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#profiteering — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #profiteering, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Aaron Rupar wrote this about #TrumpFamily corruption: "Eric Trump -- the president's son -- is on Maria Bartiromo's show bragging about one of his companies having landing a $24 million Pentagon contract."
    #ItHelpsToHaveFamilyConnections #greed #profiteering #IranWar #ethics #politics

  2. Aaron Rupar wrote this about #TrumpFamily corruption: "Eric Trump -- the president's son -- is on Maria Bartiromo's show bragging about one of his companies having landing a $24 million Pentagon contract."
    #ItHelpsToHaveFamilyConnections #greed #profiteering #IranWar #ethics #politics

  3. Aaron Rupar wrote this about #TrumpFamily corruption: "Eric Trump -- the president's son -- is on Maria Bartiromo's show bragging about one of his companies having landing a $24 million Pentagon contract."
    #ItHelpsToHaveFamilyConnections #greed #profiteering #IranWar #ethics #politics

  4. @anirvan
    1) Grateful to #CalMatters for their coverage of this profiteering by the #FossilFool majors

    2) A reminder that #profiteering only works with essential goods & services. That's why #Chevron et al con do so with near impunity. AND if we were powering mobility, from e-scooters to trains, with electricity from #renewables (wind, water, solar (#WWS) and advanced geothermal, we wouldn't be totally dependent on #FossilFuel. And profiteering would be harder to do.

    Guess what? We have the technology to convert. Why do we let the FossilFools stop that conversion?

    The real case for #PowerToThePeople by renewables.

  5. @anirvan
    1) Grateful to #CalMatters for their coverage of this profiteering by the #FossilFool majors

    2) A reminder that #profiteering only works with essential goods & services. That's why #Chevron et al con do so with near impunity. AND if we were powering mobility, from e-scooters to trains, with electricity from #renewables (wind, water, solar (#WWS) and advanced geothermal, we wouldn't be totally dependent on #FossilFuel. And profiteering would be harder to do.

    Guess what? We have the technology to convert. Why do we let the FossilFools stop that conversion?

    The real case for #PowerToThePeople by renewables.

  6. @anirvan
    1) Grateful to #CalMatters for their coverage of this profiteering by the #FossilFool majors

    2) A reminder that #profiteering only works with essential goods & services. That's why #Chevron et al con do so with near impunity. AND if we were powering mobility, from e-scooters to trains, with electricity from #renewables (wind, water, solar (#WWS) and advanced geothermal, we wouldn't be totally dependent on #FossilFuel. And profiteering would be harder to do.

    Guess what? We have the technology to convert. Why do we let the FossilFools stop that conversion?

    The real case for #PowerToThePeople by renewables.

  7. @anirvan
    1) Grateful to #CalMatters for their coverage of this profiteering by the #FossilFool majors

    2) A reminder that #profiteering only works with essential goods & services. That's why #Chevron et al con do so with near impunity. AND if we were powering mobility, from e-scooters to trains, with electricity from #renewables (wind, water, solar (#WWS) and advanced geothermal, we wouldn't be totally dependent on #FossilFuel. And profiteering would be harder to do.

    Guess what? We have the technology to convert. Why do we let the FossilFools stop that conversion?

    The real case for #PowerToThePeople by renewables.

  8. @anirvan
    1) Grateful to #CalMatters for their coverage of this profiteering by the #FossilFool majors

    2) A reminder that #profiteering only works with essential goods & services. That's why #Chevron et al con do so with near impunity. AND if we were powering mobility, from e-scooters to trains, with electricity from #renewables (wind, water, solar (#WWS) and advanced geothermal, we wouldn't be totally dependent on #FossilFuel. And profiteering would be harder to do.

    Guess what? We have the technology to convert. Why do we let the FossilFools stop that conversion?

    The real case for #PowerToThePeople by renewables.

  9. (continued from /6)

    "Marsh found 'a consistent pattern of spikes just hours, or sometimes minutes, before a social media post or media interview was made public.' Marsh notes a similar spike over Trump’s announcement of his 'Liberation Day' tariffs of last April."

