• #45's latest grift

    From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 15 09:03:02 2022
    I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop.
    Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than
    hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will only
    be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure to sell
    out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will bear. #45
    only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be making tons
    of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

    You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors."

    TB

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  • From bfh@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Thu Dec 15 13:02:42 2022
    Technobarbarian wrote:

         I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop. Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than
    hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will
    only be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure
    to sell out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will
    bear. #45 only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be
    making tons of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

       You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors."

    TB

    damn. That's literally tacky, but maybe I should buy some anyway, and
    it's uniquely possible I could make a profit in a few years by
    promoting them in the context of Before-The-Spaghetti-Stuck cards.

    --
    bill
    Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to bfh on Thu Dec 15 10:42:19 2022
    On 12/15/2022 10:02 AM, bfh wrote:
    Technobarbarian wrote:

          I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop. >> Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than
    hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will
    only be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure
    to sell out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will
    bear. #45 only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be
    making tons of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

        You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors."

    TB

    damn. That's literally tacky, but maybe I should buy some anyway, and
    it's uniquely possible I could make a profit in a few years by promoting
    them in the context of Before-The-Spaghetti-Stuck cards.


    Tacky is one of its best features. And you could hit it lucky if
    you get one of the early one of kind cards. When you sell it for a
    zillion bucks #45 will only get 10% of that. This beats owning a
    gambling casino all to hell.

    To keep it legal you can request a free entry in the YUGE
    sweepstakes. You might win dinner with the idiot and a few hundred other people. The only price you would pay would probably be a yuge flood of
    #45 related email. Who knows? Pretty soon he could be selling NFT steaks
    and Ginsu knifes. The sky is the limit.

    TB

    TB

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  • From bfh@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Thu Dec 15 13:58:53 2022
    Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 12/15/2022 10:02 AM, bfh wrote:
    Technobarbarian wrote:

          I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99
    a pop. Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even
    better than hard copy baseball cards and just in time for
    Christmas. There will only be 45,000 digital cards in the initial
    offering and they're sure to sell out fast. You can sell your cards
    for whatever the market will bear. #45 only takes 10% off the top
    of those sales. Everyone will be making tons of money on this. And
    you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

        You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors." >>>
    TB

    damn. That's literally tacky, but maybe I should buy some anyway,
    and it's uniquely possible I could make a profit in a few years by
    promoting them in the context of Before-The-Spaghetti-Stuck cards.


        Tacky is one of its best features. And you could hit it lucky if
    you get one of the early one of kind cards. When you sell it for a
    zillion bucks #45 will only get 10% of that. This beats owning a
    gambling casino all to hell.

         To keep it legal you can request a free entry in the YUGE sweepstakes. You might win dinner with the idiot and a few hundred
    other people.

    That's the best reason I can think of for not entering.

    The only price you would pay would probably be a yuge
    flood of #45 related email. Who knows? Pretty soon he could be selling
    NFT steaks and Ginsu knifes. The sky is the limit.

    TB

    TB


    --
    bill
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  • From filmbydon@gmail.com@21:1/5 to bfh on Thu Dec 15 12:36:08 2022
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 10:02:45 AM UTC-8, bfh wrote:
    Technobarbarian wrote:

    I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop. Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than
    hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will
    only be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure
    to sell out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will bear. #45 only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be making tons of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

    You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors."

    TB
    damn. That's literally tacky, but maybe I should buy some anyway, and
    it's uniquely possible I could make a profit in a few years by
    promoting them in the context of Before-The-Spaghetti-Stuck cards.

    --
    bill
    Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

    This could be the last opportunity for a Trump merchandise collector's ship to come in, at over 10 mph! Strike now, while the iron is hot! Now, is the time to get in, on on the ground floor! The 1st 1,000 callers, will also get an order of cyber-
    magic beans, preventing all future hair loss! What are you waiting for?

    A fool & his money Jr.

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  • From George.Anthony@21:1/5 to bfh on Thu Dec 15 16:48:10 2022
    On 12/15/2022 12:02 PM, bfh wrote:
    Technobarbarian wrote:

          I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop. >> Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than
    hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will
    only be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure
    to sell out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will
    bear. #45 only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be
    making tons of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

        You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors."

