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Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
What does ‘8647' really mean? Not what Trump's supporters are saying
The former FBI director James Comey has said it did not occur to him that that the numbers 8647 – which he spotted spelled out in seashells on a beach, and posted on social media – could be interpreted as a call to assassinate the president, as many supporters of Donald Trump have claimed. The controversy revolves around the meaning of 86, which is common slang for stopping or getting rid of something, typically old equipment; not serving someone, for example in a restaurant; being ejected from somewhere, such as a bar; or, in a military context, stopping a plan or mission. (The number 47 could be understood to indicate Trump, the 47th president.) Merriam-Webster notes that 86 has very occasionally been used to mean 'to kill' but said it did not endorse that meaning 'due to its relative recency and sparseness of use'. There are differing etymologies of where the term '86' or to be '86'd' originates. The most common origin story involves Chumley's, a prohibition-era bar at 86 Barrow Street in New York's West Village. The bar had two entrances, one on Barrow and another via Bedford, and '86' referred to the address of the door from which intoxicated or unruly guests would be ejected. A different version of the story, narrated by the author Jef Klein in The History and Stories of the Best Bars of New York, says that when 'the cops would very kindly call ahead before a [Prohibition-era] raid, they'd tell the bartender to '86' his customers, meaning they should exit via the 86 Bedford door' while cops came in through the Barrow Street entrance. Related: James Comey investigated over seashell photo branded 'threat' against Trump But there are other origin stories for being '86'd', according to Merriam-Webster, including lunch-counter slang for being all out of a dish. Newspaper scribe Walter Winchell used it in a column in 1933, where it was presented as part of a 'glossary of soda-fountain lingo'. Other theories revolve around a US navy logistical coding system for materials in stock, designated by allowance type (AT). Equipment on a warship set to be upgraded or disposed of was given the code AT-6, or phonetically 'eighty-six'. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first use of '86' dates to a 1944 book about the movie star and notorious drinker, John Barrymore. 'There was a bar in the Belasco building … but Barrymore was known in that cubby as an 'eighty-six'. An 'eighty-six', in the patois of western dispensers, means: 'Don't serve him.'' Newsweek also claimed that the term '86' was used by some in the mafia to mean taking someone 'eight miles out of town' and putting them 'six feet under'. That concurs with Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, which says that, among many other readings, 'to 86' can also means 'to kill, to murder; to execute judicially', probably referring to the size of a standard grave being '8 feet long and 6 feet deep'. The number 86 has also been used by Republicans calling for the impeachment of Joe Biden – for example, T-shirts sold on Amazon reading '8646', indicating a call to impeach Biden (the 46th president) – with some liberals accusing the right of deliberately misunderstanding Comey's intent to score political points.
The Guardian
16-05-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
James Comey is accused of calling for Trump's death – but what does ‘86' really mean?
The former FBI director James Comey has said it did not occur to him that that the numbers 8647 – which he spotted spelled out in seashells on a beach, and posted on social media – could be interpreted as a call to assassinate the president, as many supporters of Donald Trump have claimed. The controversy revolves around the meaning of 86, which is common slang for stopping or getting rid of something, typically old equipment; not serving someone, for example in a restaurant; being ejected from somewhere, such as a bar; or, in a military context, stopping a plan or mission. (The number 47 could be understood to indicate Trump, the 47th president.) Merriam-Webster notes that 86 has very occasionally been used to mean 'to kill' but said it did not endorse that meaning 'due to its relative recency and sparseness of use'. There are differing etymologies of where the term '86' or to be '86'd' originates. The most common origin story involves Chumley's, a Prohibition-era bar at 86 Barrow Street in New York's West Village. The bar had two entrances, one on Barrow and another via Bedford, and '86' referred to the address of the door from which intoxicated or unruly guests would be ejected. A different version of the story, narrated by author Jef Klein in The History and Stories of the Best Bars of New York, says that when 'the cops would very kindly call ahead before a [Prohibition-era] raid, they'd tell the bartender to '86' his customers, meaning they should exit via the 86 Bedford door' while cops came in through the Barrow Street entrance. But there are other origin stories for being '86'd', according to Merriam-Webster, including lunch-counter slang for being all out of a dish. Newspaper scribe Walter Winchell used it in a column in 1933, where it was presented as part of a 'glossary of soda-fountain lingo'. Other theories revolve around a US navy logistical coding system for materials in stock, designated by allowance type (AT). Equipment on a warship set to be upgraded or disposed of was given the code AT-6, or phonetically 'eighty-six'. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first use of '86' dates to a 1944 book about the movie star, and notorious drinker, John Barrymore. 'There was a bar in the Belasco building … but Barrymore was known in that cubby as an 'eighty-six'. An 'eighty-six', in the patois of western dispensers, means: 'Don't serve him.'' Newsweek also claimed that the term '86' is used by some in the mafia to mean taking someone 'eight miles out of town' and putting them 'six feet under'. That concurs with Cassell's Dictionary of Slang, which says 'to 86' also means 'to kill, to murder; to execute judicially', likely referring to the size of a standard grave being '8 feet long and 6 feet deep'. Sign up to This Week in Trumpland A deep dive into the policies, controversies and oddities surrounding the Trump administration after newsletter promotion The number 86 has also been used by Republicans calling for the impeachment of Joe Biden – for example, T-shirts sold on Amazon reading '8846', indicating a call to impeach Biden (the 46th president) – with some liberals accusing the right of deliberately misunderstanding Comey's intent to score political points.
