No not from the sickness, but from economic fallout from the pandemic: [image] US firms shield CEO pay as pandemic hits workers, investors Sonic Automotive Inc , which operates 95 U.S. car dealerships, started laying off and furloughing about a third of its workforce as the ... …

[image] ombugge: Yes, foreigners STILL watch US politics (and business). And some get off by starting threads with posts that belong in existing threads.

The suitable thread no longer exist.

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[image] ombugge: The suitable thread no longer exist. Perhaps that’s a clue that the entire discussion jumped the shark and we should all stop flogging the dead horse. (Sorry for the digression into American-speak. I guess we just can’t get out of our xenophobic bubble. For the benefit of ou…

[image] ombugge: The suitable thread no longer exist. It’s here: [image] Foreigners is also watching US politics Scuttlebutt From smp.no today: chronicle: "About lies and reality" In a thought-provoking chronicle in Aftenposten the other day, parliamentary repres…

No I’m perfectly fine with starting anew, when required.

[image] ombugge: I’m perfectly fine with starting anew, when required. Translation: There’s always another dead horse I can flog.

Which horse has died; foreigners following US news, or American CEOs being overpaid and over protected, while ordinary US workers are the opposite? This particular article was sourced from Reuters but appeared in a foreign publication and TV News Channel aimed at an Asian audience.

No don’t give up so easy. I thought you two would be more persistent in your attempts to intimidate me. This is un-American.

Sorry that you see it that way.

CEOs shielded from Covid-19

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Kennebec_Captain May 28, 2020, 1:35pm 6

It’s here:

If you feel like continuing the conversation from a closed thread start a new thread with a link to the old one.

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