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The Democrat Establishment Turns on Sam Bankman-Fried... While Protecting the Democrat Establishment From any Blowback, Of Course

George Stephanopolous pretends that this guy wasn't part of the Democrat Financial Complex and actually treats him like the criminal he is.

I really recommend the interview, if you like watching psychopathic leftwing liars squirm.

Skip to 2:15 in the interview, at which point Stephanopolous ask SBF if he knew that money from FTX's depositors was being funneled to his other company, Alemda, for investing. (Or: "investing.")

Stick with it -- SBF offers an evasive answer talking about general market malaise, but Stephanopolous pulls him back and says, correctly, "You didn't answer my question," and ask the question again: Did you know that money that people had on deposit was being taken to gamble in the markets? Did you authorize that?

SBF then attempts to claim that there are different circumstances in which this is allowed, but Stephanopolous objects: "But not here," he says, pointing out that FTX's contractual terms of service with depositors guarantees that their money will not be lent out for any purpose. He continues evading answering these questions.

But it's clear he's lying. Of course he knew, and of course he personally authorized the illegal transfers, which is a nice way of saying "theft of money from depositors for his own benefit."

When finally confronted with the testimony of his weird-looking Harry Potter Fan Club f***-buddy Carolyn Ellison that Bankman-Fried knew all about the illegal transfers, he drops the claim that he didn't know about the transfers at all, and narrows his denial to, "I didn't know about any illegal transfers," implying that the transfers he knew about were legal.

Apparently Bankman-Fried is going to be relying on this "I didn't knowingly know what I doingly did" Hillary Clinton style defense. Because he offered up a version of it at a New York Times event in which people were permitted to submit their own questions.


Andrew Ross Sorkin -- the journalist hosting the summit -- shared the email "from a gentleman who said he lost his life savings." It had the subject line: "Sam Bankman-Fried stole $2 million from me."

The user wrote: "Andrew, can you please ask SBF why he decided to steal my life savings and the $10 billion more from customers to give to his hedge fund, Alameda?"

"Please ask him if he thinks what happened was fraud."

Sorkin added that he had gotten several similar letters, before asking Bankman-Fried: "What do you tell this man?"

"I am deeply sorry about what happened," he replied.

Bankman-Fried added that the FTX.US platform was still "fully funded" and he believed withdrawals "could be opened up today."

He then went on a long explanation of Alameda's risky trade positions, before blaming an "all-out PR assault, which led to a total market collapse in a pretty short period of time."

But Sorkin then raised the question of money being mixed between Alameda and FTX.

On November 11, The Wall Street Journal reported that FTX lent $10 billion of customer assets to Alameda for its high-risk bets.

The customer had also referenced the FTX terms of service in his email, which said: "None of the digital assets in your account are the property of, or shall or may be loaned to, FTX Trading."

Under further questioning from Sorkin about the close-ties between his companies, Bankman-Fried eventually said: "I didn't knowingly commingle funds."

He also denies intent when he claims "I didn't want to commit fraud."

"I didn't ever want to commit fraud on anyone. I was shocked at what happened this month," Bankman-Fried said Wednesday during a video interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin at a conference put on by The New York Times.

He was shocked when the scheme all fell to pieces, of course. But anyone who misappropriates other people's money is shocked when that happens. A lawyer or stockbroker who steals a client's money, temporarily, to invest in the stock market, making a short-term play, hopes and expects he'll win his gamble, and then be able to pocket his profit and return the money to the accounts he "borrowed" it from without anyone being the wiser.

This is, of course, still theft, whether the money is returned or not. A stolen car is still stolen even if the owner gets it back.

And of course everyone doing this is "surprised" when their can't-miss stock market bet goes disastrously wrong and they lose their clients' money and have no way to pay it back.

But they still intended to commit the embezzlement and/or fraud and/or theft (as the case may be).

Note that for all of these charges, some guilty mental state -- mens rea -- is required, such as intent. (Intent to deceive, intent to misappropriate funds, intent to steal, intent to defraud.) Bankman-Fried isn't denying he took the actions that resulted in the theft and fraud; he's just denying he had the culpable mental state when he did these things that would wind him up in prison.

He may have committed "theft" -- but if he did, he was innocent in spirit and pure of heart in committing it.

Where did Sam Bankman-Fried get his psychopath-level evasion of responsibility for his crimes from?

From the radical wing of the Democrat Party's "intellectual" set, by which I mean, from his own mother, radical "Poverty & Inequality" professor Barbara H. Fried:

Barbara H. Fried's scholarly interests lie at the intersection of law, economics, and philosophy. She has written extensively on questions of distributive justice, in the areas of tax policy, property theory and political theory.

She wrote in 2013 that we must stop assigning criminal responsibility based on the antiquated notions of guilt and blame.

The mother of Sam Bankman-Fried, the beleaguered founder and former CEO of the now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, is a Stanford Law professor who penned a 2013 essay arguing that it is time for Americans to ditch the "philosophy of personal responsibility."

Barbara Fried, who just resigned from the Democratic super PAC Mind the Gap as the board of directors chairperson, penned a 2013 essay in the Boston Review titled, "Beyond Blame," which argued in favor of harm-reduction policies like rehabilitation over incarceration.

"The philosophy of personal responsibility has ruined criminal justice and economic policy," Fried wrote at the time. "It's time to move past blame."

"Public reactions to wrongdoing have been studied most extensively in the context of crime," she wrote. "Researchers have found that peoples' evaluations of serious wrongfulness vary significantly across social conditions and individuals. Tellingly, the more information people have about the context of the crime, the person who committed it, and the circumstances he or she came from, the more nuanced are their views of moral responsibility."

...

Fried concluded that "we have gotten nothing from our 40-year blame fest except the guilty pleasure of reproaching others for acts that, but for the grace of God, or luck, or social or biological forces, we might well have committed ourselves."

Might as well be a confession.


Michael Shellenberger
@ShellenbergerMD

Nine years ago, when crypto-fraudster @SBF_FTX was 19, his mother, a Stanford professor, wrote a very long article making the case that free will is a myth and that we should not blame people for committing crimes.

I guess her son took that lesson to heart.

Barbara Fried is a big time hustler for big-time money for the Democrat Party, of course, getting Silicon Valley millionaires and billionaires to donate to her electioneering operation, "Mind the Gap."

Mind the Gap

Type:
Democratic Super PAC

Mind the Gap (MTG) is a left-wing super PAC dedicated to helping Democratic political candidates win elections. The PAC earns millions of dollars in donations primarily from Silicon Valley executives "who are keen on quietly funneling massive political donations into the Democratic Party"[1][2]. The mission of MTG is to "empower private political donors to strengthen our democracy by providing them with evidence-based guidance on the electoral strategies, tactics, and programs that are likely to achieve the greatest impact in a given election". [3]


In 2018, the PAC created a statistical model which attempted to score the impact each dollar donated would have on Democrats winning back control of the House of Representatives. The group ultimately raised more than 20 million dollars in its successful attempt to win back control of the House for Democrats.

MTG is known for its secretive operations where it attempts to quickly gather and coordinate donations over a short time to prevent Republicans from mobilizing donors in response. The PAC was founded in 2018 by Stanford Law professors Barbara Fried, Paul Brest, and researcher Graham Gottlieb. Of the three, only Gottlieb has political experience, having served former President Barack Obama as a staffer during his 2012 re-election campaign and in the White House. [4]

Leaked Memo

In a leaked 2019 memo, Mind the Gap refers to themselves as a collection of "pro bono donor advisors" but the group and their donors are much more powerful and influential than they let on. [5] according to the memo MTG won 10 of the 20 of races that they picked in 2018, despite most races initially being predicted as "lean" or "likely R".

Brest, Fried, and Gottlieb established their donor network and started receiving donations leading up to the midterm elections in 2018. The PAC created a statistical model which attempted to score the marginal impact each dollar donated would have on Democrats winning back control of the House of Representatives. According to the memo, MTG was able to construct a "donor network of over 800 individuals..., [raising] a total of $20 million... [for] 20 undervalued and underfunded House races... and... [for] get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts in the 100 most competitive House races". Their attempt to win back control of the House for Democrats was successful, they argue, due to their fundraising efforts.

And it just so happens that her son scammed money in a tech field, and gave $40 million (that we know about) to Democrats and Democrat groups.

Although there will be more clip from the interview released, I think Ed Morrissey is on solid ground with this speculation:

For now, though, it looks as if Stephanopoulos never asked about SBF's political connections, mainly to Democrats, and his efforts to work those for his own political benefits. Axios reported last month that SBF poured $37 million into Democrats' campaigns this election cycle alone...

Sure, why would you ask about a silly little thing like that? It's not as if you tied Bernie Maddoff, a man who had given millions and millions to Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as connected inextricably to Republicans and Republicans only.

But with Sam Bankman-Fried, the question of which party benefited from political bribery is just like so déclassée, man.

We need a new headline type: Leftwing Media Fails to Pounce...

Posted by: Ace at 03:03 PM




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1 Hey

Posted by: Doof at December 01, 2022 03:03 PM (ChAEn)

2 I'll go fetch

Posted by: Doof at December 01, 2022 03:04 PM (ChAEn)

3 It's weird how they are so susceptible to fraud. Obvious, easily identifiable fraud.

I'm gonna get into the carbon credit game.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 03:05 PM (LvTSG)

4 Criminal Democrats?

Who'd a thunk it?

Posted by: rd at December 01, 2022 03:05 PM (Z32m1)

5 Hello

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at December 01, 2022 03:05 PM (vCY3B)

6 Everything for the sake of the cause. Nothing allowed to damage the cause.

These people are absolute zealots.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at December 01, 2022 03:05 PM (JMAcK)

7 The Democrat Establishment Turns on Sam Bankman-Fried... While Protecting the Democrat Establishment From any Blowback, Of Course
___

Aaaand, water is wet.

Posted by: SMH in the USSA at December 01, 2022 03:05 PM (S8ear)

8 I'd laugh my balls off if his Stanford Law professor parents were caught up in this fraud.

Posted by: mr tmz at December 01, 2022 03:05 PM (rJ48h)

9 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)

10 Apparently Bankman-Fried is going to be relying on this "I didn't knowingly know what I doingly did" Hillary Clinton style defense. Because he offered up a version of it at a New York Times event in which people were permitted to submit their own questions.

========

Why shouldn't he?

It works for everyone connected to the Democrat Establishment. Admit nothing, pretend to know nothing, and then just wait for everything to blow over.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 03:06 PM (LvTSG)

11 All of Samuel and Albert Kentucky Fried's donations are on the FEC site. 287 in the last cycle .. mostly Democrats, but a few million here and there to Republicans.

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:06 PM (RHGPo)

12 "I didn't ever want to commit fraud on anyone. I was shocked at what happened this month," Bankman-Fried said Wednesday

"Well, clearly we cannot prosecute."
--Comey, staring at a forest

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 01, 2022 03:06 PM (cP/Ah)

13 Obviously a great move to put stuff on the record. Moron but likely won't suffer consequences. Or survive

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 01, 2022 03:06 PM (ytSiK)

14 8 did they buy a shizzle ton of Bahamian property in the last year as well?

Posted by: Piper at December 01, 2022 03:06 PM (ZdaMQ)

15 pointing out that FTX's contractual terms of service with depositors guarantees that their money will not be lent out for any purpose

Yeah, that's just fraud. FTX did exactly what it said it was not going to do with the money, and then did so via a related company no less.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 01, 2022 03:06 PM (ppBhU)

16 What else doe poor innocent Samuel have in common with Bernie Madoff?

Posted by: rd at December 01, 2022 03:07 PM (Z32m1)

17 I liked the gray-box intermission very much.

Posted by: m at December 01, 2022 03:07 PM (GkGYg)

18 Jon Corzine on courtesy phone for SBF.

Posted by: mr tmz at December 01, 2022 03:07 PM (rJ48h)

19 a grim milestone, I noted in the last thread...

Julie Kelly says 1000th person arrested for peacefully protesting on 1/6. What an op. fucking glowies.

Posted by: sockamster, Aos ShowRunner at December 01, 2022 03:07 PM (MLrvz)

20 SBF and his ugly girlfriend need long sentences. They can tutor in prison. Hang them out to dry.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:07 PM (Zzbjj)

21 mostly Democrats, but a few million here and there to Republicans.
Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:06 PM (RHGPo)

Mitch got a hefty sum

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:08 PM (Zzbjj)

22 Lying sacks of shit gotta lie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)

23 He also denies intent when he claims "I didn't want to commit fraud."

I don't FEEL fraudy!

Posted by: Doof at December 01, 2022 03:08 PM (ChAEn)

24 What the hell is the guy in the image trying to underline?

Be better, dude......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:09 PM (Zz0t1)

25 "Sam Bankman-Fried stole $2 million from me."

Sucker!

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at December 01, 2022 03:09 PM (24fqN)

26 I liked the gray-box intermission very much.

I've said this before, but I think the gray background is easier on the eyebones.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 01, 2022 03:09 PM (cP/Ah)

27 All of Samuel and Albert Kentucky Fried's donations are on the FEC site. 287 in the last cycle .. mostly Democrats, but a few million here and there to Republicans.
Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:06 PM (RHGPo)


So he gave to both sides of America's only native criminal class*?

*Attributed to Mark Twain

Posted by: rd at December 01, 2022 03:09 PM (Z32m1)

28 16 What else doe poor innocent Samuel have in common with Bernie Madoff?
Posted by: rd at December 01, 2022 03:07 PM (Z32m1)

Close relationships with people at the SEC. That didn't keep the Madoffs from destruction, and it should not help Bankman-Fried.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:09 PM (Zzbjj)

29 Those mischievous democrats.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at December 01, 2022 03:10 PM (pb6ET)

30 SBF and his ugly girlfriend need long sentences. They can tutor in prison. Hang them out to dry.
Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:07 PM (Zzbjj)



Enough of this shit. They should be put to death. They've destroyed lives to enhance their own. They've caused untold suffering.

HANG them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:10 PM (Zz0t1)

31 "I liked the gray-box intermission very much."

