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  • Bore! Donald Trump has gone and lost his swing

    11/13/2022 5:00:29 AM PST · by karpov · 200 replies
    New York Post ^ | November 12, 2022 | Michael Goodwin
    For Donald Trump, politics and entertainment are intertwined and often synonymous. His remarkable success at both makes his latest missteps especially puzzling because Trump is committing the cardinal sin of both: He’s become boring. The ultimate shock jock is now predictable. Wind him up and watch him throw a garbage can full of insults at anyone who won’t kiss the ring. Ho-hum. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin are getting the Trump treatment now. Both are rising Republican stars, so naturally the former president trashes and demeans them. Can’t be competition for top dog. Long gone is...
  • Is Sam Bankman-Fried Another Bernie Madoff? Buyer Beware Or Rely On Government For Protection? (FTX Held Less Than $1bn In Liquid Assets Against $9bn In Liabilities)

    11/13/2022 12:47:07 PM PST · by Kaiser8408a · 26 replies
    Confounded Interest ^ | 11/13/2022 | Anthony B. Sanders
    Like the disastrous Bernie Madoff debacle where investors lost millions of dollars, Sam Bankman-Fried has apparently cost investors like Steph Curry, Shaq and Tom Brady considerable sums as well. What do Bernie Madoff and Sam Bankman-Fried have in common? Greedy investors who apparently didn’t bother to monitor what was going on. Yes, had they monitored FTX, Bankman-Fried’s company, they would have noticed that FTX held less than $1bn in liquid assets against $9bn in liabilities. Generally, with buyer beware, the onus falls on investors to monitor what is going on. But The Fed’s completely dropped the ball on Bernie Madoff...
  • The rise of Russian fascism

    11/13/2022 11:16:31 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 47 replies
    Ukraine: The Latest | Podcast ^ | 10/11/22 | David Knowles (Host). Follow David on Twitter @DjKnowles22. Dom Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence)
    Today, we discuss updates from across the war zone; analyse the latest diplomatic news from the U.S. and Europe; and we speak about the rise and development of Russian fascism with historian Dr Ian Garner.