Nickelback, Chris Brown, and other stars scored $200 million in taxpayer funds meant to keep arts groups afloat during the pandemic. They won't say what they did with the money.
Nickelback, Chris Brown, and other stars scored $200 million in taxpayer funds meant to keep arts groups afloat during the pandemic. They won't say what they did with the money.
The SBA's SVOG grants were intended for struggling small artists. But big stars like Post Malone and Chris Brown got $200M in pandemic relief funds.
The SBA's SVOG grants were intended for struggling small artists. But big stars like Post Malone and Chris Brown got $200M in pandemic relief funds.
PPP loans must be one of the largest transfers of wealth over a short period of time in history. So much of our money funneled into the already rich and corporations. And in classic American fashion those "loans" will be forgiven.
Fucking country is a circus.
243Poor people's loans obviously wint be forgiven or forgotten
27Why would the oligarchy allow proles to have any taste of financial freedom? The point of their existence is indentured servitude...
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But dare to forgive student loans or even mortgages? SOCIALISMS!
18What, you spent your whole $1200 relief check already?
17Dw it will trickle down :^)
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Other stars like Bonnie Raitt and Justin Bieber paid their production crews from their own pockets when the pandemic canceled their concerts, Arko noted.
Fuck me. Never thought I’d ever have even a speck of respect for Bieber, but I guess I do now.
104Bieber actually turned into a surprisingly down to earth adult after being a massive douche in his teens. It was around the Comedy Central roast I started to respect him and he's continued to come across as a genuinely good person since then. Even in candid clips.
56I'm not gonna pretend like he's doing great things and all but I also have a strong suspicion he's got a reputation reversal PR team that controls every aspect of his social life and that's why he's always hanging out with the mega church pastors that wear their swimming trunks down to their ankles in public to show off their pelvic tans and have only positive news clips where he's praying for Africa and throwing wads of cash into subway station crowds. He's becoming the new Ellen.
13Well shit. It’s always nice when people grow and mature, wish it happened more often! Good for him.
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Aren't they already millionaires, why do they need more money?
54Greed.
54Anything that gets them money is by definition capitalism and by definition good! /s (Yes there are many economists/businessmen that think anything that makes money is by definition good.)
11It's almost like there is a reason Vancouver collectively disowned Nickleback.
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Every time I see Chris Brown's name, I'm reminded that this piece of shit is still rich and famous. People are disappointing.
46And a wifebeater too ffs! 🤬🤬🤬
8Yah, that's kind of why he's referenced to as a piece of shit.
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Yeah... I bailed on him when just how awful he was came out. Granted, I bought some Chuck Berry stuff recently and he was no saint from the looks of it... People are complicated
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Well we know what post Malone did with some of it. He bought that stupid magic the gathering card for like $2 million.
38As a magic fan I'm pretty sour at Posty for this. Loved that he brought more mainstream attention to magic, but not like this. Mr Down To Earth is counting his beans just like the rest of them I guess.
5The whole thing is a stain tbh on MTG. Clearly just a way to make money moving sealed product as people hoped to pull it and instantly resell it.
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Not like they’d already made tons of money or anything.
ETA: they should have to give it back.
37Execute the thieves and sieze their entire estates. Dissolve their groups and seize those funds also.
10The people yearn for the guillotines!
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Our local catholic private school stole $750,000 and then defaulted on it like most PPP loans. Fucking insane.
34It's not like me to say sorry.
26These were both good but this one is better!
4Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. No. No
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What the fuck is going on here? Fucking bullshit. These fucking pieces of shit need to rot in jail. Especially Chris Brown for beating up Rihanna smh.
21New reason to hate nickelback just dropped
20Looks like a lot of people in this comments want their nickels back.
18Free money for the rich and the poor get nothing. Sounds about right.
17Hey hey how you got those handful of stimulus payouts which were totally responsible for all the problems we now face. People still haven't gone back to work after they got all that money for free
/s
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Is that Chris Brown pasta not a thing around here?