I've said this before, but I think the gray background is easier on the eyebones.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 01, 2022 03:09 PM (cP/Ah)


Throwback to the "green orange" days

Posted by: Doof at December 01, 2022 03:10 PM (ChAEn)

32 I'd laugh my balls off if his Stanford Law professor parents were caught up in this fraud.

Lots of evidence that they're complicit.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 01, 2022 03:10 PM (KCOCK)

33
I've said this before, but I think the gray background is easier on the eyebones.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 01, 2022 03:09 PM (cP/Ah)



This. I have an eye abnormality and the grey environment makes it not so pissed off.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:11 PM (Zz0t1)

34 SBF acted on the best information he had at the time.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 01, 2022 03:11 PM (h//oo)

35 32. And Caroline's father too. He also provided the SEC contact.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:11 PM (Zzbjj)

36 "weird-looking neuratypical f***-buddy Carolyn Ellison"

De gustibus non est disputandum.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at December 01, 2022 03:12 PM (24fqN)

37 So SBF is so smug and confident in his untouchable status that he does public events and interviews while under suspicion of crimes. Who does he think he is, a Biden?

Seriously, that's a mistake if the goal is to stay out of prison. Lawyer up and shut the fuck up. But then you "look" guilty and the leftist elite are all about how something looks even if the actual doing is depraved and ugly.



like his girlfriend

Posted by: Kermit sips his tea at December 01, 2022 03:12 PM (FCbAQ)

38 Wait. His mom does not have a hyphenated name, but sam adds his mom's last name?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 01, 2022 03:12 PM (h//oo)

39 This SBF thing was funded by corporations to advance by funding Democrats and RINO's election chances. Yes SBF dark money. Billions poof, gone like fairy dust. Now that they have the Senate they bump off a couple Supreme Court justice's and pack the court with commie rats.

Posted by: torabora at December 01, 2022 03:12 PM (Y274z)

40 Funny how Democrats keep winning races they are expected to lose, until you realize that billions of dollars are falling unto their laps through schemes run by sleazy--but politically connected--sleazebags.

Not to sound stupid, but how is this money used to elect Democrats. I mean , it can't all be ad buys.

Are they paying for actual fraud?

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:12 PM (mR6Gs)

41 De gustibus non est disputandum.
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at December 01, 2022 03:12 PM (24fqN)

Is that greek for I wouldn't fuck er with a stolen dick?

Posted by: Kermit sips his tea at December 01, 2022 03:13 PM (FCbAQ)

42 Enough of this shit. They should be put to death. They've destroyed lives to enhance their own. They've caused untold suffering.

HANG them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:10 PM (Zz0t1)


But enough about the J6 investigators.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 01, 2022 03:13 PM (bhRsz)

43 There's still time to get in on the ground floor at KittehCoin!
Nowhere to go but UP UP UP. Call 1-8KI-TTEH operators are standing by.
(no personal checks)

Posted by: KittehCoin at December 01, 2022 03:13 PM (v0R5T)

44 That Caroline Ellison has quite the set of choppers on her. Rivals AOC's.

Posted by: torabora at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (Y274z)

45 What would these ugly loser "wonder kids" do with their lives if their parents weren't billionaire shysters?

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (mR6Gs)

46 Is SBF actually diagnosed autistic? Because this kind of shit is the exact opposite of how my autistic daughter would behave.

Posted by: Catherine at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (ZSsrh)

47 This is, of course, still theft, whether the money is returned or not. A stolen car is still stolen even if the owner gets it back.

I knew a treasurer for a local governmental organization who embezzled a few hundred thousand dollars so he could buy a fancy sailboat to sail around Puget Sound.

When the cops busted him, he said: "No problem, I can pay the money back."

The DA was unimpressed with this argument.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (KCOCK)

48 Sam Bankman-Fried will soon announce his newest crypto venture: DodgeCoin.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (wmDcS)

49
But enough about the J6 investigators.
Posted by: Dr. T at December 01, 2022 03:13 PM (bhRsz)



Sad but true......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (Zz0t1)

50
Leftwing Media Fails to Pounce...


Leftwing Media Throws Out Their Backs in Order to Avoid Asking Probative Questions

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (pNxlR)

51 Caroline Ellison (born 1994) is an American business executive. She is the former CEO of Alameda Research, a quantitative trading firm founded by Sam Bankman-Fried. According to an anonymous source cited by the Wall Street Journal in November 2022, Alameda Research owed $10 billion to cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

...I don't think I ever had more than $150,000 in my hands at one time. What makes complete stranger give these youngsters billions ?

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (RHGPo)

52 Well, no reasonable prosecutor... the fund was so big, there is no way sam could know what was going on... he is just a simple grandmother reading yoga routines to his granddaughter, how is he supposed to understand the market and crypto? I mean when he thinks of the market, he thinks of Aldi, right?

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (h//oo)

53 44 That Caroline Ellison has quite the set of choppers on her. Rivals AOC's.
Posted by: torabora at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (Y274z)

AOC is a beauty by comparison, and pretty anyway.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (Zzbjj)

54 "If such a good boy from such a good Dem family can do something so awful, it just proves what monsters those Jesus People must be," said low info Dems across the country

Posted by: 2009Refugee at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (t3+ro)

55 wasn't a sportsball arena renamed FTX?

Posted by: kallisto at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (dCxaZ)

56 Did everyone enjoy the XMas Rally for Hi Tech yesterday? I'd say SBF is a much moar conservative manager of money than the FED.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (3FiQa)

57 Sam Bankman-Fried, Sam Brinton…

The Sam B’s are bad news.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (pmT/d)

58 That Caroline Ellison has quite the set of choppers on her. Rivals AOC's.
Posted by: torabora at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (Y274z)

Donkey Chompers is Sophia Loren or Elizabeth Taylor in their prime compared that mess

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:16 PM (mR6Gs)

59 8 I'd laugh my balls off if his Stanford Law professor parents were caught up in this fraud.
Posted by: mr tmz at December 01, 2022 03:05 PM (rJ48h)
****
Start laughing. SBF cut the parents in for $119 million worth of Bahamian property.

Posted by: torabora at December 01, 2022 03:16 PM (Y274z)

60 We wouldn't know about any of this shit if that Chinese crypto guy hadn't felt like taking FTX down.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:16 PM (Y5qcH)

61 > wasn't a sportsball arena renamed FTX?


Where Miami Heat play.

Posted by: mr tmz at December 01, 2022 03:16 PM (rJ48h)

62 That Caroline Ellison has quite the set of choppers on her. Rivals AOC's.

Yeah but they are tiny like a mouth full of chicklets. Its kind of creepy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 01, 2022 03:16 PM (cP/Ah)

63 I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this little creepy weasel rat-fuck doesn't spend a day in jail over this. Plus, as I asked before, where are the victims screaming for their money? Who exactly were the "investors" in this scam? Why haven't we heard from them? The day the Madoff scandal exploded, his victims were literally lining up outside his Manhattan penthouse to demand justice.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

64 wasn't a sportsball arena renamed FTX?
Posted by: kallisto at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (dCxaZ)



He bought the naming rights to the Miami basketball arena. They've since cancelled the contract.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (Zz0t1)

65 AOC is a beauty by comparison, and pretty anyway.
Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (Zzbjj)

If she were a Republican, she'd be a favorite here

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (mR6Gs)

66 SBF acted on the best information he had at the time.

The money is gone.

What difference, at this point, what difference does it make.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (6Dtba)

67 Sorkin asked the toad about $515 million that was transferred out of wallets AFTER the bankruptcy.

Toad's answer: I think the US, the Bahamians, and some unknown third party took that money, but I don't know.

https://bit.ly/3ER8YJv

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (eyxn4)

68
Is that greek for I wouldn't fuck er with a stolen dick?
Posted by: Kermit sips his tea


Latin; "... I wouldn't fuck er with your dick".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (pNxlR)

69 63. Tom Brady was one.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (Zzbjj)

70 Puddinhead...you're a funny guy.

Posted by: torabora at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (Y274z)

71 Barbara Fried has been extraordinarily successful in doing this.

From her perspective and the resultant electoral success of the Democrats, they should be crowing about what she is doing.

It works.

They win.

Posted by: Dave in Fla (there is no path to 270) at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (5p7BC)

72 Ad buys are the biggest slush fund laundering scheme in politics.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (h//oo)

73 If she were a Republican, she'd be a favorite here
Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (mR6Gs)

T I think she's a favorite here anyway.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:17 PM (Zzbjj)

74 @TheBabylonBee 58m

Kanye Made Honorary Member Of The Squad After Antisemitic Comments

Posted by: Dr. T at December 01, 2022 03:18 PM (bhRsz)

75 an illegal scheme that launders money into the DNC is de facto legal.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 01, 2022 03:18 PM (lTGtQ)

76 You know the Henry VI quote about lawyers? I think we change it to, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the academics!"

Posted by: Archer at December 01, 2022 03:18 PM (gmo/4)

77 Running that big of a scam he's almost certain to have "lost" money belonging to white supremacists with un-equitable vowel/consonant ratios in their names and little sense of humor.

Posted by: DaveA at December 01, 2022 03:18 PM (FhXTo)

78 Sam Bankman-Fried will soon announce his newest crypto venture: DodgeCoin.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (wmDcS)
.......

DorkCoin

Posted by: wth at December 01, 2022 03:18 PM (v0R5T)

79 > wasn't a sportsball arena renamed FTX?

The University of California, Berkeley football stadium (FTX started in Berkeley).

They've since taken the name off.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 01, 2022 03:18 PM (KCOCK)

80 Enough of this shit. They should be put to death. They've destroyed lives to enhance their own. They've caused untold suffering.

HANG them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:10 PM (Zz0t1)

This.
Money= time of your life spent.
They steal it, they steal part of your life.
Capital crime.

Posted by: sal: tolle adversarium et afflige inimicum at December 01, 2022 03:19 PM (wE246)

81 15 pointing out that FTX's contractual terms of service with depositors guarantees that their money will not be lent out for any purpose

Yeah, that's just fraud. FTX did exactly what it said it was not going to do with the money, and then did so via a related company no less.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at December 01, 2022 03:06 PM (ppBhU)
****
I just can't let this go. No, not fraud because it was a related company. You just don't understand. It's complicated.

Posted by: SBF at December 01, 2022 03:19 PM (Y274z)

82 Pries his frozen fingesr from the raft and watches him decend into the freezing depth.

Posted by: Eromero at December 01, 2022 03:19 PM (z3WCn)

83 Democrats who steal billions are never prosecuted.

Posted by: Jon Corzine at December 01, 2022 03:19 PM (U9yly)

84 80. I don't think it's a death penalty offense anywhere in the West

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:19 PM (Zzbjj)

85 I guess he will have to get by on his millions in the Bahamas

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (h//oo)

86 Did you see that women's soccer is getting paid for every game the men's team win?

So much for equal pay. Women are getting paid for not even playing.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (Y5qcH)

87 This goes a lot deeper than most people realize. There are big name firms, like Blackrock with direct and indirect exposures that many of them are trying to hide. There was a lot of money moving through the FTX and a very clear lack of control that should have come out in anyone's due diligence review. Some speculate, this was partially a money laundering op for the Democrat Party whereby they could get around certain limits and donate through a front company. It even looked like some of the "investors" didn't expect to get their money back. Crazy? Hard to say.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (Y45pj)

88 20 undervalued and underfunded House races... and... [for] get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts in the 100 most competitive House races". Their attempt to win back control of the House for Democrats was successful, they argue, due to their fundraising efforts.

This is where they hired people to take the "vote by mail" ballots that went to fake/never gonna vote "voters" and cast ballots for them right?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (ESjRY)

89
So much for equal pay. Women are getting paid for not even playing.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (Y5qcH)



Reparations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)

90 Sam Bankman-Fried, Sam Brinton…

The Sam B’s are bad news.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:15 PM (pmT/d)

If Sam Bankman ends up in prison ( he won't), he'll be known as Sam Bottoms

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (mR6Gs)

91 Running that big of a scam he's almost certain to have "lost" money belonging to white supremacists with un-equitable vowel/consonant ratios in their names and little sense of humor.
Posted by: DaveA at December 01, 2022 03:18 PM (FhXTo)

Swedes and Danes?

Posted by: Kermit sips his tea at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (FCbAQ)

92
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers and academics!"


We're going to need a larger ensemble of tumbrels and pikes ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 01, 2022 03:21 PM (pNxlR)

93 78 Sam Bankman-Fried will soon announce his newest crypto venture: DodgeCoin.
Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (wmDcS)
.......

DorkCoin
-------------
DweebCoin

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:21 PM (3FiQa)

94 Democrats who steal billions are never prosecuted.
Posted by: Jon Corzine


Hey, I only stole two billion!

That (D) after my name is magic!

Posted by: Jon Corzine! at December 01, 2022 03:21 PM (KCOCK)

95 Out of my favorite femme fatales (AOC, Fang Fang, Caroline,) I know fer damn sure that Caroline would be the most interesting conversationalist. Plus she's going to prison soon, so no messy awkward breakup.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at December 01, 2022 03:21 PM (24fqN)

96 This all feels a lot like the late 1990s dot com boom all over again: a group of hustlers who sell some tech to investors and fat cats that none of them really understand but think internet and new thing will make them all rich, and it blows up because it was all crap to begin with.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 01, 2022 03:21 PM (cP/Ah)

97 83 Democrats who steal billions are never prosecuted.
Posted by: Jon Corzine at December 01, 2022 03:19 PM (U9yly)

Bernie was a donk, but maybe he just didn't hand out enough money to stay out of jail

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:21 PM (Zzbjj)

98 Caroline Ellison reminds me of Elizabeth "Eliza" Thornberry of Nickelodeon cartoon series "The Wild Thornberrys"

Eliza is a 12-year-old girl, who’s always ready for adventure. Her natural curiosity means she often leaps before she looks often with amusing or disastrous results.

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:21 PM (RHGPo)

99 SuckerCoin

I should trademark that before someone actually does it.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (Y5qcH)

100 Did you see that women's soccer is getting paid for every game the men's team win?


Yeah, that was pretty funny.

Most of the men make money playing pro, so they don't care. Hard to care if they don't.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (6Dtba)

101 "I am above petty morality."
-People advocating progress that advantages them in particular for literally millennia.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (LvTSG)

102 Some people laundered some things.

Posted by: wth at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (v0R5T)

103 We're going to need a larger ensemble of tumbrels and pikes ...
-------------------
We have pickups and rope. No need to bring animals of burden into this.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (3FiQa)

104 I really hope this kills off the idiotic crypto garbage. It was developed for the purpose of replacing hard currency (less easily controlled) with something that can be shut down with the press of a button.
You don't like CRT? Click. No more money for you to pay your bills or buy food. Die peasant!
You don't agree with ESG? Click. Die peasant!
You want politicians to put the rights and needs of the American citizens first? Click. Die peasant!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (Wy1BU)

105 You people are so cruel.

Posted by: SBF at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (Y274z)

106 I know fer damn sure that Caroline would be the most interesting conversationalist. Plus she's going to prison soon, so no messy awkward breakup.
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at December 01, 2022 03:21 PM (24fqN)



I bet she fucks like a dead Amish elder woman.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)

107
wasn't a sportsball arena renamed FTX?


