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Oh joy, another tech company caught with its financial pants down! 🙈 Anthropic's creative accounting turns $5B into $19B faster than you can say "Enron 2.0" 🚀. Congrats on the math, guys—maybe next time try #honesty instead of hypnosis! 🤡
https://www.flyingpenguin.com/wheres-ed-anthropic-told-court-5-billion-but-public-19-billion/ #techscandal #creativeaccounting #financialtransparency #Anthropic #Enron2.0 #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh joy, another tech company caught with its financial pants down! 🙈 Anthropic's creative accounting turns $5B into $19B faster than you can say "Enron 2.0" 🚀. Congrats on the math, guys—maybe next time try #honesty instead of hypnosis! 🤡
https://www.flyingpenguin.com/wheres-ed-anthropic-told-court-5-billion-but-public-19-billion/ #techscandal #creativeaccounting #financialtransparency #Anthropic #Enron2.0 #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh joy, another tech company caught with its financial pants down! 🙈 Anthropic's creative accounting turns $5B into $19B faster than you can say "Enron 2.0" 🚀. Congrats on the math, guys—maybe next time try #honesty instead of hypnosis! 🤡
https://www.flyingpenguin.com/wheres-ed-anthropic-told-court-5-billion-but-public-19-billion/ #techscandal #creativeaccounting #financialtransparency #Anthropic #Enron2.0 #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh joy, another tech company caught with its financial pants down! 🙈 Anthropic's creative accounting turns $5B into $19B faster than you can say "Enron 2.0" 🚀. Congrats on the math, guys—maybe next time try #honesty instead of hypnosis! 🤡
https://www.flyingpenguin.com/wheres-ed-anthropic-told-court-5-billion-but-public-19-billion/ #techscandal #creativeaccounting #financialtransparency #Anthropic #Enron2.0 #HackerNews #ngated -
Oh joy, another tech company caught with its financial pants down! 🙈 Anthropic's creative accounting turns $5B into $19B faster than you can say "Enron 2.0" 🚀. Congrats on the math, guys—maybe next time try #honesty instead of hypnosis! 🤡
https://www.flyingpenguin.com/wheres-ed-anthropic-told-court-5-billion-but-public-19-billion/ #techscandal #creativeaccounting #financialtransparency #Anthropic #Enron2.0 #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh look, another tech fairy tale where the wizards of AI turned out to be mere muggles with a knack for creative accounting! 🚀💸 Spoiler alert: the magic trick was on the balance sheets, and now they're magically vanishing into courtrooms. 📉🎩
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ex-ceo-ex-cfo-bankrupt-ai-company-charged-with-fraud-2026-04-17/ #techfairytale #AIwizards #creativeaccounting #courtroomdrama #balanceissues #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh look, another tech fairy tale where the wizards of AI turned out to be mere muggles with a knack for creative accounting! 🚀💸 Spoiler alert: the magic trick was on the balance sheets, and now they're magically vanishing into courtrooms. 📉🎩
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ex-ceo-ex-cfo-bankrupt-ai-company-charged-with-fraud-2026-04-17/ #techfairytale #AIwizards #creativeaccounting #courtroomdrama #balanceissues #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh look, another tech fairy tale where the wizards of AI turned out to be mere muggles with a knack for creative accounting! 🚀💸 Spoiler alert: the magic trick was on the balance sheets, and now they're magically vanishing into courtrooms. 📉🎩
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ex-ceo-ex-cfo-bankrupt-ai-company-charged-with-fraud-2026-04-17/ #techfairytale #AIwizards #creativeaccounting #courtroomdrama #balanceissues #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh look, another tech fairy tale where the wizards of AI turned out to be mere muggles with a knack for creative accounting! 🚀💸 Spoiler alert: the magic trick was on the balance sheets, and now they're magically vanishing into courtrooms. 📉🎩
