Cheers matey.
Grumpy is fine!
I started watching Doctor Who in 1966, so Patrick Troughton was my first Doctor, but Tom Baker is bloody brilliant too!
Cheers matey.
I began watching in the seventies, when PBS began broadcasting it here in the US. I think that Jon Pertwee was the doctor at that time. Tom Baker is still one of my favorites. I wonder if he will be in the 60th Anniversary special in November.Grumpy Git wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:07 pmCheers matey.
Grumpy is fine!
I started watching Doctor Who in 1966, so Patrick Troughton was my first Doctor, but Tom Baker is bloody brilliant too!
welcome!Grumpy Git wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 1:07 pmCheers matey.
Grumpy is fine!
I started watching Doctor Who in 1966, so Patrick Troughton was my first Doctor, but Tom Baker is bloody brilliant too!
Plaintiff Eric Coomer, Ph.D. (Dr. Coomer), by and through undersigned counsel,
brings this defamation action against Michael J. Lindell (Lindell), Frankspeech LLC, and
My Pillow, Inc. (collectively Defendants).
https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-li ... aud-2023-3MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:55 pm Even with his company as collateral, I can't imagine a bank lending him $10M.
https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-li ... aud-2023-3Mike Lindell says he had to borrow $10 million last year to keep MyPillow afloat — and is running out of cash, too
Cheryl Teh
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told Insider he had to borrow $10 million in 2022 to keep MyPillow afloat.
Lindell said he'd also sold a building for $2 million and borrowed a further $2 million for himself.
Lindell says he's burning through $1 million dollars every month on causes related to voter fraud.
Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, says he had to borrow $10 million in 2022 just to keep his pillow company afloat. Speaking to Insider on Wednesday night, Lindell said that to keep MyPillow going, he borrowed "about 4 million in May, 2 million in the summer, and 4 million in September." And on top of that, Lindell said he's personally been borrowing money to stay liquid, too. "I sold a building I had in Savage, in Minnesota, in October," Lindell told Insider. "And I had to borrow 2 million too. I've spent it all on fighting for this country." Lindell told Insider that some creature comforts — like his private jet, which had a door come off it in October — haven't been sold yet."I have to get around, you know," Lindell said.
Lindell declined to reveal who loaned him the money but told Insider that a majority of the borrowed cash had gone to defending MyPillow against the lawsuits filed against the company. One of the major ongoing lawsuits is a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems, which cites both MyPillow and its owner, Lindell, in the case. Dominion sued Lindell in February 2021, alleging that the pillow mogul defamed it by falsely claiming Dominion helped rig the 2020 election. Lindell is countersuing Dominion for $1.6 billion.
Lindell has been facing financial issues for months. In January 2022, one of Lindell's banks, the Minnesota Bank & Trust, described him as a "reputation risk" and cut ties with him a month later. And in June, Walmart, MyPillow's biggest distributor, pulled Lindell's pillows from its stores. Lindell has also been burning through his cash. In March, he told Insider he was spending "at least $1 million a month" to build social media apps like his Facebook-like platform, Frank Social. Lindell told Insider on Wednesday night that his "burn rate" is currently still at "a million a month," though part of this now goes to funding his newly formed "Election Crime Bureau." The bureau consists of 40 staff members who he says are working hard to uncover more information about the 2020 election.
When asked if he's finally run out of money, Lindell said he's "still earning money" but is spending the majority of any profit he reaps on attempts to try to prove the 2020 election was rigged. "I pay people all over the country to keep on going to get rid of these electronic voting machines," Lindell said. "So you know, I'm still earning money. And whenever I get my paychecks, whenever I get money, I stick it right back into that." None of these attempts — from bankrolling lawsuits to try to halt the use of voting machines, to appealing to the Supreme Court to try to overturn the 2020 vote — have succeeded thus far. There is also no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Lindell did not respond to Insider's question on how much money he has left.
But the pillow CEO told "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" during an interview in February — where Lindell was filmed sitting inside a gigantic claw machine — that he has spent more than $40 million of his personal net worth pushing Trump's baseless voter fraud claims. This figure amounts to four-fifths of Lindell's estimated $50 million net worth.
It probably never occurred to him that Trump wouldn't give him a bread crust to keep him from a painful death, even after he pisses away $300 million for Trump's lies.
Not even SVB?MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:55 pm Even with his company as collateral, I can't imagine a bank lending him $10M.
I know I brought this up in the old forum-his testimonials were as far as I could all Euro-Americans, which bugged me from the start. Not many workers were shown, but they seemed to skew minority.orlylicious wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:01 pm Meant to add this before -- a LOT of Mike's ranting was about the "Made-in-America workers" at MyPillow and how unfair it was to be suing American workers. He says they have share of stock in his privately-held company, and are Black, White, Asian, GOP, Democrats etc. I think he used the fuzzy 2,700 employee number again.
Cheryl's a good kid, we've been chatting on Twitter and privately for over a year now, mostly about Lindell. She works out of Singapore.orlylicious wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:01 pm .
He was super upset about "Cheryl" from Business Insider using a bad photo of him.
Cheers, Twitter is an acquired taste, thanks for the follow.Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:29 pm Welcome, Grimpy Git! I followed you on Twitter but I do not post often.
