NEW: Tim Tebow gets emotional while sharing a map with Shawn Ryan showing 111,000 IP addresses that downloaded child p*rn of kids under 12 in just the past 30 days.
Horiffic.
During his sit-down with Ryan, Tebow called on Congress to take action.
"55% to 85% are also hands-on offenders. And your average offender has 13 victims in their lifetime, 13 victims."
"Every one of those red dots is a boy or girl that is suffering on the other end of what they're sharing, downloading, or distributing."
Video: @ShawnRyan762
BREAKING: I followed the trail of Mark Carneyās money-laundering scheme
Iām writing to you from a tax haven called the Isle of Man. Iāve never seen any place quite like it. Itās a little island between Ireland and the UK, home to 85,000 people. And itās famous for two things: its annual motorcycle race, and billionaires avoiding their taxes.
Thatās why Iām here: because two and a half years ago Mark Carney set up a shell company to avoid paying taxes in Canada. The Isle of Man has very few taxes ā no capitals gains tax, no inheritance tax, no wealth tax. Income tax is just 22%. Corporate taxes are 10% or less.
But the Isle of Man does something more important: it allows oligarchs from around the world to pay taxes on their global income to the Isle of Man. So they can operate around the world, but choose to pay a fraction of their real tax obligation in the Isle of Man.
And perhaps the most important feature of the Isle of Manās tax scheme is the secrecy. Anyone can set up shell companies hiding the true ownership of any business. Thatās why this place is full of Russian oligarchs, international drug dealers and semi-legal online casinos. They can hide their tracks.
Which brings us to Mark Carney, the chairman of Brookfield Asset Management until just a few weeks ago. He set up a complex corporate structure to avoid paying Canadian taxes. To him, taxes are for the little people. In the video, I show how I searched the corporate registry to find Brookfield IOMās address, and to find the identity of their sole director: an 88-year-old man named Leslie Commins.
The registry gave the address of Brookfield IOMās headquarters, but it wasnāt in an office tower, or an office at all ā it was just Leslieās small apartment. Of course, 88-year-old Leslie Commins isnāt the real owner of Brookfield IOM. Heās what they call a āstraw manā. Of course his apartment isnāt the world headquarters of Brookfield IOM. Of course the whole thing is a sham, to pretend that Brookfield IOM does business in the Isle of Man, so it can pay its global taxes there.
Hey, wouldnāt it be nice if you could do that? If you ran a barber shop, or farm, or restaurant, and instead of paying all the taxes and regulations Canada piles onto you, you could just have a guy in the Isle of Man saying thatās your world headquarters, so youāll pay all your taxes there?
Itās obviously tax avoidance, which is why so many shady characters put their money in the Isle of Man. Like Mark Carney.
I thought it was eye-opening to see how casually the man who was āselectedā to become our prime minister, engages in unethical tax-dodging for his well-connected friends. And remember, Carney has never answered where he personally paid taxes last year, or the year before, or the year before that. Did he pay them in the Isle of Man, or some other tax haven?
Obviously thatās a question that the CBC would never ask. (I put eight questions to the Liberal Party in writing today, but obviously they wouldnāt answer these questions, no matter who asks them.) Weāll keep at it.
REPORT by @EzraLevant:
CARNEYāS CANADA šØš¦ Just another broad daylight ROBBERY in action. Harmony Jewellers in Grimsby. The ROBBERS drove a vehicle into the storefront today š¤Æ
@red_staterebel@TheChiefNerd What was the dosage? Pls help. We just had a tumor removed from our dogs spine and it is supposed to grow back . He wonāt have long
@RMBee š¤ Kennedy, Clinton etcā¦. Would you demand every man or woman who has cheated on their spouse be removed from their jobs and unfit ? Is it because she is hot that they shouldnāt have marital issues? We donāt know their personal relationship and itās none of our business.
This is one of the best videos to ever exist for entrepreneurs, creators... I think about it often.
In 2016, Pharrell Williams visited a NYU music production class to critique student songs.
At the beginning you could see student "Maggie Rogers" drenched with the absolute terror of sharing this with him.
Pharrell is there just trying to keep his excitement in.
The guy couldnāt wait to tell her this song is the beeās knees.
After he listened to a song called āAlaskaā, he explained why āI have zero, zero, zero notes for that:ā
24 hours later, someone posted the clip to Reddit.
It blew up and the rest is history. Grammy nominated, millions of followers etc.
And Maggie responded to the Reddit thread (i'll share screenshot in the next tweet).
This story I find so cool because it inspires other artists to share what they got.
We all can all connect with the fear of showing our work. It ain't easy.
And to have a unique POV like Maggie. Easy to copy, harder to have something unique.
Iāve got a bunch of designs, creations that have never seen the light of day.
This video inspires me to publish more.
My point of sharing this video:
Publish your art anonymously.
Or publish your art proudly as yourself. Bonus points if it's one of a kind work.
But publish your darn art.
This is your new week's energy.
This is your 2024 energy.
Go get 'em.
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If you enjoyed this, go listen to some Maggie Rogers. And thank you to Pharrell for being so supportive to an up and comer.
And go follow me for more stories like this @gregisenberg, so you get more of it in your feed
I share stories about internet communities, free startup ideas and more. (link in bio for more info about me)
The speaker of Canada's House of Commons, Anthony Rota, is apologizing for praising 98-year-old Yaroslav Hunka as a war hero ā who served in a Nazi unit during World War Two. Hunka then received a standing ovation.
Here's our thoughts on the situation: