#koch industries

[saywhat-politics]

Fossil fuel giant Koch Industries has poured over $1m into backing – directly and indirectly – dozens of House and Senate candidates who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s win on 6 January 2021.

Koch, which is controlled by multibillionaire Charles Koch, boasts a corporate Pac that has donated $607,000 to the campaigns or leadership Pacs of 52 election deniers since January 2021, making Koch’s Pac the top corporate funder of members who opposed the election results, according to OpenSecrets, which tracks campaign spending.

#koch industries #january 6 2021

[anarchistin]

Billionaires are some of the most important political figures in the country, but they are unelected, which means the public has no direct way of holding them accountable. Furthermore, their activities are often clandestine and difficult to trace, which means that even if we could easily take them to task, we wouldn’t always know what for.

#billionaire #eat the rich #capitalism #business #america #elon musk #jeff bezos #koch industries

[gwydionmisha]

#Koch Industries #Rush Limbaugh #Climate Denial #News

[nascarwallpapers]

2020 NASCAR Cup Series: Ryan Newman, #6 Koch Industries Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Download full resolution & extras on Patreon.

#NASCAR Wallpapers #Ryan Newman #2020 #NASCAR Cup Series #Sprint Cup #Ford #Roush Fenway Racing #6 #Koch Industries #White #Black

[stuffromymind]

America Has Been Bent...

...for a hella long time!

The smoking lobby used to advertise cigarettes to pregnant mothers to fight morning sickness, knowing full well from their private tests how lethal their product was, but it looks like the GOP's fave donors, the Koch family, had their own way of taking out pesky humans. WT serious F?

#America #US Capitalism #old advertisement #Babies wrapped in plastic #DuPont #Koch industries #Koch Brothers

[addanarticle]

Koch Industries planning 'exit strategy' for business in Russia

Koch Industries planning ‘exit strategy’ for business in Russia

Koch Industries is working on an “exit strategy” for its business in Russia, after previously saying that employees at its glass factors in the country faced personal risks if it pulled out. The company, headed by political mega-donor Charles Koch, would join hundreds of other multinationals, many that halted operations in Russia early on during its war in Ukraine. President and Chief Operating…

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#Guardian Industries #Koch Industries #Russia-Ukraine war #russian invasion of ukraine

[officialrailscales]

MP5SD, MP7A1, and….MP7 at home

MP7 at home: • RSB® | Carbon Black

- RS

#RailScales #RSB #Heckler and Koch #HK #MP5 #MP5SD #MP7 #MP7A1 #Keltec #CP33 #CP33 SBR #Farrow Tech #SilencerCo #Osprey Micro #Aimpoint USA #CompM2 #Wilcox Industries CompM Mount #Steiner OTAL-C IR #Aimpoint T1 #LaRue HK660 #Insight Tech #WMX200 Black #B&T #B&T USA #SD-984697-US #B&T MP7 #SD-988010-2-US #B&T MP5SD #BT-21278 #B&T MP5SD Tri-Rail

[contemplatingoutlander]

Interesting proposal by Nate Loewentheil in a guest column in The New York Times. Not only was his proposal thought provoking, but two of the comments regarding it by readers were also worth contemplating. Below are some excerpts from the column, followed by the two comments.

Here is a proposal for the environmental movement: Pool philanthropic funds for a day, buy a small plot of land in Washington, D.C., and put up a tall marble wall to serve as a climate memorial. Carve on this memorial the names of public figures actively denying the existence of climate change. Carve the names so deep and large, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren need not search the archives. This is not a metaphor. The problem with climate change is the disconnect between action and impact. If politicians vote against construction standards and a school collapses, the next election will be their last. But with climate change, cause and effect are at a vast distance. We are already seeing the consequences of our past and present greenhouse gas emissions. In coming decades, those emissions will wreak their full havoc on the climate, and it will take hundreds, possibly thousands, of years for those pollutants to fully dissipate. But in the short term, the most immediate burdens are borne mostly by the poor in America and distant people in distant lands. Misaligned incentives are at the heart of why some political and business leaders deny and delay. [...] I would first nominate those who have sown confusion over climate science, like Myron Ebell, who recently retired as director of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s Center for Energy and Environment, where he sought to block climate change efforts in Congress, and served as the head of Donald Trump’s transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency. Mr. Ebell has argued that the idea that climate change is “an existential threat or even crisis is preposterous.” Then there are lawmakers who have consistently stood in the way of federal action, like the recently retired senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma, the author of the book “The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future.” [color emphasis added]

Below is the first thought provoking comment to this article:

There is, in Iceland, a memorial to a dead glacier - the Ok Glacier. It reads: "Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it." [color emphasis added] --Chris D., Colorado

Photo of the plaque at the at the Okjökull (OK Glacier) memorial.