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ex-ceo-ex-cfo-bankrupt-ai-company-charged-with-fraud-2026-04-17/ #techfairytale #AIwizards #creativeaccounting #courtroomdrama #balanceissues #HackerNews #ngated -
😆 Oh look, another tech fairy tale where the wizards of AI turned out to be mere muggles with a knack for creative accounting! 🚀💸 Spoiler alert: the magic trick was on the balance sheets, and now they're magically vanishing into courtrooms. 📉🎩
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/ex-ceo-ex-cfo-bankrupt-ai-company-charged-with-fraud-2026-04-17/ #techfairytale #AIwizards #creativeaccounting #courtroomdrama #balanceissues #HackerNews #ngated -
🤑 Ah, the art of "creative accounting" explained in a pretentious wall of text. Just reinvest, refinance, and pretend you're Robin Hood while dodging the IRS. This isn't tax evasion—it's "financial ingenuity"! 💰💼
https://taylor.town/succession-000 #creativeaccounting #financialingenuity #taxstrategy #IRSrobinhood #moneytalks #HackerNews #ngated -
🤑 Ah, the art of "creative accounting" explained in a pretentious wall of text. Just reinvest, refinance, and pretend you're Robin Hood while dodging the IRS. This isn't tax evasion—it's "financial ingenuity"! 💰💼
https://taylor.town/succession-000 #creativeaccounting #financialingenuity #taxstrategy #IRSrobinhood #moneytalks #HackerNews #ngated -
🤑 Ah, the art of "creative accounting" explained in a pretentious wall of text. Just reinvest, refinance, and pretend you're Robin Hood while dodging the IRS. This isn't tax evasion—it's "financial ingenuity"! 💰💼
https://taylor.town/succession-000 #creativeaccounting #financialingenuity #taxstrategy #IRSrobinhood #moneytalks #HackerNews #ngated -
🤑 Ah, the art of "creative accounting" explained in a pretentious wall of text. Just reinvest, refinance, and pretend you're Robin Hood while dodging the IRS. This isn't tax evasion—it's "financial ingenuity"! 💰💼
https://taylor.town/succession-000 #creativeaccounting #financialingenuity #taxstrategy #IRSrobinhood #moneytalks #HackerNews #ngated -
🤑 Ah, the art of "creative accounting" explained in a pretentious wall of text. Just reinvest, refinance, and pretend you're Robin Hood while dodging the IRS. This isn't tax evasion—it's "financial ingenuity"! 💰💼
https://taylor.town/succession-000 #creativeaccounting #financialingenuity #taxstrategy #IRSrobinhood #moneytalks #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, #Backblaze, the #cloud #storage wunderkind 🤡, where the only thing stored is their ever-growing pile of #lawsuits 📚 and "creative" accounting practices 🤥. Meanwhile, insiders are doing their best impression of a fire sale 🚪🏃💨, while investors are left clouded in confusion.
https://www.morpheus-research.com/backblaze/ #CreativeAccounting #InsiderConfusion #FireSale #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, #Backblaze, the #cloud #storage wunderkind 🤡, where the only thing stored is their ever-growing pile of #lawsuits 📚 and "creative" accounting practices 🤥. Meanwhile, insiders are doing their best impression of a fire sale 🚪🏃💨, while investors are left clouded in confusion.
https://www.morpheus-research.com/backblaze/ #CreativeAccounting #InsiderConfusion #FireSale #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, #Backblaze, the #cloud #storage wunderkind 🤡, where the only thing stored is their ever-growing pile of #lawsuits 📚 and "creative" accounting practices 🤥. Meanwhile, insiders are doing their best impression of a fire sale 🚪🏃💨, while investors are left clouded in confusion.
https://www.morpheus-research.com/backblaze/ #CreativeAccounting #InsiderConfusion #FireSale #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah, #Backblaze, the #cloud #storage wunderkind 🤡, where the only thing stored is their ever-growing pile of #lawsuits 📚 and "creative" accounting practices 🤥. Meanwhile, insiders are doing their best impression of a fire sale 🚪🏃💨, while investors are left clouded in confusion.
https://www.morpheus-research.com/backblaze/ #CreativeAccounting #InsiderConfusion #FireSale #HackerNews #ngated -
How transparent is DOGE?
