tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post6507775403054784425..comments2024-03-29T04:48:55.778-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: The influence economyKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-52352233480976882662015-01-07T15:49:19.106-06:002015-01-07T15:49:19.106-06:00Nor did Barksdale "develop" the Netscape...Nor did Barksdale "develop" the Netscape browser.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-72909669337592318172015-01-07T14:58:34.505-06:002015-01-07T14:58:34.505-06:00Last month on this website. Last month on this website. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-20816528982965745692015-01-07T14:57:29.339-06:002015-01-07T14:57:29.339-06:00Can you get the Department of Justice to file a su...<i>Can you get the Department of Justice to file a suit against your competitor?</i><br /><br /><i>Anonymous said...<br /><br /> Netscape wasn't sued by the DOJ while Microsoft was.</i><br /><br />Barksdale is as much a crony capitalist as anyone else. He couldn't cut it in the marketplace so Netscape lobbied the government to go after Microsoft. <br /><br />Funny thing is now is MS Internet Explorer is used by fewer and fewer people. For example, here are the numbers by browser in the lasts month: <br /><br />Safari: 46%<br />Chrome: 19%<br />IE: 15%<br />Firefox: 13%<br /><br />Marketplace and technology took care of IE all by itself. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-464882788817762015-01-07T13:53:08.033-06:002015-01-07T13:53:08.033-06:00Spread Networks. Helping the high frequency trade...Spread Networks. Helping the high frequency traders scam the rest of the market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-854120786722682922015-01-07T09:06:13.563-06:002015-01-07T09:06:13.563-06:00Billionaire Vinod Khosla’s big dreams for biofuels...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/billionaire-vinod-khoslas-big-dreams-for-biofuels-fail-to-catch-fire/2014/11/27/04899d12-69d7-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html" rel="nofollow">Billionaire Vinod Khosla’s big dreams for biofuels fail to catch fire</a><br /><br /><i>Ready to build a commercial-size facility, Khosla Ventures arranged meetings with three southeastern governors before choosing a location. <b>Within a weekend, the company Web site says, KiOR had picked Mississippi thanks to [Haley] Barbour’s offer of help. The company still owes the state $69.5 million.</b></i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.clarionledger.com/story/business/2015/01/06/mississippi-tries-to-force-kior-into-liquidation/21357285/" rel="nofollow">Mississippi tries to force KiOR into liquidation</a><br /><br /><i>But the Mississippi Development Authority said that is an inappropriate attempt to reduce the amounts that other debtors might get while allowing the owners to keep the company. In court papers filed Dec. 23 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware, MDA asked a judge to convert the case to Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation.<br /><br />The state agency said remaining value is being drained by continuing losses, and that KiOR's proposed plan to exit bankruptcy would leave other creditors with little.<br /><br />"The Khosla parties utilize their control over the debtor to act as judge, jury and executioner to deny whatever value might otherwise have been available to the arm's-length creditors of this estate, while taking the assets of the debtor for themselves," lawyers for MDA wrote in court papers. "The motive here is not hidden — this is how their actual plan works."<br />.....<br />MDA says Khosla is misusing the bankruptcy code by proposing to loan more money to KiOR while it's in Chapter 11, allowing Pasadena Investments to create "false currency" to put it first in line to buy the assets at a court-supervised auction.<br />.....<br />"After hundreds of millions of dollars spent and years of effort, the debtor has failed to produce any commercially marketable product," the authority wrote. "The provisions of Chapter 11 cannot and will not make their failed technology successful, and accordingly this case does not preserve or maximize any value for legitimate shareholders that would be threatened outside of bankruptcy. Rather, the Khosla parties intend on continuing what is essentially a high-risk venture capital scheme for the benefit of the Khosla parties — at the expense of the arm's-length credit".</i>Haley Barbour 'Bigger than Beef Plant' FAILUREhttp://www.rugusavay.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Haley-Barbour-Quotes-1.jpgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-50092412810089842062015-01-07T08:57:03.893-06:002015-01-07T08:57:03.893-06:00I still don't understand what the accusations ...I still don't understand what the accusations against Barksdale are. KF, you have made a very serious accusation, you need to specifically explain in detail what he has done in relation to Gillespie's quote and not leave readers "to figure it out."