Went down the rabbit hole on Reddit and it seems kind of overhyped to be honest. Like, I think it's only a big deal because snowden is making it a big deal.
Tldr a shit ton of people hiding money in shell companies in Panama were exposed
There are some weird things like there being no us citizens found in their documents and the fact that no us media has really talked about it. I cant tell if the latter is because it's just not a big deal or if there is something shady going on. Probably the former but it's still fun to fantasize
It's too dense for me to reasonably comb through so I have to rely on summaries which who knows if they're actually fucking accurate. 2 TB of data, YEESH.
Dunno though, kinda weird that no major US news outlet has said shit about it, but also totally expected AM I RITE????
Panamá is a giant US Shell Corp
RISE AND DEFEAT THE BOURGEOIS MY COMRADES
i think it's hilarious and kind of adorable how reddit thinks anything at all will change after this
Quote from: Travis on April 04, 2016, 01:22:01 PM
i think it's hilarious and kind of adorable how reddit thinks anything at all will change after this
it's adorable how reddit feels that way about a lot of things
ask reddit their opinion on black people and women
I DONT GET WHY BLACK PEOPLE GET SO OFFENDED WHEN I SAY NIGGERS, ISN'T THAT JUST, REVERSE RACISM????
Quote from: Travis on April 04, 2016, 01:22:01 PM
i think it's hilarious and kind of adorable how reddit thinks anything at all will change after this
Yeah lol
Also can we pls keep it srs discussion
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/05/world/europe/panama-papers-leaks-put-iceland-leader-under-pressure-to-quit.html?_r=0
iceland is going crazy right now
Maybe they'll finally elect Bjork as their queen.
ok can i pls temp ban like half the people in this thread for violating the serious discussion rules i am sick of this shit
including you james
uhh no one in this thread hasn't been serious doodthing;
Quote from: antmaster5000 on April 04, 2016, 07:34:46 PM
iceland is going crazy right now
please be more serious, source and works cited, please!
The confirmation that many wealthy individuals and government officials have routed money through shell corps to hide money isn't really a surprising revelation.
The more entertaining facet of the data leak is which officials are involved and the reaction of the citizens of countries.
Quote from: Khadafi on April 05, 2016, 12:07:48 PM
The confirmation that many wealthy individuals and government officials have routed money through shell corps to hide money isn't really a surprising revelation.
The more entertaining facet of the data leak is which officials are involved and the reaction of the citizens of countries.
hopefully iceland has to repay its debts now
Quote from: Khadafi on April 05, 2016, 12:07:48 PM
The confirmation that many wealthy individuals and government officials have routed money through shell corps to hide money isn't really a surprising revelation.
The more entertaining facet of the data leak is which officials are involved and the reaction of the citizens of countries.
what happened to the viability of the cayman islands and switzerland as tax havens
Quote from: C.Mongler on April 04, 2016, 02:20:24 PM
I DONT GET WHY BLACK PEOPLE GET SO OFFENDED WHEN I SAY NIGGERS, ISN'T THAT JUST, REVERSE RACISM????
yeah not even gay reddit is immune to that (https://np.reddit.com/r/rupaulsdragrace/comments/4dh3db/can_we_talk_about_derrick_almost_doing_a_racist/d1qvwr4)
Quote from: squirrelfriend on April 05, 2016, 05:54:06 PM
Quote from: Khadafi on April 05, 2016, 12:07:48 PM
The confirmation that many wealthy individuals and government officials have routed money through shell corps to hide money isn't really a surprising revelation.
The more entertaining facet of the data leak is which officials are involved and the reaction of the citizens of countries.
what happened to the viability of the cayman islands and switzerland as tax havens
Those are for the poor rich people
UEFA being investigated by the swiss http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/35981302
HAMERON IS FEELING THE HEAT, which is unfortunate because he seems to be the best kind of PM for the UK at the moment. some uppity tory shadow counciler will probably eject him if they keep feeling the heat. RIP cameron RIp tories. hello corbyn 2k20
iceland PM stepped down. saw one guy saying there was more people protesting this than the 2008(?) protests