New York Times reports,
Listen and watch -
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHMSnk-hBI3/?igsh=a2dvNXhpbnp0NXlt
#USPol #TrumpAdministration #CreativeAccounting #FinancialReporting #Management -
How transparent is DOGE?
New York Times reports,
Listen and watch -
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHMSnk-hBI3/?igsh=a2dvNXhpbnp0NXlt
#USPol #TrumpAdministration #CreativeAccounting #FinancialReporting #Management -
How transparent is DOGE?
New York Times reports,
Listen and watch -
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHMSnk-hBI3/?igsh=a2dvNXhpbnp0NXlt
#USPol #TrumpAdministration #CreativeAccounting #FinancialReporting #Management -
How transparent is DOGE?
New York Times reports,
Listen and watch -
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHMSnk-hBI3/?igsh=a2dvNXhpbnp0NXlt
#USPol #TrumpAdministration #CreativeAccounting #FinancialReporting #Management -
How transparent is DOGE?
New York Times reports,
Listen and watch -
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHMSnk-hBI3/?igsh=a2dvNXhpbnp0NXlt
#USPol #TrumpAdministration #CreativeAccounting #FinancialReporting #Management -
If you’re having any concerns about the excessive energy uses of #AI, don’t worry - companies are working tirelessly to bring those numbers down and are not shying away from doing whatever it takes to make them look good. Heroic, really.
#SavetheAI #Google #Meta #Apple #Microsoft #LLMs #creativeAccounting #greenwashinghttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech
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If you’re having any concerns about the excessive energy uses of #AI, don’t worry - companies are working tirelessly to bring those numbers down and are not shying away from doing whatever it takes to make them look good. Heroic, really.
#SavetheAI #Google #Meta #Apple #Microsoft #LLMs #creativeAccounting #greenwashinghttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech
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If you’re having any concerns about the excessive energy uses of #AI, don’t worry - companies are working tirelessly to bring those numbers down and are not shying away from doing whatever it takes to make them look good. Heroic, really.
#SavetheAI #Google #Meta #Apple #Microsoft #LLMs #creativeAccounting #greenwashinghttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech
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If you’re having any concerns about the excessive energy uses of #AI, don’t worry - companies are working tirelessly to bring those numbers down and are not shying away from doing whatever it takes to make them look good. Heroic, really.
#SavetheAI #Google #Meta #Apple #Microsoft #LLMs #creativeAccounting #greenwashinghttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech
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If you’re having any concerns about the excessive energy uses of #AI, don’t worry - companies are working tirelessly to bring those numbers down and are not shying away from doing whatever it takes to make them look good. Heroic, really.
#SavetheAI #Google #Meta #Apple #Microsoft #LLMs #creativeAccounting #greenwashinghttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech
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It was just said in the news that Donald Trump’s wealth has reached 6.5 billion dollars for the first time ever. This is enough to put him in the top 500 wealthiest people list for the first time. Just don’t expect that figure to stay at 6.5 billion dollars for all circumstances.
For instance, if some socialist put in place a wealth tax in the US, expect that 6.5 billion dollars to inexplicably become 78 cents. If you asked him to transfer all that wealth to you for a dollar, he’d say he can’t because there are too many liens against all that he owns.
If he wanted to take a loan out against all that capital, expect his net worth to suddenly grow. Suddenly he would be worth 15 billion dollars which would receive excellent loan rates.
He wants to be known as one of the wealthiest people in the world. That strokes his ego and also suggests some business acumen. But he had to eat crow when he was ordered to pay a bond above 500 million dollars by the court. Imagine his embarrassment that he could not pay this amount.
Lucky for the Donald, the appeal court changed the amount to 175 million dollars. An amount he says he can pay.
By the way this comes as a merger is completed. An amount that had been disclosed to be worth 22.5 million dollars is now valued at 4 billion dollars. How something can become worth 175 times what it was originally I will leave for you to decide.