<br /><br />12:19 - Businesses moving to an office in Ridgeland owned by Barksdale and Bailey don't constitute influence peddling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-56915955317997192232015-01-07T04:26:19.372-06:002015-01-07T04:26:19.372-06:00Maybe Trent Lott, cat-herder, could come here and ...Maybe Trent Lott, cat-herder, could come here and herd posters. I see about six subjects being discussed simultaneously. <br /><br />But, back to the story. Where has Gillespie been? Corporations having a goal of profits for investors has been with us for at least forty years. He's also 'late' on most of his other revelations. Lemme Axe Bennienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-89946840125092786312015-01-07T00:19:42.331-06:002015-01-07T00:19:42.331-06:00Kior, the Senatobia Solar Plant, the 600 million d...Kior, the Senatobia Solar Plant, the 600 million dollar Gulfport boondoggle, hundreds of millions for sewer/water lines built after Katrina north of I-10 that serve no one, and the grandaddy of all stupid projects-Kemper; are all traced to Barbour, not Obama. And follow the Barksdale money to the GO Zone designation all the way to Starkville where projects such as the Renaissance and the office buildings there that have sucked the remaining life out of downtown Jackson. Mississippi continues to solidify its ranking as the most corrupt state in the U.S.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-63807488131158769952015-01-06T22:38:24.084-06:002015-01-06T22:38:24.084-06:004:28 - Hillary!4:28 - Hillary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-31004556456956892192015-01-06T16:38:10.204-06:002015-01-06T16:38:10.204-06:00Could be McDaniel and the tp in general are just o...Could be McDaniel and the tp in general are just offering a slightly different strain of hopium. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-26212428416301636362015-01-06T16:28:14.710-06:002015-01-06T16:28:14.710-06:00"...Obama ’s influence economy will be one wh... "...Obama ’s influence economy will be one where ordinary Americans must get permission from a government agency or department before they can buy, build, invest or hire...."<br />We already have to do that, and unfortunately, Obama isn't the sole conspirator in the 'Great Work' of big government.<br />It is a bipartisan issue and I can think of a lot of MS repubs that are in on it, perpetuate it, and profit from this way of life.<br /><br />Who will you blame when 'BAAHH BAAHH Black Sheep' leaves office?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-35928624133734372852015-01-06T15:46:51.337-06:002015-01-06T15:46:51.337-06:00WKTM - who attacked Thad Cochran more, Chris McDan...WKTM - who attacked Thad Cochran more, Chris McDaniel or Travis Childers? McDaniel certainly is not exempt from your criticism - he just had his bread buttered on the other side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-53342832112682695462015-01-06T15:29:15.244-06:002015-01-06T15:29:15.244-06:00"Look how the establishment pols attacks cand..."Look how the establishment pols attacks candidates who might buck the system. Who attacked Chris McDaniel more? Travis Childers or establishment Republicans?"<br /><br />I see the point you're trying to make but it's a poor example - Travis Childers didn't attack anyone.<br /><br />Speaking of Rand Paul (you brought him up) who was the wing-nut in the House of Reps who voted for Senator Paul to be Speaker of the House?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-34092996670605155382015-01-06T14:47:37.554-06:002015-01-06T14:47:37.554-06:00It's dead on and it's a big reason a lot o...It's dead on and it's a big reason a lot of people don't vote. Why should it matter to me who wins when I'm not a crony of either side's who will benefit.<br /><br />Look how the establishment pols attacks candidates who might buck the system. Who attacked Chris McDaniel more? Travis Childers or establishment Republicans?<br /><br />The same thing will happen in the presidential election to Rand Paul and anyone running to the left of Hillary. Big Money likes the game the way it is. Jeb or Hillary will be fine with them.Who killed the mayor?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-86778367838141158062015-01-06T13:57:17.045-06:002015-01-06T13:57:17.045-06:00Netscape wasn't sued by the DOJ while Microsof...Netscape wasn't sued by the DOJ while Microsoft was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-81649300557293218452015-01-06T13:47:59.143-06:002015-01-06T13:47:59.143-06:00Gillespie calls it influence economy, crony capita...Gillespie calls it influence economy, crony capitalism. Seems like before we gave these cute names to it we just called it corruption. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-19560873240264126612015-01-06T13:25:29.126-06:002015-01-06T13:25:29.126-06:00I'll give you guys this afternoon to figure it...I'll give you guys this afternoon to figure it out. Netscape was a good start.Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-71253542147300910642015-01-06T13:07:49.087-06:002015-01-06T13:07:49.087-06:00Barksdale? The one who donated a fortune to Missi...Barksdale? The one who donated a fortune to Mississippi schoolchildren for a reading program? The one who developed Netscape? How are his hands tainted?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-81097806535912348642015-01-06T12:46:27.383-06:002015-01-06T12:46:27.383-06:00Gillespie is mostly on target, but "Obama'...Gillespie is mostly on target, but "Obama's" influence economy? <br /><br />As KF's examples suggest, it's a bipartisan problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-37402582482908163622015-01-06T12:43:16.612-06:002015-01-06T12:43:16.612-06:00This from a certified Republican. But money doesn...This from a certified Republican. But money doesn't talk; it swears. We can't change "market politics," but we can work for more information about who is paying whom for what. You are a part of that effort yourself, for which I am grateful.<br /><br />How did Jim Barksdale make the list? We should be proud to have him among us. Burkenoreply@blogger.com