Miami Dolphins' stadium, IIRC

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (pNxlR)

108 Twice-failed Georgia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is now lobbying the Joe Biden White House to be the next nominee for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), according to a report.

FCC nominee Gigi Sohn’s confirmation vote has been put on the back burner as Senate Democrats’ one-member majority has struggled to find a way to confirm her.

.. Abrams vast experience in telecommunications will do her proud ... if she ever had any

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:23 PM (RHGPo)

109 Bernie was a donk, but maybe he just didn't hand out enough money to stay out of jail
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Bernie's sin was he burned his own people in Manhattan rather than the flyovers.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:23 PM (3FiQa)

110 Will this freak be prosecuted? His minions? WTF??

Serious question: why does it matter if the cartoonish propaganda now passing for "news" outlandishly distorts this kind of story to blacken only the GOP? (or I guess in this case, to shield the Dems)

Just becoming more and more difficult to see why/how the GOP is of any use to the country or the world. They appear to currently be a buffer that is effectively squashing/absorbing/neturalizing citizen discontent and guaranteeing damage and vandalism without precedent.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 01, 2022 03:23 PM (OTzUX)

111 86, yeah, we’ve been talking about that. Someone described them as ex-wives and I truly laughed. Viva la patriarchy!

Posted by: Piper at December 01, 2022 03:23 PM (ZdaMQ)

112 Here is an excellent thread RE the terrible FTX internal controls revealed by the bankruptcy filing:

https://bit.ly/3H38qTy

Some highlights:
Alameda Research gave SBF a $1 billion dollar personal loan.
They didn't keep internal records of business decisions. They would communicate over chat that would auto delete after some period of time.
FTX didn't have board meetings. Ever.
Customer crypto deposits weren't recorded on the balance sheet.
The filing specifically says SBF does NOT speak for FTX and his public statements SHOULD BE DISREGARDED!

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 03:23 PM (eyxn4)

113 This all feels a lot like the late 1990s dot com boom all over again: a group of hustlers who sell some tech to investors and fat cats that none of them really understand but think internet and new thing will make them all rich, and it blows up because it was all crap to begin with.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 01, 2022 03:21 PM (cP/Ah)

I just had that same thought.
I wonder if the end game will be the same

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:23 PM (mR6Gs)

114 How do they possibly glamorize these two dorks when they make the Netflix movie?

Bradley Whoserwhats and Kat Skimpertimf?

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 01, 2022 03:23 PM (geVLo)

115 Blackrock: we invested billions in FTX money laundering scheme. Send him to jail!....Never. Gonna. Happen.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:24 PM (Zzbjj)

116 84 I don’t think it’s a death penalty offense anywhere in the West.


“Oh great. NOW theft’s not a capital crime.”

— Zombie Fagin

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:24 PM (pmT/d)

117 I bet she fucks like a dead Amish elder woman.

As far as we know Amish are wildcats in bed, what other entertainment do they really get? I could totally see them prim and proper in public and freaky as hell in the bedroom with a trapeze hung from the ceiling and kinky outfits.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 01, 2022 03:24 PM (cP/Ah)

118 I bet she fucks like a dead Amish elder woman.
------------------
Its the lack of teeth that makes them hawt.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:24 PM (3FiQa)

119 Some highlights:
Alameda Research gave SBF a $1 billion dollar personal loan.
They didn't keep internal records of business decisions. They would communicate over chat that would auto delete after some period of time.
FTX didn't have board meetings. Ever.
Customer crypto deposits weren't recorded on the balance sheet.
The filing specifically says SBF does NOT speak for FTX and his public statements SHOULD BE DISREGARDED!
Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 03:23 PM (eyxn4)



Wait.....that actually works?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:24 PM (Zz0t1)

120 Did you see that women's soccer is getting paid for every game the men's team win?

So much for equal pay. Women are getting paid for not even playing.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (Y5qcH)
........

Half of them were probably born male anyway.

Posted by: wth at December 01, 2022 03:24 PM (v0R5T)

121 I bet she fucks like a dead Amish elder woman.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)

All those amphetamines and a paper bag might prove you wrong.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:25 PM (Zzbjj)

122 Colorado Alex, that sounds likeFall, Or Dodge In Hell by Neil Stephenson.

Posted by: Eromero at December 01, 2022 03:25 PM (z3WCn)

123
SBF's aunt, Linda Fried, is a big motherWEFer, BTW.

The motherWEFers were pulling SBF's strings, you can be sure.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 03:25 PM (Mzdiz)

124 The best part about the FTX story is they didn't even have an in-house accounting party and their financial statements were audited by a 2 year old firm that lists their headquarters as being in the Metaverse.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:25 PM (Y5qcH)

125 >>>"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers and academics!"


*shifts nervously*

Well, maybe not *all* the academics....

Posted by: Dr. T at December 01, 2022 03:25 PM (bhRsz)

126 You people are so cruel.
Posted by: SBF at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (Y274z)

Thank you.
We learn at the foot of the master of cruelty and are but a shadow of his cruelty, but we try.

Posted by: Kermit sips his tea at December 01, 2022 03:25 PM (FCbAQ)

127 I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this little creepy weasel rat-fuck doesn't spend a day in jail over this.
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This! It wasn't his fault, the sun was in his eyes, he tripped on a rock, the dog ate his homework!

Posted by: dartist at December 01, 2022 03:26 PM (9X/y4)

128 "I really hope this kills off the idiotic crypto garbage. "
I am not a huge fan of crypto. Its valuation is not easy to determine or really tied to any particular asset. Its value is what people will pay for it.

That said, I do like the idea, especially that it's mostly out of the control of governments. That's why government regulators are going after it hard, and even trying to create their own crypto.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 01, 2022 03:26 PM (Y45pj)

129 Some people laundered some things.
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Laundered, like at the laundromat?

Posted by: Hillary at December 01, 2022 03:26 PM (IdLgA)

130 86 Did you see that women's soccer is getting paid for every game the men's team win?

So much for equal pay. Women are getting paid for not even playing.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (Y5qcH)

As badly as they play, not a completely irrational idea. Nobody wants to see Rosa DeLauro do striptease.

Posted by: Put it on! PUT IT ALL BACK ON!!! at December 01, 2022 03:26 PM (V6LRK)

131 This all feels a lot like the late 1990s dot com boom all over again

Per my accustomed glass-half-empty outlook, I'm thinking it's much worse. This is the first scam to be exposed. There may be others.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 01, 2022 03:26 PM (Xrfse)

132
Maybe someone should have minded her own fuckin' gap before she whelped this cur.

It's called an IUD, you Commie whore.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 01, 2022 03:26 PM (oINRc)

133 86 Did you see that women's soccer is getting paid for every game the men's team win?

So much for equal pay. Women are getting paid for not even playing.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (Y5qcH
****
I've heard it said women have half the money and all the pussy.

Posted by: torabora at December 01, 2022 03:27 PM (Y274z)

134 127 I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this little creepy weasel rat-fuck doesn't spend a day in jail over this.
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This! It wasn't his fault, the sun was in his eyes, he tripped on a rock, the dog ate his homework!
Posted by: dartist at December 01, 2022 03:26 PM (9X/y4)

=========

I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 03:27 PM (LvTSG)

135 I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this little creepy weasel rat-fuck doesn't spend a day in jail over this.

While tourists on J6 rot in jail

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:27 PM (mR6Gs)

136 I bet she fucks like a dead Amish elder woman.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)


Didn't Pearl Jam write a song about that?

Posted by: Doof at December 01, 2022 03:27 PM (ChAEn)

137 As far as we know Amish are wildcats in bed, what other entertainment do they really get? I could totally see them prim and proper in public and freaky as hell in the bedroom with a trapeze hung from the ceiling and kinky outfits.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December
01, 2022 03:24 PM (cP/Ah)




Right!

I can even imagine them loving their husbands and having normal, natural marital relations that don't resemble sick, perverse hedonism!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 01, 2022 03:27 PM (6Dtba)

138 Biden Adviser: We’d Like to Have Paid Leave in Rail Deal, But We Don’t Have Time, Biden ‘Bears Ultimate Responsibility’ ... Along with Congress

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:27 PM (RHGPo)

139 SBF was just putting Mommy's theories into practice.
Redistributive justice, ya know.

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at December 01, 2022 03:27 PM (Qrct5)

140 I bet she fucks like a dead Amish elder woman.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)

You've had experience with this?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 03:28 PM (vH/6k)

141 This will all fall back on Joey snow cone. He needs to be extradited from the Bahamas, brought back to the USA, put in chains, and in a holding cell.

Posted by: Linda Sina at December 01, 2022 03:28 PM (Yrvb3)

142
Per my accustomed glass-half-empty outlook, I'm thinking it's much worse. This is the first scam to be exposed. There may be others.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 01, 2022 03:26 PM (Xrfse)

Meanwhile the Democrats they got elected remain... elected.

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:28 PM (mR6Gs)

143 Wow, Ace was right: watch that interview. Holy shit. This creepy motherfucker is lying through his teeth, has no understanding of any of the financial transactions he's talking about, and spends half the interview just mumbling to himself. He sounds like a college freshman who slept through Finance 101 and picked up a few buzzwords, but otherwise has no clue what he's talking about.

I'm gonna say that there is NO WAY this retarded idiot and his weirdo raggedy-ann doll "girlfriend" created a billion-dollar crypto and trading empire. No fucking way. Someone behind the scenes did all this. These two were just the public face of the companies, like they needed two "eccentric" weirdos from central casting to impress "investors."

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

144 Sam Brinton and SBF in the same prison cell would make for good reality TV,. You think SBF shakes during interviews now, you ain't seen nothing till Brinton puts him in a gimp outfit

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 01, 2022 03:28 PM (W1h4/)

145 >Is SBF actually diagnosed autistic? Because this kind of shit is the exact opposite of how my autistic daughter would behave.
Posted by: Catherine at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (ZSsrh)

Yeah, autists aren't really known for their guile. This chump is just a rich, entitled slob.

Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 01, 2022 03:29 PM (45Em2)

146
Next he will blame it all on a faulty surge protector.

Posted by: wth at December 01, 2022 03:29 PM (v0R5T)

147 129 Some people laundered some things.
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Laundered, like at the laundromat?
Posted by: Hillary at December 01, 2022 03:26 PM (IdLgA)
*****
We came, we saw, we did our laundry.

Posted by: Hillary at December 01, 2022 03:29 PM (Y274z)

148 I'm with Catherine on this. Did SB-F claim to be autistic, because my son is on the spectrum and no, he would not like getting up in front of people to speak.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 03:29 PM (vH/6k)

149
But I actually don't blame Sam Bank-Fraud. He just wanted to run his own shell-game. Can't cast aspersions on him for seeing America for what it is and wanting to get in on the carcass before the meat was all gone.

It's people like his cunt mother what did the killin'.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 01, 2022 03:29 PM (oINRc)

150 I bet she fucks like a dead Amish elder woman.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)

Didn't Pearl Jam write a song about that?
Posted by: Doof at December 01, 2022 03:27 PM (ChAEn)

That was a good one

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:29 PM (mR6Gs)

151 "This is, of course, still theft, whether the money is returned or not. A stolen car is still stolen even if the owner gets it back." - ace
=================================
It is even worse than this. Let's assume he won his bet and put the money back. No harm, no foul, right? Wrong. He was a fiduciary obligated to account for all of his car owner's winnings, because those winnings rightly belong to the car owner, not the embezzler. Even if SBF won in the market (which he probably did at some point) he was stealing those winnings that belong to his investors.

Posted by: tommylotto at December 01, 2022 03:29 PM (6QQM8)

152 As far as we know Amish are wildcats in bed, what other entertainment do they really get? I could totally see them prim and proper in public and freaky as hell in the bedroom with a trapeze hung from the ceiling and kinky outfits.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at December 01, 2022 03:24 PM (cP/Ah)

All hand-crafted, of course.

Posted by: And without the benefit of electricity or automation! at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (V6LRK)

153
You've had experience with this?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 03:28 PM (vH/6k)



I have a vivid imagination.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (Zz0t1)

154 Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at December 01, 2022 03:29 PM (45Em2)

I agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (vH/6k)

155 Does the girlfriend at least have a decent rack?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (pmT/d)

156 >>I'm with Catherine on this. Did SB-F claim to be autistic, because my son is on the spectrum and no, he would not like getting up in front of people to speak.

sorry I'll remove that.

Posted by: ace at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (C1Zwz)

157 The Chinese Foreign Ministry demanded in remarks on Wednesday that U.S. armed forces make “substantial and substantive cuts to its nuclear arsenal,” with the goal of ultimately ending America’s nuclear program.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian – a zealous “wolf warrior” diplomat known for spreading the unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that the Chinese coronavirus pandemic began as e-cigarette lung injuries in Maryland – demanded an end to the American nuclear program in response to a question on a Pentagon report revealing that the Chinese Communist Party is working to dramatically expand its own nuclear capabilities.

.. he is talking about the "semi-automatic" nuclear weapon ?

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (RHGPo)

158 Right!

I can even imagine them loving their husbands and having normal, natural marital relations that don't resemble sick, perverse hedonism!
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 01, 2022 03:27 PM (6Dtba)


I can also imagine them inheriting the earth in 50-odd years when the rest of the human race is dying out from obesity/BPA/vaxx-imposed infertility, and they're still punching out new generations like clockwork.

Oh wait, that's not "imagining," that's "statistics-based prediction."

Posted by: Dr. T at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (bhRsz)

159 ""I really hope this kills off the idiotic crypto garbage. "
I am not a huge fan of crypto. Its valuation is not easy to determine or really tied to any particular asset. Its value is what people will pay for it."

If I 'invest,' there's gotta be a dividend or a coupon or something that makes an NPV. I've got zero sympathy for people who throw money at fads and tips and insider access, without due diligence. For those few hundred people who lucked into BTC below USD1K, good for them. Everybody else is either chasing moonbeams, or creating moonbeams for suckers to buy.

Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at December 01, 2022 03:31 PM (24fqN)

160 >>>155 Does the girlfriend at least have a decent rack?


no, she looks like a half-baked loaf of unappetizingly pale and shapeless bread.