Notice how his worth picks up just before he is in a federal election? Suddenly his business acumen looks just fine. That 175 times multiplier looks almost wizardly. Instead of what I choose to call it. I call it creative accounting. After the election, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Donald slipped out of the top 500 richest people. But that might be too late.
https://larryrusswurm.com/2024/03/30/creative-accounting/
#175MillionDolllarsDonaldCanPay #175XMultiplier #225MillionDollarStakeNowWorth4BillionDollars #500WealthiestPeopleList #businessAcumen_ #couldnTPay500MillionDollars #creativeAccounting #DonaldKnownForTakingOutLoansWithInflatedCollateralValues #DonaldTrump #loans #socialism #wealthTax
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It was just said in the news that Donald Trump’s wealth has reached 6.5 billion dollars for the first time ever. This is enough to put him in the top 500 wealthiest people list for the first time. Just don’t expect that figure to stay at 6.5 billion dollars for all circumstances.
For instance, if some socialist put in place a wealth tax in the US, expect that 6.5 billion dollars to inexplicably become 78 cents. If you asked him to transfer all that wealth to you for a dollar, he’d say he can’t because there are too many liens against all that he owns.
If he wanted to take a loan out against all that capital, expect his net worth to suddenly grow. Suddenly he would be worth 15 billion dollars which would receive excellent loan rates.
He wants to be known as one of the wealthiest people in the world. That strokes his ego and also suggests some business acumen. But he had to eat crow when he was ordered to pay a bond above 500 million dollars by the court. Imagine his embarrassment that he could not pay this amount.
Lucky for the Donald, the appeal court changed the amount to 175 million dollars. An amount he says he can pay.
By the way this comes as a merger is completed. An amount that had been disclosed to be worth 22.5 million dollars is now valued at 4 billion dollars. How something can become worth 175 times what it was originally I will leave for you to decide.
Notice how his worth picks up just before he is in a federal election? Suddenly his business acumen looks just fine. That 175 times multiplier looks almost wizardly. Instead of what I choose to call it. I call it creative accounting. After the election, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Donald slipped out of the top 500 richest people. But that might be too late.
https://larryrusswurm.com/2024/03/30/creative-accounting/
#175MillionDolllarsDonaldCanPay #175XMultiplier #225MillionDollarStakeNowWorth4BillionDollars #500WealthiestPeopleList #businessAcumen_ #couldnTPay500MillionDollars #creativeAccounting #DonaldKnownForTakingOutLoansWithInflatedCollateralValues #DonaldTrump #loans #socialism #wealthTax
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It was just said in the news that Donald Trump’s wealth has reached 6.5 billion dollars for the first time ever. This is enough to put him in the top 500 wealthiest people list for the first time. Just don’t expect that figure to stay at 6.5 billion dollars for all circumstances.
For instance, if some socialist put in place a wealth tax in the US, expect that 6.5 billion dollars to inexplicably become 78 cents. If you asked him to transfer all that wealth to you for a dollar, he’d say he can’t because there are too many liens against all that he owns.
If he wanted to take a loan out against all that capital, expect his net worth to suddenly grow. Suddenly he would be worth 15 billion dollars which would receive excellent loan rates.
He wants to be known as one of the wealthiest people in the world. That strokes his ego and also suggests some business acumen. But he had to eat crow when he was ordered to pay a bond above 500 million dollars by the court. Imagine his embarrassment that he could not pay this amount.
Lucky for the Donald, the appeal court changed the amount to 175 million dollars. An amount he says he can pay.
By the way this comes as a merger is completed. An amount that had been disclosed to be worth 22.5 million dollars is now valued at 4 billion dollars. How something can become worth 175 times what it was originally I will leave for you to decide.
