6 of the most conspicuous businesses that got PPP loans

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

2 minutes ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

As apparently weird as the guy is, all the left can do is gaslight a guy who doesn't behave as the skin color they claim ownership over is supposed to act, jay kay jay kay nudge nudge. 

Herschel Walker is from my hometown and is very vocal conservative and strongly disagrees with the hobbled black narrative . He has been very sternly deblacked by so may we grew up with 

[laylalex 7,300]

46 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

No, I don't really care what the color of his skin is. I'm simply pointing out (as I do regularly) that Kanye is mentally unwell and frequently doesn't take his medication. I hope whichever of his personalities, and whatever color they are, made a wise financial decision in obtaining government bailouts. It would be better if his family and his handlers actually got him the help he needs, but whatever works.

I have a friend with bipolar type II. Getting medicated seriously changed her life for the better, and she is grateful every single day for the people who got her to the psychiatrist. It wasn't easy and took a long time but she is herself, made better. I feel pity for Kanye, who seems to have people around him who aren't able to say, "You need help and we are committed to getting you help."

[laylalex 7,300]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

So somebody cherry picked 6 right leaning businesses or organizations and singled them out as the top 6 most conspicuous businesses that got loans. WOOOOOOOO HOOO whopty doo. 

 

I dont even have to Google to know what a warm steaming pile of political hit job fake news that is.

 

Not one of those even cracks the top 20

What would crack your top 20 then? 

[yuna628 9,700]

8 minutes ago, laylalex said:

I have a friend with bipolar type II. Getting medicated seriously changed her life for the better, and she is grateful every single day for the people who got her to the psychiatrist. It wasn't easy and took a long time but she is herself, made better. I feel pity for Kanye, who seems to have people around him who aren't able to say, "You need help and we are committed to getting you help."

Indeed... and that's why I get troubled when people try to utilize his varying 'opinions' on subjects as if it's his true thoughts and that they should hold some important weight in a political spectrum. One day he says something on one 'side' and the next he's on the other. Whether it's intentional due to his 'performance artist' stuff, or the mental illness, we can never be sure. I know people with mental illness myself, and it can be a painful battle to see them struggle, stay supportive, and also not let the.. at times, unstable and hurtful things they say get to you - especially when you are aware they aren't taking the medication. 

 

To the topic: a lot of local news around here are doing investigations as to whom managed to wrestle money while the little guy got nothing. I'm sure each state will be featuring something.

Edited July 7, 2020 by yuna628

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

10 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Indeed... and that's why I get troubled when people try to utilize his varying 'opinions' on subjects as if it's his true thoughts and that they should hold some important weight in a political spectrum. One day he says something on one 'side' and the next he's on the other. Whether it's intentional due to his 'performance artist' stuff, or the mental illness, we can never be sure. I know people with mental illness myself, and it can be a painful battle to see them struggle, stay supportive, and also not let the.. at times, unstable and hurtful things they say get to you - especially when you are aware they aren't taking the medication. 

 

To the topic: a lot of local news around here are doing investigations as to whom managed to wrestle money while the little guy got nothing. I'm sure each state will be featuring something.

Are you privy to his medical information that would result in the conclusion that his beliefs aren't his own "true thoughts"?

 

Also, it might come as a shocker that people can rationally hold views of both "sides" on subjects, though, no examples were offered.

[laylalex 7,300]

When I read things like this, it just makes me feel sad, though of course Kim K can't speak for her husband.

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Kim also mentions that Yeezy wants to be a trailblazer in being a public figure living a normal life with mental illness while not relying on medication. "For him, being on medication is not really an option, because it just changes who he is," Kardashian said of her husband. "Traveling a lot does set it off, so he doesn’t travel as much as he used to. But honestly, I never want to speak for him, because I am not in his mind."