Posted by: ace at December 01, 2022 03:31 PM (C1Zwz)

161 I am so, so, so sick of the REAL word of the year, "Accountability".

At best it is a fairytale, at worst the word is a pure distraction from the fact that in this world it only exists as a zygote of a mere concept, and as 14 letters in a certain order.

The only true accountability will come to us all before the Lord, but we're not allowed to talk about that in polite company. So we have to pretend some other version of it exists.

Spoiler: The accountability was a ghost all along. Stop chicken fucking that word.

Posted by: ... at December 01, 2022 03:31 PM (ZbN2M)

162 Those Amish honeypots will rock your world. Forget Russian prostitutes. Ask Trump! You'll see!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (geVLo)

163 Idiocracy: Why don't the crops grow when we water them with Brawndo?

Soviet America: Why aren't we producing more children when we are having sex with our tranny wives every night?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (ESjRY)

164 Does the girlfriend at least have a decent rack?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (pmT/d)

She looks like she was stretched on the "rack."

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (mR6Gs)

165 How do they possibly glamorize these two dorks when they make the Netflix movie?

Ellen Page with play both roles in a stunning and brave performance.

Posted by: spindrift at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (h5TKJ)

166
no, she looks like a half-baked loaf of unappetizingly pale and shapeless bread.
Posted by: ace at December 01, 2022 03:31 PM (C1Zwz)

With ugly tats and unwashed hair

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (Zzbjj)

167 Where are this guy's fucking lawyers letting him give interviews like that??????

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (iFTx/)

168 It wouldn't surprise me if he was diagnosed. The angry "How Dare You!" girl is on the spectrum, and with those two things passing for parents, he could have been messed up. They don't come up with shady deals on their own, but there are far more autists in the population of students at MIT and Stanford than there are in the general population.

My kid has an overdeveloped sense of right and wrong and is a math genius, so this crap would be right out for her.

Posted by: Catherine at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (ZSsrh)

169 Somebody in the regime put a burn notice on SBF and his co-orgyists. They're all imminently replaceable.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (hwaFC)

170 166
no, she looks like a half-baked loaf of unappetizingly pale and shapeless bread.
Posted by: ace at December 01, 2022 03:31 PM (C1Zwz)

With ugly tats and unwashed hair
Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (Zzbjj)

=======

So...the modern feminist ideal?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (LvTSG)

171 I don't mind crypto. The statists hate it. And they're using their own Boy, Sam Bankman-Fried, to make the case against crypto, even though this is not really a case about crypto. This is a case of old-fangled embezzlement, misappropriation, theft, and fraud.

Posted by: ace at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (C1Zwz)

172 What Elric just said. First reaction was how TF is this guy doing interviews, given his legal situation?

Posted by: rhomboid at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (OTzUX)

173 Ellen Page with play both roles in a stunning and brave performance.
Posted by: spindrift at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (h5TKJ)

Sounds intriguing.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (Zzbjj)

174 Does the girlfriend at least have a decent rack?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (pmT/d)



She's about as Olive Oyl as you can get.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (Zz0t1)

175 SBF is just another throwaway trash person the Democrats used like that David DePape 'attacker'. This guy attacks the economic system. Next up more regulation because suckers don't deserve to have a rathole to throw their money into. And besides the people that set this up are mission accomplished.

Notice not a peep from the Bush's?

Posted by: torabora at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (Y274z)

176 If I 'invest,' there's gotta be a dividend or a coupon or something that makes an NPV. I've got zero sympathy for people who throw money at fads and tips and insider access, without due diligence. For those few hundred people who lucked into BTC below USD1K, good for them. Everybody else is either chasing moonbeams, or creating moonbeams for suckers to buy.
Posted by: Peel gp A Grape at December 01, 2022 03:31 PM (24fqN)

When you held the FTX token (FTT) they would pay you a 15% return. How they made that 15% is anyone's guess.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (Y5qcH)

177
Also, I don't have a shred of sympathy for his "victims." Look at him. Look at his trollbride. Listen to their words.

Anyone who lost their life savings to these two hobgoblins had that shit coming. Might as well have withdrawn the cash, set it on fire, and used it to cook more cash in a pot until it was goop.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (oINRc)

178
no, she looks like a half-baked loaf of unappetizingly pale and shapeless bread.


Imagine a hot, geek gamer girl that dresses like a middle schooler.

Now imagine she isn't hot. And by not hot, I mean she went 10 rounds with the ugly stick and afterwards decided to recuperate by using a cheese grater on her face.

And now you almost get the picture.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (ESjRY)

179 He's not autistic.

He's strung out on a 3 year coke binge.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (6Dtba)

180 I am so, so, so sick of the REAL word of the year, "Accountability".

We are having a hearing to schedule future hearings.

Posted by: Kevin McCarthy at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (v0R5T)

181 I'm gonna say that there is NO WAY this retarded idiot and his weirdo raggedy-ann doll "girlfriend" created a billion-dollar crypto and trading empire. No fucking way. Someone behind the scenes did all this. These two were just the public face of the companies, like they needed two "eccentric" weirdos from central casting to impress "investors."
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

This smells like a shell game. Lets move stuff around and pretend it vanished here and like magic it will show up somewhere else, cleaned up and legal. There's plenty of excess fake money around now, and grift stolen from Ukraine war transactions and prewar loans that might need some covering up once things blow up in their face for good.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (eoQWY)

182 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (Zz0t1)

Well, the Amish often have lots of kids, so while a person doesn't have to have be sexy to have lots of kids, I don't know that older Amish woman are robotic. Besides, she (Caroline) was a drug user and slept with various people in their group which doesn't actually suggest that she's repressed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (vH/6k)

183 Is SBF actually diagnosed autistic? Because this kind of shit is the exact opposite of how my autistic daughter would behave.
Posted by: Catherine at December 01, 2022 03:14 PM (ZSsrh)


I'm thinking Ace meant sociopathic.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (ZSK0i)

184 Dem Rep. Katie Porter: Democrats “Are The Party That Delivers A Strong And Stable Economy”…

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Also, apparently, some really good hallucinogenics.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (FVME7)

185 174 Does the girlfriend at least have a decent rack?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:30 PM (pmT/d)


She's about as Olive Oyl as you can get.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (Zz0t1)
****
Anything more than a handful is wasted.

Posted by: Some Moron at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (Y274z)

186 The most interesting link that seems to have gone down the rabbit hole is the government of Ukraine investing in FTX.

Now why would a government that exists wholly on the donations of the west, almost exclusively the US, be putting their donated funds in a risky crypto exchange almost nobody had heard of before it went tits up?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (ZLI7S)

187 I don't mind crypto. The statists hate it. And they're using their own Boy, Sam Bankman-Fried, to make the case against crypto, even though this is not really a case about crypto. This is a case of old-fangled embezzlement, misappropriation, theft, and fraud.
Posted by: ace at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (C1Zwz)


They're clearing the decks for FedCoin.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 01, 2022 03:35 PM (ZGrMX)

188 172 What Elric just said. First reaction was how TF is this guy doing interviews, given his legal situation?
Posted by: rhomboid at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (OTzUX)

This is his rehabilitation tour. I haven't heard anything about charges. Gensler will cry "poor supervision (it worked for Holder) and throw out some plans for regulations.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:35 PM (Zzbjj)

189 155 the Ellison girl almost makes Brinton look good . Almost

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 01, 2022 03:35 PM (W1h4/)

190 People love authority, but responsibility and accountability, not so much.

Posted by: The buck never stops anywhere at December 01, 2022 03:35 PM (V6LRK)

191 He's not autistic, like Hunter Biden stuff

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:35 PM (RHGPo)

192 no, she looks like a half-baked loaf of unappetizingly pale and shapeless bread.
Posted by: ace at December 01, 2022 03:31 PM (C1Zwz)
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That's an amazingly apt description. She's not what I would call unattractive so much as the sum of the parts creates an alarmingly weird whole.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 01, 2022 03:35 PM (5pTK/)

193 This smells like a shell game. Lets move stuff around and pretend it vanished here and like magic it will show up somewhere else, cleaned up and legal. There's plenty of excess fake money around now, and grift stolen from Ukraine war transactions and prewar loans that might need some covering up once things blow up in their face for good.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (eoQWY)

And Trump was hiding the receipts in Mar-a- Lago

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:36 PM (mR6Gs)

194
Oh, the motherWEFers are all for digital currency, just one they control. FTX was part of this plan, really. Now they have the excuse to take over crypto and use that to usher in what they want, a global digital currency.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 03:36 PM (Mzdiz)

195 Imagine a hot, geek gamer girl that dresses like a middle schooler.

Now imagine she isn't hot. And by not hot, I mean she went 10 rounds with the ugly stick and afterwards decided to recuperate by using a cheese grater on her face.

And now you almost get the picture.


Crowder's said repeatedly that the way to tell it was always a scam is that he was allegedly ultra rich and that's all he could find to bang him.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 01, 2022 03:36 PM (ZGrMX)

196 Anything more than a handful is wasted.
Posted by: Some Moron at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (Y274z)


I don't even see that.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 01, 2022 03:36 PM (ZSK0i)

197 Well at least so far the birth control is working.

Posted by: torabora at December 01, 2022 03:36 PM (Y274z)

198 166
no, she looks like a half-baked loaf of unappetizingly pale and shapeless bread.
Posted by: ace at December 01, 2022 03:31 PM (C1Zwz)

With ugly tats and unwashed hair
Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (Zzbjj)
_________________

That NY Post article that ace linked to last week or so was a must-read. The post interviewed their neighbors at the posh resort, and all of them complained that they were weird as fuck, cracked up on meth all the time, and smelled really bad. See my comment above. There's no way these stinky imbeciles created a billion-dollar empire.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 03:36 PM (iFTx/)

199 My guess is the CIA is running out of new Bond Villains to sell the rubes to cover their shenannigans

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:36 PM (3FiQa)

200 A majority of scam victims are victims of their own greed. Doesn't make it right.

Posted by: ... at December 01, 2022 03:37 PM (ZbN2M)

201 Autistic? No. Aspergers? Probably.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 01, 2022 03:37 PM (+hI+T)

202 Dem Rep. Katie Porter: Democrats “Are The Party That Delivers A Strong And Stable Economy”…
To be fair permanent recession is stable in a way.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 01, 2022 03:37 PM (eGTCV)

203
Andrew Ross Sorkin -- the journalist hosting the summit -- shared the email "from a gentleman who said he lost his life savings." It had the subject line: "Sam Bankman-Fried stole $2 million from me."

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Why do people trust these sleazeballs? Why?

Like, their life savings were either going to be stolen by this guy, or a Nigerian prince, or somebody.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 01, 2022 03:37 PM (xNcQS)

204 Biden's baby formula shortage looks to persist well into next year, according to manufacturer

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Those damn babies just gonna hafta wait.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 01, 2022 03:37 PM (FVME7)

205 The best description I've heard of SBF's Moll is that she "Looks like the caterpillar in a 4th grade play".


Posted by: Just Lily at December 01, 2022 03:37 PM (7I07s)

206 Oh and the WEF was also a big partner of FTX. Used to be featured prominently on the WEF website until it was scrubbed.

C'mon this was giant money laundering scam.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 01, 2022 03:37 PM (ZLI7S)

207 There's no way these stinky imbeciles created a billion-dollar empire.
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 03:36 PM (iFTx/)

Between their parents and uncle Gary, they didn't really have to.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (Zzbjj)

208 > He sounds like a college freshman who slept through Finance 101 and picked up a few buzzwords, but otherwise has no clue what he's talking about.

Same with his goofy looking girlfriend. Watch interviews with her, she sounds like a kid using words they heard once.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (KRe1G)

209 Now they have the excuse to take over crypto and use that to usher in what they want, a global digital currency.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 03:36 PM (Mzdiz)

We already have digital currency and it's conversion to other digital currency is just simple multiplication. crypto changes none of that.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (Y5qcH)

210 177
Also, I don't have a shred of sympathy for his "victims." Look at him. Look at his trollbride. Listen to their words.

Anyone who lost their life savings to these two hobgoblins had that shit coming. Might as well have withdrawn the cash, set it on fire, and used it to cook more cash in a pot until it was goop.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (oINRc)


There could be retires money all tangled up in this mess. Right? Say your retirement advisor company was getting kickbacks to dump all your retirement savings into crapto. Some peeps can get legit burned out of this. There is so much borrowing a crossinvesting it's hard to know. Who reads the prospectus of all the funds their retirements are in?

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (XMD9i)

211 I get my fashion tips from Taylor Lorenz.

Posted by: the lovely Caroline Ellison at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (h5TKJ)

212
Autistic, no. That word has been diluted to mean "guy who plays too much vidya games."

This dude is just a fat, disheveled crackhead who had an unholy assignation with a repulsive she-demon and stole a bunch of cash.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (oINRc)

213 165 How do they possibly glamorize these two dorks when they make the Netflix movie?

Ellen Page with play both roles in a stunning and brave performance.
Posted by: spindrift at December 01, 2022 03:32 PM (h5TKJ)

heh

Posted by: m at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (GkGYg)

214 Dem Rep. Katie Porter: Democrats “Are The Party That Delivers A Strong And Stable Economy”…


Democrats never get penalized electorally for ruining in the economy OR spewing bullshit , so why not?

Lie bigly, boldly and loudly.

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (mR6Gs)

215 I thought Asperger’s was a form of autism.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (pmT/d)

216 Chris Cillizza OUT at CNN in Latest Round of Layoffs

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:39 PM (RHGPo)

217 Posted by: JackStraw at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (ZLI7S)

Do you have a link? All the "fact checkers" say this is "fake news" so I am 1000% sure it is true.

Posted by: Ann at December 01, 2022 03:39 PM (rBu2O)

218 C'mon this was giant money laundering scam.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 01, 2022 03:37 PM (ZLI7S)

I enjoyed the program when he was on with Clinton and Tony Blair who looked at him admiringly.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:39 PM (Zzbjj)

219 Anything more than a handful is wasted.
Posted by: Some Moron at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (Y274z)


*patiently awaits the Daily Daddario to refute this statement*

Posted by: Doof at December 01, 2022 03:39 PM (ChAEn)

220 So in the Forgotten Yuuge Stories! folder, whatever happened to Durham and his investigations?

And what about the FBI raid on a former president's residence (now just another ho-hum "oh, yeah" story, redundantly confirming how trashed the country is)?

Will the House GOP be staging any laughable hearings into either?

