You donât know how long the courier had been there, the harsh blizzards had shut the roads down for the last month or so, it couldnât have been long. They were just sitting there, sitting in front of what looked like a long-dead fire. One could almost mistake them as alive, were they not perfectly still and ice-cold to the touch.
Among their things are two things of note: A vial of liquid, possibly preserved by the frigid temperatures, and a letter;
âPlease get this to [X address] ASAP. If we donât get the elixir soon things WILL get out of hand!â
Thatâs addressed to the next town over, isnât it?
The internet and its ingrained sensationalism will literally drive me insane.
People are actually up in arms over a 20+ year old law because Youtube was fined for violating it. Now everyoneâs acting like the GD sky is falling.
The internet and its ingrained sensationalism will literally drive me insane.
People are actually up in arms over a 20+ year old law because Youtube was fined for violating it. Now everyoneâs acting like the GD sky is falling.
âThe companies have wrested control of land, deforested it, and helped build a controversial highway to their new terminal in the one-time jungle, all to facilitate the cultivation and export of grain and soybeans.â
âSchwarzman, a founder of Blackstone, owns roughly a fifth of the company, making him one of the worldâs richest men. In 2018, he was paid at least $568 million, which was, in fact, a drop from the $786 million he made the year before. He has been generous toward McConnell and [t]rump with that wealth. In 2016, he gave $2.5 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, McConnellâs Super PAC and put Jim Breyer, McConnellâs billionaire brother-in-law, on the board of Blackstone. Two years later, Schwarzman kicked in $8 million to McConnellâs Super PAC.Â
âBlackstone employees have given well over $10 million to McConnell and his Super PAC over the years, making them the biggest source of direct financing over McConnellâs career. McConnellâs Senate campaign declined to comment.
âSchwarzman is a close friend and adviser to [t]rump, and served as the chair of his Strategic and Policy Forum until it fell apart in the wake of the Charlottesville neo-Nazi rally, in which [t]rump famously praised 'very fine people, on both sides.â In December 2017, as the final details of the GOP tax cut were being ironed out, Schwarzman hosted a $100,000-a-plate fundraiser for [t]rump. Some of [trumpâs] dinner companions complained about the tax bill, and days later, [t]rump slashed the top percentage rate in the final package from 39.6 to 37.Â
âŚ"Bolsonaro has plans to pave significantly more roads in the Amazon that have otherwise been impassable much of the year, a project made feasible by international financing.
âŚ"Of course, Hidrovias is also involved in paving B.R.-163 and other development projects in the region. Those projects, such as the paving of the highway, have additional indirect â though entirely predictable â consequences, as they spur side roads that make previously difficult-to-reach areas of the Amazon accessible for mining, logging, or further deforestation.
âŚ"A Blackstone spokesperson noted that the fund only owns 9.3 percent* of Hidrovias. But that ignores the 55.8 percent of Hidrovias that is owned by PĂĄtria Investimentos. On Hidroviasâs website, PĂĄtria is described as a company âin partnership with Blackstone,â and it is known in the financial industry to be a Blackstone company.â
*Pay no attention to claimed percentages of ownership. What goes on behind ownership curtains is fluidly incestuous. For example, from April 2019:
Blackstone transferred its 35% stake in Brazilian real estate developer Alphaville Urbanismo to its partner PĂĄtria Investimentos. Blackstone
âBlackstone transferred its 35% stake in Brazilian real estate developer Alphaville Urbanismo to its partner PĂĄtria Investimentos. Blackstone and PĂĄtria originally invested R$1.4b in June 2013 for a 70% stake in the company. The two firms formed a partnership in 2010 and Blackstone retains a 40% stake in PĂĄtria.â
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Keep in mind,
Itâs not like this graft flows directly, or just one way.
A massive Brazilian meatpacking company is raking in millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars even while two federal agencies are investigating the
"Why is the USDA bailing out plants operated by the biggest meatpacker in the world?" asks an activist.
Every American farmer who has lost their Chinese market for soybeans â all of them â should be wondering how it was that trump âwoke upâ one morning with his idea of a trade war with China. Had his close friend Schwartzman told trump the Brazilian road and terminal were ready?
There is no question that the Amazon rainforest is burning right now to open new farm land in order to meet Chinaâs soybean market.
Capitalism doesnât care about the environment. It doesnât care about workers and farmers. It doesnât care about indigenous groups. It doesnât care about a viable long-term future.
Capitalism is institutionalised sociopathy in the sole service of immediate profit.
All problems in the world must now be the fault of Donald Trump.
And Trump derangement isnât a thing.
I swear the Queen of England could drop dead, a fire could break out in New Brunswick, and some chump could trip and spill their coffee and it would somehow be the fault of Donald Trump.
At this time we do not know for sure how much this site was sold for. All the sources saying â3 millionâ come from the same Axios source who have had no direct dealing with the trade. All we know for sure is that the site is selling for less than what Yahoo paid for it and thatâs it.