Here is the second thought provoking comment to this article:

For reference this graph https://i.redd.it/ljifc828iui31.jpg is from the Exxon internal scientific report on climate change, 1982, produced by scientists working for that fossil fuel corporation. Look at what their graph predicted for 2020. Approaching 420 ppm CO2 and a rise of 1.2 C degrees above pre-industrial temperature - very close to what we actually got in 2020. Then look at what the graph shows for later this century, based on not reducing emissions. Very serious temperature rises, that could make agriculture very difficult in many countries. Yes, and then Exxon, having seen this, got involved in PR campaigns to "cast doubt" on climate science, to protect their assets. [color emphasis added] --Erik Frederiksen, Ashville, NC

1982 Exxon graph depicting average global temperature increases over time correlating with increases in atmospheric CO2. NOTE: Graph color was modified for greater clarity.

Fossil fuel companies like Exxon, and fossil fuel oligarchs like the Koch brothers should be included in any "Climate Wall of Shame."

#climate change #disinformation about climate change #climate change deniers #climate wall of shame #myron ebell #james inhofe #koch brothers #exxon #fossil fuel industry #ok glacier memorial #nate loewentheil #the new york times

[rammingthestein]

Paul Landers performing with Rammstein in Riga, Latvia, as part of their 2019 European Stadium Tour © Jens Koch

#rammstein #paul landers #industrial metal #industrial #metal #guitarist #jens koch #mine; #paul;

[identifying-guns-in-posts]

Submission from @onegami:

I don’t know if this is in your arsenal (*wink wonk*), but I would so appreciate if you could identify these little guys

These are a bit blurry (and obviously aren’t real guns) and many of them are in that Generic AR15 Category, so I can’t give definitive answers here, but I will try my best. It’s also hard to squeeze in factoids for ten weapons in one post, so I will probably be pretty brief.

Up top we have some form of DMR conversion kit for an AR15, not entirely sure which or what kind due to image quality and camera angle. Could be a LWRC REPR (chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO). Has a really wonky looking muzzle device at the end; size-wise it makes me think it’s a suppressor, but it has holes in it, so apparently it’s supposed to be an obscenely large muzzle break??

The proportions of the second one and the appearance of the magazine lead me to believe the second one is the Heckler & Koch HK53A3 (chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO), which is just a super-compact form factor version of the HK33, their MP5-esque assault rifle series.

Our third rifle looks to be the Enfield L85A1 (part of SA80 series, chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO), except it’s bizarrely mirrored, with the covered cheek rest side facing the camera, when we should be seeing the ejection port and charging handle in the back. Still, it’s also mounted with a standard issue SUSAT scope.

The fourth is tricky, possibly unintentionally so. The boxy foregrip, wire stock, and barrel and gas tube positioning all seem to suggest it’s an IMI Galil ARM (chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO), however the receiver is very different, almost AR-15 like. On a hunch, I looked up Counter-Strike listings on IMFDB and I think I have an answer: the receiver might be leaning towards the IWI Galil ACE 22 (5.56x45mm) design, like in CS:GO. I’m still not entirely sure, though...

The fifth is, I think, an M4A1 Block II (chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO) judging by the elongated foregrip with full rail systems on all four sides. It’s specifically fitted with an ACOG sight here. Could also be one of those Daniel Defense / Knight’s Armament clones but I’m not too sure and can’t be bothered to parse it down.

This next one, though, is a mystery. Like, the very first thing that totally screws with me is the bizarre thumbhole stock. It looks almost like an M16? Like, you can clearly recognize the carrying handle in there, but... I dunno. I’m passing on this one, it’s driving me insane.

