Fri: Maybe They Should Just Stop All Voting in Houston

This is What Happens When a Company Worries Too Much About Keeping Shareholders Happy and Less About the Quality of the Product.

Boeing shares have tumbled more than 6% after the US plane-maker disclosed a manufacturing issue affecting its 737 Max planes.

The aviation giant said a supplier had revealed that the installation of fittings on the rear of the planes did not follow the standard.

Boeing said the problem was not an "immediate safety of flight issue".

But it warned it could lead to delivery delays.

Boeing Used to Be One of America's Great Companies.

This Stupid Kid Will Spend Years in Prison and Go Through Life as a Felon to Impress Some Online "Friends"

Jack Teixeira, an Airman 1st Class (E-3) in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, was arrested at his home on Thursday by the FBI. Teixeira supervised a Discord group which called itself “Thug Shaker Central.” It was on that platform that he shared dozens of documents—some written by Teixeira as summaries of things he had seen, others direct images of top secret documents—providing detailed analysis on the military capability of the United States, Ukraine, and others. Included were documents, such as a map of Ukrainian air defense positions, that could have a strong negative effect on Ukraine if made public.

The Thug Shaker Central group consisted of between 10 and 20 members at any time. The primary themes of the group were guns, including both civilian and military weapons; games, primarily those which simulate close combat situations; and racism, including descriptions of acts of violence toward people of color. The group was formed in 2020, and Teixeira reportedly began posting classified information to the discord server for the group almost immediately.

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Teixeira created a channel called “Bear vs. Pig,” in which he posted documents about the situation in Ukraine, along with his own analysis of events. Some members were reported to be from outside the United States, including from Eastern Europe. Others members of the group said that these Eastern European members had a particular interest in the information Teixeira posted.

Desperately Seeking Companionship? He Could Have Gone on Tinder.

Yesterday, Ihe Washington Post, in their article revealing information about Teixeira before he had been named, described him as a “young charismatic gun enthusiast” who was “searching for companionship” and found it in an online group held together by “their mutual love of guns, military gear and God.”



So He is a Partrotic Traitor? Is That the Worst Kind?[ Moew From the Washington Post:



Patriots Just Aren't What They Used to Be

Other students, who asked not to be identified, said they detected a more menacing vibe from Teixeira, who some recalled making comments they perceived as racist or mumbling derogatory things about people under his breath. …

One student recalled him showing up for school wearing a shirt with an AR-15 on it the day after a mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017.

Of Course She Wrote This

Child Labor?

Biden administration urges action on child labor from meat companies

Meat companies should examine their supply chains for evidence of child labor, the Biden administration said in a letter sent to top meatpacking companies on Wednesday.

The letter is part of an effort by several agencies, led by the Department of Labor, to curb the use of illegal child labor across sectors. Since 2018, illegal employment of children has risen 69% in the U.S., according to the agency.

Child Brides?

A Missouri state senator who went viral because he apparently thinks it’s OK for 12-year-olds to get married is clarifying his remarks.

On Tuesday, Republican lawmaker Mike Moon suggested he supported the rights of 12-year-olds to tie the knot during a debate about a bill he introduced that would ban gender-affirming care for the state’s transgender teens.

Moon’s controversial remarks came after state Rep. Peter Merideth (D) challenged him about why he voted against a bill in 2018 that would prevent adults from marrying kids.

“Do you know any kids who have been married at age 12? I do. And guess what? They’re still married,” Moon responded, according to the Springfield News-Leader.

The Latest in the Thomas-Crow Affair

In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow’s companies purchased a string of properties on a quiet residential street in Savannah, Georgia. It wasn’t a marquee acquisition for the real estate magnate, just an old single-story home and two vacant lots down the road. What made it noteworthy were the people on the other side of the deal: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his relatives.

The transaction marks the first known instance of money flowing from the Republican megadonor to the Supreme Court justice. The Crow company bought the properties for $133,363 from three co-owners — Thomas, his mother and the family of Thomas’ late brother, according to a state tax document and a deed dated Oct. 15, 2014, filed at the Chatham County courthouse.

The purchase put Crow in an unusual position: He now owned the house where the justice’s elderly mother was living. Soon after the sale was completed, contractors began work on tens of thousands of dollars of improvements on the two-bedroom, one-bathroom home, which looks out onto a patch of orange trees. The renovations included a carport, a repaired roof and a new fence and gates, according to city permit records and blueprints.

A federal disclosure law passed after Watergate requires justices and other officials to disclose the details of most real estate sales over $1,000. Thomas never disclosed his sale of the Savannah properties. That appears to be a violation of the law, four ethics law experts told ProPublica.

The disclosure form Thomas filed for that year also had a space to report the identity of the buyer in any private transaction, such as a real estate deal. That space is blank.

“He needed to report his interest in the sale,” said Virginia Canter, a former government ethics lawyer now at the watchdog group CREW. “Given the role Crow has played in subsidizing the lifestyle of Thomas and his wife, you have to wonder if this was an effort to put cash in their pockets.”

Get in Line, Shareholders

A Fox Corp. shareholder sued Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch and several members of the Fox Corp. board of directors in Delaware on Tuesday afternoon, arguing that they violated their fiduciary duty to the company when they allowed Fox News to broadcast election conspiracy theories.

The derivative action — a kind of lawsuit brought by shareholders who believe they’ve been harmed by the corporation — was brought by a single plaintiff, Robert Schwarz.

“FOX knew — from the Board on down — that Fox News was reporting false and dangerous misinformation about the 2020 Presidential election, but FOX was more concerned about short-term ratings and market share than the long-term damages of its failure to tell the truth,” the filing continues.

Bloomberg Law reported recently that several firms are eying derivative action against Fox Corp. board members.