Thanks, I think that next 12 months are going to be quite volatile in the Land of Lindell.
You're going to get along here great.Grumpy Git wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:58 pm He's got a big shock coming when the light at the end of the tunnel turns out to be an oncoming train.
orlylicious wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:01 pm Meant to add this before -- a LOT of Mike's ranting was about the "Made-in-America workers" at MyPillow and how unfair it was to be suing American workers. He says they have share of stock in his privately-held company, and are Black, White, Asian, GOP, Democrats etc. I think he used the fuzzy 2,700 employee number again.
Well OK Mike, what about the "Made-in-America workers" at DOMINION? Mike sued those American workers. Funny how he doesn't mention them.
At about 15 minutes in on the video above, he admits he's using sheets from India. He talks about all the inventory backing up because of the "problems with the ships". So he got "inventory loans". He started talking about "float" but didn't finish the thought.
He was super upset about "Cheryl" from Business Insider using a bad photo of him.
Annnnd, he plays the trump Won song."We're going to make it the biggest song in the world". He has her on his show wearing her US flag outfit.
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Gotta use it as an avatar briefly. Don't worry -- Kitara will be back soon!
JPC & others, more on his alleged financial transactions:
https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-li ... aud-2023-3Mike Lindell says he had to borrow $10 million last year to keep MyPillow afloat — and is running out of cash, too
Cheryl Teh
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell told Insider he had to borrow $10 million in 2022 to keep MyPillow afloat.
Lindell said he'd also sold a building for $2 million and borrowed a further $2 million for himself.
Lindell says he's burning through $1 million dollars every month on causes related to voter fraud.
Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, says he had to borrow $10 million in 2022 just to keep his pillow company afloat. Speaking to Insider on Wednesday night, Lindell said that to keep MyPillow going, he borrowed "about 4 million in May, 2 million in the summer, and 4 million in September." And on top of that, Lindell said he's personally been borrowing money to stay liquid, too. "I sold a building I had in Savage, in Minnesota, in October," Lindell told Insider. "And I had to borrow 2 million too. I've spent it all on fighting for this country." Lindell told Insider that some creature comforts — like his private jet, which had a door come off it in October — haven't been sold yet."I have to get around, you know," Lindell said.
Lindell declined to reveal who loaned him the money but told Insider that a majority of the borrowed cash had gone to defending MyPillow against the lawsuits filed against the company. One of the major ongoing lawsuits is a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems, which cites both MyPillow and its owner, Lindell, in the case. Dominion sued Lindell in February 2021, alleging that the pillow mogul defamed it by falsely claiming Dominion helped rig the 2020 election. Lindell is countersuing Dominion for $1.6 billion.
Lindell has been facing financial issues for months. In January 2022, one of Lindell's banks, the Minnesota Bank & Trust, described him as a "reputation risk" and cut ties with him a month later. And in June, Walmart, MyPillow's biggest distributor, pulled Lindell's pillows from its stores. Lindell has also been burning through his cash. In March, he told Insider he was spending "at least $1 million a month" to build social media apps like his Facebook-like platform, Frank Social. Lindell told Insider on Wednesday night that his "burn rate" is currently still at "a million a month," though part of this now goes to funding his newly formed "Election Crime Bureau." The bureau consists of 40 staff members who he says are working hard to uncover more information about the 2020 election.
When asked if he's finally run out of money, Lindell said he's "still earning money" but is spending the majority of any profit he reaps on attempts to try to prove the 2020 election was rigged. "I pay people all over the country to keep on going to get rid of these electronic voting machines," Lindell said. "So you know, I'm still earning money. And whenever I get my paychecks, whenever I get money, I stick it right back into that." None of these attempts — from bankrolling lawsuits to try to halt the use of voting machines, to appealing to the Supreme Court to try to overturn the 2020 vote — have succeeded thus far. There is also no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. Lindell did not respond to Insider's question on how much money he has left.
But the pillow CEO told "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" during an interview in February — where Lindell was filmed sitting inside a gigantic claw machine — that he has spent more than $40 million of his personal net worth pushing Trump's baseless voter fraud claims. This figure amounts to four-fifths of Lindell's estimated $50 million net worth.
What a shame. At least it was for such a good cause. Who cares if his "Made in America" workers have to take the fall... Mike has elections that he doesn't have the least bit of understanding of to save.
There's no upside tech in pillows. giggle.keith wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:00 pmNot even SVB?MN-Skeptic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:55 pm Even with his company as collateral, I can't imagine a bank lending him $10M.
Twitter was very good.. until, well you know. I only go to it now when someone sends me a specific tweet or thread. But I do not browse twitter anymore as I used to.Grumpy Git wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 10:58 pmCheers, Twitter is an acquired taste, thanks for the follow.Phoenix520 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 2:29 pm Welcome, Grimpy Git! I followed you on Twitter but I do not post often.
I'm just re-introducing myself to how the formatting works here, been years since I used a bulletin board, and with my fading eyesight I'm already zoomed in 250% to read the text comfortably on my laptop.orlylicious wrote: ↑Thu Mar 16, 2023 11:04 pm You're going to get along here great.
It's nice to be able to say something longer than 280 characters
Thanks for the update bob, have shared the court document on my Twitter feed.