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The FTX scam, Sam Bankman-Fried, the Clintons and the Democrats

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by AroundTheWorld, Nov 13, 2022.

  1. TheresTheDagger

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    You know who else took out loans from China?

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    https://nypost.com/2022/10/18/bidens-5m-china-loan-part-of-pay-to-play-scheme-sen-grassley/
     
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  2. AroundTheWorld

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    such desperate framing
     
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  3. larsv8

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    Rofl... the awareness
     
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  4. FranchiseBlade

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    Synopsis: A wealthy con man started a fraudulent venture involving NFTs.

    It was all obviously at the direction of the Clintons and Democratic party.
     
  5. dmoneybangbang

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    Lol…. After having the laptop for like 2 years and analyzing…. I’m glad we will have further House investigations….That’s after we already had investigations.

    Elon relies too much on China with Tesla ( who the US taxpayer subsidized) and now had to get foreign loans from questionable countries so he could buy a media company. Seems like that should warrant a peak.
     
  6. Amiga

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    Crypto is not dead. Centralized exchange of Crypto... well, trust at your own risk. Unfortunately, for the typical consumer, centralized exchange is a good thing (ease of use) so it's too bad that we can't have more trust.

    CoinDesk is "news" focusing on Crypto. Their initial reporting on FTX's strange financial was the start of the downfall of FTX. Lean toward bitcoin, so naturally more against regulation. But they are a good source to learn more. Just search on "FTX" and read some of their articles.

    CoinDesk: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Crypto News and Price Data

    There are other news or consumer sites such as Wired, Bloomberg, Nerdwallet, and even Coinbase (another crypto exchange) that give you reliable and good range of viewpoints.

    Stay away from social media as source of information (there are good stuffs there too, but boatload of garbage).
     
  7. AroundTheWorld

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  9. dmoneybangbang

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    Lol… that’s how these folks like SBF operate. He’s essentially the reverse Elon…. Create these narratives to mask the truth.

    It’s cute how you are cherry picking snippets to make your own narrative…. You got a little SBF and Elon in you too!
     
  10. AroundTheWorld

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    They are criminals who defrauded others, with high criminal intent. They took the hard-earned savings of many honest people.

    The 2nd largest donors to the Democratic Party are criminals. And these criminals are personally connected to the Clintons and other high-ranking Democrats.

    Those are the facts.

    These puff pieces are ridiculous.
     
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  11. Amiga

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    Here are some more facts.

    FTX.US contributed nearly 71M in 2022 to politics. They contributed to 32 House Democrats, 25 House Republicans, 11 Senate Democrats, and 11 Senate Republicans. Most of their contribution are "soft" (to PAC). 28M to Protect Our Future PAC (liberal PAC) for example. 15M to American Dream Federal Action PAC (conservative PAC) as another example.

    Republicans open the gate for this type of spending with Citizen United.

    FTX.US Profile: Recipients • OpenSecrets
     
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  12. dmoneybangbang

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    As the Axios link I provided a page or two ago showed, just one of FTX’s c-suite bros was the 10th largest donor to the GOP midterms with $19 million.
     
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  13. Amiga

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    Yeap. If you want to focus on political favors, let's really focus on political favor. They played the game on both sides (as most big Busn do). Republicans allowed this type of political spending. Democrats are for shutting it down.
     
  14. Space Ghost

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    Left wing activist orchestrated one of the biggest ponzi schemes to funnels tens of billions of dollars to democrats which effectively gave them the presidency, and congress.
    Source: teh interwebz
     
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  15. Invisible Fan

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    Crypto is dead at the moment. Sam nuked FTX when Alameda needed to bail out Terra Luna crash victims in June to prop up their own bad trades. Crypto in general started falling early this year when rapid rate hikes made financial speculation with "free Fiat money" a losing deal for big investors.

    Call it FUD but I don't think it will take another five months for FTX's contagion to show up. Sell the rip.
     
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    I don't get what y'all are arguing about anymore. If there was fraud committed and this looks like there was at least some serious negligence, prosecute them. Doesn't matter if they are donating to Trump or Ilhan Omar.
     
  17. Space Ghost

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    Yeah but SBF met Gensler in a gay bar. Gensler afraid SBF will come to his house and attack him with a hammer in front of a police officer after they had gay sex.
     
  18. Sajan

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    Cause vs correlation ….
     
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