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FBI arrests CIA official with $40M in gold bars in his home

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Post by paulryanrogers »

irishcoffee wrote: post #366
Filligree wrote: post #362

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Sure, but nonexistence is the default. Has to be the default; most possible things do not exist. In this case we have no evidence for, so we stay with the default.

You're making the "if a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it" pontification? If so, I disagree with you.

Are they? And anyway, plenty of trees have been observed falling in the forest, and gravity in general. Not so many repeatable observations about divine beings, healing, etc.

Absence of evidence isn't proof of existence. Ultimately it's all about probabilities based what is known. Unlikely there is a blue teacup within Saturn's rings or a flying spaghetti monster.

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Post by pstuart »

sudoshred wrote: post #119
pstuart wrote: post #90

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Yeah, the CIA is all about CYA.

Much like most office jobs

Like most people, unfortunately. But most people aren't entrusted with so much power and duty, and done so ostensibly for service to the people of this country.

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Post by ericyd »

dieselgate wrote: post #383
ericyd wrote: post #300

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The first story could literally be a sketch on a comedy show, thanks for the laugh

Reminds me of safety trainings where they show machine-shop accidents or people nailing themselves with an air-gun. It happens more than we think and is gruesome. Just a couple months ago saw a Dewalt framing nailer recall posted at home depot for accidental discharges without the trigger being held. Not the same as drilling into your stomach - and I see a black comedy element - but can't help but wince and cringe at…

The drilling into oneself is not funny. The feeding an obviously seriously injured person soup to deduce the severity of their illness is funny as hell to me

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Post by p0w3n3d »

jgilias wrote: post #208
p0w3n3d wrote: post #197

There's this one guy who's apparently also insider and he and his family earns a lot of money because of market manipulation with his decisions. Maybe FBI should get into him as well?

Nah, he’ll just get some deal where the FBI can’t investigate him and his family for anything ever. Yay for democracy and rule of law.

Yay...

Yay indeed

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Post by nojs »

seanhunter wrote: post #246
Radle wrote: post #118

From last November to March, the court papers say, Mr. Rush asked for, and received, “a significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses.” Obvious plant nobody would be that stupid to store the valuables at home within the first six months after the „acquisition“. —— Also the CIA was unable to confirm his discharge with the navy earlier? As if people aren…

> Obvious plant nobody would be that stupid to store the valuables at home within the first six months after the „acquisition“. Whenever you say "nobody would be that stupid" you have to pause and take a deep breath and realise that however dumb something is, there are for sure people who are stupid enough to do it. Example 1 from personal experience: I was at my aunt's house and she had to rush a friend's husband to…

that was a fantastic story, thanks

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Post by ajam1507 »

GoblinSlayer wrote: post #218
ajam1507 wrote: post #199

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How would they know you went out to the woods?

Smartphone will report it.

This really says something about society, can't even imagine leaving your house without a smartphone.

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Post by akimbostrawman »

mlmonkey wrote: post #6

Gold is the "bitcoin" of yesterday, in the sense that it is untraceable, anonymous and yet high value enough to be worth it. And it can be made to disappear in a hurry, if you have to: https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/10/03/140815154/d...

Btc is neither fungible, untraceable or private. The only actual currency which is comparable to gold is monero xmr.

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Post by rbanffy »

m463 wrote: post #353
542354234235 wrote: post #338

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That is an "its technically a jet" jet, not a jet that anyone would picture in their mind if you told them "I own a private jet".

I think if you take a selfie with your phone at just the right angle and don't show your forked tail, you might pull it off. It's a tried and true internet technique.

You can easily do that at airshows as well.
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