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8506635/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-mental-health-vogue-cover-story

 

Of course it is up to a person to decide for himself or herself whether to take medication, it's just..... I have heard the "meds will change me" defense too many times. I worry about the effects on his kids, too. Having a mentally ill parent can be devastating. This isn't concern trolling, it's genuinely felt sadness for him and his family. I don't have a lot of sympathy for the Kardashians, but I do for those kids. They didn't ask to be brought into any of this.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Ashford Inc., Ashford Hospitality Trust, Braemar Hotels & Resorts Dallas-based luxury hotel conglomerate	$126,400,000
AutoNation New, used auto retailer	$80,000,000
Ruth’s Hospitality Group Inc. Ruth’s Chris Steak House	$20,000,000
Fogo de Chao (Privately-held) High-end Brazilian steak house	$20,000,000
J. Alexander’s Holdings. Inc. High-end chain restaurants	$15,100,000
Shake Shack Inc.  Burgers and Shakes	$10,000,000
Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc.  Taco Cabana, Pollo Tropical restaurant chain	$15,000,000
Quantum Corp.  Data storage	$10,000,000
Potbelly Corp.  Potbelly restaurants	$10,000,000
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.  Metal fabricator	$10,000,000
Hallador Energy Coal mining	$10,000,000
Broadwind Energy, Inc.  Energy manufacturer	$9,500,000
Zagg Inc.  Mobile phone screen protectors, accessories	$9,443,728
Air T Inc.  Distribution, aviation sector	$8,215,100
Wave Life Sciences Ltd.  Biotechnology, genetic disease therapies	$7,234,890
New Age Beverages Corp. Beverage company	$6,868,400
DMC Global Inc.  Metal fabricator	$6,700,000
TSR, Inc.  Technology services	$6,660,000
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings Inc.  Cruises, expedition travel company	$6,600,000
Legacy Housing Corp.  Mobile Home Producer	$6,545,700
Veritone, Inc.  Artificial intelligence	$6,490,000
Kura Sushi USA Inc.  Japanese cuisine restaurant	$5,980,000
Protech Home Medical Home medical equipment	$5,970,000
Prema-Fix Environmental Hazardous waste treatment and disposal company	$5,666,300
Escalade Inc.  Sporting goods manufacture, distributor	$5,627,500
Continental Materials Corp.  Construction, HVAC	$5,487,000
Drive Shack Inc.  Golf-related entertainment, real estate	$5,276,742
Misonix Inc.  Medical devices	$5,199,487
Digimarc Corp.  Patented software, services for banking, retail, media, entertainment, publishing	$5,032,000
SIFCO Industries Inc.  Metal manufacturer, aerospace, energy and defense	$5,024,732
Frequency Electronics Inc.  Specialized products, commercial, government, military	$4,964,810
ENGlobal Corp.  Engineering petroleum refining, petrochemical, pipeline	$4,915,800
MannKind Corp.  Biopharmaceutical company	$4,872,860
Aquestive Therapeutics, Inc.  Pharmaceutical company	$4,830,000
CPI Aerostructures Inc.  Structural aircraft parts, U.S. Air Force, U.S. armed forces	$4,795,000
Flotek Industries, Inc.  Oil and gas, develops, supplies chemistry and services	$4,788,000
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. In vitro diagnostics for rapid testing of pathogens	$4,780,000
Emmis Communications Corp. Media, broadcasting conglomerate	$4,753,000
Conformis, Inc. Medical, hip and knee replacements	$4,719,000
Natural Gas Services Manufactures, sells, rents gas compression, low emissions flare systems	$4,601,075
Los Angeles Lakers NBA Franchise (not publicly traded)	$4,600,000
OptiNose Inc.  Pharmaceuticals, ear, nose, throat, allergies	$4,446,948
U.S. Auto Parts Network Inc.  Online automotive aftermarket parts, repair information	$4,107,388
Crawford United Corp.  Industrial products for healthcare, aerospace, education, transportation, petrochemical sectors	$3,679,383
Vaso Corp.  Healthcare solutions and products	$3,610,000
Polarityte, Inc.  Biotechnologies, biomaterials, develops polarized human tissues for clinical medicine and biomedical research	$3,576,145
Ultralife Corp.  Batteries, communications in government, defense, medical, security, energy, robotics	$3,459,000
Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corp.  Biopharmaceuticals in respiratory disease, allergy	$3,192,000
Ballantyne Strong Inc.  Cinema services, digital signage, advertising, insurance	$3,173,900
Chembio Diagnostic Systems Inc.  Medical diagnostics, rapid testing	2,980,000
Biolase Inc.  Medical devices specializing in dentistry	$2,980,000
CRH Medical Corp.  Endoscopy, medical diagnostics	$2,945,620
Identiv Corp.  Security tech for museums, jails, federal facilities, airports, chip readers, credentials, video surveillance analytics	$2,914,500
CV Sciences, Inc.  CBD manufacturing, marketing, selling CBD products	$2,906,000
Phunware Inc.  App developer helping Fortune 5000 companies use media and data to make more money	$2,850,336
CynergisTek, Inc.  Cybersecurity for healthcare sector	$2,825,000
Joint Corp.  Chiropractic clinic franchisor	$2,727,970
Oblong Inc.  Conferencing platform that allows users to share and control digital content from multiple screens	$2,416,600
BK Technologies Corp.  Portable two way radios, mobile radios	$2,196,335
Cinedigm Corp.  Digital cinema, software, content marketing, and distribution	$2,151,000
HyreCar Inc.  Carsharing, ridesharing app	$2,004,175
LiveXLive Media, Inc.  Slacker radio parent company	$2,000,000
S&W Seed Co.  Agriculture, seeds	$2,000,000
The LGL Group, Inc.  Electronic components	$1,907,000
Enservco	$1,900,000
TecoGen Inc.  Energy, natural gas engine technologies	$1,870,000
RiceBran Technologies  Agriculture, researches, develops rice bran-based nutrients	$1,791,658
Bionano Genomics, Inc.  Bio-nano genome mapping technologies	$1,770,000
Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc.  Cable television pioneer, global communication equipment	$1,768,762
Maronne Bio Innovations Inc.  Agriculture, bio-products	$1,723,000
Westell, Inc.  Telecommunications equipment	$1,637,000
BSquare Corp.  Tech distributor, system integrator, Internet of Things	$1,572,458
Educational Development Corp.  Exclusive trade publisher of children’s books produced in the United Kingdom by Usborne Publishing Limited	$1,447,400
Eastside Distilling Inc.  Distiller of bourbon, whiskey, rum and vodka	$1,438,100
Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc.  International distributor of chocolates, candies	$1,429,500
Workhorse Group Inc.  Manufactures electric vehicles	$1,411,000
Autoweb Inc.  Marketing for automotive	$1,380,000
Pro Dex Inc.  Surgical, medical instrument manufacturing company	$1,360,100
Nathan’s Famous Restaurant chain, hot dogs	$1,224,645
Inuvo, Inc.  Internet advertising technology, digital publishing company	$1,100,000
Infinite Group Inc.  IT service management company	$957,373
Immucel Corp.  Animal health, focus dairy and beef industries	$937,700
ClearPoint Neuro Inc.  Medical devices, develops biologics, gene therapy systems for neurological disorders, deep-brain stimulation	$896,000
Ur-Energy Inc.  Uranium mining, recovery and processing activities	$893,000
TSS, Inc.  Carwash promotional items	$889,900
Intellinetics Inc.  Cloud-enabled document management platform	$838,700
USIO, Inc.  Tech-enabled payment solutions provider to merchants, billers, software companies	$814,000
Intellicheck, Inc.  Identity authentication, validation solutions for banks, credit card issuers, retail, hospitality, law enforcement, defense, transportation	$796,000
CareView Communications, Inc.  Patient care monitoring, security products, entertainment	$781,000
Mikros Systems Corp.  Wireless data transmission, equipment	$753,000
Rave Restaurant Group Inc.  Pie Five, Pizza Inn restaurants	$656,830
Pulmatrix Inc.  Biopharmaceuticals, pulmonary, non-pulmonary	$616,795
Astrotech Corp.  Technology incubator, funds, manages, sells start-ups	$541,000
Helius Medical Technologies Inc.  Medical devices, medical technologies	$323,000
Trovagene, Inc.  Clinical-stage, oncology therapeutics	$305,000
NioCorp Developments Ltd  Mineral exploration, focus on niobium, scandium, titanium	$196,000
Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.  Clinical stage biopharmaceutical company	$177,000
GeoVax, Inc.  Biotechnology company, developing HIV-1 vaccine	$170,000
TOTAL (so far)	$533,656,345

