[quote=“DividendsFirst”] I tip my hat to the several posters (leanandgreen, most recently) who attempted — since something was so PLAINLY out of whack here — to conduct an accurate share-count census among board members but were repeatedly shouted down by Smart Money Kamboomists and others who cautioned against scaring new investors away from this solid proposition of ours (MDMN — “the mountain” — “the glorious infallible mountain”) and who said (sneeringly, and while flinging vicious handful after vicious handful of love-it-or-leave it) that a share count was not worth pursuing, would be counter-productive, would cause the share price to tank, and that everything was in good hands now, etc., etc., etc.
I also tip my hat to the many who were shouted down (or banned from the board) for having been “whiners” and “bashers” and for not having produced “any due diligence of their own” — this accusation was most often hurled by folk(s) who have provided inaccurate due diligence almost daily and who, during my five infinite-seeming years here, have made an endless string of absolutely worthless (and wrong!) predictions and never once coughed up an apology…
It takes great fortitude to stand up in the face of people who claim scientific expertise and inside knowledge, and while I had no such fortitude, I do recognize that several people here DID and DO have such fortitude, and I feel ashamed for not having supported them vocally here on the board… We have been completely dis-served by the people on this board who have been promoting this stock, and we let ourselves be had — well, I’ll speak for myself: I let myself be had…
Way back when it was asked if we might all send our prayers to Les, as he was being driven to the emergency room (by JJ!), because Les had just injured himself by “falling down the stairs” of his Santiago hotel while he was heading off to cut the final deal with Ulander (or was it Bogdan?)… I’m ashamed of myself… How can I ever outlive this shameful episode?
So far, not a single person has gone wrong by betting against this venture. If we’d had a right/wrong scorekeeper during the past five infinite-seeming years, the scoreboard might read:
“Whiners” and “Bashers”: 10,000
"Smart Money": Zero…
— madmen
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Great post Dividends aka madmen!
So many posters here have fallen on their swords posting and being banned while we see those favored here by the few in control here rise in their rhetoric. I would hope for a new day after these revelations but with yesterday’s perceived censorship…my optimism is at an all time low.