    #Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #corruption #InsiderTrading #profiteering #markets #MarketManipulation
    /8

  10. "Today Nick Marsh of the BBC explained the fact pattern behind the general suspicion that someone is engaging in insider trading over Trump’s war announcements. After matching the president’s market-moving statements to the trade volume on a number of financial markets," (continued in /7)

    ~ Heather Cox Richardson

    #Trump #Iran #war #StraitofHormuz #corruption #InsiderTrading #profiteering #markets #MarketManipulation
    /6

    heathercoxrichardson.substack.

  11. There was a time when we considered improving the of services by switching from interpreted to compiled languages, out of concerns about . Then came the farms, AI and - monstrosities that grotesquely and guzzle as much power as some nations. And people quit talking about climate change. Everyone seems to have given up in despair and accepted their fate!

    Damn those !

  12. There was a time when we considered improving the #EnergyEfficiency of #backend services by switching from interpreted to compiled languages, out of concerns about #ClimateChange. Then came the #CryptoMining farms, AI #hyperscalers and #neoclouds - monstrosities that #pollute grotesquely and guzzle as much power as some nations. And people quit talking about climate change. Everyone seems to have given up in despair and accepted their fate!

    Damn those #profiteering #psychopaths!

  13. There was a time when we considered improving the #EnergyEfficiency of #backend services by switching from interpreted to compiled languages, out of concerns about #ClimateChange. Then came the #CryptoMining farms, AI #hyperscalers and #neoclouds - monstrosities that #pollute grotesquely and guzzle as much power as some nations. And people quit talking about climate change. Everyone seems to have given up in despair and accepted their fate!

    Damn those #profiteering #psychopaths!

  14. There was a time when we considered improving the #EnergyEfficiency of #backend services by switching from interpreted to compiled languages, out of concerns about #ClimateChange. Then came the #CryptoMining farms, AI #hyperscalers and #neoclouds - monstrosities that #pollute grotesquely and guzzle as much power as some nations. And people quit talking about climate change. Everyone seems to have given up in despair and accepted their fate!

    Damn those #profiteering #psychopaths!

  15. There was a time when we considered improving the #EnergyEfficiency of #backend services by switching from interpreted to compiled languages, out of concerns about #ClimateChange. Then came the #CryptoMining farms, AI #hyperscalers and #neoclouds - monstrosities that #pollute grotesquely and guzzle as much power as some nations. And people quit talking about climate change. Everyone seems to have given up in despair and accepted their fate!

    Damn those #profiteering #psychopaths!

  16. "While the Middle East burns and Americans pay more for food and gas, Trump and his billionaire friends, such as Larry Ellison, are profiting off of war, gobbling up our data, and going all-in on AI."

    ~ Wajahat Ali with Audrey Hanson

    #Trump #Iran #war #EconomicElites #billionaires #AI #LarryEllison #profiteering
    /1

    thelefthook.substack.com/p/how

  17. A quotation from Bastiat

    At least let no one argue that, because an abuse cannot be suppressed without injuring those who profit from it, the fact that it has existed for a time gives it the right to last forever.
     
    [À moins qu’on ne prétende que, parce qu’un abus ne peut être détruit sans froisser ceux qui en profitent, il suffit qu’il existe un moment pour qu’il doive durer toujours.]

    Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) French philosopher, economist, politician
    Economic Sophisms [Sophismes Économiques], 1st Series, ch. 20 “Human Labor, National Labor [Travail Humain, Travail National]” (1845) [tr. Goddard (1964)]

    More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bastiat-frederic/824…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bastiat #abuse #correction #exploitation #harm #justice #justification #precedent #problem #profit #profitability #profiteering #solution #wrong

  18. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

       We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
       They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
       Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1936-10-31), Madison Square Garden, New York City

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #banking #bigbusiness #businessinterests #classwarfare #corporations #defenseindustry #militaryindustrialcomplex #monopoly #oligarchy #plutocracy #profiteering #regulation #stockmarket

  19. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

       We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
       They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
       Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1936-10-31), Madison Square Garden, New York City

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #banking #bigbusiness #businessinterests #classwarfare #corporations #defenseindustry #militaryindustrialcomplex #monopoly #oligarchy #plutocracy #profiteering #regulation #stockmarket

  20. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

       We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
       They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
       Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1936-10-31), Madison Square Garden, New York City

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #banking #bigbusiness #businessinterests #classwarfare #corporations #defenseindustry #militaryindustrialcomplex #monopoly #oligarchy #plutocracy #profiteering #regulation #stockmarket

