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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    @Mik said in Bribing Lake?:

    No one offered a billion dollars. Shall we speculate on what you might do for a billion? 😆

    She said she wouldn’t for a billion dollars.

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    Doctor Phibes
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    @jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

    She said she wouldn’t for a billion dollars.

    So she knew it was being recorded.

    I was only joking

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    • HoraceH Online
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      Horace
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      You could affect a lot of change according to your principles, with a billion dollars. Buy a mainstream newspaper or something. Also, a billion dollars affords you the freedom and perspective to realize how silly your principles were in the first place. The desperate attempt to fashion meaning in an existence constrained by finances. Who needs principles when you're rich?

      Education is extremely important.

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      • HoraceH Horace

        You could affect a lot of change according to your principles, with a billion dollars. Buy a mainstream newspaper or something. Also, a billion dollars affords you the freedom and perspective to realize how silly your principles were in the first place. The desperate attempt to fashion meaning in an existence constrained by finances. Who needs principles when you're rich?

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        Doctor Phibes
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        @Horace said in Bribing Lake?:

        You could affect a lot of change according to your principles, with a billion dollars. Buy a mainstream newspaper or something. Also, a billion dollars affords you the freedom and perspective to realize how silly your principles were in the first place. The desperate attempt to fashion meaning in an existence constrained by finances. Who needs principles when you're rich?

        I'd definitely vote for Donald Trump for a billion dollars. Possibly twice.

        Hell, I'd even be tempted to vote for Nigel Farage for that much - from the safety of another country, obviously.

        I was only joking

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          LuFins Dad
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          #14

          Okay, this has to be staged or AI generated.

          The Brad

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          • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

            @jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

            She said she wouldn’t for a billion dollars.

            So she knew it was being recorded.

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            #15

            @Doctor-Phibes said in Bribing Lake?:

            @jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

            She said she wouldn’t for a billion dollars.

            So she knew it was being recorded.

            Dude, you don't regularly deal in business with people who record their conversations?

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            • JollyJ Jolly

              @Doctor-Phibes said in Bribing Lake?:

              @jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

              She said she wouldn’t for a billion dollars.

              So she knew it was being recorded.

              Dude, you don't regularly deal in business with people who record their conversations?

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              Doctor Phibes
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              @Jolly said in Bribing Lake?:

              Dude, you don't regularly deal in business with people who record their conversations?

              No, not really. I hardly do anything via the phone any more - it's all video link, which can be recorded, or email.

              Obviously, she was the one who brought up 1 billion, not him. The conversation sounded kind of bogus to me.

              I was only joking

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                @Jolly said in Bribing Lake?:

                Dude, you don't regularly deal in business with people who record their conversations?

                No, not really. I hardly do anything via the phone any more - it's all video link, which can be recorded, or email.

                Obviously, she was the one who brought up 1 billion, not him. The conversation sounded kind of bogus to me.

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                Jolly
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                #17

                @Doctor-Phibes said in Bribing Lake?:

                @Jolly said in Bribing Lake?:

                Dude, you don't regularly deal in business with people who record their conversations?

                No, not really. I hardly do anything via the phone any more - it's all video link, which can be recorded, or email.

                Obviously, she was the one who brought up 1 billion, not him. The conversation sounded kind of bogus to me.

                At a certain level (and it wasn't much level), I swam with sharks. I recorded every in-person office conversation and several of the phone calls. I also saved any important emails to thumb drive.

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • George KG George K

                  @jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

                  Seems staged.

                  Let's see what DeWitt says. He must address it somehow.

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                  George K
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                  #18

                  @jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

                  Seems staged.

                  @George-K said in Bribing Lake?:

                  Let's see what DeWitt says. He must address it somehow.

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • MikM Away
                    MikM Away
                    Mik
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                    #19

                    She hath a lean and hungry look.

                    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                      Jolly
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                      #20

                      In other words, he did it.

                      “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                      Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      • HoraceH Online
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                        Horace
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                        #21

                        Decent anti establishment cred, and the anecdote is probably true.

                        Education is extremely important.

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                          #22

                          Lake is a loser. Maybe this is about getting headlines? She lost in 2022 along with most of the MAGA crowd, including losses in 2020, and 2018, and soon…2024. When will the GOP wake up? Perhaps in 2028 when it’s DeSantis vs Pete Butt.

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                          • JollyJ Jolly

                            In other words, he did it.

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                            jon-nyc
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                            @Jolly said in Bribing Lake?:

                            In other words, it was staged.

                            Yup.

                            Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              @Jolly said in Bribing Lake?:

                              In other words, it was staged.

                              Yup.

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                              George K
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                              @jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

                              @Jolly said in Bribing Lake?:

                              In other words, it was staged.

                              Yup.

                              Staged or not, how do you explain the "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

                              He said those words.

                              Give me an alternative explanation.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • MikM Away
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                                Mik
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #25

                                I’m not sure I see any heroes here.

                                "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                • George KG George K

                                  @jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

                                  @Jolly said in Bribing Lake?:

                                  In other words, it was staged.

                                  Yup.

                                  Staged or not, how do you explain the "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

                                  He said those words.

                                  Give me an alternative explanation.

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                                  Renauda
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                                  #26

                                  @George-K

                                  "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

                                  That sounds like a line from a Scorsese film.

                                  Elbows up!

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                                  • RenaudaR Renauda

                                    @George-K

                                    "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

                                    That sounds like a line from a Scorsese film.

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                                    George K
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                                    @Renauda said in Bribing Lake?:

                                    @George-K

                                    "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

                                    That sounds like a line from a Scorsese film.

                                    alt text

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • George KG George K

                                      @jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

                                      @Jolly said in Bribing Lake?:

                                      In other words, it was staged.

                                      Yup.

                                      Staged or not, how do you explain the "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

                                      He said those words.

                                      Give me an alternative explanation.

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                                      #28

                                      @George-K said in Bribing Lake?:

                                      Staged or not, how do you explain the "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

                                      The Russians! I knew it.

                                      I wonder where their mouth is. He didn't clarify.

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • George KG George K

                                        @jon-nyc said in Bribing Lake?:

                                        @Jolly said in Bribing Lake?:

                                        In other words, it was staged.

                                        Yup.

                                        Staged or not, how do you explain the "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

                                        He said those words.

                                        Give me an alternative explanation.

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                                        jon-nyc
                                        wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                                        #29

                                        @George-K said in Bribing Lake?:.

                                        Staged or not, how do you explain the "People back East who want you to sit this out and are willing to put their money where their mouth is?"

                                        Parties do this all the time, encourage some and discourage others from running.

                                        Offering support, including financial support, in a future gubernatorial election if they sit out a senatorial election is not uncommon, I would think.

                                        Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                                        • MikM Away
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                                          Mik
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #30

                                          Yep. The smoke filled room is alive and well, just missing the smoke.

                                          "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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