TikTok Misses US Deadline For Sale Without Punishment (msn.com) 36
"After months of wrangling, proposals, court rulings and a few extensions, a deadline set by the Trump Administration's Treasury Department mandated a sale for TikTok by December 4th," remembers Engadget. But that's not what happened.
"Instead, Bloomberg and Reuters report, based on anonymous sources, that the Chinese company and the US government will continue negotiations."
Bloomberg reports: While the deadline has been extended multiple times, TikTok isn't expected to receive a new one, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the decision isn't yet public... The U.S. Treasury Department told TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. that they won't face a fine or other punishment for missing the deadline because the sides are still negotiating. The deal, which has been in the works for months, is close to being finished, and the administration is eager to complete it before President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20, according to one of the people.
"Instead, Bloomberg and Reuters report, based on anonymous sources, that the Chinese company and the US government will continue negotiations."
Bloomberg reports: While the deadline has been extended multiple times, TikTok isn't expected to receive a new one, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the decision isn't yet public... The U.S. Treasury Department told TikTok and Chinese parent company ByteDance Ltd. that they won't face a fine or other punishment for missing the deadline because the sides are still negotiating. The deal, which has been in the works for months, is close to being finished, and the administration is eager to complete it before President-elect Joe Biden takes office on Jan. 20, according to one of the people.
Trump raised half a billion dollars (Score:5, Insightful)
What sucks is that "things fallen by the wayside" also include the pandemic & the economy. The Republican party is actively blocking useful aid and stimulus. Even for the tiny amount they're offering they want to indemnify businesses against getting employees and customers sick with dangerous conditions first. Like working safely from home? If the GOP gets their way your company can drag you back into the office months before it's safe with no precautions and if you get sick they're blameless. And sadly it's looking like the Democrats will cave as they're unlikely to win the Senate in GA and the GOP is holding the economy hostage.
TL;DR; elections have consequences. And during a pandemic those consequences are sever illness & death.
Re:Trump raised half a billion dollars (Score:5, Funny)
TL;DR; elections have consequences. And during a pandemic those consequences are sever illness & death.
Yeah. I agree. Now just imagine if Killary "Benghazi" Klinton were elected how fucked we'd be.
Alas, never fear. Biden will fail just as hard in the face of American Freedom that insists every action by any side of government, is ass-raping their "right" to do whatever the fuck they want.
Politicians slinging shit at each other insisting that a country does better with two sides slinging shit at each other, is exactly why The Swamp remains unscathed, and why We The People will suffer no matter what clown is in charge of the circus.
C'mon for all his faults at least Biden represents an end to the stupidity, incompetence, venality and utter debauchery of the Trump administration and a return to normal levels of corruption.
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Beau Of The Fifth Column of YouTube (Score:2)
Biden will likely save about 250-300k lives minimum. About $4000 per life. Pretty cheap if you ask me, especially if you consider the cost of end of life care.
TL;DR, don't sweat the small stuff. Let them have their bit 'o corruption so long as it doesn't affect you
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It's quite something when supporters of an actual President try to defend his incompetence and stupidity by claiming he's still better than a hypothetical President that never was.
Yeah, I bet President Trump is totally better than an Elvis Presley, Tiny Tim or Smeagol presidency.
Re: Trump raised half a billion dollars (Score:2)
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Now just imagine if Killary "Benghazi" Klinton were elected how fucked we'd be.
I'm an idiot with no imagination. Please explain how we'd be worse off than we are now.
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If you imagine for a moment that Republicans in state legislatures are going to ignore the majority of voters in their states so Donald Trump can eke out some sort of technical victory, you really are a fantasist. I have come to pity people like you. You actually believe what you write, which indicates either unfettered idiocy or mental illness, or more likely both.
Go back to your basement. The real world needs a functional US Administration, and not that half-witted emotionally stunted turd the GOP foisted
Re:Trump raised half a billion dollars (Score:5, Insightful)
You doubt it because you're a fantasist. There was no rigging, no evidence of anything other than an expression of democratic will. That you don't like it is understandable, that you buy into lies because you're immature and lacking what ought to be the adult capacity to deal with bad news. I do feel sorry for you, but your fantasy that Republican legislators are going to override over two centuries of electoral practice so Donald Trump can wrest another term from the jaws of electoral defeat really is a dip too deep into the well of wishful thinking.
Joe Biden will be sworn in as President on January 20th. Donald Trump will cease to be the President of the United States. He may maintain his old on American Conservatism, though I can't clearly understand why, because he isn't really a conservative at all. In fact, I can't discern any ideological leaning, other than self-enrichment and self-aggrandization. But he will no longer have the levers of the Executive. He will have lost an election and lost his direct political power. It's likely that the likes of Rupert Murdoch will abandon him, though he'll find some new home like Newsmax, where he will assist you in remaining in your delusions. I imagine that must please you, but the rest of the world be glad to see the back of the worst president since James Buchanan.
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So, those judges the alleged president put on the bench rejecting the "evidence" of democrat vote rigging are in on the scam? Wow! Who knew even they could be so easily corrupted?
The only reason they're not doing that (Score:2)
Rest assured, if the election came down to 1 state Trump would be president. Our entire political system is built to make guys like Trump possible. We need reform. Start with Universal Vote By Mail. Notice how much he hates that.
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Well, the Republicans in Penn are making a go of it. They were never the brightest lights on the tree.
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Weirdly, it turns out, if you send people a bunch of free money they just instantly blow it rather than saving and investing it, causing a very small bump to the economy rather than a lasting stimulus effect. We need to be doing everything we can to keep American businesses open, not wasting money on people who'll just blow it on junk.
Yeah, junk like rent and food and medical bills. What a bunch of morons.
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The question is if they have the spine for it.
Going forward for the foreseeable future, I don't think anyone will ever be so confused as to use GOP and spine in the same sentence.
It remains to be seen if they will ever again be the "Grand Old Party", or if they are forever doomed to be cuckolds of the Trump family.
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What's orange and has a 15 second attention span?
You're aren't wrong (Score:5, Interesting)
The piece of shit Mitchell McConnell is dragging his feet on any attempts. He'll continue to do it if they lose the upcoming majority as well. He did the same thing under Obama too. Worry about the people you serve and not who the president is. https://www.azquotes.com/pictu... [azquotes.com]
No! Not McConnell (Score:2)
It's all a trick. McConnell refuses to bring the bills to a vote, we blame McConnell, then the rest of the GOP doesn't have to go on record opposing things their voters want and need. My political forums are full of Conservatives asking "When are we getting that check? I'm going to get evicted here soon".
We're all being held hostage so that the Republican party can take back Congr
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You forgot that the GOP and its minions are pussies and don't have the skills to amass an army and methodically kill half the country's population.
Make a nice movie though. Dumbass.
Remember that moron in Vegas shooting all the rednecks at the concert? Not one person fired back. He just kept picking the lil rednecks off. Shows the state of the supposed all mighty republican gun owners who are too scared to use one.
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Are you talking about those fat guys in forest camo driving lifted trucks? Who will supply all the required tiki torches? The only people who should be scared are the McDonalds employees when they all get hungry.
I think the president has other things on his mind (Score:2)
Like desperately figuring out some way that he can stay in power after next month.
And I doubt if he cares if it is actually legal or not, I believe he will do whatever he thinks he needs to to "make" it legal.
TikTok -- Not Cuckoo Clock (Score:2, Interesting)
In order to pat myself on the back-- I knew the vaporware that is venture valuation would fail to buy out TikTok because it's a hard curr
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