    TB

    damn. That's literally tacky, but maybe I should buy some anyway, and
    it's uniquely possible I could make a profit in a few years by promoting
    them in the context of Before-The-Spaghetti-Stuck cards.


    Yabut, not matter what game you play you will always have the "Trump" card.
    --
    --------------
    In view of recent elections, it seems liberal voters have become
    afflicted with Stockholm Syndrome.

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to film...@gmail.com on Thu Dec 15 14:41:13 2022
    On 12/15/2022 12:36 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 10:02:45 AM UTC-8, bfh wrote:
    Technobarbarian wrote:

    I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop.
    Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than
    hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will
    only be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure
    to sell out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will
    bear. #45 only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be
    making tons of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

    You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors."

    TB
    damn. That's literally tacky, but maybe I should buy some anyway, and
    it's uniquely possible I could make a profit in a few years by
    promoting them in the context of Before-The-Spaghetti-Stuck cards.

    --
    bill
    Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

    This could be the last opportunity for a Trump merchandise collector's ship to come in, at over 10 mph! Strike now, while the iron is hot! Now, is the time to get in, on on the ground floor! The 1st 1,000 callers, will also get an order of
    cyber-magic beans, preventing all future hair loss! What are you waiting for?

    A fool & his money Jr.



    :-) I think we're a long way from the "last" opportunity. P.T.
    Barnum would be proud of this guy. I'll bet his family will be selling
    last opportunities long after he's gone. This is probably just the start
    of the NFT gold rush. You could sell your own digital trading cards.
    That thought is likely to occur to a lot of celebrities and hucksters.
    Some of them have already gotten a head start.

    "Celebs Are Being Sued for Shilling Expensive Bored Ape NFTs"

    "Gwyneth Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon are among those accused of urging
    people to buy "losing investments" without disclosing payments for endorsements.

    A class-action lawsuit was filed against the Bored Ape Yacht Club

    A class action lawsuit was filed against Yuga Labs, the parent company
    of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), on Friday, in which investors claimed
    the company didn’t disclose celebrities’ alleged involvement in
    promoting and selling NFTs (non-fungible tokens).

    The lawsuit, seen by Gizmodo, named celebrities who were reportedly used
    to increase revenue by “billions of dollars” that were generated by
    their endorsements. The plaintiffs, Adonis Real and Adam Titcher claim
    the campaign artificially inflated the interest and price of BAYC,
    “causing investors to purchase these losing investments at drastically inflated prices.”

    Real and Titcher filed the lawsuit last week and are seeking monetary
    damages for themselves and others affected by the alleged scheme.

    Guy Oseary, a talent manager for stars including Madonna and U2, is
    named as the primary defendant in the lawsuit. Oseary is a partner in
    Yuga Labs and is allegedly heavily involved in managing many of the
    celebrities who promoted BAYC NFTs.

    According to the lawsuit, Oseary “entirely manufactured” a front
    operation of MoonPay, of which he is an investor, to promote and sell
    digital assets. MoonPay is a crypto payment platform that acts as a
    mid-way service for celebrities’ NFT transactions.

    The lawsuit claims BAYC relied “heavily on the perception that ‘joining
    the club’ (i.e., buying a BAYC NFT) brings investors status and provides
    them access to events, benefits, and other lucrative investment
    opportunities exclusive to BAYC holders.”

    The lawsuit continued, adding, “The exclusiveness of BAYC membership was entirely based on the inclusion and endorsements of highly influential celebrities.”

    The lawsuit names Gwyneth Paltrow, Paris Hilton, Jimmy Fallon, Kevin
    Hart, Serena Williams, DJ Khaled, and others—amounting to a total of 37 defendants as part of the purported involvement in BAYC and for
    “promoting and selling a suite of digital assets.” The lawsuit adds, “at no point did any of the defendants register these securities with the SEC.”

