Electronic Arts, maker of video games like Madden NFL, Battlefield and The Sims, is being acquired for $55 billion US, the biggest leveraged buyout attempt in history.
Under the terms of a deal announced on Monday, the private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund PIF and Affinity Partners will pay the company's stockholders $210 per share. Affinity Partners is a private equity firm run by President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
Electronic Arts (EA) would be taken private. The total value of the deal eclipses the $32 billion paid to take Texas utility TXU private in 2007.
If the transaction closes as anticipated, it will end EA's 36-year history as a publicly traded company that began with its shares ending its first day of trading at a split-adjusted 52 cents.
In a 7-4 decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected Trump's argument that the tariffs were permitted under an emergency economic powers act, calling them "invalid as contrary to law".
@jeffcliff @CozyNCDdude, i don't wanna hear this shit, the left has interfered with so many people's lives just to get this shit on hte books int he first place.
@reallyangry @CozyNCD No, it's not. They are genetically virtually identical to you compared to non-human species. You just want them to be more different than they are.
@jeffcliff @CozyNCDare you making a non semantic argument about their humanity? no shit, i'm telling yout his for your omiwn good, the choices some people make are detrimental to society as a whole's continued survival and when we decide that society should cater to the whims of faggots it destroys the very fabric of a society worth living in.
@jeffcliff @CozyNCDbecause you're canadian you know what americans feel, my mom is a normie republican and she's pretty fucking tired of how things are. good weeather vane.
@reallyangry @CozyNCD Sure you can, there are plenty of safe places to light fires. You just have to get the kid to those places and show them about fire safety.
@DMA @CozyNCD There is no devil. You are believing the fairy tales of a bronze age civilization who didn't understand a thing about 99.9999999% of the universe.
Covid vaccines are not 'gene editing technology' and there is no such thing as a 'god gene'. And people are not 'lifeless and useless' - you have a theory of mind problem
@DMA @CozyNCD Oh right you probably don't even know because you were one of the assholes who ignored the mandates and probably didn't test at all. ie YOU killed YOUR OWN brother
Accountability and truth, is that like trump completely dropping charges to his buddies, like moving ghislaine to a cushy prison? Accountability and truth like releasing all the j6ers?? Accountability and truth like claiming that magical medbeds exist, that tariffs are tax cuts and that global warming is a hoax? Accountability and truth like...doing absolutely nothing about the MILLION americans killed by covid?
But remind me: do viruses exist/cause disease? yes or no. Let's see how firm your handle on "truth" is
@jeffcliff @CozyNCDyou at least see what i mean, iids are generally incapable without guidance of knowing the right time or place for fire and how to do so safely, and that's why women shouldn't vote.
@jeffcliff @CozyNCD @wecanfixthistbbh i've never dabbled in outright microorganism denial, i really just doubt hte severity of the vocid virus cuz you kjnow it's evolved to be less potentate.
@reallyangry @CozyNCD @wecanfixthis of course new viruses that haven't been around for awhile are a threat. But it's a potential threat rather than covid, which about 1in 70 people in my city is shedding infectious particles of right now.
@jeffcliff @CozyNCD @wecanfixthisnew viruses that are as old as the dinosaurs are prolly less likely to be a problem tbh, they didn't evovle with us since they were frozen up north sot hey prolly dont'tt have any attack vectors that work, which keeps us safe, but there's always a chacne that something bad could happen,t hat's how life is tho.
@wecanfixthis @CozyNCD @reallyangry "paper" masks do help stop them -- they don't stop all of them but they do prevent most of them from coming in. The n95 masks are even better at doing so.
But do these small viral particles cause disease yes or no
@reallyangry @CozyNCD @wecanfixthis Not really, no it hasn't much at all. It evolves to take more advantage of our organs and do more, not less damage over time
@reallyangry @CozyNCD @wecanfixthis actually this is true -- it does seem like covid gets into the balls and they may serve as a long-term/permanent reservoir of infection, causing damage to sperm cells as they go
@jeffcliff @CozyNCD @wecanfixthisi jsut find the serendipitous humor of covid actually likes to go in your ablls to replicate cuz it's immunoprivileged site and "stored in the balls meme" lining up. pretty funny.
@jeffcliff @CozyNCD @wecanfixthiswell, tbh most diseases are caused by our body's reaction to w/e infection tbh, so do dieseases get caused by viruses? inadvertantly.
@reallyangry @CozyNCD @wecanfixthis it is what it is. some viruses have been with us since forever and we've adapted to use them and their dna. we don't have to do that with covid
@reallyangry @jeffcliff @CozyNCD this point should be noted. People hate troons, and the inability to cut the T of the LG is going to sink all of them. Also there's no B, non-existent, just covers the indecisive. Should've just come up with a different term to give the gays the legal status to their partnership.
In Europe, where this is being written, and possibly further afield, news reports are again full of drone sightings closing airports. The reports have come from Scandinavia, in particular Denmark, …
Another thing that makes me think it's the coax is that I was seeing an "extra" resonance when the dipole's self-resonance was at a lower frequency. #AmateurRadio #HamRadio
If you want to read the speeches at the UN General Assembly, try here: https://gadebate.un.org/en The UN site is very glossy, more public relations and multimedia than information and text - at least that’s the impression I have. If anyone knows a better source/link to get the text of the speeches please share. #un
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave a brief presentation in the oval office recently where he spoke of renaming the Department of Defence. Henceforth, it is to be the Department of War. Mr. Hegseth enthusiastically endorsed the name change and, in truth, offensive as it may seem, his honesty is welcome. We may now officially drop any illusions we might have had that our military consists of citizen soldiers with a duty to defend the USA. They are now officially acknowledged as global 'war fighters.'
