eh, don't worry about it. our state prides itself on bad driving & open corruption.
hey, that's what we from New Jersey take pride in! we got their first!!
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Saturday, 26 May 2012 17:01 (twelve years ago) link
man my girlfriends parents could not stop talking about this the other weekend
blamed of course on unspecified "mini-obamas" in the RI gov't
― max, Saturday, 26 May 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
objectively this is a terrible terrible thing but it's also basically hilarious
― max, Saturday, 26 May 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
also will probably spend the whole day thinking about a rhode island RPG
You have obtained: DELS LEMONADE
― max, Saturday, 26 May 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: BUCK A BOOK
― Brony! Broni! Broné! (Phil D.), Saturday, 26 May 2012 18:43 (twelve years ago) link
do they not know that you are a communist propagandist?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 26 May 2012 18:50 (twelve years ago) link
mini... obamas...?
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Saturday, 26 May 2012 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
presidential imitators, dwarf division
― he bit me (it felt like a diss) (m bison), Saturday, 26 May 2012 19:30 (twelve years ago) link
lollipop choom gang
― some dude, Saturday, 26 May 2012 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
Character Race: Obama DwarfCharacter Class: PoliticianLevel: State Government (Appointed)
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Saturday, 26 May 2012 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
The upside of all this is that Curt Schilling is going to be a bankrupt, broken man.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 26 May 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
Schilling put something ridiculous like $30 million into this
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Sunday, 27 May 2012 01:38 (twelve years ago) link
oh, wow, that's hilariously dumb
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Sunday, 27 May 2012 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
ha that makes me feel a lil better, what a muppet
― lag∞n, Sunday, 27 May 2012 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
I thought he paid himself back from that state loan first thing?
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Sunday, 27 May 2012 01:55 (twelve years ago) link
corporations are people, my friend
― mookieproof, Sunday, 27 May 2012 03:07 (twelve years ago) link
Pictured, top to bottom: Curt Schilling, Rhode Island
http://cdn.fd.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Jeff-daniels-toilet-dumb-an.jpg
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 27 May 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
In his first public remarks on the company's problems, Schilling told the newspaper for its Tuesday editions that public remarks by Gov. Lincoln Chaffee that the state was trying to keep his company solvent were "devastating." He said that shortly after those remarks, a video-game publisher pulled out of a deal to finance a new game."The governor is not operating in the best interest of the company by any stretch, or the taxpayers, or the state," Schilling told the newspaper. "We're trying to save this company and we're working 24/7. The public commentary has been as big a piece of what's happening to us as anything out there."
"The governor is not operating in the best interest of the company by any stretch, or the taxpayers, or the state," Schilling told the newspaper. "We're trying to save this company and we're working 24/7. The public commentary has been as big a piece of what's happening to us as anything out there."
"I have done whatever I can do to create jobs and create a successful business, with my own income," he said. "Fifty million dollars, everything I've ever saved, has been put back into the economy. The $49 million from Rhode Island has been put back in the economy. I've never taken a penny and I've done nothing but create jobs and create economy. And so how does that translate into welfare baby? I've tried to do right by people."
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/05/29/schilling_says_ri_played_role_in_companys_trouble/
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 12:59 (twelve years ago) link
this fuckin' guy
it's not government cheese if I am a recipient, see. hands offa my Medicare when i turn 67, too, for that matter.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
The $49 million from Rhode Island has been put back in the economy.
what a delightful euphemism for "we had $49 million and spent it all."
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
he didn't specify WHICH economy ... a chunk of that $49 million could be in Cayman Island or Swiss bank accounts for all anyone knows at this point.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:09 (twelve years ago) link
well some of that $49 million was used to repay private bank loans in Massachusetts and to pay mortages on former out-of-state homes of relocated employees, way to give back to rhode island, baby
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:13 (twelve years ago) link
i don't think he understands that you can't just "create jobs," you have to "keep jobs around once you have created them"
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:14 (twelve years ago) link
And so how does that translate into welfare baby?
