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  • Tim Cook Says He's Ready To Pull Twitter From App Store Once President Xi Gives The Order

    11/29/2022 5:46:53 PM PST · by DFG · 17 replies
    Babylon Bee ^ | 11/29/2022 | Babylon Bee
    CUPERTINO, CA — Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed this morning that he's prepared to remove the Twitter app from the App Store but that he's waiting for orders from CCP President Xi before he makes a move. "I never make a business decision without first consulting the great and magnificent President Xi, blessings on his name," said Cook in a statement. "My company lives to serve the People's Republic of China and The Chinese Communist Party, and I will resign myself to his divine will." "If he gives the order, Twitter will be gone from the App Store." Cook emphasized,...
  • Ex-NYPD head Bernie Kerik’s best man charged as head of Sarah Lawrence College cult, with victims threatened at knife-point, forced into prostitution

    02/11/2020 6:21:43 PM PST · by robowombat · 26 replies
    NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | FEB 11, 2020 | 1:44 PM | BRITTANY KRIEGSTEIN, STEPHEN REX BROWN and LARRY MCSHANE
    Lawrence Ray, the one-time best man at former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik’s wedding, was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of sex trafficking and extortion for the decade-long exploitation of a small cult of Sarah Lawrence College students. Lawrence Ray, the one-time best man at former NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik’s wedding, was indicted Tuesday on federal charges of sex trafficking and extortion for the decade-long exploitation of a small cult of Sarah Lawrence College students. He was the best man at ex-NYPD Commissioner Bernie Kerik’s wedding — and the worst thing that ever happened to his daughter’s college friends. The devious...
  • Cash, charge or fingerprint ?

    06/09/2005 3:06:08 PM PDT · by Selkie · 37 replies · 729+ views
    Retailers experimenting with biometric payments Three or four days a week, Darren Hiers gets lunch at a Sterling convenience store near the car dealership where he works. He grabs a chicken sandwich and a soda and heads to the checkout counter, where a little gadget scans his index finger and instantly deducts the money from his checking account ....... The finger scan used at the shop in Sterling, known as a biometric payment system and made by a Herndon firm, is just starting to be installed at convenience stores and supermarket chains around the country, another step in a revolution...
  • Daley Fund-Raisers Charged in Probe

    09/25/2003 4:48:02 PM PDT · by anniegetyourgun · 2 replies · 44+ views
    AP ^ | 9/25/03 | MIKE ROBINSON
    CHICAGO (AP) - Two members of a prominent family close to Mayor Richard M. Daley were indicted on fraud charges Thursday, accused of getting more than $100 million in city contracts through schemes including passing off male-controlled businesses as woman-owned. James Duff, 45, of Burr Ridge, and his mother Patricia Green Duff, 75, of Chicago, were among seven people charged with fraud and other counts. James Duff's father, John Duff, has been a fund-raiser for Daley and members of the family have socialized with him. The indictments follow a four-year investigation and mark the first time corruption charges have been...