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Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:16 PM Aug 2017

2fer: Sigh, elsewhere billionaire to prison, why not here?!1 And, FALWELL's hypocrisy (ho hum)

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_SKOREA_SAMSUNG_SCANDAL?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

South Korean court sentences Samsung heir to 5 years prison


By YOUKYUNG LEE
AP Business Writer

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A South Korean court sentenced the billionaire chief of Samsung to five years in prison for crimes that helped topple the country's president, a stunning downfall that could freeze up decision making at a global electronics powerhouse long run like a monarchy.



http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/25/jerry-falwell-miami-hostel-liberty-university-trey-falwell-215528
My Weekend at the Falwells’ South Beach Flophouse


Liberty University presents itself as a temple of virtue. But its founding family’s secret Miami hostel is a cesspool of vice.


.... ...the school’s closely guarded nonprofit status: To keep its tax exemption, Liberty is prohibited from taking a political position or endorsing a particular candidate.

The only person who can speak on record without having to ask for approval is Falwell himself, who in 2016 endorsed Trump during the Republican primary, just ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Falwell has maintained that his endorsement was as a private citizen and is no reflection of his relationship with the school. But it’s tough to square that with the fact that Falwell was introduced at the 2016 Republican National Convention as the president of Liberty University, or that he touted his experiences running Liberty in explaining his support for Trump. ....

A few months after my first POLITICO story published, an anonymous reader emailed me with a tip about the hostel, angry over what they viewed as Falwell’s hypocrisy. ... ....

...Liberty’s online business model—which saved the school from ruin and brings in most of its profit—as something of a slumlord scenario: Keep costs low, bring in struggling customers looking for a bargain, and give them a low-quality product. Not unlike the Falwells’ Miami hostel. ....

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Low quality product Clarity2 Aug 2017 #1

Clarity2

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1. Low quality product
Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:26 PM
Aug 2017

Poor educations...I suppose this is how you create low information future rw conservatives voters.

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