____/ flyer on Sunday 24 June 2007 16:06 : \____
> In article <f5ls7m$9vo$1@xxxxxxxx>, jdkaye10@xxxxxxxxx says...
>> flyer wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > The Big Bill Gates Charity Lies Continue.
>> >
>> > Make sure to buy his Big Pharma DRUGS though.
>> > "Where do you want drugs to send you and your kids today? Wheeee!"
>> >
>> > MS Charity - withdrawing support from a community near you.
>> >
>> > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/06/22/microsoft_mar_ditches_office/
>> Hi Flyer :-)
>> Isn't this just one more reason to choose open source from the get-go? Go
>> with M$ and sooner or later you will get stung. Did those charities really
>> *need* M$ Word? Maybe there is some reason but I can't feel too sorry for
>> them at this point.
>> Cheers,
>> Att
>>
>
> A main point is that the PR image of Bill Gates as a philanthropist is a
> huge *lie* bought via PR firms for hard cash.
>
> He does something nasty, and an article says he did something else. Hard
> core *propaganda*.
>
> It's ALL false image via literally billions paid to PR firms.
>
> Quite typical of those with lots to hide.
Money makes the world spin (not go round).
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| My background is finance and accounting....
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| However, the Gates Buffet foundation grant is nothing more than a shell
| game in which control of assets for both Gates and Buffet remain the same.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|
| THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH BY THESE TWO WILL BE
| MUCH MORE MASSIVE BECAUSE THEY WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY ANY TAXES.
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http://www.mail-archive.com/futurew...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg03323.html
Gates Foundation's 'dirty secret'
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| Mr Gates personal ideological view is that knowledge should be treated
| as property, and that the owners should always seek monopoly-rents
| (royalties) and he's said to direct the Gates foundation to mirror
| this ideology, harming the very people he is trying to help.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://p2pnet.net/story/10944
Gates Foundation Revokes Pledge to Review Portfolio
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| ...the Gates Foundation took down their public statement on this
| and replaced it with a significantly altered version which seems to
| say that investing responsibly would just be too complex for them
| and that they need to focus on their core mission: 'There are
| dozens of factors that could be considered, almost all of which
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| are outside the foundation's areas of expertise. The issues
| involved are quite complex...
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/01/12/1756212&from=rss
The Foundation buys the media. It's a proxy for personal interests, among other
things.
Gates sold 100,000 Univision shares-SEC filing
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| The foundation said it sold its remaining stake in Univision,
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| which is in the process of being acquired by private investors,
| for an average of $35.34 per share in open market transactions.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsmlreuters.com:20070105:MTFH49951_2007-01-05_22-11-13_N05298823&type=comktNews&rpc=44
http://tinyurl.com/yll88p
Bill Gates lends cash to buy newspapers
$350 million to MediaNews
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| Gates involvement has been very behind the scenes. In fact many of
| those involved in the deal didn'teven know he was one of the investors.
| It was carried out through the Gates Foundation, the world's largest
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| philanthropy outfit.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33849
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