Posted by: rhomboid at December 01, 2022 03:39 PM (OTzUX)

221 Anything more than a handful is wasted.
Posted by: Some Moron at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (Y274z)


But I can palm a basketball ...

Posted by: spindrift at December 01, 2022 03:39 PM (h5TKJ)

222 188 172 What Elric just said. First reaction was how TF is this guy doing interviews, given his legal situation?
Posted by: rhomboid at December 01, 2022 03:33 PM (OTzUX)

This is his rehabilitation tour. I haven't heard anything about charges. Gensler will cry "poor supervision (it worked for Holder) and throw out some plans for regulations.
Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:35 PM (Zzbjj)
____________

I agree but this guy is so clueless and so obviously lying that anyone with half a brain would know this will only make him look much worse. Plus, he looks so unkept and slovenly he might as well be a homeless bum. That can't be a good rehabilitory look.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 03:39 PM (iFTx/)

223 I thought Asperger’s was a form of autism.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
__

It is.

Posted by: SMH in the USSA at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (sH61M)

224 Maxine Waters says he gave to Republicans.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (63Dwl)

225 no, she looks like a half-baked loaf of unappetizingly pale and shapeless bread.
Posted by: ace at December 01, 2022 03:31 PM (C1Zwz)


And ungrateful.

Posted by: Dr. T at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (bhRsz)

226 217: I can help you with a source. https://tinyurl.com/397yab9r

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (Zzbjj)

227 She 'looks like a caterpillar in a school play." LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (vH/6k)

228 206 Oh and the WEF was also a big partner of FTX. Used to be featured prominently on the WEF website until it was scrubbed.

C'mon this was giant money laundering scam.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 01, 2022 03:37 PM (ZLI7S)

Yes, which is why I find it strange that a Chinese guy took it down. FTX's fall wasn't because of circumstances, the CEO of Binacle or WFT it's called deliberately took it out.

I think there is a lot more to this story then we will ever know.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (Y5qcH)

229 CNN will no longer produce live programs for HLN, according to one of these people, and will simulcast “CNN This Morning” in place of “Morning Express,” the A.M. news program that takes up most of HLN’s daytime schedule.

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (RHGPo)

230 There could be retires money all tangled up in this mess. Right? Say your retirement advisor company was getting kickbacks to dump all your retirement savings into crapto. Some peeps can get legit burned out of this. There is so much borrowing a crossinvesting it's hard to know. Who reads the prospectus of all the funds their retirements are in?
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (XMD9i)

This is fair.

Any third party with a fiduciary duty who put other, honest people's money into this cash furnace should be raped to death by dogs.

This is not a "mistake" by someone who is a professional investor. If you gave this freak another person's money, then yeah... it's dog-time.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (oINRc)

231 Anything more than a handful is wasted.
Posted by: Some Moron at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (Y274z)

If you're talking the average basketball player's hands, yes.

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:41 PM (mR6Gs)

232 Chris Cillizza OUT at CNN in Latest Round of Layoffs
Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:39 PM (RHGPo)


If you check downpage, you'll find an entire posting on the topic.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 01, 2022 03:41 PM (ZSK0i)

233 The important is this.
Congress got Trump's tax returns...

Posted by: gourmand du jour, putting on sweaters at December 01, 2022 03:41 PM (jTmQV)

234 Oh, and Schwabbie wants China to lead the new world order.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:41 PM (Zzbjj)

235 143 Wow, Ace was right: watch that interview. Holy shit. This creepy motherfucker is lying through his teeth, has no understanding of any of the financial transactions he's talking about, and spends half the interview just mumbling to himself. He sounds like a college freshman who slept through Finance 101 and picked up a few buzzwords, but otherwise has no clue what he's talking about.

I'm gonna say that there is NO WAY this retarded idiot and his weirdo raggedy-ann doll "girlfriend" created a billion-dollar crypto and trading empire. No fucking way. Someone behind the scenes did all this. These two were just the public face of the companies, like they needed two "eccentric" weirdos from central casting to impress "investors."
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

This may partially answer your question, Elric. It's an archived article on SBF from the Sequoia Capital website. Sequoia was a major backer of SBF, and they're liberals with all the right connections to boot.

This article has been scrubbed from their site, which is why it's here:

https://archive.ph/gPMMp

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 01, 2022 03:41 PM (9miN6)

236 CNN correspondents Alison Kosik, Martin Savidge, Alex Field, Mary Ann Fox and Chris Cillizza are among the staffers who have been let go

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:41 PM (RHGPo)

237 Guess it's a good thing some of us are too poor to invest.

Posted by: SMH in the USSA at December 01, 2022 03:41 PM (sH61M)

238 I thought Asperger’s was a form of autism.
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus
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I make GREAT assburgers.

Posted by: Eric Cartman at December 01, 2022 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

239 I'd like to send condolences to SBF's family for their son's impending suicide by drowning himself in the Caribbean after those two holes in the back of his head filled up with sea water.

Posted by: Azathoth at December 01, 2022 03:42 PM (wb1YC)

240 European Commissioner Thierry Breton just joined Mastodon!

His first post, published right after a call with Elon Musk, made it clear that there is still huge work ahead for Twitter to comply with EU law:

1. Reinforce content moderation
2. Tackle disinformation
3. Implement transparent policies based on objective criteria (i.e., not via Twitter polls)
4. Limit targeted advertising
5. Prepare for an independent audit


Uh, Thierry, you know that Mastodon globally has no content moderation, right?

Mastodon is a distributed network of "instances". Individual instances can moderate content, and can even ban people and posts from other instances, but there's no overarching moderation like Twitter has.

You can create an instance with neo-Nazi content, and other instances can block you, but people who know about your instance can post Neo-Nazi material to their heart's content.

So, when are you banning Mastodon, EU?

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 01, 2022 03:42 PM (KCOCK)

241 This smells like a shell game. Lets move stuff around and pretend it vanished here and like magic it will show up somewhere else, cleaned up and legal. There's plenty of excess fake money around now, and grift stolen from Ukraine war transactions and prewar loans that might need some covering up once things blow up in their face for good.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM


This is exactly what happened. Billions of $$$$ in aid for the Ukraine war effort gets turned into crypto by the Ukes and recycled to democrats as donations. And when the money is gone, presto! FTX is bankrupt and there is nothing left but it's just poor management, nothing criminal. No way this ever gets investigated seriously.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 01, 2022 03:42 PM (uNylN)

242 Autistic, no. That word has been diluted to mean "guy who plays too much vidya games."

This dude is just a fat, disheveled crackhead who had an unholy assignation with a repulsive she-demon and stole a bunch of cash.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 01, 2022 03:38 PM (oINRc)

The only thing I hate worse is "on the spectrum". Dude, everyone's on a spectrum from "not at all autistic" to "autistic to the max degree". You don't get hardship sympathy points because you have an unruly seven year old you don't discipline. I'll save it for the parents who have actual autistic kids they are trying to work with.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 03:42 PM (eoQWY)

243 Chris Cillizza OUT at CNN in Latest Round of Layoffs
Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:39 PM (RHGPo)



#LearnToPaintUrinals

Posted by: Eric Cartman at December 01, 2022 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)

244 Oh, and Schwabbie wants China to lead the new world order.
Posted by: CN
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I wonder what he and Brandon's handlers talked about at the WH.

Posted by: SMH in the USSA at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (sH61M)

245 >>Do you have a link? All the "fact checkers" say this is "fake news" so I am 1000% sure it is true.

Have to get on a call but a quick search turns up this. There is lots more if you look around but again lots of stuff has been scrubbed so you have to keep searching.

But it's true. I've seen it.

https://tinyurl.com/2s4hxvzf

Posted by: JackStraw at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (ZLI7S)

246 I am glad Sam BankAccount Fried and his skank of a girlfriend stole all these fool's money.

The man should be given an award for quickening the collapse of our Ponzi Madoff economy.

As for me and my money, my mattress is where it stays.



Posted by: Ravadem Patel, Money In A Mattress at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (0ZEfs)

247 CNN correspondents Alison Kosik, Martin Savidge, Alex Field, Mary Ann Fox and Chris Cillizza are among the staffers who have been let go
Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:41 PM (RHGPo)

Chris Cilliza is a particular waste of space

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (mR6Gs)

248 Any chance CNN invested in FTX and that's at least part of the reason they're axing people?

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (5pTK/)

249 Mary Anne Fox was the Vice President of Northeast News for CNN.

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (RHGPo)

250 Did SBF do anything criminal yet brilliant?

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (eGTCV)

251 Anything more than a handful is wasted.
Posted by: Some Moron

***

Allow me to let you in on a little secret called "moving your hands".

Posted by: Azathoth at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (wb1YC)

252 Is the White House "Keep an Eye on SNF & FTX" yet?

/Rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (Ce/f8)

253 I make GREAT assburgers.
Posted by: Eric Cartman at December 01, 2022 03:42 PM (Zz0t1)


"nuh-uh"
https://youtu.be/souhwjKCXqg

Posted by: Doof at December 01, 2022 03:44 PM (ChAEn)

254 235 Thanx for link!

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 03:44 PM (24fqN)

255 184 Dem Rep. Katie Porter: Democrats “Are The Party That Delivers A Strong And Stable Economy”…

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Also, apparently, some really good hallucinogenics.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at December 01, 2022 03:34 PM (FVME7)

; )

Posted by: m at December 01, 2022 03:44 PM (GkGYg)

256 Posted by: JackStraw at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (ZLI7S)

Thank you.

I have said from the second this went down it was money laundering.

Posted by: Ann at December 01, 2022 03:45 PM (rBu2O)

257 Point to consider...

How did Epstein get the money and influence to start up his operation. No one knows.

How did these leftists chuckleheads get the money and influence to start up his operation. No one knows.

Though I suspect the real answer is ultimately the same people behind the Biden junta. In the first case they needed kompromat, and in this case they needed a cash infusion to hire people to cheat the 2022 elections.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 01, 2022 03:45 PM (ESjRY)

258 I wonder what he and Brandon's handlers talked about at the WH.
Posted by: SMH in the USSA at December 01, 2022 03:43 PM (sH61M)

Probably demander higher energy costs, more food insecurity, better hotels to quarter the foreign troops for when they're needed. Rishi is making Biden look insincere.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:46 PM (Zzbjj)

259 Meanwhile The Omnibus is coming!
Talk about a rip-off.

Posted by: wth at December 01, 2022 03:46 PM (v0R5T)

260 What detergent do you use for money laundering?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:46 PM (pmT/d)

261 Sam Bankman-Fried’s Phone Call to His Parents: ‘There Might Be a Liquidity Issue.’

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:46 PM (RHGPo)

262 George Stephanopolous pretends that this guy wasn't part of the Democrat Financial Complex and actually treats him like the criminal he is.


I'm reminded of the line in Raiders of the Lost Ark: "Shoot theeem. Shoot theeem both!"

Posted by: Diogenes at December 01, 2022 03:46 PM (anj39)

263 We need a new headline type: Leftwing Media Fails to Pounce...
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This is patently unfair and this interview is a key example of the Press doing its duty to the people and speaking truth to powerful, monied interests to disclose information to the American people.

The Media - which are not "left-wing" but rather even-handed (including tremendous degrees of control and editorial oversight to enforce neutrality) and you only smear them because they don't reinforce your own crypto-fascist worldview - did cover this and is covering it now. They aren't "pouncing" but they *are* investigating.

That you see demons around every corner and think that the issues at FTX are somehow part and parcel with the activities of political operators simply because of a family connection says more about you than it does about the press. It is flatly conspiratorial and unworthy of coverage on those terms when there is real information - rather than disinformative wish-casting - to be disseminated.

This is why I get frustrated with the hard right in this country: you are never satisfied. If the Press doesn't cover FTX, it's a cover-up. If they do, it's still a cover-up.

Posted by: Your Kid's Journalism Professor at December 01, 2022 03:47 PM (t0OGg)

264 A strong and stable economy from the same mouths that say "you will own nothing, and you will be happy."

Posted by: Erik In Texas at December 01, 2022 03:47 PM (QvBwh)

265 I don't like aspergers or broccoli.

Posted by: wth at December 01, 2022 03:47 PM (v0R5T)

266 Dem Rep. Katie Porter: Democrats “Are The Party That Delivers A Strong And Stable Economy”…
To be fair permanent recession is stable in a way.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 01, 2022 03:37 PM (eGTCV)

And note without Trump's voice we have NO ONE to effectively counter this perpetual bs machine.

Too bad he's an idiot and stupid and a naive ego-driven dummy or he could have really helped our movement gain some traction.

Without Trump we are dead in the water. Most people can't even feel the water levels rising around them. It's not just thinking it's 2003. It's thinking that Trump was a mere "symptom" and it will be super easy barely an inconvenience to get another one.

Posted by: ... at December 01, 2022 03:47 PM (umGpL)

267 Why do you think the first instincts of a bunch of newly-rich twenty-somethings was to fund so many political groups in another country (we were offshore in the Bahamas, remember), that other country NOT being the Ukraine?

Money laundering. It wasn't stealing at all.

Posted by: Sham Bankman-Fraud at December 01, 2022 03:47 PM (Sv58p)

268 Yes, which is why I find it strange that a Chinese guy took it down. FTX's fall wasn't because of circumstances, the CEO of Binacle or WFT it's called deliberately took it out.

I think there is a lot more to this story then we will ever know.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (Y5qcH)

That might be because China isn't part of the scam in this case.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 03:47 PM (eoQWY)

269 259 good thing everyone put Mitch right back in position!

None of them feel the affects of this. It’s just another day at the office.

Posted by: Piper at December 01, 2022 03:48 PM (ZdaMQ)

270 What detergent do you use for money laundering?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:46 PM (pmT/d)
.........

Poof-Its-Gone

Posted by: wth at December 01, 2022 03:48 PM (v0R5T)

271 Buying politicians is probably an effective way of laundering money.

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 01, 2022 03:48 PM (eGTCV)

272 216 Chris Cillizza OUT at CNN in Latest Round of Layoffs
Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:39 PM (RHGPo)

Ace did a whole thread on it.

Posted by: m at December 01, 2022 03:48 PM (GkGYg)

273 I used to think I was spergy, but the symptoms just as easily diagnose psychopathy.

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 03:48 PM (24fqN)

274 Sam Bank-Fraud is the designated patsy. There wasn't supposed to *be* a patsy, but it's too outrageous to not have one. So he's it. It's sure as shit not going to be anyone important, and his salacious lifestyle makes him an even easier mark.

