Starbucks China ownership

9:45 a.m.

Alejandro

10:00 a.m.

This is horrifying

12:00 p.m. (b)

Apparently: the British used scorched earth tactics with Sri Lanka from 1815 to 1948

12:00 p.m. (c)

What it means, is that in those 133 years, they had destroyed the food sources or water or whatever, so Sinhalese couldn't fight back.

12:00 p.m. (e)

I think Thilanga tried to hang me (or was just angry). The guy's not a real option for speaker. There's 1,000,000s of Sinhalese who can speak Sinhala. I actually prefer Amjad Moulana to be the 1st Speaker of my gov't.

12:15 p.m.

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12:15 p.m. (b)

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12:15 p.m. (c)

I prefer Tom

He did good field comms

Thomas A. Kennedy (born 1955) is an American business executive. He was the chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the Raytheon Company from March 2014 to April 2020.[1]

12:15 p.m. (d)

It's all about spending

We're spending 3% of our budget on defense

However, over $14b from our $44b in treasury reserves will be for weapons.

Primarily US made defense products.

This is 31.8% of our reserves.

12:15 p.m. (e)

We're limiting the number of companies in any markets.

This might seem anti competitive.

But it's not.

We're just doing it in a healthy way where the leading MNC takes over.

This way, as long as they're cooperating, we gain a better deal.

They'll lead the way, they'll have a secure base of operations.

They can go after Asia market.

The companies locally, will just be focused on improving our monopoly.

It'll likely be a state asset that is backed by our SWF, bank and gov't.

This is a good deal for any multinational corporation.

They don't have to worry about law, funding, hiring, marketing, or anything.

Just on leadership.

12:30 p.m.

The thing is, I'm keen on switching from Sri Lanka competing internally, to more about collaborating internally, but competing regionally in Asia and internationally

12:30 p.m. (b)

This is true. I think that Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour is the closest real time strategy video game we have that comes close to our present reality, of war with US vs Russia and Iran or China. In fact, those are the only 4 options you get in C&C Generals: Zero Hour. You get those 4.

It's all about proactive, preplanned base building, about ability to deploy a supply chain of weapons and armaments very reliably.

1:30 p.m. (b)

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1:30 p.m. (c)

There's something so cool about this

1:45 p.m.

Hmm

This is very interesting

1:45 p.m. (b)

This is a good deal

We're big on my gov't.'s state assets signing these kinds of deals

1:45 p.m. (d)

So, I think China is a no nonsense type of country. I prefer them. I've always said so. I even voted Gotabaya over Sajith Premadasa for the same reason: China. See, Gotabaya was the China backed candidate. Sajith and many local politicians claim to be "free market" capitalists. But what they really mean, is they're Indian capitalists. They're not exactly Americans like me. They're not state capitalist Singaporeans like me.

2:00 p.m.

You can't own land 100% in Sri Lanka with my gov't either

2:00 p.m. (b)

Unlike Singapore where some plots of land are owned

A very small percentage is owned free hold

Nothing in Sri Lanka, not even the embassies' land can be owned

It's owned by our people, represented by our gov't

4:00 p.m.

We want to go fully digital too

I think re: 3:45 pm. : We might go for a 100% monopoly. But that's because then any kitchens or restaurants can buy from us only. It's a hard monopoly to grab. But we could try to do it. If we do it, it's good for us. As we can finance Sri Lanka's food strategy at a national scale.

I think it's a very tough one, but we might do it.

4:15 p.m.

This is interesting! Starbucks owns the stores in China, but not in the US: 59%.

4:45 p.m. (b)

The Feminazis!

7:00 p.m. (b)

If you go to the Bank of Sri Lanka

Courts of Sri Lanka

Government of Sri Lanka

My photo will be hung as I'm responsible for all of it

We don't steal, we don't lie, we don't f*** up

7:00 p.m. (c)

In Lehan We Trust

8:15 p.m. (c)

This is not, to my understanding, a true story :

One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn't too luxurious.

When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the President's Secret Service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private. They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner.

Following this conversation President Obama asked Michelle, "Why was he so interested in talking to you?" She mentioned that in her teenage years, he had been madly in love with her.

President Obama then said, "So if you had married him, you would now be the owner of this lovely restaurant," to which Michelle responded, "No. If I had married him, he would now be the President of the United States."

8:15 p.m. (d)

But this is a true story:

Obama's only been president because of Penny Pritzker.

Because Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson was the basketball coach to Hyatt heiress Penny Pritzker's son.

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Pritzker's friendship with Barack Obama and his family dates back to the 1990s when he was a professor at the University of Chicago.[1] Pritzker met Obama at a Chicago YMCA where her son participated in a basketball program coached by Obama's brother-in-law Craig Robinson.[7][29] Obama and his family were frequent guests at Pritzker's Lake Michigan vacation home.[1][30]

Pritzker was an early supporter of Obama's political career, helping to finance his 2004 Senate campaign. Early in the Democratic presidential primary, Pritzker's financing helped Obama's candidacy survive when Obama was trailing Hillary Clinton in the polls.[30] Pritzker remained a major fundraiser for Obama during the 2008 Democratic primary and raised millions overall for his White House bid.[1] She served as the national finance chair of Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.[31] Under her direction, the campaign reached out to small donors. Pritzker also hosted more lavish fundraisers as part of her effort to raise money.[32]

Following Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election, CNN reported that Pritzker was president-elect Obama's top choice for Commerce Secretary.[33] However, Pritzker took herself out of the running.[34][35][36] According to the Chicago Tribune, she withdrew her name from consideration "due to obligations to her family, for whom she was still overseeing billions in assets, and the financial crisis, which was putting some of those assets at risk".[37] As a result of her public support for President Obama, Pritzker found herself the target of labor groups for Hyatt Hotels' practices. The president of Unite Here cited her connection to Obama as a reason why the group expected her to use better labor practices as the group staged demonstrations against Pritzker.[30]

Pritzker was a member of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. She also served on the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Although she was less active in the 2012 Obama campaign than she had been four years prior,[30] she served as national co-chair of Obama for America 2012.[31] She was also on the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations,[38][39] a nonpartisan think tank focused on world affairs and U.S. foreign policy.

10:30 p.m.

China should just donate some money, like $5 billion dollars openly, this Xi Jinping, he should go and donate $5,000,000,000 on behalf of "The People of China", and they can even do an alms collection, to go "build some houses" for the poor people in America.

11:30 p.m. (b)

This 1963 basis formula for eligibility and payouts for welfare or social security, isn't a good system to deploy now

It's a bad idea. Yes, people need to take care of themselves. Yes, they want to. Yes, they need to be able to do so.