Further, Hegseth defines the purpose of his department as "maximum lethality, minimum tepid legality." Presumably he wants us to join him and celebrate backsliding into barbarity.
Well we have been having over 500 years of barbarity in the US (and maybe 8000 years in the world in general) so it's not new, but it's still worrying that the pretense has been dropped
The White House Shared A Picture Of Donald Trump From The Charlie Kirk Memorial, And People Are...Noticing Some Things
Yesterday, a memorial was held for Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona. President Trump attended and gave a speech.
During the event, the White House shared an image of the president standing in front of the crowd on their official Twitter (X) account with the caption, "This is the turning point."
For reference, the name of Charlie Kirk's organization is Turning Point USA.
Commenters were quick to reply, pointing out the black and white image's resemblance to this one taken in 1933:
Here, Adolf Hitler addressed the Nazi Sturmabteilung, aka stormtroopers or brownshirts, in Dortmund, Germany, in 1933.
Trump almost certainly owes his presidency to James Comey
One of the sickest ironies of Trump’s prosecution of Comey is that, without Comey, it is very unlikely that Trump would have become president in the first place.
funny, pagan kids don't get the same respect when they complain about Christian prayers
Orange school cancels morning 'Witchy Wednesday' TV segment
West Orange High School was told to shut down its “Witchy Wednesday” televised morning announcement this week after a local Christian group complained the segment violated some students’ religious rights.
The Liberty Counsel complained to Orange County Public Schools that the broadcast made Christian students watch something that contradicted their beliefs. .
OCPS’s attorney agreed the segment contained “impermissible” religious content and told the school not to air it again.
The “Witchy Wednesday” segment, hosted by a student, discussed how moon phases can represent different chapters of life, how burning incense can “clear your surrounding energy” and described a ritual of writing “your intuition” on a piece of paper and burning it during the full moon
Sinclair also pledged that it would "air a special in remembrance of Charlie Kirk this Friday, during Jimmy Kimmel Live’s timeslot." That program, produced by Sinclair's National News Desk, papers over Kirk's far-right political views. It does not mention that Kirk called the Civil Rights Act a "huge mistake," supported public executions, and blamed a host of the country's problems on "Jewish donors."
Instead, the Sinclair special depicts Kirk primarily as a religious and prophetic figure. "Charlie Kirk was known first and foremost for his faith in his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," news anchor Jan Jeffcoat says.
These days, surveillance cameras are all around us, and they’re smarter than ever. In particular, many of them are running advanced algorithms to recognize faces and scan license plates, comp…
Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start this week’s episode off with an update on the rapidly approaching 2025 Supercon in Pasadena, California. From there they’ll talk abo…
If you’re mounting solar panels, everybody knows the drill, right? Point them south, angled according to latitude. It’s easy. In a video which demonstrates that [Everyday Dave] is truly…
American Joins Delta, Southwest, United and Other US Airlines Push to Strip Away Travelers’ Rights and Add More Fees by Rolling Back Key Protections in New Deregulation Move - Travel And Tour World
This agenda centers on weakening or eliminating four major consumer protections:
Automatic Refunds for Cancellations: Airlines want to remove the requirement to provide automatic refunds when flights are cancelled or significantly altered. Passengers may instead receive only vouchers or no compensation at all, leaving them without recourse in the event of a major flight disruption.
Transparency of Fees: The airlines also aim to strip away rules that require them to disclose all fees (like baggage, seat assignments, and service charges) upfront. Instead of the clear, itemized pricing system that passengers currently rely on, airlines could hide fees until later in the booking process, making the true cost of a ticket much higher than expected.
Family Seating Guarantees: Under current regulations, airlines must ensure that families with young children are seated together without additional charges. This would no longer be guaranteed under the new proposal, meaning families could face extra costs just to sit next to one another.
Accessibility Protections for Disabled Passengers: The deregulation proposal also targets protections for disabled passengers, weakening their access to support and assistance during air travel.
The Airline Industry’s Argument: Deregulation as a Path to Lower Prices
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1. jeff cliff is satan (- @The_Almighty_Kek )
2. "jeff cliff does not exist" - @The_Almighty_Kek
:. satan does not exist
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Then most others are drones to the world. lifeless and Useless. Beings walking around but no longer themselves.
God Gene removed to bring in a nano technology society.
Gene editing technology has become a weapon. Those who took them are walking weapons.
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in reply to DMA 😏 💝 • • •after how many times did he get covid?
Covid vaccines are not 'gene editing technology' and there is no such thing as a 'god gene'. And people are not 'lifeless and useless' - you have a theory of mind problem
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in reply to White Christmas fuuuuuuuuck! • • •Accountability and truth, is that like trump completely dropping charges to his buddies, like moving ghislaine to a cushy prison? Accountability and truth like releasing all the j6ers?? Accountability and truth like claiming that magical medbeds exist, that tariffs are tax cuts and that global warming is a hoax? Accountability and truth like...doing absolutely nothing about the MILLION americans killed by covid?
But remind me: do viruses exist/cause disease? yes or no. Let's see how firm your handle on "truth" is
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in reply to White Christmas fuuuuuuuuck! • • •I am not a virus. Do you not understand how small viruses are?
Do viruses, that are too small to type on a keyboard exist and cause disease yes or no? And who is my 'master'??
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in reply to White Christmas fuuuuuuuuck! • • •@wecanfixthis @CozyNCD @reallyangry "paper" masks do help stop them -- they don't stop all of them but they do prevent most of them from coming in. The n95 masks are even better at doing so.
But do these small viral particles cause disease yes or no
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