I doubt he will got o jail - bankers don't go to jail anymore - but they're going to sacrifice him and blame his muddled books if anyone asks any questions about the cash they got. "What? Trust *that* guy's books? Are you serious? It's preposterous. I have nothing to do with him."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2022 03:48 PM (t0OGg)

275 A while back the NYTimes ran a series of stories about different politicians favorite recipes.

It seemed that Chuck Schumer had a recipe for "Omnibus Loaf"

It had beef, it had chicken, and being a 'omnibus', it had pork

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:49 PM (RHGPo)

276 I'm gonna say that there is NO WAY this retarded idiot and his weirdo raggedy-ann doll "girlfriend" created a billion-dollar crypto and trading empire. No fucking way. Someone behind the scenes did all this. These two were just the public face of the companies, like they needed two "eccentric" weirdos from central casting to impress "investors."
Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 03:28 PM (iFTx/)

This may partially answer your question, Elric. It's an archived article on SBF from the Sequoia Capital website. Sequoia was a major backer of SBF, and they're liberals with all the right connections to boot.

This article has been scrubbed from their site, which is why it's here:

https://archive.ph/gPMMp
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 01, 2022 03:41 PM (9miN6)
_____________________

Holy shit, that article is something. Almost pure hagiography. And yea, it confirms somewhat what I thought: he was backed by some really heavy hitters who did all the heavy lifting.

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 03:49 PM (iFTx/)

277 What detergent do you use for money laundering?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:46 PM (pmT/d)
.........

(Financial) Gain

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:49 PM (Zzbjj)

278 225 no, she looks like a half-baked loaf of unappetizingly pale and shapeless bread.
Posted by: ace at December 01, 2022 03:31 PM (C1Zwz)

And ungrateful.
Posted by: Dr. T at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (bhRsz)

I was gonna say!

Posted by: m at December 01, 2022 03:49 PM (GkGYg)

279 265 How do you feel about Brussels sprouts?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:49 PM (pmT/d)

280
"nuh-uh"
https://youtu.be/souhwjKCXqg
Posted by: Doof at December 01, 2022 03:44 PM (ChAEn)



Damn age confirmation......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:49 PM (Zz0t1)

281 and actually treats him like the criminal he is.

Don't worry. I'm being WELL compensated for appearing to be the fall guy. May I interest you in my book?

Posted by: Sham Bankman-Fraud at December 01, 2022 03:50 PM (Sv58p)

282 SBF claims he gave as much to Republicans
Why was SC that not mentioned

Posted by: Paul at December 01, 2022 03:50 PM (M6RXX)

283 If this is just a hell game, it's no big deal, right? WTF?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 01, 2022 03:50 PM (Xrfse)

284 277 That's very, very good. Got a good laugh. Well played.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at December 01, 2022 03:50 PM (QvBwh)

285 shell

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 01, 2022 03:50 PM (Xrfse)

286 Also, can we get Kanye to NYC where apparently they are okay with putting the insane into hospitals again? I liked him for about 5 minutes awhile back and regret all 5 of them.

Posted by: Piper at December 01, 2022 03:50 PM (ZdaMQ)

287 Yes, which is why I find it strange that a Chinese guy took it down. FTX's fall wasn't because of circumstances, the CEO of Binacle or WFT it's called deliberately took it out.

I think there is a lot more to this story then we will ever know.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 01, 2022 03:40 PM (Y5qcH)
++++
It's an angle on the story about which I wish I knew more. The guy had a vendetta against Sam Bank-Fraud. I don't know why. It could be anything from a personal slight to industrial opportunity to political retribution by the CCP (there is a lot the US is doing under Biden that they're none too happy about) or something else entirely.

Nonetheless, I'm keeping my popcorn hot. This story just keeps getting better and better. It's the most "current year" story imaginable.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2022 03:50 PM (t0OGg)

288 >>> Point to consider...

How did Epstein get the money and influence to start up his operation. No one knows.

How did these leftists chuckleheads get the money and influence to start up his operation. No one knows.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 01, 2022 03:45 PM (ESjRY)

Look for the author Whitney Alyse Webb. She lays out most of it.

Then for a general background of fraud and government money laundering Catherine Austin Fitts for what's been happening for decades.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 01, 2022 03:50 PM (hwaFC)

289 You can't cheat an honest man.

These investors wanted something that can't be had.

Easy Money.

Posted by: Mafia Loanshark at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (0A5+1)

290 How long before SBF doesn't kill himself?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (TgBWG)

291 What was the big guy's cut?

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (eGTCV)

292 Sam Bank-Fraud is the designated patsy. There wasn't supposed to *be* a patsy, but it's too outrageous to not have one. So he's it. It's sure as shit not going to be anyone important, and his salacious lifestyle makes him an even easier mark.

I doubt he will got o jail - bankers don't go to jail anymore - but they're going to sacrifice him and blame his muddled books if anyone asks any questions about the cash they got. "What? Trust *that* guy's books? Are you serious? It's preposterous. I have nothing to do with him."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2022 03:48 PM (t0OGg)

Ah, he might go to pretend jail at that and get quietly released in a few years because his mama is important. Nothing bad enough for him to turn, not that a drug addled dope is likely to have info that leads anywhere.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (eoQWY)

293 Somebody explain to me what reason people were depositing money in FTX if it couldn't be invested? It wouldn't accrue any interest ....

Posted by: Ciampino -- if you're dead do I still owe you money? at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (qfLjt)

294 It's weird how they are so susceptible to fraud. Obvious, easily identifiable fraud.

I'm gonna get into the carbon credit game.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 03:05 PM (LvTSG)


Kickback 10% to the Big Guy and you're golden.

Posted by: Marcel Marceau at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (yQpMk)

295 What was the big guy's cut?
Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (eGTCV)


You already know the answer to that one, Mister!

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (ZSK0i)

296 no, she looks like a half-baked loaf of unappetizingly pale and shapeless bread.
Posted by: ace

***

In other words, like every other female in a "polyamorous relationship".

Posted by: Azathoth at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (wb1YC)

297 "Also, can we get Kanye to NYC where apparently they are okay with putting the insane into hospitals again? I liked him for about 5 minutes awhile back and regret all 5 of them."

What was there ever to like? Guy is a scatterbrain.

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (24fqN)

298 Holy shit, that article is something. Almost pure hagiography. And yea, it confirms somewhat what I thought: he was backed by some really heavy hitters who did all the heavy lifting.

Gary Gensler was Caroline's father's protege at MIT. Both parents big donk lawyers, and auntie close to the WEF.

Caro and Sam are fake wunderkind. There's a big iceberg underneath them with lots of government and financial businessmen.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (Zzbjj)

299 Whoever at Microsoft decided that the icons for Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook should be almost identical should get a year in the box.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (t0OGg)

300 And now for something completely different....

Indiana University basketball team is 7-0. They are #1 in the Big 10 and #10 in the NCAA.
They haven't had a season this good since The General was fired. He was invited back and attended the homecoming game where he was honored by the school within the last few years. Some say the way he was fired by the asshole University president who was gunning for him because the coach got more respect than said asshole, brought on a curse. IU wouldn't win the Big10 or get close to the NCAA championship because they did Coach Knight so dirty. So until the school rectified the offense, the BBall team was doomed to mediocrity.

IU is a basketball team with a school attached.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (Wy1BU)

301 I'm guessing Treasury told the DNC, "Look, if yer gonna scam, do it off-shore, because we cannot afford to bail people out any more."

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (5pTK/)

302 let me guess SBF had dinner with Trump, too.

Posted by: blaster at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (pwExq)

303 Too bad he's an idiot and stupid and a naive ego-driven dummy or he could have really helped our movement gain some traction.

Without Trump we are dead in the water. Most people can't even feel the water levels rising around them. It's not just thinking it's 2003. It's thinking that Trump was a mere "symptom" and it will be super easy barely an inconvenience to get another one.
Posted by: ... at December 01, 2022 03:47 PM (umGpL)

Trump can't be both stupid yet smart and savvy enough to expose the Democrat's endless BS

No one would get behind him, that's why nothing was done. The GOP was all in on the BS themselves, or they were too chicken shit to attach themselves to Trump.

Trump made mistakes, but none of what's going on now --and a lot is going on --can be laid at his feet.

Posted by: JoeF. at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (mR6Gs)

304 In the last few weeks the heads of 3 different crypto exchanges died under mysterious circumstances. A Russian tied to Russia intelligence in a helicopter crash in bright sunshine day, a young guy in Puerto Rico who said the CIA was going to kill him and then he drowned and a 30 year old financial wiz who died in his sleep with no cause of death released.

What are the odds?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (ZLI7S)

305 What was the big guy's cut?
Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (eGTCV)



All the elections that were stolen.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (Zz0t1)

306 I have information that can lead to the arrest and conviction of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Sam Bank-Fraud at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (yQpMk)

307 His parents were compliance lawyers who worked for FTX

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (RHGPo)

308 In the last few weeks the heads of 3 different crypto exchanges died under mysterious circumstances. A Russian tied to Russia intelligence in a helicopter crash in bright sunshine day, a young guy in Puerto Rico who said the CIA was going to kill him and then he drowned and a 30 year old financial wiz who died in his sleep with no cause of death released.

What are the odds?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (ZLI7S)
++++
Probably slim.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (t0OGg)

309 This video from Whitney is also good:

youtu.be/GVVHWVoZ4kU

Posted by: banana Dream at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (hwaFC)

310 Is Senile Corrupt Joe still get his cut now that he doesn't know where he is?

Posted by: That NLurker guy where's my Irene Adler? at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (eGTCV)

311 Thierry Breton of the EU is your typical bureaucratic tyrant. The only reason that he gets to behave like this is that USA led Nato has kept eurweeenies safe for the last 75 yrs and they still can't get freedom right

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (W1h4/)

312 Didn't tiny George give SBF 100k?
Was that disclosed? (rhetorical question, I'm sure)

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (XvPQV)

313 OT: will we ever learn the true motive behind the ball-peen hammer S&M attack?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (F5ekr)

314 His parents were compliance lawyers who worked for FTX

Posted by: SMOD at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (RHGPo)

And his mom has ties to the WEF

Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (OgrpQ)

315 299 Whoever at Microsoft decided that the icons for Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook should be almost identical should get a year in the box.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (t0OGg)

========

One is obviously an envelope and the other is obviously blue stuff. Blue stuff! Is that not clear enough for you?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (LvTSG)

316 >How did Epstein get the money and influence to start up his operation. No one knows.

He probably blackmailed the rich parents of the kids he tutored. Whether with real crimes or conjured-up fake ones, who knows.

Posted by: Bourbonchicken at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (44ww/)

317 Whoever at Microsoft decided that the icons for Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook should be almost identical should get a year in the box.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (t0OGg)



I mean, one as an O and the other a W. What else do you WANT!!??

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)

318 Is SBF in enough trouble to earn a perp walk in a paper jumpsuit?

Posted by: Holy Crap at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (glGDV)

319 So the rotten apple didn't fall far from the tree.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (kL6mt)

320 What detergent do you use for money laundering?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:46 PM (pmT/d)

Calgon. Ancient Chinese Secret!

Posted by: Phuk Long, Red Chinese Banker And Arms Dealer at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (0ZEfs)

321 Once they made autism a "spectrum" everything is a form of autism. That way they can say autism is getting more common.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (7JunJ)

322 316. He probably got it from the Federal Treasury.

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (Zzbjj)

323 She 'looks like a caterpillar in a school play." LOL.
-----
Lol, leave it to Fen to crack you up when you least expect it.

Posted by: dartist at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (9X/y4)

324 I mean, one as an O and the other a W. What else do you WANT!!??
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (Zz0t1)


In 2 pt font, no less...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at December 01, 2022 03:55 PM (ZSK0i)

325 Okay, I have calmed down.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 01, 2022 03:55 PM (Xrfse)

326 316 >How did Epstein get the money and influence to start up his operation. No one knows
-----------------
FBI, Les Wexner and the Clintons.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:55 PM (3FiQa)

327 How did Epstein get the money and influence to start up his operation. No one knows.

Took it over directly from Wexner, didn't he?

Posted by: t-bird at December 01, 2022 03:55 PM (Sv58p)

328 How do you feel about Brussels sprouts?
.......

They're OK but aspergers makes my pee smell.

Posted by: wth at December 01, 2022 03:55 PM (v0R5T)

329 304 who is the Michael corleone wiping out 5he heads of the other crypto families ?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 01, 2022 03:55 PM (W1h4/)

330 313 OT: will we ever learn the true motive behind the ball-peen hammer S&M attack?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (F5ekr)


No. No we will not.

Posted by: blaster at December 01, 2022 03:55 PM (pwExq)

331 >>>What detergent do you use for money laundering?

>Uniparty Flakes

Posted by: Dr. Bone at December 01, 2022 03:56 PM (geVLo)

332 293 it isn’t interest, crypto, as I understand it, is more like stock. You buy the crypto coin x now for 25 cents a coin and tomorrow it’s worthy 30000 million a coin, and voila, you are rich in your wallet, and maybe for real if you sell it all in time before it becomes worthless again.

Posted by: Piper at December 01, 2022 03:56 PM (ZdaMQ)

333
What are the odds?
Posted by: JackStraw at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (ZLI7S)



Nothing to see here. Please disburse.

- - The Clinton Foundation

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:56 PM (Zz0t1)

334 "Whoever at Microsoft decided that the icons for Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook should be almost identical should get a year in the box."

Whoever uses Microsoft Office instead of free open office software should not be further punished, but perhaps offered counseling.

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 03:56 PM (24fqN)

335 Whoever at Microsoft decided that the icons for Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook should be almost identical should get a year in the box.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2022 03:52 PM (t0OGg)

========

One is obviously an envelope and the other is obviously blue stuff. Blue stuff! Is that not clear enough for you?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 03:53 PM (LvTSG)

The real crime is that some firm got hundreds of thousands to millions to come up with those things.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 03:56 PM (eoQWY)

336 > You can't cheat an honest man.

Of course you can. Honest men get cheated all the time. A neighbor of mine paid a landscaping company to do extensive work on her yard. She paid their material costs and 10% up front. They disappeared and she can't contact them by phone and the business office info they gave her was fake.

She got cheated. What dishonest thing did she do?

