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Pelosi Opposes Ban on Lawmakers Trading Stocks as Her Family Makes Millions on the Market

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Friday, December 17, 2021 9:28 AM

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is defending lawmakers' ability to own stocks as some progressives call for the practice to be banned for those who hold elected office.

At her weekly news conference on Wednesday, Pelosi said she was against prohibiting lawmakers from owning and trading individual stocks.

"We are a free market economy," she said. "They should be able to participate in that."

Several Democrats disagree with the speaker, including Senators Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Ocasio-Cortez tweeted last week that it's "absolutely ludicrous" that sitting members of Congress can trade individual stock.

"The access and influence we have should be exercised for the public interest, not our profit. It shouldn't be legal for us to trade individual stock with the info we have," the New York Democrat wrote.

Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, introduced legislation earlier this year to ban sitting congressional members and their senior aides from buying and selling stocks, most bonds, and options contracts. The bill garnered support from both sides of the aisle.

Pelosi's husband Paul has made millions on the market. Bloomberg reported in July that the speaker's husband banked $5 million after acquiring 4,000 shares of Google-parent company Alphabet.

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Friday, December 17, 2021 10:02 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Signym, you really latch on to some stupid ideas and then promote the hell out that stupidity. It is already illegal to trade on insider information. Making it illegal to trade at all will cause the kind of Congressmen who cheat with insider information to simply open up an account not in their real names. It is so obvious a way to cheat that Congressmen who cheat already do it that way. Since there is a $1 trillion in taxes not paid each year, it is pretty damn obvious that making new illegalities doesn't slow down crooked Americans from being crooks stealing money as fast as they can. Obviously, the system of enforcement does NOT work. Fix that, and you fix many problems, but adding new illegalities will fix nothing.

Tax Cheats Are Costing the U.S. $1 Trillion a Year, IRS Estimates
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-13/tax-cheats-are-cost
ing-u-s-1-trillion-a-year-irs-estimates
To summarize the article you won't read, the IRS needs more auditors to find tax cheaters. The GOP will not vote to increase the IRS budget to hire those auditors. The GOP will not vote to increase auditing specifically addressing Congressmen who already are trading on insider information, either.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Friday, December 17, 2021 10:14 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Yeah. Second's right.

Nancy Pelosi already does all of her illegal insider trading under her cuck husband's name.

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Friday, December 17, 2021 11:26 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Yeah. Second's right.

Nancy Pelosi already does all of her illegal insider trading under her cuck husband's name.

There wouldn't be insider trading by Pelosi or $1 trillion in unpaid taxes every year if the law was actually enforced, rather than a big show pretending to enforce the law, but the Federal government doesn't have the resources to do more than pretend, all thanks go to GOP Senators for not spending enough. There is plenty of money, but not for enforcers specifically keeping Congress honest. The silly assumption is that voters keep Congress honest. Ha-ha!

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Friday, December 17, 2021 2:18 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

lol

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Friday, December 31, 2021 1:50 AM

SIGNYM

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Nancy Pelosi Buys Millions In Call Options In Google, Micron, Roblox, Salesforce And Disney

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nancy-pelosi-buys-millions-call-opti
ons-google-micron-roblox-salesforce-and-disney

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Friday, December 31, 2021 9:04 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Nancy Pelosi Buys Millions In Call Options In Google, Micron, Roblox, Salesforce And Disney

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/nancy-pelosi-buys-millions-call-opti
ons-google-micron-roblox-salesforce-and-disney

The story says "Unfortunately, the strike price of the options was not disclosed."

Unfortunately, that is a lie. Clicking on the documentation in the story will show:

Description: Purchased 10 call options with a strike price of S2000 and an expiration date of 9/16/22.

Description: Purchased 100 call options with a strike price of S50 and an expiration date of 9/16/22.

Description: Purchased 100 call options with a strike price of $100 and an expiration date of 1/20/23.

Description: Purchased 100 call options with a strike price of $210 and an expiration date of 1/20/23.

Description: Purchased 30 call options with a strike price of $210 and an expiration date of 1/20/23.

Description: Purchased 50 call options with a strike price of $130 and an expiration date of 9/16/22.

What Is a Call Option?

Call options are financial contracts that give the option buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other asset or instrument at a specified price within a specific time period. The stock, bond, or commodity is called the underlying asset. A call buyer profits when the underlying asset increases in price.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/calloption.asp

The article Signym quotes ends with a typical poor white trash insinuation about the stock market: "And while the presumption is that there Pelosi did not trade on inside information, something tells us each of those trades will be profitable."