    BAYC is comprised of more than 10,000 NFTs of cartoon monkeys in
    different outfits and its cheapest NFT is valued at around $88,000,
    according to CNET. Its value makes BAYC one of the most successful and exclusive NFT art collections.

    A Yuga Labs spokesperson said in a statement to numerous outlets
    including The A.V. Club, “In our view, these claims are opportunistic
    and parasitic. We strongly believe that they are without merit, and look forward to proving as much.”"

    https://gizmodo.com/board-ape-nfts-bayc-celeb-endorsements-1849884270

    I'm sure this is just a problem with the paperwork. The hucksters
    will be more careful next time. I thought I had learned everything I
    needed to know about digging for gold from Walter Huston's classic
    movie, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. In AZ I knew a guy who had
    lived it--more than once. The last time he was too old to dig himself
    out again.

    They could have a whole home shopping network for nothing but NFTs. Everyone's grandmother will be buying this stuff so their grandchildren
    will have money to go to college with. Be careful you don't get caught
    in the stampede.

    TB

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  • From kmiller@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Thu Dec 15 18:46:38 2022
    On 12/15/2022 2:41 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 12/15/2022 12:36 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 10:02:45 AM UTC-8, bfh wrote:
    Technobarbarian wrote:

          I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop. >>>> Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than
    hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will
    only be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure
    to sell out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will >>>> bear. #45 only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be
    making tons of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

        You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors."

    TB
    damn. That's literally tacky, but maybe I should buy some anyway, and
    it's uniquely possible I could make a profit in a few years by
    promoting them in the context of Before-The-Spaghetti-Stuck cards.

    --
    bill
    Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

    This could be the last opportunity for a Trump merchandise collector's
    ship to come in,  at over 10 mph!   Strike now,  while the iron is
    hot!  Now,  is the time to get in,  on on the ground floor!   The 1st >> 1,000 callers, will also get an order of cyber-magic beans,
    preventing all future hair loss!  What are you waiting for?

    A fool & his money Jr.



           :-) I think we're a long way from the "last" opportunity. P.T. Barnum would be proud of this guy. I'll bet his family will be selling
    last opportunities long after he's gone. This is probably just the start
    of the NFT gold rush. You could sell your own digital trading cards.
    That thought is likely to occur to a lot of celebrities and hucksters.
    Some of them have already gotten a head start.

    "Celebs Are Being Sued for Shilling Expensive Bored Ape NFTs"

    "Gwyneth Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon are among those accused of urging
    people to buy "losing investments" without disclosing payments for endorsements.

    A class-action lawsuit was filed against the Bored Ape Yacht Club

    A class action lawsuit was filed against Yuga Labs, the parent company
    of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), on Friday, in which investors claimed
    the company didn’t disclose celebrities’ alleged involvement in
    promoting and selling NFTs (non-fungible tokens).

    The lawsuit, seen by Gizmodo, named celebrities who were reportedly used
    to increase revenue by “billions of dollars” that were generated by
    their endorsements. The plaintiffs, Adonis Real and Adam Titcher claim
    the campaign artificially inflated the interest and price of BAYC,
    “causing investors to purchase these losing investments at drastically inflated prices.”

    Real and Titcher filed the lawsuit last week and are seeking monetary
    damages for themselves and others affected by the alleged scheme.

    Guy Oseary, a talent manager for stars including Madonna and U2, is
    named as the primary defendant in the lawsuit. Oseary is a partner in
    Yuga Labs and is allegedly heavily involved in managing many of the celebrities who promoted BAYC NFTs.

    According to the lawsuit, Oseary “entirely manufactured” a front operation of MoonPay, of which he is an investor, to promote and sell
    digital assets. MoonPay is a crypto payment platform that acts as a
    mid-way service for celebrities’ NFT transactions.

    The lawsuit claims BAYC relied “heavily on the perception that ‘joining the club’ (i.e., buying a BAYC NFT) brings investors status and provides them access to events, benefits, and other lucrative investment
    opportunities exclusive to BAYC holders.”

    The lawsuit continued, adding, “The exclusiveness of BAYC membership was entirely based on the inclusion and endorsements of highly influential celebrities.”

