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Nowhere Man's avatar

Link, meaning, do you have a link to further info about this?

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feldspar's avatar

Musk and Thiel also have their fingerprints all over this. Bannon is the frontman. An Austin-based financial planning company. All very obvious.

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DC Reade's avatar

oh, come on. That is not evidence of anything. People place short bets on stocks all the time. And whatever the fortunes of Trump's campaign, his latest business endeavor, Truth Social, has not taken off as a platform.

"If Trump did die in the assassination attempt, his company would have become worthless. ItтАЩs stock would have become Zero in a day."

If you believe that, I have some rare guitars to sell you on Craigslist. But I'm from out of town...bitcoin only. Here, let me get your address.

Even the protege naifs at Gateway Pundit should have been able to see through that nonsense before aggregating it.

Austin Financial does seem to be doing a really unconvincing climb-down, given that they chose the exact wrong time to make their play.

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David Cashion's avatar

To each his own

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DC Reade's avatar

I'm not clear on your meaning there.

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David Cashion's avatar

to each his own

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Every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences and tastes.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License тАв More at Wordnik

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feldspar's avatar

Don't let any of these Times readers and MSM brainwashed mooks get to you. Finbold and Slaynews are top notch sources. And Gateway Pundit = TRUTH.

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DC Reade's avatar

тАЬThere is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.тАЭ Isaac Asimov

Asimov said that around 80 years ago.

You're entitled to your own opinions, but not to your own facts. Which is to say that in this case that you're free to be as easily rooked as you want to be.

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Nowhere Man's avatar

Thanks will check 'em.

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