  21. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

       We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
       They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
       Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1936-10-31), Madison Square Garden, New York City

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #banking #bigbusiness #businessinterests #classwarfare #corporations #defenseindustry #militaryindustrialcomplex #monopoly #oligarchy #plutocracy #profiteering #regulation #stockmarket

  22. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

       We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace — business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.
       They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.
       Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
    Speech (1936-10-31), Madison Square Garden, New York City

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #fdr #banking #bigbusiness #businessinterests #classwarfare #corporations #defenseindustry #militaryindustrialcomplex #monopoly #oligarchy #plutocracy #profiteering #regulation #stockmarket

  23. Since the publication of Feynman's "simulation" paper in 1982, researchers in physics, EE, CS, and maths had been trying to build practical #quantum #computers (QC). They had come a long way, over the past four decades. In recent years, random circuit sampling, boson sampling, and several other experiments have demonstrated QC’s supremacy over classical digital computers (DC).

    But neither the QC theory nor the technology is practicable, at present. Sure, the Toffoli CCNOT linear, unitary, reversible gate is equivalent to the DC universal NAND gate, so QC can theoretically simulate any DC, including probabilistic ones. But "can" is not "do". The best known hardest quantum algorithm, Shore's 1994 prime factoring, solves an NP problem of DC. In 2026, a QC factored 551. Incidentally, ChatGPT factored it in a blink (cheap shot). And, to date, there is no known efficient quantum algorithm for an NP-complete problem. The general consensus is that QC is just as much subject to that "gut-feel” speed-limit of DC: \(P \neq NP\).

    Forty years is an eternity in computing: compare a cheap 2025 gaming laptop to the top-end 1985 SGI IRIS 2000 3D graphics workstation; compare the 1985 CRAY-2 supercomputer to von Neumann’s 1945 paper on the bus-architecture. Goodness me, is DC actually "faster" than QC? Still, QC has proven, demonstrated supremacy over DC, in some narrow, but significant, areas; QC must be studied.

    At present, though, #profiteering quantum startups are trading a few buzzwords for a mound of cash, using #WallStreet's proprietary, alchemical process for creating the element \(Au\): heat an admixture of #QC and #AI buzzwords over the hot coals of social media—voilà!

  24. The #Greens defence spokesperson, #DavidShoebridge, was scathing of #Trump #BoardOfPeace plan, writing on social media:

    “Trump is trying to sell #Palestinian sovereignty for $1 billion per seat while Palestinians are still being bombed and starved under the so-called “ceasefire.”
    This isn’t #diplomacy, it’s #profiteering off #genocide. #Australia better not touch this with a 10-foot pole.”

    #auspol #TrumpRegime #IsraelGenocide #Gaza

  25. Israel-Hamas war: Gazans are at the mercy of profiteers driving up food prices

    According to an investigation carried out by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, an investigative platform and partner of Le Monde, war profiteers are exploiting malfunctions in the supply chain to get rich.

    lemonde.fr/en/international/ar

    #Gaza #Israel #FoodAsWeapon #Starvation #Genocide #Occupation #Food #Profiteering #SaveGaza #StopIsrael

    @[email protected]
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  26. Riot Folk! (Ryan Harvey) - Peace, Justice and Anarchy

    youtube.com/watch?v=Cuo0Hg0TGH

    This country ain't nothin but a company's dream
    A couple hundred thousand workers that's all that they see
    Our hands on our tools, money writing the rules
    From the sweatshop prisons to the cops in the schools

    #RyanHarvey #PeaceJusticeAndAnarchy #FolkPunk #Music #Rules #Cops #Schools #Class #Labor #Cash #Profiteering #Ghettos #Decay #DeathSquads #Jails #Brainwashed #Factory #Laws #Defeat #Street #Justice

  27. #Trump’s latest enterprise is being developed by #Dubai real estate company #DarGlobal & will be the first Trump International Hotel in the #MiddleEast.

    …The advertised “golden visa” does not specify which country it is for, but in Feb Trump announced the concept of selling a "#GoldCard" #visa for $5M potentially offering #wealthy buyers residency in the #US & granting them a pathway to #citizenship.