Seventh is a very clear-cut Colt M1921A Thompson (part of the Thompson series, chambered in .45 ACP) with an extended box magazine. Good ol’ classic rattler.

I swear these guns are going to drive me insane. Eighth one immediately had the Benelli M4 Super 90 (part of the M series, chambered in 12-gauge) come to mind because of the pistol grip and stock construction, as well as the design clearly being that of a semi-auto shotgun, but the barrel being longer than the shell tube, and the foregrip seeming to recede into the receiver, are both tripping me up. And of course, yet again, we have no ejection port or charging handle on the right side where it should be...

Finally, we got two easy ones. Penultimate one is an AKM (Avtomat Kalashnikova series, 7.62x39mm) judging by the stock style and what I’m assuming is a stamped receiver... hard to tell given the lack of details and OH MY GODDESS THE RECEIVER IS MIRRORED AGAIN.

Last one is the FN SCAR-L (SCAR series, 5.56x45mm NATO), likely the CQB variant. Easy to tell from the distinctively shaped folding stock. The iron sights are folded down to make way for what appears to be a reflex sight and flip-down magnifier optic.

I’m not sure what the (*wink wonk*) is supposed to suggest. If you’re asking if I’d pick these keychains up... let me know if they do any actual sniper rifles or PDWs.

#submission #gun id #onegami #toy or prop #ar15 pattern #lwrc repr #heckler & koch #hk33 #sa80 #l85a1 #israel military industries #galil #m4a1 #unidentified weapon #colt #thompson smg #benelli #m series shotguns #Avtomat Kalashnikova #akm #fn herstal #fn scar

[inthefallofasparrow]

Do Cities Really Need All These Cars? | SOME MORE NEWS

#cody johnston #walkable cities #traffic #pollution #car industry #community #elon musk #koch brothers

[47-protons]

I love the local radio. I'm going to start frothing at the mouth and clawing my way towards Hillside and 37th with malice aforethought.

"Massive shoutout to Koch industries-" I was in school when the news came out that one of em died. We didn't get anything done for nearly the entire day bc it was a celebratory event. I remember the classroom I was in and where I was sitting when I learned David Koch kicked the bucket. Massive shoutout to Koch Industries. You're 88 Charles, aren't you tired? Aren't you tired? Lay down. Go to sleep. Go swiftly into the dark beyond. Massive shoutout to Koch industries.

#i get it. philantropy fine. fine. he does a lot of it. fine. fucking multibillionaire. suck my dick. #i get philantropy. i get he's in favor of the government not bailing out corporations. #i ALSO get unfathomable rage because of 'lobbying against environmental protections' #i am staring at the wall with barely contained shaking incandescent rage. massive shoutout to koch industries.

[tomi-the-foodrebell]

Das Mitarbeitermosaik als Fundament für eine passende Teamaufstellung.

Hallo liebe Freunde. Heute möchte ich mich mit einem entscheidenden Thema für den Erfolg in der Hotellerie und Gastronomie beschäftigen, einer richtigen & dynamichen Mitarbeiteraufstellung. Dabei geht es darum, ein lebendiges Mosaik zu schaffen, in dem jeder Mitarbeiter seinen Platz basierend auf seinen einzigartigen Fertigkeiten, Fähigkeiten und sogar Persönlichkeitseigenschaften findet. In…

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#anführer #bigfiveforlife #boss #chef #familie #foodwaste #frontlover #gastrocoach #gastrofitsolutions #gastrolove #gastronomie #greenfood #grenzensetzen #hospitality industrie #küche #koch #kommunikation #liebe #liebedichselbst #liebezumberuf #likeatree #loyalität #mehrwert #mosaic #Nachhaltigkeit #nevergiveup #philosophie #positivemindset #positivevibes #privatleben

[sayruq]

More than 450 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” Oscar speech. The list of co-signees provided to Variety Monday morning covers a broad swath of the industry including actors (Debra Messing, Tovah Feldshuh), executives (Gary Barber, Gail Berman), creators (Amy Sherman-Palladino), directors (Eli Roth, Rod Lurie), producers (Lawrence Bender, Amy Pascal, Hawk Koch, Sherry Lansing) and representatives (UTA’s Jake Fenton, Gersh’s Jeffrey Greenberg, attorney Craig Emmanuel). About 50 more individuals have added their names since the open letter was first published.