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Friday, December 31, 2021 9:09 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

lol

Nobody need you to tell them what an Option is.

Get over yourself.

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Friday, December 31, 2021 9:29 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
lol

Nobody need you to tell them what an Option is.

Get over yourself.

If you are the typical Trump voter, you fear the stock market. When it goes up, Trump voters get greedy and stupid. When it goes down, Trump voters get panicky and stupid. Trump voters are full superstitious nonsense about stock markets, bonds, banks, loans, money supply, anything financial. Gold, cash, and real estate (their house) calms down the weird anxieties churning in a Trump voter's head about money, typical poor white trash anxieties.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Friday, December 31, 2021 9:36 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

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lol

Nobody need you to tell them what an Option is.

Get over yourself.

If you are the typical Trump voter, you fear the stock market. When it goes up, Trump voters get greedy and stupid. When it goes down, Trump voters get panicky and stupid. Trump voters are full superstitious nonsense about stock markets, bonds, banks, loans, money supply, anything financial. Gold, cash, and real estate (their house) calms down the weird anxieties churning in a Trump voter's head about money, typical poor white trash anxieties.

None of that has anything to do with stock options, so again, I'm not sure why you continue to quote people and then post unrelated random nonsense.

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Friday, December 31, 2021 10:04 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

None of that has anything to do with stock options, so again, I'm not sure why you continue to quote people and then post unrelated random nonsense.

You didn't read the article. It insinuates that Pelosi is a crook because she trades on the stock market. Trading is NOT crooked, except in the superstitious minds of poor white trash Trump voters, many who have been swindled more than once in their lives because they are gullible. Salesmen prey on the gullible. Trump spent his business career swindling people. Nothing's changed.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-busi
ness-scams-20180503-story.html

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Friday, December 31, 2021 10:05 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

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None of that has anything to do with stock options, so again, I'm not sure why you continue to quote people and then post unrelated random nonsense.
You didn't read the article. It insinuates that Pelosi is a crook because she trades on the stock market. Trading is NOT crooked, except in the superstitious minds of poor white trash Trump voters, many who have been swindled more than once in their lives because they are gullible. Salesmen prey on the gullible. Trump spent his business career swindling people. Nothing's changed.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-busi
ness-scams-20180503-story.html

Nobody is accusing Nancy Pelosi of being a crook for trading on the stock market.

Nancy Pelosi is a crook for insider trading on the stock market.

Don't get it twisted.

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Friday, December 31, 2021 10:15 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

Nobody is accusing Nancy Pelosi of being a crook for trading on the stock market.

Nancy Pelosi is a crook for insider trading on the stock market.

Don't get it twisted.

You have no proof that Pelosi was inside trading. About Trump, there is plentiful proof of swindling. From the article you didn't click on:

Trump can compare to Jordan Belfort or Frank Abagnale. "Who?" you ask.

Belfort is the high-living Wall Street stockbroker who was convicted of fraud and subsequently had his life story dramatized by Martin Scorsese in "The Wolf of Wall Street." Abagnale is the con artist who pretended to be a doctor and airline pilot, among other disguises. His life story was told by Steven Spielberg in "Catch Me If You Can." That title appears ever-more appropriate for the Donald Trump life story as more of the president's scams come to light.

Another Trump fraud was uncovered recently when former Forbes journalist Jonathan Greenberg recounted in the Washington Post how Trump lied his way onto the magazine's list of the wealthiest Americans. Trump called Greenberg to brag about his riches while pretending to be his own PR man — John Barron — a trick he had pulled before.

Greenberg knew Trump was exaggerating but not by how much. He wrote: "In our first-ever list, in 1982, we included him at $100 million, but Trump was actually worth roughly $5 million — a paltry sum by the standards of his super-monied peers."

It was not just a matter of vanity for Trump: Appearing wealthy made banks more likely to lend to him and business partners more likely to make deals with him. Trump continues the con to this day, claiming a net worth of more than $10 billion but refusing to release his tax returns.

Trump's whole business career was littered with broken promises — in other words, swindles. Trump paid $25 million to settle civil suits by students at Trump University who claimed that he had not delivered on his promises to teach them the secrets of his money-making success. Actually, he did: The lesson came in the way they were fleeced.

Yet another apparent Trump scam has come to light concerning his supposed sexual prowess. Jill Brooke, the reporter behind the New York Post's famous "Best Sex I've Ever Had" front page in 1990, says the headline came about when Trump called her and demanded a story to counteract the positive coverage that the Daily News was giving to his estranged wife, Ivana, in their divorce battle. "Marla [Maples] says with me it's the best sex she's ever had," Trump told her on the telephone, referring to his mistress who would soon become wife No. 2. For confirmation, Trump shouted, "Didn't you say it's the best sex you ever had with me?"

