Jib rat burgers. That's what this stand is.
Oh and Sacred tobacco.
and Sacred Lights both in King Size
Illegal burger stand refuses to shut down business
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Oh and Sacred tobacco.
and Sacred Lights both in King Size
what are jib rats...sounds like the guts inside of a chicken except with a bad lisp :lol:
Jib rat
A methamphetamine user. Jib rats are known for their extreme paranoia, flagrant dishonesty, and lack of trustworthy friends. A jib rat will steal your stuff and then help you look for it.
If you let those god damned jib rats come to your party, don't expect to have your stereo in the morning.
lol, I think he got it right...it's a jib rat hang out which is why the boss man wouldn't talk and why they won't let the health department near the place now...likely isn't any beef or taters to be seen.
a great business idea... no one questions the comings and goings... we had a dealer living relatively close to my place I could see the comings and goings from my balcony...his house faced a busy street...they closed the street for months to repair the bridge...suddenly there was way too much coming and going for a closed down street....busted baby...
it didn't make sense to me before to have a burger place set up like that, but this does
I think that is why they sell burgers. Giant chicken would scare the **** out of the chicken gut jib rats. They'd all be hiding in the "smoking hut" tipi picking at their lip burns and cuts on their fingers.
So who cried - Rotten Ronnie's or the Burger Thing? (both of whom have doled out food poisoning in the past) Big Business Burger killed all the Mom and Pop shops along Hwy 11 years ago. It's good to see one still brave enough for a go at them
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Six Nations tobacco company takes on United States
Posted on May 24, 2010 | Leave a comment
A Six Nations tobacco company is taking on the United States in a legal action that challenges big tobacco and the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Grand River Enterprises — Six Nations’ largest manufacturer, making millions of cigarettes a day — has sunk almost $4 million into fighting the case, which is being decided by a free trade tribunal.
“It’s very much a David and Goliath situation,” says New York State lawyer Leonard Violi, who represents GRE. “Except, in this case, Goliath not only has his private constituency, he has the government forces behind him as well. So, it’s not one Goliath, it’s two.”
GRE may be the David but it’s got the money for the fight. Business has skyrocketed over the last decade, making the company millions in profits every year.
Some estimate GRE has sold $1 billion in tobacco over the last 10 years.
Unlike some of the small illegal manufacturers for which native reserves are known, GRE pays excise tax to the federal government — an estimated $400 million.
The argument in the U.S. goes back to a 1998 master settlement agreement (MSA) where 46 states and six U.S. territories signed with the four tobacco giants — Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Brown and Williamson Tobacco and Lorillard Tobacco Company.
As part of that agreement, the “majors” agreed to pay $206 billion over 25 years and $9 billion thereafter to a fund to cover what the U.S. government had to pay in Medicaid for smoking-related illnesses.
But the big companies wouldn’t sign unless the monetary obligation was extended, by legislation, to all other competitors selling cigarettes in the U.S., even though the smaller businesses hadn’t been — and might never be — sued for wrongdoing.
That was a bit of tricky business designed to rid the marketplace of the little competitors, said lawyer Violi. Any company that didn’t sign didn’t get a legal market share and was in danger of being considered contraband.
“(The agreement) is supposed to be for the benefit of the consumers, but not one dollar of MSA payments is earmarked for health care,” Violi says.
“Instead the consumers have been gouged because cigarette prices have gone up 300% since the MSA was implemented.”
Violi says the system was set up to protect big tobacco. While other companies were notified of the agreement and given 90 days to sign on, GRE didn’t get the same privilege.
At first GRE’s statement of claim asked for $310-$664 million in damages for harm and lost income but that range was adjusted to $100-$260 million.
In return, the U.S. government argues that it should win the decision and have GRE pay $2.8 million in court costs.
Merlyn Fernandes, a lawyer with Heydary Samuel Professional Corp. in Mississauga, has no connection with the case but has a background in national and international tax law.
She says the case is intriguing because, if GRE wins, it will be a ruling that will be studied for years.
“Very few NAFTA cases get to this stage,” Fernandes said. “It costs a lot to take things to arbitration and it takes a lot of patience. There’s years of waiting on both sides and a lot of pressure.”
With state and federal governments involved, the case has a lot of layers, adds Fernandes.
“They’re arguing that certain tobacco companies in the U.S. receive special favour under the settlement agreements which has not been extended to them. And NAFTA is about everyone being treated equally.”
That means, she adds, that if GRE is able to win at arbitration, the U.S. and state governments may have to go back and revise the escrow statues and the overall settlement agreement as well.
“Big tobacco will be rooting for the U.S. to win. They don’t want to go back to the table.”
At the two-week hearing in February, representatives of Mexico’s NAFTA office were present along with officials from Canada’s department of Foreign Affairs.
To help make their case, GRE flew Six Nations’ Chief Coun. Bill Montour to the hearing in Washington, D.C.
“The court wanted to hear what GRE means to Six Nations,” explained Montour last week.
“I told them there are 400 direct jobs but 4,500 other jobs generated by the cigarette industry.”
Montour said tobacco has created a business on the reserve that supports multiple families who would otherwise be on welfare.
“When they first started, people came to work in old cars and not very well dressed. Now you see people with a new outlook, with lots of money in their pockets and walking out in new clothes with their heads held high.”
GRE was just the beginning, said Montour.
Other businesses have been attracted to the reserve, like Mohawk Rock, which ships stone for houses across North America.
“We’ve now got a race track here that’s the Thunderdome of Ohsweken and you see 10,000 people here for special weekends, a state-of-the-art music studio and the Pro-Fit Athletic Club, which is second to none.
“We’ve got 15 to 20 restaurants that have got a start through investment in the cigarette industry and they employ a lot of people. I think there’s a bright future for Six Nations.”
Posted By SUSAN GAMBLE, Simcoereformer
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Greasy spoons have the best breakfasts.
If 1784 ever comes back they're in great shape.
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The use of crystal meth would cut the sale of their burgers way down.
Might be one of the few times crystal meth has a public health benefit...
Actually, there is a 'smokes shoppe' next door, which is the larger enterprise and possibility the 'wholesale source'....
In all seriousness, the Rez has over ten thousand residents, with another 15,000 'off Rez'. Do you
RELLY think its' 'Whiteys' role to walk in and 'lay down the law", on the local governance?
NIck nick- you never get responsible government that way . Its frickkin' food stand / meth outlet/ whatever.
If 'Whitey' is expected to deal with the health related issues of food poisoning or botulism; then it's fair that whitey incorporates some basic rules