TimesLIVE
06-05-2025
- Business
- TimesLIVE
Sunoco to buy rival Parkland in $9bn deal
Sunoco will buy Canada-based Parkland in a deal valued at about $9.1bn (R166,457,655,000), including debt, the US fuel supplier said on Monday, a move that would create the largest independent fuel distributor in the Americas. Parkland management hailed the deal as a path to greater financial stability and growth. The company had undertaken a strategic review in March after persistent pressure from Simpson Oil, its largest shareholder with a nearly 20% stake, and activist investor Engine Capital. Simpson expressed its displeasure with the deal on Monday, a sign internal turmoil at the Canadian company is not over. Under terms of the deal, each Parkland share will be exchanged for C$19.80 (R261,86) in cash and 0.295 Sunoco unit, a 25% premium over the seven-day volume-weighted average price. Parkland cancelled its May 6 annual general meeting and instead scheduled a special meeting for June 24 at which Parkland shareholders will vote on the Sunoco transaction. In a statement on Monday, Simpson Oil, which had been trying to wrest control of the company's board by proposing its own proxy slate of board candidates, said it has applied for a court injunction to force Parkland to hold the annual general meeting on May 6 as initially planned. Simpson said Parkland's board is pushing ahead with the deal despite losing shareholders' confidence, calling it a "last-ditch attempt" by the company to retain control. Shares of Sunoco, which operates in wholesale fuel distribution and retail convenience, were down 5.6% at midday while those of Parkland were up 6.3%. The acquisition marks the company's second major deal in recent years. In 2024, Sunoco acquired fuel storage and pipeline operator NuStar Energy for $7.3bn (R133,488,521,240). The Parkland deal is expected to close in the second half of the year and deliver more than $250m (R4,570,880,000) in annual cost savings by the third year. Sunoco said the transaction will boost cash flow by more than 10% and allow the combined company to return to its target debt levels within 12 to 18 months of closing. To fund the cash portion, Sunoco has secured a $2.65bn (R48,451,328,000), 364-day bridge loan, a short-term facility often used to bridge financing gaps in large deals. On a call with analysts, executives said the companies will distribute more than 15-billion gallons of fuel annually and strengthen their position across wholesale and retail markets. Sunoco will keep investing in Parkland's Burnaby Refinery, which makes cleaner, low-carbon fuels, and run it for the long term to supply fuel to the Lower Mainland region in Canada.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ohio Senate votes to confine intoxicating hemp to dispensaries, make sales 21+
May 3—A bill banning intoxicating hemp products from being sold in gas stations, convenience stores or anywhere else outside of a licensed dispensary passed the Ohio Senate 33-0 this week. The bill, Senate Bill 86, now heads to the Ohio House for further consideration. It's the latest in a growing line of otherwise stalled attempts to regulate intoxicating hemp in Ohio. The bill targets "intoxicating hemp products," defined as any product with more than two milligrams of delta-9 THC (the psychoactive cannabinoid in marijuana) or more than 0.5 milligrams of any other "non-delta-9 THC" (like delta-8 or THCA, which can also make users feel high) per package. Under current law, those products — derived from hemp and protected under the federal Farm Bill — can be sold just about anywhere in the state and to anyone at the seller's discretion. Such products are often sold in gas stations, convenience stores or CBD stores, and have frequently been targeted by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and other opponents for their potential appeal to children through colorful packaging and subliminal branding. Under S.B. 86, those products could only be sold by licensed cannabis dispensaries, with a 10% tax that matches the tax Ohio currently has on recreational marijuana. "This bill simply closes loopholes that allows these dangerous products to be sold to our children," said state Sen. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City, who jointly sponsors the bill. Robert McClure, a veteran and owner of a boutique "SunMed — Your CBD Store" in Centerville, told this news outlet that it's frustrating for his business — which doesn't sell to customers under 21 and focuses on wellness — to be lumped in with more problematic retailers. McClure told the Senate General Government Committee last month that S.B. 86 would make it illegal for him to carry most of his best-selling products and would put him "and many others who are doing it right out of business." In an interview with this outlet, McClure specifically noted that he would no longer be able to sell his "bread and butter:" tinctures of full spectrum CBD oil sold in monthslong supply. His two-month, 3,000 milligram oil tinctures, for example, contain 75 milligrams of THC — far above the bounds of what S.B. 86 allows to be sold outside dispensaries. McClure said CBD, which is non-intoxicating, trumps the THC contents in those tinctures by as much