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

COMPANY	LOAN AMOUNT	MARKET CAP
Los Angeles Lakers (not publicly traded)	$4.6M	$4.4B
AutoNation	$80M	$3B
Shake Shack	$10M	$1.7B
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc.	$4.7M	$564M
DMC Global	$6.7M	$405M
Wave Life Sciences	$7.2M	$286M
MannKind	$4.9M	$273M
Lindblad Expeditions	$6.6M	$264M
Chembio Diangnostics, Inc.	$2.9M	$257M
Nathan’s Famous	$1.2M	$252M
Ruth’s Chris Steak House	$20M	$251M
Legacy Housing	$6.5M	$229M
Misonix	$5.2M	$198M
Digimarc	$5M	$192M
Fiesta Restaurant Group (Taco Cabana, Pollo Tropical)	$10.0	$189M
OptiNose	$4.4M	$180M
Joint Corp.	$2.7M	$160M
Quantum Corp	$10M	$151M
New Age Beverages	$6.9M	$137M
Aquestive Therapeutics	$4.8M	$122M
Escalade	$5.6M	$104M
ZAGG	$9.4M	$101M
Veritone	$6.5M	$101M
Ultralife	$3.5M	$99M
Frequency Electronics	$5M	$68M
Potbelly	$10M	$85M
U.S. Auto Parts	$4.1M	$81M
Kura Sushi	$6.0M	$78M
J. Alexander’s Holdings	$15.1M	$74M
Prema-Fix Environmental	$5.7M	$72M
Protech Home Medical	$6.0M	$71M
Natural Gas Services	$4.6M	$65M
Flotek Industries	$4.8M	$52M
CV Sciences	$2.9M	$50M
Conformis	$4.7M	$47M
Identiv, Inc.	$2.9M	$47M
Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc.	$10M	$45M
PolarityTE	$3.6M	$44M
Air T	$8.2M	$37M
Crawford United	$3.7M	$36M
CPI Aerostructures	$4.8M	$35M
Adamis Pharmaceuticals	$3.2 M	$26M
Phunware Inc.	$2.8M	$25M
ENGlobal	$4.9M	$24M
Broadwind Energy	$9.5M	$24M
Emmis Communications	$4.8M	$23M
Ballantyne	$3.2M	$23M
Hallador Energy	$10M	$22M
CynergisTek, Inc.	$2.8M	$21M
CRH Medical Corp.	$2.9M	$20M
Ashford Inc., Ashford Hospitality Trust, Braemar Hotels & Resorts	$126.4M	$17M
Continental Materials Corp.	$5.4M	$16M
SIFCO Industries	$5M	$13M
BIOLASE	$3M	$13M
Vaso	$3.6M	$7M
TSR, Inc	$6.7M	$6M
Oblong Inc.	$2.4M	$5.4M
Drive Shack	$5.2M	$5M

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Headline is seriously misleading, as NB pointed out.  Tragically slanted attempt to paint some businesses/people in a bad light.  #journalism2020ForTheWin

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

To add to VOR... a taste of notables that missed the "conspicuous" list, not the slightest clue how!:

 

Robert De Niro’s Nobu Restaurants and Hotels Took 14 PPP Loans Worth $28 Million

https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/07/06/robert-de-niro-nobu-restaurants-and-hotels-took-14-ppp-loans-worth-28-million/

 