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 03:57 PM (eyxn4)

337 II've mentioned a friend who's into crypto in the past, I listen to him but kinda snicker at what he says. But he's saying that this is an engirneered crisis designed to put crypto under government control (all the WEF people) and once that is done, it will be used to impose a completely new financial system on all of us. I'm not snickering so much now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 01, 2022 03:57 PM (trdmm)

338 What are the odds?

In 2022? Go for nothing less than even money.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 01, 2022 03:57 PM (Xrfse)

339
I'm very up to date now, using Office 2010.

I realized that around 2000, or even before, the word processor had gone about as far as it needed to for my purposes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 03:57 PM (Mzdiz)

340 "Whoever at Microsoft decided that the icons for Microsoft Word and Microsoft Outlook should be almost identical should get a year in the box."

Whoever uses Microsoft Office instead of free open office software should not be further punished, but perhaps offered counseling.
Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 03:56 PM (24fqN)

I did get 365 a while back when I couldn't remember what the 300th name change of open office might be.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 03:57 PM (eoQWY)

341
She got cheated. What dishonest thing did she do?
Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 03:57 PM (eyxn4)



Not a man.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 03:58 PM (Zz0t1)

342 330 that was yesterday’s news and Paulie was significantly scared enough to stop bringing weirdos home from bars. He also lost his little blue pill script, that is what Nancy did on her trip home. Just to be sure.

Posted by: Piper at December 01, 2022 03:58 PM (ZdaMQ)

343 > Whoever uses Microsoft Office instead of free open office software should not be further punished, but perhaps offered counseling.

Libre Office is still ass if you try to do anything outside of basic, core functionality.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (eyxn4)

344 C'mon this was giant money laundering scam.

US taxpayer money -> Zelensky -> FTX -> Democrats

Easy peasy.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (ZGrMX)

345 I realized that around 2000, or even before, the word processor had gone about as far as it needed to for my purposes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 03:57 PM (Mzdiz)

I remember around that time seeing Word advertising flashing animated font support and remarking that wasn't going to print out very well.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (eoQWY)

346 Another thing I noticed about SBF from his body language in the interview is that it obviously hasn't occurred to this guy yet that he's not going to die of old age. In fact if he's still here at Easter, it'll be a miracle.

Posted by: Azathoth at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (wb1YC)

347 299 Joe, now that you mention it, I do tend to get those two icons confused.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (pmT/d)

348 He probably blackmailed the rich parents of the kids he tutored. Whether with real crimes or conjured-up fake ones, who knows.

The Vanity Fair hagiography of Epstein mentioned that when he was just getting started, he would give friends and acquaintances fake first class upgrade airline certificates as "gifts". (Sometimes they'd work, and sometimes they wouldn't.)

I bet Jeffery figured out real early the possibilities available by setting up underaged girls with rich men.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (KCOCK)

349 Some speculate, this was partially a money laundering op for the Democrat Party whereby they could get around certain limits and donate through a front company. It even looked like some of the "investors" didn't expect to get their money back. Crazy? Hard to say.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 01, 2022 03:20 PM (Y45pj)

Agree. There is a very deliberate, intentional reason that there was no accounting firm monitoring this, and no internal controls. This was Big Money that everyone involved wanted to stay completely untraceable. Ukraine's involved in this as well, or at least the billions of mystery dollars swirling around Ukraine.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (trdmm)

350 I miss Word Perfect.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (3FiQa)

351 Somebody explain to me what reason people were depositing money in FTX if it couldn't be invested? It wouldn't accrue any interest ....
Posted by: Ciampino -- if you're dead do I still owe you money? at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (qfLjt)


I suspect that it was that FTX had its own crypto, and FTX was supposed to hold their wallets while the value crept up. Safe as houses and guaranteed return, just like all the other crap crypto out there. Like KettehCoin or the other stuff selling for pennies.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (xhaym)

352 345 I remember around that time seeing Word advertising flashing animated font support and remarking that wasn't going to print out very well.
Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (eoQWY)

==========

GIFs print out pretty good, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (LvTSG)

353 321 Once they made autism a "spectrum" everything is a form of autism. That way they can say autism is getting more common.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (7JunJ)

Yes! Before that we always had socially awkward kids and kids who were overly focused on math, science, or engineering. Now we label every mannerism or action as a yes or no for autism. One neighbor had a kid who sat funny, a yoga "hero pose". Some teacher wanted her evaluated for autism. I suggested he threaten her license for diagnosing, and tell her to fuck off. Seems suggesting that she stop diagnosing was enough. Such bullshit

Posted by: CN at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (Zzbjj)

354 339
I'm very up to date now, using Office 2010.

I realized that around 2000, or even before, the word processor had gone about as far as it needed to for my purposes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 03:57 PM (Mzdiz)

Yup. I have a physical copy of Office 2002 and it's the version that has everything I'd ever need. I'm so glad I have physical media for it, MSFT has gotten hinkey with their all-online model for Office.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (XvPQV)

355 Libre Office is still ass if you try to do anything outside of basic, core functionality.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (eyxn4)

So is regular office. I still have to have a wrestling match to get its paragraph styles to quit screwing up.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (eoQWY)

356 337 II've mentioned a friend who's into crypto in the past, I listen to him but kinda snicker at what he says. But he's saying that this is an engirneered crisis designed to put crypto under government control (all the WEF people) and once that is done, it will be used to impose a completely new financial system on all of us. I'm not snickering so much now.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 01, 2022 03:57 PM (trdmm)
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SBF served TPTB well during the 2022 election cycle, so instead of punishing him they'll punish the system he swindled.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (F5ekr)

357 Lol, leave it to Fen to crack you up when you least expect it.

I can't take credit for that phrase. Someone else who knows one of the horde members used it. I just thought it was funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (vH/6k)

358 > Not a man.

Heh.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (eyxn4)

359 I miss Word Perfect.
Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (3FiQa)



pfs:WRITE

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (Zz0t1)

360 354 Yup. I have a physical copy of Office 2002 and it's the version that has everything I'd ever need. I'm so glad I have physical media for it, MSFT has gotten hinkey with their all-online model for Office.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (XvPQV)

=========

"We rope you into paying us yearly fees no matter what! What's wrong with that?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (LvTSG)

361 279 265 How do you feel about Brussels sprouts?

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:49 PM (pmT/d)
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Is this analogous to asking of fruit cake?

Posted by: Ciampino - infused with Cinzano, it is yummy at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (qfLjt)

362 Whoever uses Microsoft Office instead of free open office software should not be further punished, but perhaps offered counseling.
Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 03:56 PM (24fqN)
++++
It is one area where Microsoft still dominates for a reason. OpenOffice (or LibreOffice, or whichever fork of it) is fine for day-to-day use. There is no other suite as fully-featured, though, especially for mail and collaboration.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (t0OGg)

363 I bet Jeffery figured out real early the possibilities available by setting up underaged girls with rich men.
-----------------
Oddly, as a college dropout, he was hired by Bill Barr's dad who ran a swanky Manhattan prep school to teach math.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 04:01 PM (3FiQa)

364 I miss Word Perfect.

It still exists. wordperfect.com.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 01, 2022 04:01 PM (ZGrMX)

365 353 321 Once they made autism a "spectrum" everything is a form of autism. That way they can say autism is getting more common.
Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy, Set the Earth to fire and reshape it closer to the heart's desire at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (7JunJ)

From most women's POV's, ALL men are on "the spectrum" somewhere. Except for Gay Men.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 01, 2022 04:01 PM (trdmm)

366 Libre Office is still ass if you try to do anything outside of basic, core functionality.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (eyxn4)

I miss Framemaker. You could god damn define a paragraph style and nail it to the page like a butterfly to a collecting board.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 04:01 PM (eoQWY)

367 "Libre Office is still ass if you try to do anything outside of basic, core functionality."

I believe it, because most software is like that.

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:01 PM (24fqN)

368 360 354 Yup. I have a physical copy of Office 2002 and it's the version that has everything I'd ever need. I'm so glad I have physical media for it, MSFT has gotten hinkey with their all-online model for Office.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (XvPQV)
=========
"We rope you into paying us yearly fees no matter what! What's wrong with that?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (LvTSG)

*touches nose*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (XvPQV)

369 I remember around that time seeing Word advertising flashing animated font support and remarking that wasn't going to print out very well.

You just need to flip the sheets of paper back and forth really quickly.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (nfrXX)

370
You-rrre goin' to jaaaaail . . .

You'rrre goin' to jaaaaail. . .

Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyaaaaah.

You're goin' to jail.

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (lf83v)

371 OT/ but did Lauren Boebert win in Co. ?

Posted by: It's me donna at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (bs+z0)

372 336 > You can't cheat an honest man.
Of course you can. Honest men get cheated all the time. A neighbor of mine paid a landscaping company to do extensive work on her yard. She paid their material costs and 10% up front. They disappeared and she can't contact them by phone and the business office info they gave her was fake.
She got cheated. What dishonest thing did she do?
Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 03:57 PM (eyxn4)

Look at the nick:

289 You can't cheat an honest man.
These investors wanted something that can't be had.
Easy Money.
Posted by: Mafia Loanshark at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (0A5+1)

Posted by: m at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (GkGYg)

373 359 I miss Word Perfect.
Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (3FiQa)


pfs:WRITE

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (Zz0t1)
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One bame: EDLIN

Posted by: Ciampino -- infused with Cinzano, it is yummy at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (qfLjt)

374 368 "We rope you into paying us yearly fees no matter what! What's wrong with that?"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 04:00 PM (LvTSG)

*touches nose*
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (XvPQV)

=========

You will own nothing, and you will love it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (LvTSG)

375 Somebody explain to me what reason people were depositing money in FTX if it couldn't be invested?

'T' stands for tulips. People are suckers for a good tulip!

Posted by: SBF at December 01, 2022 04:03 PM (dNNCD)

376 OT/ but did Lauren Boebert win in Co. ?
Posted by: It's me donna at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (bs+z0)



The count was interrupted by the McCain funeral.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Joe Biden at December 01, 2022 04:03 PM (Zz0t1)

377 364 I miss Word Perfect.

It still exists. wordperfect.com.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 01, 2022 04:01 PM (ZGrMX)

WordGood does the job just fine.

Posted by: Two word processors that are mortal enemies at December 01, 2022 04:03 PM (V6LRK)

378 "One name: EDLIN"

vi suits me fine.

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:04 PM (24fqN)

379 You will own nothing, and you will love it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (LvTSG)

Europeans are weird

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:04 PM (XvPQV)

380 > So is regular office. I still have to have a wrestling match to get its paragraph styles to quit screwing up.

File > Options > Display > Always show these formatting marks, check the formatting you want to show.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 04:04 PM (eyxn4)

381 I miss Word Perfect.

****

Oh man. An Air Force account I worked on years ago refused to update their software for several years which left us submitting reports and other functions to them on Wordperfect and, God help me, Harvard Graphics.

Posted by: Azathoth at December 01, 2022 04:04 PM (wb1YC)

382
I've got a virtual machine running XP 64-bit, that has Office XP in it (what version that is, I forget, they did the stupid "XP" thing to go along with Windows XP for a while).

Before that, I had Office '97. I think I've got that installed in a VM somewhere as well. And yep, I have the physical CD media for all this shit. I save it all.

I've still got old DOS era floppies. But I've transferred them to file archives here.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 04:05 PM (Mzdiz)

383 >>>> 350 I miss Word Perfect.
Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (3FiQa)

aI miss vi:wq

Posted by: banana Dream at December 01, 2022 04:05 PM (hwaFC)

384 One name: EDLIN
Posted by: Ciampino -- infused with Cinzano, it is yummy at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (qfLjt)

What's the word? Thunderbird.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:05 PM (XvPQV)

385 vi suits me fine.
Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:04 PM (24fqN)
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Heh. Kludgy as all get out but still my go to file editor.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at December 01, 2022 04:05 PM (5pTK/)

386 379 You will own nothing, and you will love it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (LvTSG)

Europeans are weird
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:04 PM (XvPQV)

==========

"Hey, you know that whole Kafkaesque thing that led to The Trial?"
"Yeah?"
"Let's just make that reality."
"Sounds great!'

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 04:05 PM (LvTSG)

387 OT/ but did Lauren Boebert win in Co. ?
Posted by: It's me donna at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (bs+z0)


Don't be in such a hurry.

Posted by: California at December 01, 2022 04:05 PM (v0R5T)

388
289 You can't cheat an honest man.
These investors wanted something that can't be had.
Easy Money.
Posted by: Mafia Loanshark at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (0A5+1)

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I've always heard it as you can't cheat someone who cheats for a living. The most honest people I know will fall for the worst cons.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 01, 2022 04:06 PM (F5ekr)

389 "One name: EDLIN"

vi suits me fine.
Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:04 PM (24fqN)

I loved vi for the time and place. You could find all kind of interesting ways to use a search to grab and move or cut text, and the "do that again" single key repeat was nice.

haven't used it in a long time tho.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 04:06 PM (eoQWY)

390 Your DOS floppy? Bob Dole knows what to do about floppy things.

Posted by: Bob Dole at December 01, 2022 04:06 PM (V6LRK)

391
Most of the time, a text editor suffices for all my needs. I only need the word processor for fancier formatting stuff, of course.

Notepad++ is now my favorite text editor. It's FOS, and better than even the fancier paid version, Ultraedit, I was using before.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 04:06 PM (Mzdiz)

392 I'm deeply sorry I saw that guy brushing his toes on the sidebar again.

Posted by: fd at December 01, 2022 04:06 PM (sn5EN)

393 "Problem solved! * dusts hands * "

@Klp168 19h

"Switzerland is preparing to ban electric vehicles from the road. Switzerland is worried that the electricity will not be enough in winter.
Germany may also prepare to limit the charging of electric vehicles in winter."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 01, 2022 04:07 PM (IyrhE)

394 Yeah, I saw an AP story critical of SBF yesterday, so it was obviously on. Something really nasty is about to blow.

Posted by: Trump poisoned my cat at December 01, 2022 04:07 PM (kJLpK)

395 Still slack-jawed at that Sequoia slobberjob on SBF. Jaysus! Thanx again for link!

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:07 PM (24fqN)

396 You will own nothing, and you will love it.
___

Can't say I love it.

Posted by: SMH in the USSA at December 01, 2022 04:07 PM (sH61M)

397 Wasn't FTX reportedly the money laundering outfit for congress to get their Ukrainian grift. If there was an honest media and a GOP with balls they'd trace the FTX money "losses" and find out who in congress got their palms greased.