as 50-to-1. When this outlet talked with Senate leaders on both sides of the aisle, they downplayed McClure's concern about S.B. 86 putting him out of business. "I still think if they were operating before they'll be able to operate after," said Senate President Rob McColley, R-Napoleon. "What I will say is that there are legitimate products that they can be selling to make money that will not put our children in jeopardy, and that's where I'll leave that," said Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood. McClure doubled down on the threat S.B. 86 poses to his business and maintained that shops like his, offering products like his, are an essential part of Ohio's wellness ecosystem and offer a space to educate people on CBD products. "(If) you put these in the hands of the dispensaries, they're not selling this stuff. There's no way they're going to sell this stuff," McClure told this outlet. "That's not their bread and butter. Their bread and butter is selling marijuana, that's what they do." ------ For more stories like this, sign up for our Ohio Politics newsletter. It's free, curated, and delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday evening. Avery Kreemer can be reached at 614-981-1422, on X, via email, or you can drop him a comment/tip with the survey below.
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ohio Senate votes to confine intoxicating hemp to dispensaries, make sales 21+
Apr. 30—A bill banning intoxicating hemp products from being sold in gas stations, convenience stores or anywhere else outside of a licensed dispensary passed the Ohio Senate 33-0 this week. The bill, Senate Bill 86, now heads to the Ohio House for further consideration. It's the latest in a growing line of otherwise stalled attempts to regulate intoxicating hemp in Ohio. The bill targets "intoxicating hemp products," defined as any product with more than two milligrams of delta-9 THC (the psychoactive cannabinoid in marijuana) or more than 0.5 milligrams of any other "non-delta-9 THC" (like delta-8 or THCA, which can also make users feel high) per package. Under current law, those products — derived from hemp and protected under the federal Farm Bill — can be sold just about anywhere in the state and to anyone at the seller's discretion. Such products are often sold in gas stations, convenience stores or CBD stores, and have frequently been targeted by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and other opponents for their potential appeal to children through colorful packaging and subliminal branding. Under S.B. 86, those products could only be sold by licensed cannabis dispensaries, with a 10% tax that matches the tax Ohio currently has on recreational marijuana. "This bill simply closes loopholes that allows these dangerous products to be sold to our children," said state Sen. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City, who jointly sponsors the bill. Robert McClure, a veteran and owner of a boutique "SunMed — Your CBD Store" in Centerville, told this news outlet that it's frustrating for his business — which doesn't sell to customers under 21 and focuses on wellness — to be lumped in with more problematic retailers. McClure told the Senate General Government Committee last month that S.B. 86 would make it illegal for him to carry most of his best-selling products and would put him "and many others who are doing it right out of business." In an interview with this outlet, McClure specifically noted that he would no longer be able to sell his "bread and butter:" tinctures of full spectrum CBD oil sold in monthslong supply. His two-month, 3,000 milligram oil tinctures, for example, contain 75 milligrams of THC — far above the bounds of what S.B. 86 allows to be sold outside dispensaries. McClure said CBD, which is non-intoxicating, trumps the THC contents in those tinctures by as much as 50-to-1. When this outlet talked with Senate leaders on both sides of the aisle, they downplayed McClure's concern about S.B. 86 putting him out of business. "I still think if they were operating before they'll be able to operate after," said Senate President Rob McColley, R-Napoleon. "What I will say is that there are legitimate products that they can be selling to make money that will not put our children in jeopardy, and that's where I'll leave that," said Senate Minority Leader Nickie Antonio, D-Lakewood. McClure doubled down on the threat S.B. 86 poses to his business and maintained that shops like his, offering products like his, are an essential part of Ohio's wellness ecosystem and offer a space to educate people on CBD products. "(If) you put these in the hands of the dispensaries, they're not selling this stuff. There's no way they're going to sell this stuff," McClure told this outlet. "That's not their bread and butter. Their bread and butter is selling marijuana, that's what they do." Note: This is a developing story and may be updated as more information becomes available. ------ For more stories like this, sign up for our Ohio Politics newsletter. It's free, curated, and delivered straight to your inbox every Thursday evening. Avery Kreemer can be reached at 614-981-1422, on X, via email, or you can drop him a comment/tip with the survey below.
