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It surprises me from time to time just how cheap some of these politicians sell out for. If I could get together with my neighbours all contributing $50 and buy a legislator or two, we could probably get funds for a stadium.

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thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
“The former Royal Bank of Scotland submitter who was offered sushi rolls in exchange for helping try to rig the Libor rate-setting process has been banned by the UK’s financial regulator.” ft.com/…/23868e36-0095-11e6-ac98-3c15a1aa2e62

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- JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Without being able to read that article, I choose to interpret that quote as if a renown personal chef was on offer for a number of years to provide world class sushi rolls whenever the mood strikes.
  
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  - mjr@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    It’s worse than that. It was one batch of rolls, specifically yesterday’s rolls.
    
    Read the Bloomberg Chats That Got a Former RBS Libor Trader Paul White Banned for Life - Business Insider – businessinsider.com/read-the-bloomberg-chats-that…
    
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    JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    No please, I have already had enough irritating news this year. I wish to live in the funnier version I created where Mr Ping stays within earshot of this trader guy and serves up some delicious rolls on request.
    
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    SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    People can get arrogant enough to think that they won’t get caught.
    
    Emmanuel Clase was a Major League pitcher making ~$5M per year. He got caught intentionally flubbing pitches for $5000. 5M a year gone now to get a few thousand dollars. Why would someone be that stupid?
    
    Because they don’t think they’ll get caught.
    
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osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That's because that's actually just the down payment. The recurring comes from board seats and roles in name only later down the line.

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boatswain@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Who wants a stadium, though? Those things are a blight.

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- JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Oh I hadn’t meant an actual stadium, moreso stadium-level money for public works That said, there are stadiums that are defacto multipurpose community centres. Those aren’t half bad.
  
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