    #law #Constitution #Emoluments #FARA #corruption #profiteering #geopolitics

  28. why is this #weeny crying? will his kids go to war? (unlikely because he is part of the #rich elite, only the #poor will DIE for even more #profit!) let me tell you this: after #ww2 and the EXCELLENT #Marshallplan of course #EU and #USA were friends, because #USA effectively helped #Europe recover from the #destruction (not without profiting) so #Europe has ALWAYS been a #Theater for #Americans to play in, play #war, play #influence. Whoever thinks this will change overnight is gravely mistaken, #Europe DOES NOT EVEL BUILD A SINGLE SMART PHONE X-D #Europe is COMPLETELY dependant on #US and #China #infotec companies (so much for "#independence"?) a #EU #Army will not solve that problem X-D
    the #US #colony called #Europe is about to get thrown into the same #war and #profiteering #abyss as #Ukraine #wtf? just for #rich #asholes to get #richer that's all (read #ww1 #veteran #SmedleyButtler #warisaracket) #msc2025

  29. YES! A hopeful milestone for American #Labor & working families:
    The #Teamsters launched what the #union described as "the largest strike against #Amazon in U.S. history" on Thursday morning to protest the e-commerce behemoth's unlawful refusal to bargain with organized drivers and warehouse workers across the country.

    Workers in New York City, Atlanta, San Francisco, and other locations are expected to participate in Thursday's strike, with more facilities prepared to join if Amazon's management doesn't agree to #negotiate contracts with unionized employees.

    commondreams.org/news/teamster

    #dol #laborLaw #collectiveBargaining #negotiation #negotiations #contract #antifeudalism #unionize #workers #strike #fairPay #benefits #PTO #sickPay #peoplePower #livingWage #inflationCausedByUndueProfitTaking #profiteering #antitrust

  30. #NHS community services privately sold off in Wiltshire for £1.3bn

    #LabourLies

    There’s no other way to dress this up, except for the headline: the Labour Party just oversaw a £1.3 BILLION SELL-OFF of NHS community services to a private equity firm, in Wiltshire.

    thecanary.co/trending/2024/10/

    #DemocracyNow #OurNHS #SaveOurNHS #PrivatisationFails #corruption #profiteering #CorporateGreed #PoliticalGreed #HCRG #HealthCare #CorporateTerrorism

  31. Benjamin Franklin on Treasure Seeking Seers. Franklin saw the folly and called it out as the “most egregious folly and madness.”

    The church denied Joseph’s involvement with treasure digging until the evidence was no longer possible to refute or ignore. There is no doubt today that Joseph Smith was deeply involved with treasure digging.

    wasmormon.org/benjamin-frankli #exmormon #benjaminfranklin #josephsmith #Mormon #lds #ldschurch #folkmagic #seerstone #treasure #prophet #profiteering #iwasamormon

  32. These settlements are spread throughout the #OccupiedWestBank and house more than an estimated half a million #Israelis, who often enjoy substantially superior amenities and infrastructure compared to their #Palestinian neighbours.

    Lawyers from the #European #Legal Support Centre #ELSC , Palestinian #HumanRights group #AlHaq, #SOMO and #TheRightsForum have filed a #CriminalComplaint in the #Netherlands, alleging Booking.com is #profiteering from the commission of #WarCrimes in the #OccupiedPalestinianTerritory.

    Booking.com was founded and is headquartered in #Amsterdam, where #Dutch #law prohibits companies and individuals from profiteering from war crimes.

    The group of lawyers has referred the case to the #DutchPublicProsecutionService, which is examining whether to lay #CriminalCharges against Booking.com.

    amp.abc.net.au/article/1040260

  33. If anyone doesn’t have a problem with creeping privatisation of our #NHS think again. #UK Dentistry is all but private now. And ask a #pet owner how much they’re getting fleeced at the #vet. The #drug companies and #corporates would love it if they could make us pay whatever they wanted to boost their shareholder profits. #Costoflivingcrisis #profiteering

  34. 💰 #Profiteering from the #WarInEurope has played a significant role in boosting #inflation during 2022, according to a report that calls for a global corporation tax to curb excess profits

    The report from the #IPPR and #CommonWealth thinktanks found that business profits rose by 30% among UK-listed firms, driven by just 11% of firms that made super-profits based on their ability to push through stellar price increases – often dubbed #greedflation

    theguardian.com/business/2023/ #News