Notice how his worth picks up just before he is in a federal election? Suddenly his business acumen looks just fine. That 175 times multiplier looks almost wizardly. Instead of what I choose to call it. I call it creative accounting. After the election, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Donald slipped out of the top 500 richest people. But that might be too late.
https://larryrusswurm.com/2024/03/30/creative-accounting/
#175MillionDolllarsDonaldCanPay #175XMultiplier #225MillionDollarStakeNowWorth4BillionDollars #500WealthiestPeopleList #businessAcumen_ #couldnTPay500MillionDollars #creativeAccounting #DonaldKnownForTakingOutLoansWithInflatedCollateralValues #DonaldTrump #loans #socialism #wealthTax
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It was just said in the news that Donald Trump’s wealth has reached 6.5 billion dollars for the first time ever. This is enough to put him in the top 500 wealthiest people list for the first time. Just don’t expect that figure to stay at 6.5 billion dollars for all circumstances.
For instance, if some socialist put in place a wealth tax in the US, expect that 6.5 billion dollars to inexplicably become 78 cents. If you asked him to transfer all that wealth to you for a dollar, he’d say he can’t because there are too many liens against all that he owns.
If he wanted to take a loan out against all that capital, expect his net worth to suddenly grow. Suddenly he would be worth 15 billion dollars which would receive excellent loan rates.
He wants to be known as one of the wealthiest people in the world. That strokes his ego and also suggests some business acumen. But he had to eat crow when he was ordered to pay a bond above 500 million dollars by the court. Imagine his embarrassment that he could not pay this amount.
Lucky for the Donald, the appeal court changed the amount to 175 million dollars. An amount he says he can pay.
By the way this comes as a merger is completed. An amount that had been disclosed to be worth 22.5 million dollars is now valued at 4 billion dollars. How something can become worth 175 times what it was originally I will leave for you to decide.
Notice how his worth picks up just before he is in a federal election? Suddenly his business acumen looks just fine. That 175 times multiplier looks almost wizardly. Instead of what I choose to call it. I call it creative accounting. After the election, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Donald slipped out of the top 500 richest people. But that might be too late.
https://larryrusswurm.com/2024/03/30/creative-accounting/
#175MillionDolllarsDonaldCanPay #175XMultiplier #225MillionDollarStakeNowWorth4BillionDollars #500WealthiestPeopleList #businessAcumen_ #couldnTPay500MillionDollars #creativeAccounting #DonaldKnownForTakingOutLoansWithInflatedCollateralValues #DonaldTrump #loans #socialism #wealthTax
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I attempted to do a bank reconciliation today. But knowing what one is, it turns out, is key to actually doing it.
#creativeAccounting #aCreativeTriesAccounting -
I attempted to do a bank reconciliation today. But knowing what one is, it turns out, is key to actually doing it.
#creativeAccounting #aCreativeTriesAccounting -
I attempted to do a bank reconciliation today. But knowing what one is, it turns out, is key to actually doing it.
#creativeAccounting #aCreativeTriesAccounting -
I attempted to do a bank reconciliation today. But knowing what one is, it turns out, is key to actually doing it.
#creativeAccounting #aCreativeTriesAccounting -
I attempted to do a bank reconciliation today. But knowing what one is, it turns out, is key to actually doing it.
#creativeAccounting #aCreativeTriesAccounting -
I was just watching a video of a cover of Margaritaville, by Jimmy Buffett.
It reminded me of my old job, in which I worked on the websites for Jimmy's Margaritaville Resorts.
My boss was a close friend of Jimmy's. But since Jimmy was also our client, my boss would go on fishing trips with him and write it off on his taxes as a business expense.
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I was just watching a video of a cover of Margaritaville, by Jimmy Buffett.
It reminded me of my old job, in which I worked on the websites for Jimmy's Margaritaville Resorts.
My boss was a close friend of Jimmy's. But since Jimmy was also our client, my boss would go on fishing trips with him and write it off on his taxes as a business expense.
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One thing we really like about 'constructive ambiguity' in the tax system, as outlined, is it effectively halves the value of #creativeAccounting, and the terribly lucrative taxConsultancy firms that don't really add much (if any) value to society anyway.