Posted on 06/01/2016 6:36:36 PM PDT by Mariner
PALO ALTO, Calif. Donald J. Trump would not be Silicon Valleys first choice as president. Or its second. Or maybe even its third.
The presumptive Republican presidential nominee wants to restrict immigration while bringing back manufacturing. He compulsively uses tech products like Twitter but is not in awe of the people who built them. He made his fortune the old-fashioned way, by going into the family business, in the old-fashioned industry of real estate. Hes not the valleys kind of entrepreneur.
Worst of all, Mr. Trump is revealing Silicon Valleys vulnerability. In recent years, technology companies have extended their enormous reach while becoming ever wealthier and more powerful. Yet Mr. Trump has paid no political price for attacking them, with broadsides in recent months against Jeff Bezos at Amazon, Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Timothy D. Cook at Apple.
There is some surprise among tech executives or perhaps just naïveté that the tech mainstream is now a target, said Garrett Johnson, an entrepreneur and one of the founders of the Lincoln Initiative, which connects right-of-center tech workers.
For all these reasons, support for Mr. Trump here is minimal. Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech maverick who backed Ron Pauls presidential bid in 2008 with millions of dollars in support, is a Trump delegate. Mr. Thiel, who was revealed last week as a secret backer of the wrestler Hulk Hogans lawsuit against Gawker Media, is the candidates first, and so far only, prominent enlistee in Silicon Valley.
Support for Mr. Trump here may deepen. Brian Krzanich, the chief executive of Intel, was planning to hold a fund-raiser for Mr. Trump on Thursday night at his Atherton, Calif., house that included a full exchange of views, an Intel spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Hours later, Intel said the event was canceled.
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I had a dream job in Si Valley for 26 years, but I just couldn’t stand the libs any longer. They’d vote for any stupid tax increase that came along.
I finally got out just before they re-elected moonbeam to GOV.
New York Times.
Yet again.
Sounds accurate to me. The concept of economic patriotism was abandoned by both major parties and their corporate overlords long ago.
Don’t you people understand?
We NEED low wage foreign workers and foreign manufacturing because it’s good for the economy.
Or something.
/free traitor
People at the New York Times don't understand the concept of 'cheap labor'...
Maybe if the New York Times started hiring people from India and China to write their stuff an email it on deadline... and WORK FOR TEN BUCKS AN HOUR the Times 'reporters' would start to understand... Well, start to understand as they were being shown the door - replaced by cheap labor.
We are America First. Similar to Reagan Democrats, 2016 election will be about Americans Frist and Trump Americans. Similar to Reagan Democrats. Trumps expanded voting block will become known as Trump Americans.
and FREE SPEECH KILLERS
All the right enemies. Trump consistently has all the right enemies.
OTOH, we are having trouble filling some positions for cutting edge technologies. There is a problem there, but the abuse of the H1B system is well known and needs to be shut down.
Also I work with outsourced teams, let me tell you, it is exceptionally well paid babysitting and you end up getting caught up in details you should not have to with an experienced, competent worker. It has taken away from the mission, not contributed to it.
Here's to hoping you don't ever experience the negative side of it. Cheers...
The homosexuals at the New York Slimes are getting very nervous.
They can sense what’s coming. Their days are numbered.
Amazing
The TECH industry has been on of the worst offenders when it has come to undermining american workers.
H1B is to skilled workers what illegals are to unskilled.
There is no need to ever hire an H1B to work as a software developer or system administrator etc... There are no shortages of Americans who can do this work... they just know that an H1B is not only cheaper to hire, but they are virtual slaves. The entire program is beyond salvageable and needs gone... Abuse of it is not the exception, it is the rule and has been for decades.
...uses tech products like Twitter but is not in awe of the people who built them... Mr. Trump is revealing Silicon Valley's vulnerability. In recent years, technology companies have extended their enormous reach while becoming ever wealthier and more powerful. Yet Mr. Trump has paid no political price for attacking them... "There is some surprise among tech executives -- or perhaps just naivete -- that the tech mainstream is now a target," said Garrett Johnson, an entrepreneur and one of the founders of the Lincoln Initiative, which connects right-of-center tech workers... Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech maverick... who was revealed last week as a secret backer of the wrestler Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media, is the [Donald]'s first, and so far only, prominent enlistee in Silicon Valley... Brian Krzanich, the chief executive of Intel, was planning to hold a fund-raiser for Mr. Trump on Thursday night at his Atherton, Calif., house that included "a full exchange of views," an Intel spokeswoman said on Tuesday. Hours later, Intel said the event was canceled.
Trump’s support in Silicon Valley is much like his support in NYC. It exists and it is significant, but due to the implacability of SJWs it is hidden.
My nephew who works at one of the biggest lefty tech companies will be attending.
One of the very very few things I like about Trump is that he pisses off Silicon Valley. They are as bad as Hollywood.
How can people be so smart but so stupid at the same time.
New iTunes scam is playing a sour note with Apple users
MGN Online
By Kion Hudson |
Posted: Mon 9:46 PM, Jun 06, 2016
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)— We’re On Your Side Monday night with an alert about a scam for any of you with an iTunes account.
A 13 NEWS viewer said she received an official looking email from Microsoft Tech Support saying she owed close to $100 in iTunes music.
The email also had an order number 9-0-4-0-7-9-4-9.
The viewer said she called Apple and found out this is a new scam making the rounds around the country. The scammers are using the same fraudulent order number in every scam.
13 NEWS reached out to Apple Support and they told us the iTunes Store will never ask customers to provide personal information or sensitive account information, such as passwords or credit cards via email.
http://www.wibw.com/content/news/New-iTunes-scam-is-playing-making-rounds-around-the——382047821.html
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