According to the Daily Beast: "A faint 'yes, Donald,' was heard in the background and the headline wrote itself to become part of history. Brooke said it was only later she discovered Trump was prone to impersonating associates on the phone, and so she is now unsure if Trump's second wife ever said any such thing."

If this was indeed another racket, it wasn't just about feeding Trump's insatiable ego. His image as a lady-killer added to his aura of all-around success, which he used to peddle all sorts of tchotchkes to gullible consumers. As the Washington Post notes, "There was Trump deodorant. Trump ties. Trump steaks. Trump underwear. Trump furniture. At one time, there was even a Trump-branded urine test."

Having gotten in the habit of lying regularly about matters big and small, Trump has set new records for mendacity while in office. The Post reports that he has made more than 3,000 false or misleading claims since the inauguration, and that his rate of deception has increased from 4.9 to 9 falsehoods a day.

Does any of this matter? From a political perspective, probably not. Voters knew what sort of huckster Trump was when they elected him. But it should give us pause to consider what it says about America, circa 2018, that so many of us are so ready to accept a Jordan Belfort or Frank Abagnale — a con man, in other words — as our leader.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-busi
ness-scams-20180503-story.html

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Friday, December 31, 2021 10:17 AM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Trump Trump Trump. Trumpy Trump Trump.

Sit down, Karen.

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Friday, December 31, 2021 10:27 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Trump Trump Trump. Trumpy Trump Trump.

Sit down, Karen.

EZ Money. ACE Cash Express. Cash Store. Trump. There are people who make their living fleecing suckers. Trump voters are suckers. What next? Texas Car Title & Payday Loan Services, Inc.? Trump voters are gullible, which makes them poor, which makes them angry, which makes them vote for Trump, who promises to make them great again. Because they never learn, Trump voters are living the crappy life they earned.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Friday, December 31, 2021 11:13 AM

SIGNYM

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Theranos. Madoff. LTCM. Enron. DNC. Hyperloop. CNN. There are people who make their living fleecing suckers. DNC voters are suckers. What next? DNC voters are gullible, which makes them poor, which makes them angry, which makes them vote for DNC, who promises to make them great again. Because they never learn, DNC voters are living the crappy life they earned.

FIFY

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Friday, December 31, 2021 2:03 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
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Theranos. Madoff. LTCM. Enron. DNC. Hyperloop. CNN. There are people who make their living fleecing suckers. DNC voters are suckers. What next? DNC voters are gullible, which makes them poor, which makes them angry, which makes them vote for DNC, who promises to make them great again. Because they never learn, DNC voters are living the crappy life they earned.

FIFY

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I'm an American born and raised. SIX has my IP, as well as KIKI's, and the regional identifier tells him that we are where we say we are: in the LA area. But you can find that out for yourself on the map that Haken has so kindly provided.

I'm a THOUGHTFUL person who doesn't limit myself to polishing mental turds and sticking with old ideas. I read opinions and articles from all over the world. Spoken with environmental colleagues who came from all over the world. Confronted ideas that made me uncomfortable. Felt stupid lots of times. Changed my mind about a lot of things over my lifetime including the role of our government, the fragility of corporate-defined "efficiency", the corruption of the DNC, nationalism, and personal responsibility. I believe in solving problems, not sharing miseries with my fellow economic inmates just so the wealthy can accumulate more wealth. Or begging for crumbs that will never fall, just so the system can hobble along a little further without crushing me.

http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=64736&mid=11475
12#1147512

Signym, you are out of your mind. Really. Not kidding. Articulate? Yes! Sane? No way! You have never been sane at fff.net. That all purpose "FIFY" Signym uses all the time, and the way Signym reedits someone's words, is a powerful proof for an attorney that you are not right in the head, that you lost touch with reality many years ago. You jammed a bunch of words together "Theranos. Madoff. LTCM. Enron. --- Hyperloop. ---" that have nothing do with one another, other than being controlled by Republican partisans. And if you think Elon (Hyperloop) Musk is anything other than extremely hostile to everything Democrats do (he busts unions, he cheats on his taxes, he manipulates the stock market, he greedily swindles Tesla stock-owners ) you are as crazy a partisan as Musk is.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

https://getcomics.info/other-comics/firefly-35-2021/

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Friday, December 31, 2021 7:31 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

Second's right, Sigs...

There is no fixing his bullshit.

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