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-Great Cultural Revolution
Geico drops Linda Sarsour as a diversity speaker after backlash from Jewish groups
2022-04-09
[IsraelTimes] Second-largest auto insurer in the US apologizes for planned event with prominent Palestinian-American activist, who supports BDS movement and has been accused of antisemitism.
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Posted by:trailing wife

#8  reduces their Market Cap by 20%

What are you talking about? GEICO is privately held. Its one of the jewels in the crown for Berkshire Hathaway, and Warren Buffett's best investment ever, extremely well-managed. Buffett invested $47m originally in GEICO and his stake returned over 40-fold, to $2b, within a decade.
Posted by: Sloluck Ulinerong6615   2022-04-09 19:55  

#7   I just can't fathom what could be said to convince people to do stuff that reduces their Market Cap by 20% with one gesture.

“She ticks all the boxes, guys! She was one of the organizers of the 2017 anti-Trump women’s march, she’s a Woman of Color, she’s Moslem, a BLM organizer, on one of President Biden’s advisory committees, Trump hates her, she’s Palestinian, and she wears that funny headscarf!”
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-04-09 19:28  

#6  I know that there had to be some kind of meeting, likely on Zoom, in which her hiring would have been pitched by a person who was excited about the idea to other people who enthusiastically approved the hiring on some rationale. I just can't fathom what could be said to convince people to do stuff that reduces their Market Cap by 20% with one gesture.
I have never been to Business School. Maybe they teach that in an elective that all the executives take because it's easy and doesn't require essays.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-04-09 13:08  

#5  Proving only that a lizard has more of a sense of self-preservation than a (mickey) mouse.
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-04-09 08:20  

#4  Wow. I'd like to have such a patch someday. Maybe I'll wear it to church.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-04-09 08:13  

#3  Fred rotates them periodically, or something. Will Space Laser do instead?
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-04-09 07:06  

#2  Haven't seen the jew-jitsu thingy in a while, tw. 😀
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-04-09 03:41  

#1  Why? She's perfect-- a dead ringer for a gecko
Posted by: Omererong Shique1588   2022-04-09 00:43  

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