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #jonathan glazer #zone of interest

[bkenber]

'The Menu' Serves Up Quite a Devious Dish

‘The Menu’ Serves Up Quite a Devious Dish

To me, “The Menu” is what Ari Aster’s “Midsommar” would be had it been set in a restaurant. While not as insanely crazy as “Midsommar,” this film is an insidiously clever black comedy which follows a group of people as they travel to a remote island (is there any other kind in a movie like this?) where an exclusive restaurant named Hawthorn, which is run by celebrity chef Julian Slowik, is…

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#2022 Movies #Adam McKay #Aimee Carrero #Alienworx Productions #Anna Taylor Joy #Arturo Castro #Betsy Koch #Chefs #Cooking #Fox Searchlight Pictures #Gary Sanchez Productions #Hawthorn #Hong Chau #Hyperobject Industries #Janet McTeer #John Leguizamo #Judith Light #Mark Mylod #Mark St. Cyr #Nicholas Hoult #Paul Adelstein #Peter Deming #Ralph Fiennes #Reed Birney #Restaurants #Rob Yang #Searchlight Pictures #Seth Reiss #Taco Tuesday #The Menu

[robotpussy]

Sacheen Littlefeather (Apache/Yaqui/Ariz.), the Native American actress and activist who took to the stage at the 1973 Academy Awards to reveal that Marlon Brando would not accept his Oscar for The Godfather, has died. She was 75.

Littlefeather died at noon Sunday at her home in the Northern California city of Novato surrounded by her loved ones, according to a statement sent out by her caretaker. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which reconciled with Littlefeather in June and hosted a celebration in her honor just two weeks ago, revealed the news on social media Sunday night.

Littlefeather disclosed in March 2018 that she had been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, and it had metastasized in recent years. Brando had decided to boycott the March 1973 Oscars in protest of how Native Americans were portrayed onscreen as well as to pay tribute to the ongoing occupation at Wounded Knee, in which 200 members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) faced off against thousands of U.S. marshals and other federal agents in the South Dakota town. Speaking in measured tones but off-the-cuff — Brando, who told her not to touch the trophy, had given her a typed eight-page speech, but telecast producer Howard Koch informed her she had no more than 60 seconds — she continued, “And the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry … and on television in movie reruns, and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee.” Littlefeather’s remarks were met in the building by a smattering of boos as well as applause, but public sentiment in the immediate aftermath of her appearance was largely negative. Some media outlets questioned her Native heritage (her father was Apache and Yaqui and her mother was white) and claimed she rented her costume for the ceremony, while conservative celebrities including John Wayne, Clint Eastwood and Charlton Heston — three actors who had starred in many a Western — reportedly criticized Brando and Littlefeather’s actions. As she was becoming an indelible part of Oscar lore, Wayne “was in the wings, ready to have me taken off stage,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 2016. “He had to be restrained by six security guards.” 

Regardless, nearly 50 years later, the Academy issued her an apology.

“The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,” then-AMPAS president David Rubin wrote to her in a letter dated June 18. “The emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable. For too long the courage you showed has been unacknowledged. For this, we offer both our deepest apologies and our sincere admiration.”

Although Brando’s stunt had the intended effect of renewing attention on Wounded Knee, Littlefeather said it put her life at risk and killed her acting career, claiming that she lost guild memberships and was banned from the industry. (In addition, the Academy subsequently prohibited winners from sending proxies to accept — or reject — awards on their behalf.)

“I was blacklisted — or, you could say, ‘redlisted,'” Littlefeather said in her documentary. “Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett and others didn’t want me on their shows. … The doors were closed tight, never to reopen.”

Littlefeather managed to appear in a handful of films (The Trial of Billy Jack, Johnny Firecloud and Winterhawkamong them) before she quit acting for good and earned a degree in holistic health from Antioch University with a minor in Native American medicine. Her work in wellness included writing a health column for the Kiowa tribe newspaper in Oklahoma, teaching in the traditional Indian medicine program at St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson, Arizona, and working with Mother Teresa on behalf of AIDS patients in the Bay Area. She would go on to serve as a founding board member of the American Indian AIDS Institute of San Francisco.

Via The Hollywood Reporter

#sacheen littlefeather #rip #long post