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TwiceHorn

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  1. Yeah, the phrase "good communicator" doesn't sit right with me, because, particularly in his current state, he's not a good communicator in terms of delivering information. He's good at driving attention and engagement. "Any attention is good attention." I suppose that, too, is a form of information. I saw a piece dissecting the effectiveness of the Newsom trolls. One theory is that the cultists "know" Trump's rambling is insane and that it's coming from a librul parodist forces them to confront that knowledge.
  2. Yeah, there's a great deal of confusion between the business "ethic" (ha) of shareholder primacy and fiduciary duty. So much so that greedhead corporate lawyers like Marty Lipton and Skadden have to write articles reminding people that Friedman Doctrine isn't the law and that even "public benefit" corporations don't need a special statute (although there is one in Delaware and elsewhere). https://www.skadden.com/insights/publications/2019/08/putting-to-rest-the-debate https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2024/05/07/stakeholder-governance-and-the-eclipse-of-shareholder-primacy/
  3. Perhaps he has an appointment in Samarra.
  4. In short, it doesn't. The fiduciary duty of corporate officers and directors has existed as long as corporations have existed. The fiduciary duty permits consideration of interests other than the immediate share price/book value/earnings-profit of the corporation. That little bastard Milton Friedman proposed in 1970 that corporate governance should consider nothing other than profit and return to shareholders. That's never been the law, but it has been a canon of business ethics for a good long while, to our great detriment. This is known as the Friedman Doctrine, or shareholder doctrine, as opposed to the broader "stakeholder doctrine," which explicitly considers the interests of others as part of the broader interests of the corporation. Also, regarding Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry: And, in 2019, Sachin Shivaram brings his vision for growth to WAF as the first non-family CEO of the family-owned company. Likely all Trump voters, wildcat's petit bourgeouisie.
  5. I don't think it does, we're in agreement. I didn't tag Captainant to antagonize him, but the quote was a perfect example of an executive using fiduciary duty as an excuse for layoffs. Friedman Doctrine might require such a thing, fiduciary duty does not.
  6. Yeah it is. Abe lost the lottery, but survived. They had to cut about a 1/4 lb of meat off him.
  7. This is so utterly stupid. As if shitfunnel could understand any of it, or the public. And, the vaccine manufacturers already "show" them to the only people that should count, the FDA. That's not to say the FDA is perfect or even good, but they're all we've got and light years more competent than anyone else we've got.
  8. PSA, for real. Veterinary vaccines with aluminum adjuvants can cause injection site sarcomas, an aggressive sarcoma, in less than 10% of animals. Try to get your vet to use non-aluminum adjuvant vaccines.
  9. He's not wrong that it is used to justify all kinds of shit and is a copout that the law does not require. Totally agree, but the Friedman Doctrine is not fiduciary duty.
  10. It is situational, but the fiduciary duty of corporate officers and the board rarely drives a single "permissible" outcome like layoffs.
  11. I mean, he's not wrong, boards and CEOs hide behind it to do the short-term expedient thing all the time. But it's a copout. A CEO that wants to do the right thing can, but needs a willing board, but both of them will be shielded from shareholder suits by the business judgment rule.
  12. I think Ewers had that tendency going back to high school. We had never seen that before with Arch, IIRC. Watching the "every pass" video, it seemed he did that when he thought he needed to get the ball out quick, in many cases on a check down/pretty complete coveragae and maybe with an illusion of imminent pressure. And maybe when he thought he could get away with it.
  13. So, yeah, on a lot of those passes, he seemed to be trying to get rid of the ball super-fast once he made a decision, which I suppose led to him sidearming without his feet set. Didn't look like it was ever necessary to get rid of it that fast, but I suppose the checking down and swirling, speedy defenders made him think that.
  14. A good piece from a guy that seems to see mostly straight. One thing I quibble with: "In such a situation, companies have a fiduciary duty to bring costs down, and the one surefire way to do that is layoffs. At our company, we’ve had little choice but to lay workers off at all of our plants." No, you don't have a fucking fiduciary duty to lay anyone off, or even lower costs. @Captainant
  15. Also points out the stark contrast of the media constantly speculating on Biden's health and raising questions, while not saying shit about this.
  16. And this touches on something that I have worried about. Our OL is lots better than it's been in the last 15-20 years or so, but doesn't seem to be quite there yet. And, outside of Bijan and Brooks, RBs have been perhaps a bit less than overwhelming. And when one's good, the other not so much. And less-than overwhelming OL presented a major problem for our self-sacking QB until possibly this season. Ordinarily, I'd say that's a big problem from Sark and Flood. But they're in year five, which is barely enough time, as I understand it, to develop a talented, cohesive, and effective OL. And we just lost what four of our OL? And the portal is not, again as I understand, anywhere near a complete solution for OL woes. This is where I think the Days and Smarts, who've been running their factories for a considerably longer time, have a pretty major advantage. And the fact that we got a bunch of OL drafted is nice, but does not disprove my hypothesis that OL isn't where it needs to be and it will take some more time.
  17. Interdasting. One of the least Trumpy truths ever. I mean, still ridiculous, but . . . .
  18. I kept meaning to look hard, but failed to, but I think Ella's not jump setting.
  19. I hate/dgaf about either team. I do kinda like Marcus Freeman, and did not realize Cristobal was on the field on that fateful New Year's in 1991. So fuck him.
  20. Sucker rod, imo.
  21. You never flew the SWA cattle cars from Dallas to Austin or Houston? Presents the exact same problem and lawdogs and others been doing it for decades.
  22. Close. Dad. https://stlouishomesmag.com/article/2675
  23. No serious woofers either. The notorious 10-bangers around here would be OK to be seen with most of em. The Badgers lacked the usual badgers for once too. Unusually Alice the goon free.
  24. Niiiice. 🤘 There was a time not long ago when playing Wiscy and Minny made me more than a mite nervous. Not no mo.
  25. That must be a relic of papa whiskey tango fans that now trend Trump.
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