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Rebels57 said:
Yeah didn't he just want to impress Death so he could bang her? lol
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Colorado Man Charged with Sports Cards Fraud Scheme

“Protection from fraud extends to all consumers, regardless of what team they root for,” stated United States Attorney Peace. “As alleged, the defendant orchestrated a years’ long and far-reaching scheme to defraud sports trading cards enthusiasts and the sports memorabilia industry. Our Office...
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A complaint was unsealed this morning in federal court in Brooklyn charging Mayo Gilbert McNeil with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a scheme involving counterfeit sports trading cards. McNeil was arrested this morning in Denver and is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. McNeil will be arraigned in the Eastern District of New York at a later date.

Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge, FBI, New York Field Office, announced the arrest and charge.

“Protection from fraud extends to all consumers, regardless of what team they root for,” stated United States Attorney Peace. “As alleged, the defendant orchestrated a years’ long and far-reaching scheme to defraud sports trading cards enthusiasts and the sports memorabilia industry. Our Office is committed to addressing counterfeiting at all levels of the market.”

Mr. Peace expressed his appreciation to the New York City Police Department, which conducted this investigation with the FBI.

“As alleged, Mr. McNeil defrauded sports memorabilia collectors of more than $800,000 by intentionally misrepresenting the authenticity of the trading cards he was peddling when, in fact, they were counterfeit. The FBI remains committed to investigating fraud at all levels and bringing the subjects who engage in it to justice,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Driscoll.

As set forth in court filings, between April 2015 and July 2019, the defendant conspired with others to sell and trade sports trading cards, including 1986 Fleer Michael Jordan rookie cards, with victims he found via the Internet and through online selling platforms. The defendant misrepresented that the sports trading cards he was offering were graded by a professional authentication company, when in reality the trading cards were not authentic. The defendant defrauded his victims of over $800,000 in cash and authentic sports trading cards that were traded for the counterfeits.
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Hollywood Cannon said:
@JojoTheWhale

www.justice.gov

Colorado Man Charged with Sports Cards Fraud Scheme

“Protection from fraud extends to all consumers, regardless of what team they root for,” stated United States Attorney Peace. “As alleged, the defendant orchestrated a years’ long and far-reaching scheme to defraud sports trading cards enthusiasts and the sports memorabilia industry. Our Office...
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I have that card among others from that premiere set...never got them valued though.
 
achdumeingute said:
Yea what a moron. Kick the girl out. Move on. People just have a hard time facing facts.

You have a very normal, healthy, mature take my man. I'm married, but I've told my wife before, if you want out, just say it. Not going to waste time on jealousy or sunk costs.


Every time I watch Avengers Infinity War/Endgame, I find myself rooting for Thanos lol.
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In the song The Devil went down to Georgia, the Devil won. The song lies.
 
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Flybynite said:
Honestly don't know when or even if I'll be in another relationship just because of being burned so many times. I have like basically no ability to trust at this point and even if there was an element of loneliness due to lack of companionship having someone around you don't trust and just are waiting for it to blow-up isn't a fulfilling experience anyway.

A lot of days I get why some people just go off and live in seclusion by themselves.
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I think this is just a fun thought experiment based on what is "natural" vs what is a "social construct". Personally, I prefer to be by myself most of the time. Took me a while to accept that I didn't "have" to force being in a relationship strictly because that is what we're "supposed" to do. I just simply don't have the desire or need to interact with people on a regular basis. It is interesting in that when you look at other species some of them develop tight paired relationships, others live in groups, and some live solitary lives, but none of them have a "social construct" of what they're being told they are supposed to do.

achdumeingute said:
Every time I watch Avengers Infinity War/Endgame, I find myself rooting for Thanos lol.
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I'm team Thanos Was Right, but I agree with many of the MCU villains.

Kermit the Prog said:
I suppose it's a matter of personal happiness. I don't rely on anyone but myself for my happiness. I only allow others into my life who add to it.
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I follow a similar rule. If you are not at the very least having a neutral impact on my life, you're out. I essentially treat every interaction I have with people like an episode of ESPN's Around the Horn. You get positive points for good contributions and negative points for bad contributions. If you hit 0, you're out, but I'm also willing to be very upfront with why you're getting negative points. If you continue to provide those bad contributions because you don't care enough to reflect on how they are impacting me, then you're cut.
 
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Jack Straw. Here's a memorable bear scene. Poitier is hilarious at the end .

 
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Superman33 said:
I think this is just a fun thought experiment based on what is "natural" vs what is a "social construct". Personally, I prefer to be by myself most of the time. Took me a while to accept that I didn't "have" to force being in a relationship strictly because that is what we're "supposed" to do. I just simply don't have the desire or need to interact with people on a regular basis. It is interesting in that when you look at other species some of them develop tight paired relationships, others live in groups, and some live solitary lives, but none of them have a "social construct" of what they're being told they are supposed to do.



I'm team Thanos Was Right, but I agree with many of the MCU villains.



I follow a similar rule. If you are not at the very least having a neutral impact on my life, you're out. I essentially treat every interaction I have with people like an episode of ESPN's Around the Horn. You get positive points for good contributions and negative points for bad contributions. If you hit 0, you're out, but I'm also willing to be very upfront with why you're getting negative points. If you continue to provide those bad contributions because you don't care enough to reflect on how they are impacting me, then you're cut.
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If kids are involved the relationship between you and your partner takes a back seat ...harder to extricate yourself especially if wedded. Woman I a m seeing now is an empty nester and I never had kids so we both have something to build upon. We are also are both established so finances are not an issue and we can share. If it wasn't for these two things to start off with....I don't even bother. Perfectly content on my own. I intend to retire early and enjoy my life. If somebody can't enhance my life and I theirs in a complementary and interdependent way...then forget it. Nobody is throwing shade on my sunny Mummer's parade...don't care how hot they may be or whatever. In a few years I will pay into long term care ...not gonna kiss ass to hope somebody wipes my ass in old age.
 
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Basically the Russians are giving advice to wives whose husbands do not want to go to war. (reporting their unwilling husband at the authorities included) That country is beyond f***ed up. There is a Czech saying that Russia is not a country. Russia is a way of life

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So earlier today I posted about how much I prefer to be alone and then the trailer for this movie No Hard Feelings comes out. I'm fairly certain this movie may have been something I dreamt and then it got turned into a movie exactly as it was, including the people playing the roles. I would not be surprised if my parents tried this when I was 18. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if this happened to me now.

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Just watching the trailer was awesome. They show that quick scene right away and I was like "Oh cool, a movie where Jennifer Lawrence is hot. Who was that kid?"

Then it hit me. It was Andrew Barth Feldman. I'd be shocked if people knew who he was, but in a totally not creepy way, I'm obsessed with him. I think he's just an awesome human. He played Evan in Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway, which he was phenomenal in and should have been the Evan in the movie instead of Ben Platt's 35 year old looking ass, he does really smart, funny, creative stuff, releases his own music, and he's obsessed with Disney. His mom died while he was playing Even and he developed a short performance (like 45 minutes) called Park Map where he talks about his mom's death and the craziness that was his life via performances and metaphors of visiting Disney World with his mom as a kid. Like using the Park Map as his guide for dealing with his mom's death. Just unbelievably smart and creative, right up my alley. I've only met a few people like this in real life, but they are 100% my favorite people. Just a weird mix of smart, creative, nerdy, absurd humor.

A few months ago I saw he was going to be in an "unnamed Jennifer Lawrence project". It's his first movie so I figured he'd just be like some unnamed side character. As the trailer went on I was floored to see he's the costar of the movie. Not only is he the perfect person for this role, I also 100% would have cast Jennifer Lawrence in her role. She has them same weird humor, but she is also smoking hot. This movie may have been made solely for me.

Also, it's from the people who made Good Boys and that movie is one of the funniest things I've ever watched. Like Superbad with middle schoolers.
 
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