I thought I saw that reported back when news of the collapse first surfaced.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (Q4IgG)

398 Last I read Lauren's opponent threw in the towel but also votes are still going, no doubt looking for those mail votes Dave in Florida says don't matter

( ribbing Dave)

Posted by: Skip's phone at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (xhxe8)

399 384 One name: EDLIN
Posted by: Ciampino -- infused with Cinzano, it is yummy at December 01, 2022 04:02 PM (qfLjt)

What's the word? Thunderbird.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:05 PM (XvPQV)

Who codes the most? Punjabi folks!

Posted by: Am I doing this right? at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (V6LRK)

400 You can't cheat an honest man.
These investors wanted something that can't be had.
Easy Money.
Posted by: Mafia Loanshark at December 01, 2022 03:51 PM (0A5+1)

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I've always heard it as you can't cheat someone who cheats for a living. The most honest people I know will fall for the worst cons.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 01, 2022 04:06 PM (F5ekr)

Most cons rely on the victim to do something a little hinkey himself to engage in the trap, so an honest man would refuse to do it and thus escape. For example in the Nigerian scam you are undertaking to take what, 10 percent of this zillion dollars for a tiny bit of effort.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (eoQWY)

401 400

Posted by: m at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (GkGYg)

402 That Sequoia slobberjob on SBF.

What is that?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (vH/6k)

403 "Hey, you know that whole Kafkaesque thing that led to The Trial?"
"Yeah?"
"Let's just make that reality."
"Sounds great!'
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 04:05 PM (LvTSG)

At this point I believe all dystopias will become real, it's just a question of which one and in what order.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (XvPQV)

404 "I loved vi for the time and place. You could find all kind of interesting ways to use a search to grab and move or cut text, and the "do that again" single key repeat was nice."

Geek challenge: script vi to play Asteroids.

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (24fqN)

405 What scares me is that this only one of large financial scams that are probably ongoing. There's an unimaginable amount of free-floating cash out there. The junta/deep state has made sure of that.

I imagine the Mexican cartels have a fist in this financial anus also.

Posted by: Pork Chops & Bacons at December 01, 2022 04:09 PM (BdMk6)

406 I think my favorite word processor of all time was WordStar

Posted by: banana Dream at December 01, 2022 04:09 PM (hwaFC)

407 Senate votes to avert rail strike.

Posted by: TV says so at December 01, 2022 04:09 PM (63Dwl)

408 "That Sequoia slobberjob on SBF.

What is that?"

235

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:09 PM (24fqN)

409 I used to use Word Perfect exclusively but almost no other lawyers do so I had to cave in. Of course, most lawyers' work product on MS Word looks like *shit* because doing all the proper line spacing, paragraph indenting, etc., is a PITA in Word.

Posted by: SFGoth at December 01, 2022 04:09 PM (KAi1n)

410 Opportunists looting a corpse, the once great economic engine that was America. Sure they are getting a little sloppy now, but whaddaya gonna do?

Posted by: Common Tater at December 01, 2022 04:09 PM (34mN2)

411 403 At this point I believe all dystopias will become real, it's just a question of which one and in what order.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo, food, water at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (XvPQV)

========

We'll probably get the one that makes the least sense first.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, navigating a corrupt and violent world with Clint Eastwood at December 01, 2022 04:09 PM (LvTSG)

412 402 That Sequoia slobberjob on SBF.

What is that?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (vH/6k)

________________

See Darrell Harris's comment to my comment above

Posted by: Elric Blade at December 01, 2022 04:09 PM (iFTx/)

413 I miss Word Perfect.

Posted by: Puddinhead at December 01, 2022 03:59 PM (3FiQa)

That was the Karen Gillan of the word processing world.

Posted by: ... at December 01, 2022 04:09 PM (L9+hV)

414 407 Senate votes to avert rail strike.

Not sure they can do that

Posted by: It's me donna at December 01, 2022 04:10 PM (bs+z0)

415 Most of the time, a text editor suffices for all my needs. I only need the word processor for fancier formatting stuff, of course.

Notepad++ is now my favorite text editor. It's FOS, and better than even the fancier paid version, Ultraedit, I was using before.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 04:06 PM (Mzdiz)

I've been using Npp for a long time for a lot of uses including just reading files.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 04:10 PM (eoQWY)

416 > I've always heard it as you can't cheat someone who cheats for a living. The most honest people I know will fall for the worst cons.

Cheaters and smart people can be conned because they think they're smarter than everyone else. If you let them think they're cheating you, you can craft a scam around that and take their money.

As to the idea you can't cheat an honest man, typically people mean something like this: An honest man won't try to take advantage of you. Scams rely on the victim thinking they're getting something for nothing.

The problem is, scams absolutely do NOT rely on the victim thinking they're getting something for nothing. If you convince them they're giving you money for something, then simply don't supply your something, you've cheated an honest man.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 04:10 PM (eyxn4)

417 Senate votes to avert rail strike.
Posted by: TV says so

And if the workers say "besa mi culo", then what?

Posted by: SFGoth at December 01, 2022 04:11 PM (KAi1n)

418
FTX was an exchange. You deposited crypto there, traded it for other crypto, cashed out for dollars or francs, whatever, etc.

The clients were effectively depositors, FTX took the spread on trades. Theoretically. They were actually stealing the deposits.

It's effectively what the Jersey Devil did - shifting CME depositor funds to MF Global to buy German bonds so the Clintons could prop up their Eurocronies.

It's basically the same shit on a different day.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at December 01, 2022 04:11 PM (oINRc)

419 "Switzerland is preparing to ban electric vehicles from the road. Switzerland is worried that the electricity will not be enough in winter.
Germany may also prepare to limit the charging of electric vehicles in winter."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 01, 2022 04:07 PM (IyrhE)
.......

THIS made me laugh.
Well the jokes about DorkCoin, too.

Posted by: wth at December 01, 2022 04:11 PM (v0R5T)

420 That Sequoia slobberjob on SBF.


I still don't know what this is as I've not heard this phrase before. His crazy hair or his stubble?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 04:11 PM (vH/6k)

421 OT: I read elsewhere that Resident Biden just requested another $37 billion in aid for Ukraine. At what point do we worry about him bankrupting the USA? Isn't this how the USSR lost the Cold War?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 01, 2022 04:11 PM (F5ekr)

422 "I loved vi for the time and place. You could find all kind of interesting ways to use a search to grab and move or cut text, and the "do that again" single key repeat was nice."

Geek challenge: script vi to play Asteroids.
Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:08 PM (24fqN)

Well EMACs was the one famous for scripting, but I think you can shell out to it from VI somehow.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 04:12 PM (eoQWY)

423 I use Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Notepad++, Notepad, and Word for text and code editing.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 04:12 PM (eyxn4)

424 Biden's Controversial Move Infuriates Rail Unions As Catastrophic Strike Looms: 'Joe Biden Blew It'

https://tinyurl.com/3n463kc9

Posted by: SMH in the USSA at December 01, 2022 04:12 PM (sH61M)

425
Word Perfect was king back in the DOS days. If I remember the history right, they were slow in getting the GUI Windows version out, and when they finally did, it was buggy and kludgy.

That allowed MS Word to take over.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 04:12 PM (Mzdiz)

426 407 Senate votes to avert rail strike.

Not sure they can do that
Posted by: It's me donna at December 01, 2022 04:10 PM (bs+z0)
........

Yeah, who died and made them King Shits on Turd Hill?

Posted by: wth at December 01, 2022 04:13 PM (v0R5T)

427 The one product feature where Microsoft still outstrips the freeware by a mile is spreadsheets. Excel is still king. If you don't need that functionality, no biggie.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at December 01, 2022 04:13 PM (Xrfse)

428 @417 they hire Mexicans to do the work that Americans won't do?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 01, 2022 04:13 PM (F5ekr)

429 What detergent do you use for money laundering?
Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at December 01, 2022 03:46 PM (pmT/d)

Calgon. Ancient Chinese Secret!
Posted by: Phuk Long, Red Chinese Banker And Arms Dealer at December 01, 2022 03:54 PM (0ZEfs)
****
Pfft...if you want it REALLY clean use Bleachbit.

Posted by: Hillary at December 01, 2022 04:13 PM (Y274z)

430 Senate votes to avert rail strike.

___

Are gonna operate the trains themselves?

Posted by: SMH in the USSA at December 01, 2022 04:14 PM (sH61M)

431 > Pfft...if you want it REALLY clean use Bleachbit.

And then thermite.

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 04:14 PM (eyxn4)

432 @430 not sure where the scabs will come from. The military doesn't have railroad operators.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 01, 2022 04:15 PM (F5ekr)

433
Switzerland is preparing to ban electric vehicles from the road.

Switzerland apparently fears a blackout and is reacting with the draft of a corresponding emergency ordinance.

If used, this would restrict the operation of energy-hungry luxury devices such as whirlpools, saunas and massage chairs.

Streaming services would have to throttle their data rate.

https://tinyurl.com/328jj34w

Posted by: TV says so at December 01, 2022 04:15 PM (63Dwl)

434 Word Perfect was king back in the DOS days. If I remember the history right, they were slow in getting the GUI Windows version out, and when they finally did, it was buggy and kludgy.

That allowed MS Word to take over.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 04:12 PM (Mzdiz)

Yeah, they thought they were too big to fail and that WSYWIG was just a fad. Word was famed for the limited WSYWIG before windows and after it, with no WP it was all over but the shouting.

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 04:15 PM (eoQWY)

435 "I still don't know what this is as I've not heard this phrase before. His crazy hair or his stubble?"

The link at 235 goes to a Sequoia puff piece about SBF before the deluge. It is very obsequious and revealing of the ESG investor / globalist elite mindset, so much so that it approaches parody.

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:15 PM (24fqN)

436 Accountability. Just like Bernie had to pay back billions so should this bitch. Then hang, drawn and quarter SBF and his parents. (if that's the correct way to say it)

Posted by: sidney at December 01, 2022 04:16 PM (Uy/WF)

437 "Streaming services would have to throttle their data rate.
"

How much electricity would that save? They must be on the verge of collapse.

Posted by: fd at December 01, 2022 04:16 PM (sn5EN)

438 I don't mind Word so much because it does have some very powerful functionality when you need advanced features. I love using MailMerge, for instance.

It's also good for tracking references and citations.

I usually use InDesign for detailed documentation work, but Word is a great tool for creating quick-and-dirty directions...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 01, 2022 04:16 PM (YIVH2)

439 I use Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Notepad++, Notepad, and Word for text and code editing.
Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 04:12 PM (eyxn4)

sounds like me

Posted by: Oldcat at December 01, 2022 04:17 PM (eoQWY)

440 nood

Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:17 PM (24fqN)

441 @433 "Please turn off your massage chairs between the peak hours of 6-10 PM."

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 01, 2022 04:17 PM (F5ekr)

442 Charlie Munger argues that envy influences more people today than greed.

https://bit.ly/3BpIEW3

Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 04:17 PM (eyxn4)

443 The link at 235 goes to a Sequoia puff piece about SBF before the deluge. It is very obsequious and revealing of the ESG investor / globalist elite mindset, so much so that it approaches parody.
Posted by: gp's Calculus of Altruistic Impact at December 01, 2022 04:15 PM (24fqN)

You can find tons of articles praising these retard ripoffs.

They should still be living at home with their parents, or institutionalized

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 01, 2022 04:17 PM (M+Lyo)

444
Let's see, back in the DOS days, you had the big three. Lotus 123 for the spreadsheet, WordPerfect for the word processor, and DBASE for the datebase.

Ashton-Tate was the latter. They were the kings. They're all long gone now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at December 01, 2022 04:17 PM (Mzdiz)

445 Next the Swiss are going to make the citizens take the light bulb out of their refrigerators.

Posted by: fd at December 01, 2022 04:18 PM (sn5EN)

446 I'm deeply sorry I saw that guy brushing his toes on the sidebar again.
Posted by: fd at December 01, 2022 04:06 PM (sn5EN)

***

What happened to the girl what had the UUUUUUGE pimple on her back? I miss her

Posted by: Truck Monkey Report at December 01, 2022 04:18 PM (flINI)

447 @444
And where I worked, Lotus Notes email. What a PITA to manage.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at December 01, 2022 04:19 PM (F5ekr)

448 Utterly despise Word.

I have to use old Word documents in a new version of Word. Always wrecks the formatting.

Libre Office never wrecks the format.

Posted by: Diesel Jones, Biologist to the Stars at December 01, 2022 04:19 PM (Vu7A1)

449 You can find tons of articles praising these retard ripoffs.

They should still be living at home with their parents, or institutionalized

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 01, 2022 04:17 PM (M+Lyo)

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Power of *AND* ...

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at December 01, 2022 04:19 PM (TTl/B)

450 Next the Swiss are going to make the citizens take the light bulb out of their refrigerators.

Posted by: fd at December 01, 2022 04:18 PM (sn5EN)

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They can replace them with a candle.

Posted by: ShainS -- The Humiliation is Part of the Kink at December 01, 2022 04:22 PM (TTl/B)

451 Posted by: bonhomme at December 01, 2022 04:17 PM (eyxn4)

Thanks. Mr. Munger sounds like a very wise man. I would like to see more of his stuff.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 01, 2022 04:30 PM (vH/6k)

452 From Sequoia: Sam Bankman Fried has a savoior complex...

Highly mathletic, SBF breezed through Crystal Uplands, an elite prep school Hillsborough, CA.

Is mathletic one of the trendy new words no one has heard of.

Posted by: Glenn John at December 01, 2022 04:35 PM (M3hSG)

453 more here tinyurl.com/4rfrmuuk. By the way, Mitch McConnell's PAC received $1M from SBF. Senator Maloney is giving money "back", but to charity instead of the customers that got fleeced.

Posted by: jeff at December 01, 2022 04:42 PM (pvt9V)

454 I believe the proper description of that Ellison chick is 'apprentice f*ckmouse'.

I'd do her if a few million fell out of her pocket along the way, but otherwise...you must be kidding.

I guess I'm a whore.

Posted by: JEM at December 01, 2022 04:47 PM (8erNz)

455 Highly mathletic, SBF breezed through Crystal Uplands, an elite prep school Hillsborough, CA.

Crystal Springs Uplands. Know it well.

Daughter is at the public just down the hill, she's got friends all over the place.

Posted by: JEM at December 01, 2022 04:50 PM (8erNz)

456 How about releasing the Democrat Jackass in the far field where t he Predators Dwell wearing a sign EAT ME

Posted by: Tamaa the Drogo Bird at December 01, 2022 06:06 PM (wGqjj)

457 Law schools today are infected with this philosophical nonsense that Barbara Fried spewed.
Goes to show that the legal academic community is not that smart and is easily duped by shiny trendy ideas.

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