Soooo...
There doesn't appear to be a single US #cellular carrier that doesn't have a #BindingArbitration clause in their #ToS.

Shazbat. 💢🙄

#Arbitration #BindingArbitrationClause #Chicanery

#Poll:

meetup.com is yet another online "service" that now requires a binding arbitration clause.
Those are a tool of the devil and should be illegal, but they're totally legal, and their ramifications are manifold, and horrible.

I really rely on meetup to find things to do and people to meet.

What should I do?

#BindingArbitration #BindingArbitrationClause #chicanery

A quotation from John Adams

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1819-03-31) to J. H. Tiffany

More info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/36295/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #equivocation #ambiguity #chicanery #deception #language #meaning #persuasion #rhetoric #sophistry #talking #terminology #wordplay #words #definition

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #humanitarianaid / #ngos / #uno / #chicanery

„Since the start of the war in Gaza following the October 7, 2023 attacks, Israel has been restricting the activities of NGOs and UN agencies tasked with helping Palestinians, refusing to issue work visas and hindering the movements of staff in the field.‟

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/10/21/israel-s-campaign-to-undermine-humanitarian-ngos_6730032_4.html?random=1803439882

Elon Musk Veers Into Clearly Illegal Vote Buying,

Offering $1 Million Per Day Lottery Prize Only to Registered Voters

#chicanery, #votebuying

Hugo Lowell: “Elon Musk says on stage at a town hall that 'America PAC' will be awarding $1 million every day until the election
to a registered Pennsylvania voter who has signed his petition.

💥Though maybe some of the other things Musk was doing were of murky legality,
🔥this one is clearly illegal.

Musk awarded the first $1 million this evening to someone at the town hall,
bringing the guy onto the stage and handing him a jumbo check, lotto-style.

Musk is essentially incentivizing likely Trump voters in PA to register to vote:
Petition is to support for 1A and 2A, so basically R voters.

But they also have to be registered to vote, so if they weren’t already, they would do it now.”

❇️See 52 U.S.C. 10307(c):
“Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, 👉or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting 👈shall be fined not more than $10,000
🧨or imprisoned not more than five years, or both…”

https://electionlawblog.org/?p=146397

#israel #palestine #war / #gaza / #health / #ngos / #uno / #who / #chicanery

„The World Health Organization said Israel provided no explanation for barring its partner organizations from the Strip, where the health-care system has collapsed.“

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/18/israel-gaza-war-aid-hospitals-doctors/

Has an aggressive M&A gambit ever imploded as fast as Embracer's has? Counting on $2B in Saudi money was always a bad idea, but even worse when it was apparently the centerpiece of their strategy and now they're ruining multiple companies, and laying off hundreds of people across those companies.

🤡💩

#gaming #Embracer #chicanery

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/29/24054659/embracer-eidos-montreal-layoffs-deus-ex

Zaslav is clearly considered a savvy operator in all the wrong circles, but those are the circles with the greed and power to make stupid things happen, so I guess we'll be seeing a DC - Star Trek crossover in the future. 😭

It's too early to judge KKR's ownership of S&S, but it's safe to say they dodged a bullet by escaping Paramount's clutches. JFC.

#cmonson #chicanery

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/20/24010115/warner-bros-discovery-paramount-merger-streaming

Senior executives are rarely held accountable for big mistakes that can be blamed on staff or external partners, so while this news is surprising and refreshing, it also makes me think the AI articles are just the tip of an uglier iceberg. 🤔

#SportsIllustrated #AI #ZombieBrands #Chicanery

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/media/sports-illustrated-ai-articles-ceo/index.html