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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. I wouldn't call his life ruined but it's far from ideal that a CEO for a <500 person (I assume) company gets publicly caught in a lie. Any company that is actively or potentially needs to raise funds, won't want to touch this guy as CEO. Do you want a private equity firm asking your CEO how he paid for his trysts with his HR mistress? Was it with company money or his own? Was it restricted to concerts and motels, or did it include trips as well? What other liabilities is he opening up? Invest $5m in any company run by this guy, and be prepared that some of that will be siphoned off to pay off his conquests.
  2. These interactions that Chris Martin has with fans appears to always be filmed by concert goers and posted on Tiktok/Instagram/Youtube. A couple of weeks ago I saw the videos where the camera in El Paso was turned on the fans watching from a hill next to the Sun Bowl. Martin sung a quick, funny song how they watched the show for free. My guess is that someone (or many) posted it online asking if anyone knew this guilty-looking couple. Tiktok must have an algorithm that will quickly start to spread an increasing popular video, especially for a city. And it's the type of video that you would watch 2-5 times before swiping to the next. EDIT: Everything is filmed nowadays and if it has any interest, it's posted online. There is zero expectation of privacy in public. And now that cameras are moving into glasses, it will become even more prevalent. We're not far from a person live streaming as they walk down the street, and AI identifying each person that walks by along with info about them. "Here's John Smith, and that doesn't look like his wife with him."
  3. I imagine that MAGA influencers are being told that the release of the grand jury testimony is more than enough because that is where the crimes were discussed by witnesses. And that release of any other investigation info would be unethical and unprecedented. Or that it would potentially identify victims and innocent people on the periphery.
  4. Trump is now ordering Bondi to release grand jury material only AFTER his name surfaces. We are no longer a country of law & order but the key point is that the federal govt is now structured to serve the personal interests and wishes of Donald Trump.
  5. Murdoch not Bezos.
  6. If the story is that Trump was friends with Epstein and wrote him a birthday message that referenced women and sex, is this really a big story? The first part is already known and the second part would be assumed. I hate Trump but I don’t believe that alone puts Trump in a new category.
  7. I recall that his stratosphere jump was something like 25 miles and he broke the sounds barrier on the way down.
  8. @troph I see nothing wrong with exposure to bitcoin or other crypto via ETFs. Some crypto enthusiasts believe otherwise. Self-custody gives you more control and privacy but you create risks. An analogy would be that if you buried physical money somewhere but potentially could lost the map. Or become incapacitated without telling someone where to dig. There's no customer service to call to help you when you self-custody. Whereas if you lost your Fidelity password or were locked out of your Fidelity account, you or your family have legal protection/options to recover the funds. Even with a crypto ETF. One thing to always remember is that self-custody crypto is kept on the public ledger and not on a device like a desktop or even a USB/hardware wallet. The wallet acts as an access point but losing the wallet or desktop neither deletes the crypto nor your ownership stake. The key point is that you have to safely retain your password and/or recovery code. Hopefully in a separate and secure location.
  9. Oops. LLM (AI) company CEO and his chief people (HR) leader caught having a bit of fun at a Coldplay concert last night. They're both married but not to each other. Perhaps he should have asked ChatGPT of the risk profile of attending a concert with his work girlfriend. https://www.astronomer.io/about-us/
  10. Coke isn't changing anything. Will they potentially offer a limited line of cane sugar cokes? Possibly. Will they completely change their formula because Trump asked them? No. CEOs have no choice but to agree with Trump when he calls but that doesn't mean that they really have to act on his requests. Now if this becomes his main focus then they may need to act more decisively.
  11. Yes, firing Powell would make for an interesting misdirection from Epstein. The news and talking heads would turn to that.
  12. This week, Bill O'Reilly was going off on News Nation on how the Biden Administration failed to fully prosecute and punish Epstein. The show host had to inform O'Reilly that Epstein committed suicide 18 months before Biden took office. O'Reilly eventually agreed he was wrong on the dates. However in turn he did not move his furor to the 1st Trump administration.
  13. Exactly. Hence the reports that he’s asking Ukraine what it would take for them to bomb Moscow. I don’t think Trump wants a US-Russia war but if you balance that with his whatever involvement with Epstein, then yes a hot war would be preferable for him.
  14. I wonder how they would play up a sequel without just rehashing the story where Worm screws over Mike and Mike has to win a big tournament (wsop main event ) to get out of trouble. Almost identical to the original except at a bigger scale. Hopefully it wouldn’t be that. If they make it.
  15. It’s obvious that Trump is listed somewhere in the file. Perhaps not even as participating but is listed enough that he doesn’t want it. He’s ordered Bondi to not release them and this is why he’s praising her. Bondi could potentially release it with some names redacted but I assume some AG lawyers (or former) would rebel if the names were redacted or pages kept out. This reasoning is why Trump also cannot get rid of Bondi so easily. Trump also needs some big misdirection to get Epstein files out of the news.
  16. but she has zero power. even admitting that she's open to crypto ideas is a big step
  17. More safeguards and regulation is good for crypto no matter what the crypto-anarchists thinks. The real key is to allow and assist institutional banks as custodians of crypto which will allow people to own crypto with much less risk. People should still be allowed to self-custody but don't create barriers to casual ownership. (I know the Jamie Dimons of the world may say they don't want to be custodians for fake assets but banks will always go to the money.) Also people need to be told the truth of what they're buying. I've run into more than 1 person who says they're in Bitcoin because they bought a meme token. No, you bought some magic beans from a stranger. When the Dave Ramsey show (maybe not him personally) are softly saying they're ok with minor crypto speculation, this industry isn't going anywhere.
  18. Doesn't Texas tort reform limit the camp(s) liability? Also the Texas Monthly article from 10+ years was very clear how they structured ownership to protect against taxes, I would have to assume that there was an unspoken aspect of liability protection as well. You can't tell me that they want to protect annual revenue from fed taxes but they didn't go even further to protect the main asset which was the property value?
  19. Each cycle is unique especially now that ETFs are in place and you have a crypto-friendly administration even though they're unpredictable. I don't buy when someone attempts to model the current cycle by reviewing previous history.
  20. Whether Kerr County puts in a warning system/process now, that's just some version of how much of an idiot they are all. I'm more interested in other communities around the state whether they will review and update their flood warning systems or not. Most Texas places, especially on the eastern half may not have the extreme flash flooding potential but it doesn't mean they can't flood.
  21. Try the McWilliams years. Mackovic looks like Saban. EDIT: Already posted. Delete post, ban user.
  22. I can only imagine that Kash and Bongino are unlikely to be putting in more than 2 hours of daily real work between them both. It's easy to criticize from the sidelines. Not so much when you're in charge. I've always thought that running the FBI would be a 20 hour per day role. Maybe you can get Sunday afternoon off.
  23. Love it that we basically have the deputy director of the FBI (Bongino) saying that it's either him or the AG, Pam Bondi, due to the Epstein files. And JD is trying to bring Bongino back into the fold.
  24. I haven't watched full episodes in forever but I could watch Youtube compilations like the "Best of Jian Yang" all day. I also thought they did a pretty good finale showing where the group ended up 10 years later, which was still as dysfunctional as ever. Silicon Valley was so much better than Entourage.
  25. This is why they need Choke Canyon to have more water, and convince farmers and residents that filtered fracking water is perfectly healthy.
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