It’s also very similar to EST/The Forum  Although Reniere initially pitched the program as “executive training” in a business context rather than a Self Help one. The group in a lot of ways functioned as a Multi-Level Marketing scheme to sell seminars in a tiered structure.

Reniere apparently started in MLM, with…

Also David Rosenthal on everything wrong with Crypto.

And if crypto were regulated by the SEC like stocks are that might matter. The entire point here is an unregulated market, with features that allow you to skate on the few legal requirements. Like hiding taxes.

Hell most of the exchanges are probably beholden to Know Your Customer and anti-money laundering laws. And…

It’s also a regular feature of the comics. One that’s often used specifically because it’s goofy.

Kristin Kruek recruited Mack rather than the other way around. And Mack was purportedly the main recruiter for the group.

Bit like Scientology they targeted wealthy and visible people, it gives an image of legitimacy and helps recruit less prominent members to feed cash into the system.

Clyne and Mac were divorced last year, and one of the of the accusations in the case was their marriage was an arranged one. Meant to resolve a US Immigration dispute on Clyne’s part.

Clyne also seems to have been involved much longer than others, and may have been Raniere’s romantic partner before much of the crazy…

Pretty sure Casey Jones started as parody of these sorts of characters. Make em super dark for tongue in cheek value.

And the fact that he’s depicted that way is basically rooted in a goof.

Sure dude.

If 4 years of Trump, culminating in a no shit attempted coup haven’t taught you that “they’re all the same” is a bit of bullshit.

Sportsmaster's whole schtick is literally sports equipment tho. He's basically an evil gym teacher. He might blow up a bank by throwing a foot ball, or challenge Batman with a javelin. I read a comic once where he captured the hero with a hockey net. 

It was the original estimate IIRC. In practice immunity seems to start tapering at 3 and you’re basically a fresh new baby by 6-8 months.

Yeah some people love working systems like this. And that’s fine, I do get into it from time to time on replays.

But you can do that just as well in a fully fleshed out system. As goes the example the base is just not completely there.

For the most part I’m just kinda ignoring armor stats and running with an outfit I…

I haven’t seen a “patent free” bit in the reporting. But it shouldn’t matter and that’s not neccisarily a bad thing, they’re not tied to a drug company so even if the model is to license it out at low cost to anyone. Which would be the only model if it’s patented given they don’t have a vaccine plant. It should still…

DC has some remarkably bonkers villains.

He already made Batmite canon, and apparently really wants to to do a Batmite project. 

It’s not about republican or democrat. They’re all in on the scam.

Pelosi barely makes the top 10 for wealth in members of Congress and the top 5 are all Republicans.

NV is around 160 years post nukes falling. And roughly speaking in Fallout no one save some Ghouls survived outside of a vault. All your humans are descendants of survivors in Vaults and other sorts of shelters.