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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", sykesix asked the members: "What do you do if you arrive early at movie besides go to the snack bar?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: suaspontemark ✶☼🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Are We Still Draining The Swamp?...
Date: 10/23/26 4:54 PM
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It is all being made by a blind trust, nothing to worry about.

The blind who trust him, that is, and buy his crypto and are too willfully ignorant to recognize when they're allowing insider trading at the top.

If I was king for a day, anyone in an elected or appointed position - from the day they announced their candidacy (or that they were up for an appointment) would have to put 100% of their assets in an index fund of their choice, and leave it in that fund until they finished their role. They can sell but can't reinvest the cash until they're out.

I had to do a goddamn financial disclosure form for every year I was an NSA civilian. Exhaustive and extensive, it took about 3-4 hours for me to fill out every year (done on your own time, natch). And there were always implied threat-ish doom-ish feelings of pallor and termination hanging over the heads of us choads, if we goofed this up. And you sure as hell better not give a contractor a gift that costs more than $10 or the ethics police might haul you off to administrative prison.

Funny how this doesn't seem to be a thing, up the ladder.
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