple is endorsing Clinton, unless Apple issues an official Apple Press Release, or Tim Cook sits at his desk and says Apple is endorsing Clinton. Corporate executives have often given fund raisers for political candidates. Corporations have often donated to both parties -- in theory supporting the political process, in practice greasing the wheels. I would prefer taxpayer-publicly-supported political campaigns myself, but, that would require a Constitutional Amendment.
Why do people refer to Hilary as a socialist? She is right wing while Trump is extreme right wing.
The fact is that the only reason to vote for Trump is to cast a protest vote. Against the system. Against everything. Trump does not offer any solutions. Heck, he even denies climate change, the biggest treat facing us all. That's criminal compared to mailing with your own server.
The fact is that the only reason to vote for Trump is to cast a protest vote. Against the system. Against everything. Trump does not offer any solutions. Heck, he even denies climate change, the biggest treat facing us all. That's criminal compared to mailing with your own server.
because she wants to control the market by setting minimum wage, one of many regulations. The moment the government wants to control price, wage, food, etc, it is approaching socialist.
look no further than south America, Venezuela is in chaos now after decade of controlling price, food, taking over companies/business, giving out free housing, etc.
In the relation between Hillary and Tim she is the one benefitting the most. The female rattlesnake needs all support she can get considering current events. My perspective is that the fundraiser is something happening at the initiative of Clinton.
Tim does not have a politicians aura, what would his motivation be to hook up with these gangsters anyway and after exiting Apple he will have more money than he ever will need.
One option is that "someone" has gotten to him and he has been threatened. Watch the last presentation where he starts with a silent minute for the "victims" of the Orlando false flag. He is very shaken up, to me he looks afraid for himself, not because many people where supposedly killed in Orlando and not because some anti-gay-crazed-isis might do a terror attack. No, it looked more like "someone" had threatened him personally.
That's very mild considering the suffering they have brought on to earth.
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You're confusing communism and socialism, two completely distinct concepts.
And maybe, just maybe, Venezuela is in chaos because of mass corruption.
I'm not an idiot. I just happen to think a president who kids see on TV mocking disabled people, cussing, calling women fat pigs, and talking about "hitting" and "punching" people probably isn't the best role model for kids.
On top of that you add in stuff that adults should be worried about like his self grandiose complex thinking he is the only one that can solve things and saying he has the best temperament of any presidential candidate ever (before backpeddling to say one of the best) yesterday, to assuming he knows more than military generals, to his fraudulent university that scammed people out of money and was run out of Texas, to his now abandoned bankrupt casinos...it all paints a pretty bleak picture.
He once said those casinos were going to be the best and that he would make Atlantic city great again too. Sound familiar? If he couldn't even handle one city, how is he going to make the country great again when he farms out his own product lines to other countries himself?
You are being played. Big time. Just another mark for Trump to con. All too easy. There really IS a sucker born every minute!
But the market ISN'T correcting itself. That is the whole point. People have less buying power now than they did in the 1960's. Why do you think one breadwinner could support an entire household AND send the kids off to college in the 1950's, but that cannot be done now by very many? Because wages and cost are out of balance. Either the wages have to come up, or cost have to come down. Somehow the balance that is not correcting itself has to be restored.
And you didn't really answer my question either. If wages going up are a bad thing, wages going down to ridiculously low levels should be a great thing right? At least be consistent in your arguments.
We"ve already had the cost part go up. Now the wages need to follow.
don't want to waste time debating communism and socialism on MR...
so Hillary email server and DNC bias against Sander are not corruption?
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OK, say you are one of millions small business owners. would you want the government to set minimum wage for your employees?
"wages and cost are out of balance..." is more completed than any politician or economist can figure out a solution. in 1950 and 1960, the market was mostly local. Today the market is globalized. businesses complete globally. This put alot of pressure on price and wage, good for consumers but bad for manufacturing jobs and small businesses. if it costs too much to make products in the U.S (wages, environment regulation, health regulations), then companies had no choice but moving to other countries.
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This thread is sooo representative of why this nation will experience civil unrest equal to the Civil War in the next 5-10 years. The exception being that it will be Class Based. 
Absolutely I would because I would want my employees to be paid decent wages. But the wants and needs of employers and employees are different, thus there is always tension in this regard unless there is a really good employer. Sadly too many times the employer is only looking to pay people as little as they can get away with and give no thought to if the employee can actually even afford to live on that paltry wage that they want to pay. Which is stupid because it's counterproductive and shortsighted. If the employee is happier and not stressed out about finding child care so they can work two jobs, or stressed out trying to juggle all their bills because there isn't enough to go around, they will be better more productive employees.
Just pay people decent wages and stop this race to the bottom mentality. Cost and wages need to be in balance with one another again. But let me ask a question of you now...would you want your wage to go down to $1 an hour to remain competitive with third world countries?
so you increase wages for your employees, nice. but your competitors located in Mexico charge much less than yours. your business is losing money. what would you do? file bankrupcy, moving to Mexico, or laying off?
you are making business as evil, class warfare. small businesses or big businesses are also American. they provide jobs and complete globally. their goal is to make profit. without profit, what is the point of opening a business?
if you are not happy with your employer, then leave and work somewhere else, like 1950s and 60s. go back to school, get better skill and find better jobs. if employees are leaving for better jobs, then employer will raise wage to compete.
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You mean regular "normal" people against these douches? Bring it on!This thread is sooo representative of why this nation will experience civil unrest equal to the Civil War in the next 5-10 years. The exception being that it will be Class Based.
It looks like he was suspended for personal insults. I didn't report him, just came back and saw this today.What the heck just happened?
> Bernie would be good, too bad he isn't an option
> Should vote Hillary
Pick one. Hillary and the corrupt-to-the-core DNC is the reason Bernie isn't going to be an option on the ballot.
Agreed with your first bit though -- the whole thing is coming apart at the seams as this mess unfolds.
One thing's for sure: if Hillary manages to lose, despite all of the absolutely endless media, government, and social media propaganda holding her up, and everyone in the establishment, big corporations, financial industry, foreign money, etc, doing everything they can to get her through -- then it'll really say something about how bad of a candidate she really is.