    The lawsuit names Gwyneth Paltrow, Paris Hilton, Jimmy Fallon, Kevin
    Hart, Serena Williams, DJ Khaled, and others—amounting to a total of 37 defendants as part of the purported involvement in BAYC and for
    “promoting and selling a suite of digital assets.” The lawsuit adds, “at
    no point did any of the defendants register these securities with the SEC.”

    BAYC is comprised of more than 10,000 NFTs of cartoon monkeys in
    different outfits and its cheapest NFT is valued at around $88,000,
    according to CNET. Its value makes BAYC one of the most successful and exclusive NFT art collections.

    A Yuga Labs spokesperson said in a statement to numerous outlets
    including The A.V. Club, “In our view, these claims are opportunistic
    and parasitic. We strongly believe that they are without merit, and look forward to proving as much.”"

    https://gizmodo.com/board-ape-nfts-bayc-celeb-endorsements-1849884270

         I'm sure this is just a problem with the paperwork. The hucksters will be more careful next time. I thought I had learned everything I
    needed to know about digging for gold from Walter Huston's classic
    movie, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. In AZ I knew a guy who had
    lived it--more than once. The last time he was too old to dig himself
    out again.

        They could have a whole home shopping network for nothing but NFTs. Everyone's grandmother will be buying this stuff so their grandchildren
    will have money to go to college with. Be careful you don't get caught
    in the stampede.

    TB


    This is even more hilarious:

    The far-right personality known as "Baked Alaska" tweeted that he can't
    believe he's "going to jail for an nft salesman."

    "Baked Alaska," whose real name is Anthime Gionet, participated in the
    January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

    He pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge that carries a sentence of
    up to 6 months. His sentencing hearing is in January.

    The far-right internet personality known as "Baked Alaska" was less than pleased with former President Donald Trump's announcement Thursday that
    he's launching a series of digital trading card NFTs.

    "i can't believe i'm going to jail for an nft salesman," Baked Alaska,
    whose real name is Anthime Gionet, tweeted Thursday afternoon.

    Gionet participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and
    later pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading,
    demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. The charge carries a sentence of up to six months, and Gionet's sentencing hearing is
    scheduled for January 12.

    Trump, who launched his 2024 presidential campaign last month, first
    teased his NFT collection in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.

    "AMERICA NEEDS A SUPERHERO! I will be making a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
    tomorrow. THANK YOU!" he wrote. The statement was accompanied by a video depicting Trump as a Superman-style superhero, complete with laser beams shooting out of his eyes.

    He followed up on Thursday morning, writing on his Twitter-esque social
    media site that the "official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card
    collection is here! These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of
    my Life & Career!"

    He added that the cards, which are going for $99 apiece, are "like a
    baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting."

    Gionet, who livestreamed himself storming the Capitol on January 6,
    didn't mince words when reacting to Trump's announcement.

    "i wanted to make america great again but all i got was this shitty
    nft," he tweeted.

    https://news.yahoo.com/far-troll-capitol-rioter-baked-232053140.html

    You can't make this shit up! HawHawHaw!

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  • From filmbydon@gmail.com@21:1/5 to kmiller on Thu Dec 15 20:17:11 2022
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 6:46:45 PM UTC-8, kmiller wrote:
    On 12/15/2022 2:41 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 12/15/2022 12:36 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 10:02:45 AM UTC-8, bfh wrote:
    Technobarbarian wrote:

    I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop. >>>> Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than >>>> hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will >>>> only be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure >>>> to sell out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will >>>> bear. #45 only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be >>>> making tons of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

    You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors."

    TB
    damn. That's literally tacky, but maybe I should buy some anyway, and >>> it's uniquely possible I could make a profit in a few years by
    promoting them in the context of Before-The-Spaghetti-Stuck cards.

    --
    bill
    Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

    This could be the last opportunity for a Trump merchandise collector's
    ship to come in, at over 10 mph! Strike now, while the iron is
    hot! Now, is the time to get in, on on the ground floor! The 1st
    1,000 callers, will also get an order of cyber-magic beans,
    preventing all future hair loss! What are you waiting for?