15A verbal argument ensued and Chris Brown pulled the vehicle over on an unknown street, reached over Robyn F. with his right hand, opened the car door and attempted to force her out. Brown was unable to force Robyn F. out of the vehicle because she was wearing a seat belt. When he could not force her to exit, he took his right hand and shoved her head against he passenger window of the vehicle, causing an approximate one-inch raised circular contusion.
Robyn F. turned to face Brown and he punched her in the left eye with his right hand. He then drove away in the vehicle and continued to punch her in the face with his right hand while steering the vehicle with his left hand. The assault caused Robyn F.'s mouth to fill with blood and blood to splatter all over her clothing and the interior of the vehicle.
Brown looked at Robyn F. and stated, 'I'm going to beat the shit out of you when we get home! You wait and see!'
The detective said Robyn F. then used her cell phone to call her personal assistant Jennifer Rosales, who did not answer.
Robyn F. pretended to talk to her and stated, 'I'm on my way home. Make sure the police are there when I get there.'
After Robyn F. faked the call, Brown looked at her and stated, 'You just did the stupidest thing ever! Now I'm really going to kill you!'
Brown resumed punching Robyn F. and she interlocked her fingers behind her head and brought her elbows forward to protect her face. She then bent over at the waist, placing her elbows and face near her lap in [an] attempt to protect her face and head from the barrage of punches being levied upon her by Brown.
Brown continued to punch Robyn F. on her left arm and hand, causing her to suffer a contusion on her left triceps (sic) that was approximately two inches in diameter and numerous contusions on her left hand.
Robyn F. then attempted to send a text message to her other personal assistant, Melissa Ford. Brown snatched the cellular telephone out of her hand and threw it out of the window onto an unknown street.
Brown continued driving and Robyn F. observed his cellular telephone sitting in his lap. She picked up the cellular telephone with her left hand and before she could make a call he placed her in a head lock with his right hand and continued to drive the vehicle with his left hand.
Brown pulled Robyn F. close to him and bit her on her left ear. She was able to feel the vehicle swerving from right to left as Brown sped away. He stopped the vehicle in front of 333 North June Street and Robyn F. turned off the car, removed the key from the ignition and sat on it.
Brown did not know what she did with the key and began punching her in the face and arms. He then placed her in a head lock positioning the front of her throat between his bicep and forearm. Brown began applying pressure to Robyn F.'s left and right carotid arteries, causing her to be unable to breathe and she began to lose consciousness.
She reached up with her left hand and began attempting to gouge his eyes in an attempt to free herself. Brown bit her left ring and middle fingers and then released her. While Brown continued to punch her, she turned around and placed her back against the passenger door. She brought her knees to her chest, placed her feet against Brown's body and began pushing him away. Brown continued to punch her on the legs and feet, causing several contusions.
Robyn F. began screaming for help and Brown exited the vehicle and walked away. A resident in the neighborhood heard Robyn F.'s plea for help and called 911, causing a police response. An investigation was conducted and Robyn F. was issued a Domestic Violence Emergency Protective Order.
38Be the pasta you wish to see on the world?
10I mean I might.
But while I enjoy to consume some nostalgic pasta from time to time I never saw myself on the producing side.
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This is fucking gross.
13Well, it wasn't to make good music
8cool that's not art
5Was it cocaine and hookers?
3Thank you! Everyone acting like hundreds of hookers' and pushers' livelihoods don't depend on these guys. It's just tricke-down economics at work!
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I'd actually be fine with Chad Kroeger being paid $200 million to travel around the world, walk up to random people and say "look at this photograph"
0Just more fallout and consequences of the SHAMdemic. What a bunch of horse poo that whole thing was.
-42Are…are you serious? I genuinely can’t tell.
17Sure am. Why? Do you really think all the BS we endured with the Covid mitigation was worth it? Pretty clear it certainly wasn’t. People losing their jobs due to not getting the "Fauci Ouchy"? Shutting down small businesses while Home Depot and Wally World stayed open all day? Kids sitting home doing nothing for two years versus being in school where they belong so they can develop and learn? Telling us that we can only have six people over for thanksgiving ?
Yeah, no.
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