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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #13980 on: November 15, 2023, 03:56:08 PM »
Stand by for screams of panic from the Smuggers...  whistle:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67343009

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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #13981 on: November 15, 2023, 04:34:18 PM »
Stand by for screams of panic from the Smuggers...  whistle:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67343009

LoadsaWine here - in fact, a new Winery has just opened in the village...  cloud9:

Bedtime even earlier.... noooo:

But if he goes to bed earlier where would BM find the time to............to...........to............actually what does he get up to during the day?  rubschin:
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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #13982 on: November 15, 2023, 05:31:51 PM »
Stand by for screams of panic from the Smuggers...  whistle:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67343009

LoadsaWine here - in fact, a new Winery has just opened in the village...  cloud9:

Bedtime even earlier.... noooo:

But if he goes to bed earlier where would BM find the time to............to...........to............actually what does he get up to during the day?  rubschin:


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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #13983 on: November 15, 2023, 06:08:39 PM »
Stand by for screams of panic from the Smuggers...  whistle:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-67343009

LoadsaWine here - in fact, a new Winery has just opened in the village...  cloud9:

Bedtime even earlier.... noooo:

But if he goes to bed earlier where would BM find the time to............to...........to............actually what does he get up to during the day?  rubschin:


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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #13984 on: November 18, 2023, 12:02:10 AM »
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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #13985 on: November 25, 2023, 12:50:14 AM »
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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #13988 on: December 06, 2023, 09:20:45 PM »
Wait, someone has figured out a way to be able to slap pain in the arse customers and have them pay for it??  worthy:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12824583/slap-meal-waitresses-Japanese-restaurant-charge-slap-face.html
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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #13989 on: December 07, 2023, 04:01:20 PM »
I got curious after hearing that TSG were suing the House of Mouse over 'Hollywood accounting' given they are a major entertainment financier so had a look around and found a copy of the complaint. I'm the first to admit I'm no legal expert but if I'm reading it right then it looks like breach of contract, fraud and tortuous interference. If this is correct then Disney has been a baaaaaaaaaad rodent..  eeek:

https://deadline.com/2023/08/disney-lawsuit-film-finance-partner-tsg-hollywood-accounting-fox-streaming-1235520089/

https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FINAL-TSG-Complaint.pdf

The cynic in me doesn't think this will ever make it to court as the discovery phase will mean all of their relevant financial documents will be in the public domain which would be a public relations nightmare not to mention that the SEC would have to step in and investigate. I can't see Disney settling out of court as they need all of their available capital and assets for the Hulu purchase and given what was said during the earnings call that could cost around $20bn so my guess is that they will drag it out through arbitration for as long as possible.
Disney backed down over Black Widow so will probably settle out of court again.  But as you say this does have a bad rodent smell about it

Bloody hell. if you thought that this had a bad rodent smell about it then the report into business practices by the Reedy Creek board is a whole new world of shite. If even half of this turns out to be accurate then you are still looking at prima face cases of misappropriation of public funds, fraud, bribery, tax evasion and subversion of government powers. I could be wrong but given how long this has been going on it could end up in RICO territory.  eeek:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/desantis-board-accuses-disney-controlling-previous-one-with-gifts-2023-12-04/

Here's the report, the evidence list looks comprehensive enough to be taken seriously despite Disney's claims otherwise.  rubschin:

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000018c-3813-d1d4-a3ef-3bf3c8a30000
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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #13992 on: December 14, 2023, 12:04:27 PM »
Man tears hole in throat stopping sneeze   eeek:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-67714469

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Re: Fantastic Headlines
« Reply #13994 on: December 14, 2023, 06:14:23 PM »
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