    A fool & his money Jr.



    :-) I think we're a long way from the "last" opportunity. P.T. Barnum would be proud of this guy. I'll bet his family will be selling last opportunities long after he's gone. This is probably just the start of the NFT gold rush. You could sell your own digital trading cards.
    That thought is likely to occur to a lot of celebrities and hucksters. Some of them have already gotten a head start.

    "Celebs Are Being Sued for Shilling Expensive Bored Ape NFTs"

    "Gwyneth Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon are among those accused of urging
    people to buy "losing investments" without disclosing payments for endorsements.

    A class-action lawsuit was filed against the Bored Ape Yacht Club

    A class action lawsuit was filed against Yuga Labs, the parent company
    of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), on Friday, in which investors claimed
    the company didn’t disclose celebrities’ alleged involvement in promoting and selling NFTs (non-fungible tokens).

    The lawsuit, seen by Gizmodo, named celebrities who were reportedly used to increase revenue by “billions of dollars” that were generated by their endorsements. The plaintiffs, Adonis Real and Adam Titcher claim
    the campaign artificially inflated the interest and price of BAYC, “causing investors to purchase these losing investments at drastically inflated prices.”

    Real and Titcher filed the lawsuit last week and are seeking monetary damages for themselves and others affected by the alleged scheme.

    Guy Oseary, a talent manager for stars including Madonna and U2, is
    named as the primary defendant in the lawsuit. Oseary is a partner in
    Yuga Labs and is allegedly heavily involved in managing many of the celebrities who promoted BAYC NFTs.

    According to the lawsuit, Oseary “entirely manufactured” a front operation of MoonPay, of which he is an investor, to promote and sell digital assets. MoonPay is a crypto payment platform that acts as a mid-way service for celebrities’ NFT transactions.

    The lawsuit claims BAYC relied “heavily on the perception that ‘joining
    the club’ (i.e., buying a BAYC NFT) brings investors status and provides them access to events, benefits, and other lucrative investment opportunities exclusive to BAYC holders.”

    The lawsuit continued, adding, “The exclusiveness of BAYC membership was entirely based on the inclusion and endorsements of highly influential celebrities.”

    The lawsuit names Gwyneth Paltrow, Paris Hilton, Jimmy Fallon, Kevin
    Hart, Serena Williams, DJ Khaled, and others—amounting to a total of 37 defendants as part of the purported involvement in BAYC and for “promoting and selling a suite of digital assets.” The lawsuit adds, “at
    no point did any of the defendants register these securities with the SEC.”

    BAYC is comprised of more than 10,000 NFTs of cartoon monkeys in
    different outfits and its cheapest NFT is valued at around $88,000, according to CNET. Its value makes BAYC one of the most successful and exclusive NFT art collections.

    A Yuga Labs spokesperson said in a statement to numerous outlets
    including The A.V. Club, “In our view, these claims are opportunistic and parasitic. We strongly believe that they are without merit, and look forward to proving as much.”"

    https://gizmodo.com/board-ape-nfts-bayc-celeb-endorsements-1849884270

    I'm sure this is just a problem with the paperwork. The hucksters will be more careful next time. I thought I had learned everything I needed to know about digging for gold from Walter Huston's classic
    movie, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. In AZ I knew a guy who had
    lived it--more than once. The last time he was too old to dig himself
    out again.

    They could have a whole home shopping network for nothing but NFTs. Everyone's grandmother will be buying this stuff so their grandchildren will have money to go to college with. Be careful you don't get caught
    in the stampede.

    TB

    This is even more hilarious:

    The far-right personality known as "Baked Alaska" tweeted that he can't believe he's "going to jail for an nft salesman."

    "Baked Alaska," whose real name is Anthime Gionet, participated in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

    He pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge that carries a sentence of
    up to 6 months. His sentencing hearing is in January.

    The far-right internet personality known as "Baked Alaska" was less than pleased with former President Donald Trump's announcement Thursday that
    he's launching a series of digital trading card NFTs.

