DaveC
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happy 4/20 everyone.
I give the man this - he is the greatest con man of all time. By far.He is so obsessed with the perception of his wealth it’s embarrassing. And very nouveau riche.
General Gregor MacGregor (24 December 1786 – 4 December 1845) was a Scottish soldier, adventurer and confidence trickster who attempted from 1821 to 1837 to draw British and French investors and settlers to "Poyais", a fictional Central American territory that he claimed to rule as "Cazique". Hundreds invested their savings in supposed Poyaisian government bonds and land certificates, while about 250 emigrated to MacGregor's invented country in 1822–23 to find only an untouched jungle; more than half of them died. MacGregor's Poyais scheme has been called one of the most brazen confidence tricks in history.
I counter with a man who's parlayed a minor inheritance into billions of dollars in bank loans, of which he lost all of it, and still managed to convince people a) to give him more, and b) that he was actually successful in what he did... and was so successful at conning people into thinking he was a competent, successful billionaire businessman that he got elected the leader of the free world, in control of the world's best military and a huge nuclear arsenal.he's probably not the greatest of all time, and definitely not "by far". this guy is at worst a pretty close second:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_MacGregor
his story is crazy, and worth a read of his wikipedia page.
Deali will concede your point if you agree to stop calling him the leader of the free world.
Sometimes the best defense against crazy is more crazy.So what are everyone’s thoughts on North Korea? An actual positive emerging from this shitshow? Or a big fucking trap?
So Admiral, what do you think of the potential North Korea deal?i don't think it's a trap per se but i suspect kim is going along the lines of his father's tactics from 20 years ago, and hoping to make a few concessions that won't really make all that much difference in exchange for aid and lifting some of the sanctions. it'll give him some propaganda that he can spin to make it look to his people like dear leader outfoxed the americans. some of the more optimistic promises probably aren't gonna happen, like denuclearization or a formal peace treaty to end the korean war.
that, or when kim went to beijing on that weird train and met with xi in secret a little while back, xi told him to tone it the fuck down or they won't protect his regime any longer, and now kim's bugging the fuck out realizing that china doesn't necessarily have his back anymore.
either way, despite all the credit he's going to claim for it, it's not trump's doing.
36trump skipping out on barbara bush funeral, knowing he isn’t wanted there, instead going to mar a lago. Will he get a full 18 holes?
he's probably not the greatest of all time, and definitely not "by far". this guy is at worst a pretty close second:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_MacGregor
his story is crazy, andworth a read of his wikipedia pageactually listen to this 40 minute podcast instead, from one of my favourite history presenters mike duncan. he tells the story way better than wikipedia ever could: http://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/8/5/1/851...77298517&hwt=039c6847ec71f5eb1b7044ad23ede786 (apologies for the weird link)
Trump skipping out on Barbara Bush funeral, knowing he isn’t wanted there, instead going to Mar a Lago. Will he get a full 18 holes?
Trump skipping out on Barbara Bush funeral, knowing he isn’t wanted there, instead going to Mar a Lago. Will he get a full 18 holes?
What? Why is that, of all things, a precedent?Well, I think it's customary that a sitting president does not attend a funeral of a former First Lady. So I give Trump a pass on that one.
6 different Russian prostitutes?
Obama didn't go to Nancy Reagan's funeral.What? Why is that, of all things, a precedent?
What? Why is that, of all things, a precedent?
Mike Duncan is awesome! His History of Rome is flat out one of the best podcasts ever.