Francis Ford Coppola Presents (resort hotels, wineries, etc.) - 5 to 10 million -- strange that the company Nunes has a stake in made the list with 1 to 2 million but a far larger sum didn't? 🤡

 

P.Diddy's TV station Revolt got 1 to 2 million

 

Common Sense Media - 2 to 5 million - Tom Steyer's rich brother

 

Digital Domain 3.0 -  2 to 5 million - James Cameron company

 

Jim Henson Co. - 2 to 5 million

 

Media Matters - 1 to 2 million - Soros propaganda

 

https://deadline.com/2020/07/coronavirus-ppp-loans-hollywood-1202978502/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywood-firms-received-federal-pandemic-loans-1293990

[laylalex 7,300]

Wasn't so hard to find those, was it?

 

You can slice and dice the names and numbers however you wish to suit whatever narrative you want. You guys did it too, so... ?

 

Also "conspicuous" can mean all sorts of things, not just amount loaned or market cap. It was a tiny listicle that popped up when I was browsing r/politics and I thought it was mildly amusing. 

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

59 minutes ago, laylalex said:

When I read things like this, it just makes me feel sad, though of course Kim K can't speak for her husband.

https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8506635/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-mental-health-vogue-cover-story

 

Of course it is up to a person to decide for himself or herself whether to take medication, it's just..... I have heard the "meds will change me" defense too many times. I worry about the effects on his kids, too. Having a mentally ill parent can be devastating. This isn't concern trolling, it's genuinely felt sadness for him and his family. I don't have a lot of sympathy for the Kardashians, but I do for those kids. They didn't ask to be brought into any of this.

They do change people. I was on Ritalin as a child and was taken off because of it turning me into a zombie. Drugs that alter brain development are nothing to screw with for the much less important behavior therapy.

 

OTOH, I notice his wife has the decency not to pretend like she can tell what he's thinking. 

 

1 minute ago, laylalex said:

Wasn't so hard to find those, was it?

 

You can slice and dice the names and numbers however you wish to suit whatever narrative you want. You guys did it too, so... ?

 

Also "conspicuous" can mean all sorts of things, not just amount loaned or market cap. It was a tiny listicle that popped up when I was browsing r/politics and I thought it was mildly amusing. 

 

Narrative was clearly the point of the article, but I'm holding back laughing figuring out why, especially at the Ayn Rand reference.

 

And I'm not sure why, clearly people are taking loans all across the spectrum. What's the point of the naming and shaming at all? The government shut things down, it has an obligation to help people it hurt, and there's no shame in taking it, especially since its a "loan" and not free money.

Edited July 7, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Just now, laylalex said:

Wasn't so hard to find those, was it?

 

You can slice and dice the names and numbers however you wish to suit whatever narrative you want. You guys did it too, so... ?

 

Also "conspicuous" can mean all sorts of things, not just amount loaned or market cap. It was a tiny listicle that popped up when I was browsing r/politics and I thought it was mildly amusing. 

Yeah, it pretty much falls into the same category as your typical "toxic masculinity" topics.

[laylalex 7,300]

Just now, Voice of Reason said:

Yeah, it pretty much falls into the same category as your typical "toxic masculinity" topics.

Not really -- I think there's also a bigger topic here that we haven't talked about that much: was the PPP effective in getting relief to small- to medium-sized businesses in order to prevent laying off staff during a global crisis? Did money get to the people and businesses who needed it most? Was it right for large corporations with substantial resources to benefit -- either at all, or before other, smaller businesses? What can be learned from how it was handled?

 

We could also talk about those too.  

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

19 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Not really -- I think there's also a bigger topic here that we haven't talked about that much: was the PPP effective in getting relief to small- to medium-sized businesses in order to prevent laying off staff during a global crisis? Did money get to the people and businesses who needed it most? Was it right for large corporations with substantial resources to benefit -- either at all, or before other, smaller businesses? What can be learned from how it was handled?

 

We could also talk about those too.  

I don't know what the cutoff was for the small business qualification, but it's clear that the intent was lost.