Mastodawn

Why do the Edmonton Oilers get away with calling it a 50/50?
It's a 50/30/20.
The EIG gets %30 of every draw.
No matter who else wins they win.
Every time.
And their sponsoring group gets %20.

#fraud #yeg #greed

Stefano Marinelli 7h ago

Centuries pass, but human vices remain stubbornly the same. Dante placed the greedy in his Inferno for good reason long ago.
Unchecked avarice has always been, and remains, a destructive force.

#Dante #Literature #Greed

janggolan 13h ago

People like Catsimatidis who control access to resources —food, shelter, healthcare —can remove resources from the market whether that removal harms public or not…
https://www.forbes.com/sites/martinadilicosa/2025/11/07/supermarket-billionaire-john-catsimatidis-threatens-to-cut-workforce-move-to-florida-after-mamdanis-win/
“New Jersey didn't go the right way,” he says —after the state resoundingly elected Democrat Mikie Sherrill as governor. Now, he’s looking for 'friendly states' to relocate operations, with Florida being the most likely candidate. “The key word is a common sense place to do business in,” he explains… #greed

Supermarket Billionaire Threatens To Cut Workforce, Move To Florida After Mamdani’s Win

Big Apple billionaire John Catsimatidis planned to move his business to New Jersey if Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor. Now he’s reconsidering.

Forbes

Matthew Hall 14h ago

The juxtaposition of headlines in today's @nytimes sums up the #drumpf cruelty and banditry. There should be NO ONE going hungry in the richest country in world history.

POSSIBLY new hash tag inspired by Qasim's message:

#CINO #Christian In Name Only

Anyone remember the parable of the sheep and the goats?

#MAGA #Trump #corruption #greed #cruelty #poverty #snap #uspol

Sojourner00 1d ago

I commented about corp. greed yesterday. Here’s a perfect example: Meta projected 10% of 2024 revenue came from scams and banned goods, Reuters reports that the co was hesitant to crack down harder on scams, due to the billions in revenue that they were generating for Meta. #bigbiz #greed #screwu

RonSupportsYou 1d ago

"Elon Musk won a shareholder vote on Thursday that would give the Tesla CEO stock worth $1 trillion if he hits certain performance targets over the next decade ... Tesla struggles with plunging sales, market share and profits in no small part due to Musk himself":
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-tesla-pay-package-trillionaire_n_690d1d67e4b027afb322dc84?origin=home-zone-b-unit
#greed #RewardingFailure #politics

Musk Could Become History's First Trillionaire As Tesla Shareholders Approve Giant Pay Package

The world’s richest man was just handed a chance to become history’s first trillionaire.

HuffPost

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Brynawel 1d ago

Speaking of "a bit excessive": I stood in the checkout line yesterday and right beside me a display of #christmas chocolate. Look at the price per kilogram for this #Lindt #chocolate box:

102 € per kg!

This is not #inflation anymore. This is pure #greed.

Jarjantifa 1d ago

🤮🤮🤮 (Zo veel hebzucht, ik heb er geen woorden voor...)
#musk #greed

Teslabaas Elon Musk mag van aandeelhouders bonus van 1000 miljard dollar verdienen - https://nos.nl/l/2589489

Teslabaas Elon Musk mag van aandeelhouders bonus van 1000 miljard dollar verdienen

Driekwart van de aanwezigen op de aandeelhoudersvergadering in Texas stemden voor het gigantische pakket, dat zeer waarschijnlijk het grootste beloningspakket ooit is voor een topbestuurder.

Quantum Splash 2d ago

⛔❌ #CorporateGreed justifies this with "conservation of #EndangeredSpecies ".
And #wildlife 's destruction continues in parallel...! 🤨

“Having the money to #clone a dog but not the common sense not to is indefensible [...]"
https://decrypt.co/347749/man-clones-best-friend-tom-bradys-new-pup-copy-original
#greed #genetics #cloning #nature #corporations

Man Clones Best Friend: Tom Brady’s New Pup Is a Copy of the Original

Colossal Bioscience has cloned former NFL star Tom Brady's dog, drawing the ire from some who are calling for a moratorium on pet cloning.

Decrypt