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the issue with JFK isn't trusting or mistrusting authority in the form of LBJ, the Warren Commission, or whoever. it's that in 60 years no one has been able to construct a conspiracy theory that withstands any kind of scrutiny. the overwhelming majority of forensic evidence reinforces that it...

yeah I'm gonna have to push back against that hard, bc I grew up in U.S. anarchopunk, squatting, etc culture, and no offense to you or your dead friend, that is a totally inaccurate picture. the issue is definitely not a reluctance to question those in power or not being "open minded". there...

it's an in-joke between him and @linebaugh (who actually has been in my house once) I think

my real question is who the fuck was its intended audience? or is this something VC firms regularly do, hire freelance writers to write fluff about how awesome their investments so their partners can sit around and say "fuck yeah look at how awesome we are at investing in stuff"?

it does sound like setting up and infrastructure to handle the trades at volume was the hard part https://www.yahoo.com/now/sam-bankman-fried-explains-arbitrage-132901181.html but I think it's more like SBF's wealth was built on crypto arbitrage in general and the article is just exaggerating...

thx bud I appreciate the thought but I'm kind of of used to his weird low-level obsession with me at this point the abstract over the individual is I guess interesting bc his idea of me is basically a cardboard cutout onto which he projects various (inaccurate) abstractions like...

dude it is truly a document for the ages just imagining a couple Wall Street elites whispering to each other "bro do you remember the time that SBF collapsed the kimchi premium?" it's like a line out of terrible William Gibson fanfic

btw I wonder what % of crypto is money laundering. you'd think it's quite significant. maybe @Clinamenic has some insight?

it is really a strange mix tho of extremely complex trades and murky, semi-opaque relationships with other crypto ventures - that piece luke linked details how FTX very likely colluded with Celsius to drive up the price of its own token in order to raise equity by defrauding investors, for...

wait is that true? I thought the basic mechanism was that FTX allowed users to borrow from each other, which Alameda used to borrow enormous sums using its basically worthless FTT tokens as collateral. I'm no expert on startup funding but surely something like the lack of a bank account for...

btw for anyone looking for a "fun" answer, you could do worse than American Tabloid by James Ellroy it's the first in a trilogy covering the American transition from the square-jawed, conformist 50s naivete on thru to the sideburn cynicism of the early 70s, via the medium of underworld...

I felt obligated to answer Rich's direct questions, then I fucked off to let the fun ensue Are yall having fun yet?

this is exactly the kind of metatalk Rich wanted to avoid, but one important thing to note is the overwhelming shift in American public thinking from belief that Oswald acted alone to the belief that not only was there a conspiracy but the government (or at least some part of it) was covering it...

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk here's every single document the U.S. government has ever released on the assassination

to address some of your specific questions 1) Oswald was actually an excellent marksman - a good shot for a Marine, according to his ratings while in the Marines, and an excellent compared to the average contemporary adult male. multiple different tests - FBI, military, a doctor hired by the...

@IdleRich well look, I don't think it's a serious question. nor I do think it's a harmless question. yes, Oswald shot Kennedy. I don't know specifically was in his heart when he did it - no one does - beyond some kind of discontent and possibly a desire, suggested in some of the documents...

all of which eventually became public knowledge, which undermines rather than strengthens what you're trying to say just like Watergate, the Tuskegee experiments, etc very few people need to know a secret to vastly increase its chances of coming out but yeah I'll leave you all to your fun

idk dude it's just like people don't know or try to learn anything else about American politics in the 50s and 60s or the rest of the context in which Kennedy was assassinated bc it would ruin their deep state or whatever fantasies but look if you all just want to have a fun kick around the can...

the until recent long-time head of the CIA (and brother of the Secretary of State, etc) ordering a revenge assassination of the sitting President is exactly the kind of thing that would require an extensive coverup

point me to all the non-massive, overarching JFK conspiracy theories, Rich go ahead, do it