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:18 (twelve years ago) link
also I'm hearing that the main reason that Schilling took the RI state loan guarantees was because he was unwilling to get private venture capital in the first place -- investors were unwilling to sink money into such a risky venture without a guarantee of oversight, and schilling was unwilling to give up any of his equity or control of the company
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 13:23 (twelve years ago) link
investing your entire $50m fortune into a video game company is one of the dumbest athlete investments of all time
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
seriously, just open up a string of steakhouses and call it a life
― goole, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:20 (twelve years ago) link
also baseball reference estimates that he made $115m in salary alone in his playing career -- what happened to the other $60 million?
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
something "scaring away investors" is always the most bullshit economic argument made by conservatives
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
what happened to the other $60 million?
pies
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Lost it at the track?
Blew it all on Silver Age comics?
Bought Fleer and Donruss and tried to make them kiss?
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
clean socks
― Trey Imaginary Songz (WmC), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
and that $115 doesn't include endorsements, any potential investment that he actually turned a profit on, any paid work (ESPN etc) that he did after baseball -- obv some of that is probably illiquid and tied up in real estate etc, but... $60+ million? he's either the worst investor/money manager of all time, or he's bullshitting about being on the brink of "financial devastation"
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
you're talking about someone who put $50 million of his own money into a WoW-killer
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
yeah.... yeah.
― fapper don (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
Did anybody here actually _play_ KoA: Reckoning? The sense I got was that it wasn't shit and not exactly Skyrim either.
― Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
lenny dykstra now kicking himself for missing out on RI job creation
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
why would you ever assume anyone's current net worth to be anywhere near their total lifetime earnings, whether rich or not? this is just a dumb line of questioning.
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
at least Tug McGraw had enough class to spend 90% of his baseball earnings on Irish whiskey and women. boy o boy, the standards for retired ex-Phillies has sure gone downhill.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 17:47 (twelve years ago) link
schilling also sore that the state did not grant the company film tax credits as originally agreed, which they could have sold off to raise funds.
not exactly sure why a video game company would qualify for film tax credits in the first place, tho. and from the looks, the tax credits were withheld after 38 could not make their first loan repayment? idk
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
the film tax credits were promised on the pretense that these guys would make a porno
http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2012/05/25/1337919654_0011/539w.jpg
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
It's not a past-tense thing! There's a demo which I downloaded a few weeks ago and spent some time with yesterday - It's far from shit, but yeah looks a bit generic. Though they did post a message on their forums saying that they had a patch nearly ready to go, and now it'll never see the light of day.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:13 (twelve years ago) link
from the looks of that photo, that just might have happened.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
I am sorry those dude are out of work but that picture cracks me up
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
not exactly sure why a video game company would qualify for film tax credits in the first place, tho.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_video_games
― that is a weird thing to bring up over lean cuisine (DJP), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
the middle one might have a promising career in gay hacker pr0n if he put his mind to it.
― Boris Kutyurkokhov (Eisbaer), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
sounds like most of them will be good--turbine has already held a job fair essentially just for the 38 staff.
And 38 Studios did pay well: an average of $67,500 for jobs created in Rhode Island, a requirement of the deal with the state. But a number of 38 Studios employees were making well into six figures, said Marc Mencher, chief executive of GameRecruiter.com, a Florida staffing agency that has worked with 38 Studios.“They were really picky, careful with who they hired,’’ said Mencher, who is now working to help some 38 Studios employees find new jobs. “I am not anticipating that these people are going to have much trouble at all.’’
“They were really picky, careful with who they hired,’’ said Mencher, who is now working to help some 38 Studios employees find new jobs. “I am not anticipating that these people are going to have much trouble at all.’’
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
this is from a couple weeks ago but man:
Now that it has paid the $1.125 million it owed the state, Schilling's 38 Studios is out of default and once again eligible for the tax credits, if state economic-development officials certify that it has met all of the requirements for its $75-million, state-backed loan guarantee, and that has not yet happened.But state Tax Administrator David Sullivan told a press conference on Friday that 38 Studios had initially requested $2.1 million in tax credits for 2011. But Friday the company submitted another application for an additional credit worth $6.3 million, bringing the total request to about $8.4 million.
But state Tax Administrator David Sullivan told a press conference on Friday that 38 Studios had initially requested $2.1 million in tax credits for 2011. But Friday the company submitted another application for an additional credit worth $6.3 million, bringing the total request to about $8.4 million.
http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/05/38-studios-appl.html
― judas, a homo (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 29 May 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link