    "i can't believe i'm going to jail for an nft salesman," Baked Alaska,
    whose real name is Anthime Gionet, tweeted Thursday afternoon.

    Gionet participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and later pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading,
    demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. The charge carries a sentence of up to six months, and Gionet's sentencing hearing is
    scheduled for January 12.

    Trump, who launched his 2024 presidential campaign last month, first
    teased his NFT collection in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.

    "AMERICA NEEDS A SUPERHERO! I will be making a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
    tomorrow. THANK YOU!" he wrote. The statement was accompanied by a video depicting Trump as a Superman-style superhero, complete with laser beams shooting out of his eyes.

    He followed up on Thursday morning, writing on his Twitter-esque social media site that the "official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card
    collection is here! These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of
    my Life & Career!"

    He added that the cards, which are going for $99 apiece, are "like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting."

    Gionet, who livestreamed himself storming the Capitol on January 6,
    didn't mince words when reacting to Trump's announcement.

    "i wanted to make america great again but all i got was this shitty
    nft," he tweeted.

    https://news.yahoo.com/far-troll-capitol-rioter-baked-232053140.html

    You can't make this shit up! HawHawHaw!


    Yeah! What about ol' Baked Alaska? He was just fighting to take his country back... Now, he's headed for the slammer, and his fearless leader, is trolling out comic book inspired nfts for $100 per pop! Guess he'd better start looking for a better
    grade of fearless leader. when he hits the street again, huh?

    Blind Justice Jr.

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to film...@gmail.com on Fri Dec 16 04:43:09 2022
    On 12/15/2022 8:17 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:


    Yeah! What about ol' Baked Alaska? He was just fighting to take his country back... Now, he's headed for the slammer, and his fearless leader, is trolling out comic book inspired nfts for $100 per pop! Guess he'd better start looking for a
    better grade of fearless leader. when he hits the street again, huh?

    Blind Justice Jr.


    When you think about it, $99 a pop is actually pretty cheap. They
    have to come up with thousands of unique and artistic trading cards. At
    most there are only 20 copies of a single trading card. So they're
    averaging less than $2,000 of revenue for each of these artistic images
    of #45 and they have to pay the "artists" out of that.

    "Trump’s Badly Photoshopped NFTs Appear to Use Photos From Small
    Clothing Brands"

    "Betcha couldn’t get enough of this mug, huh? Only thing is, this
    photoshop job seems to be very haphazardly edited using images taken
    directly from the internet.

    Over the last 24 hours, fans of ex-President Donald Trump have sat
    huddled in their chairs, waiting with bated breath for a supposed
    announcement the once tweeter-in-chief promised would blow their socks
    off. He posted a video to his Truth Social page showing an image of him
    in a kind of superhero garb, sporting pecs he most certainly does not
    have, as laser beams shoot from his eyes. What could this mean? What
    apocalypse was coming?

    On Thursday the grand surprise was finally revealed and it was nothing
    but another horrific NFT project that, in Trump’s words, featured
    “amazing ART of my Life & Career!” These “digital trading cards” are indeed just another cash grab NFT project, but the low quality images
    and the company in charge of the project are a more complicated enigma.

    Each NFT sells for a total $99, and some are limited as single copies,
    while other NFTs are available in two, five, seven, or 10 copies. There
    are a total of 45,000 cards in the initial release, but even more, one
    big fan of Mr. Trump will be “guaranteed” a ticket to some future gala dinner with him, ostensibly at his Mar a Lago residence in South
    Florida. The auction even promised to pay for transportation. So yes,
    spend $4,455 and you too can have a sit down with the former president
    himself. Although we can guarantee you he will not look nearly as slim
    as he does in these trading cards.

    The images were so lazy that based on reverse image searches they were
    edited photos scraped off the internet. It’s unclear if they were edited
    by hand or perhaps crafted using AI image generation, though the one
    image of Trump in hunter garb bears a very distinct resemblance to
    waders crafted by Banded, a hunting apparel company."
    [snip]

    https://www.yahoo.com/now/trump-badly-photoshopped-nfts-appear-223000580.html

    TB

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to kmiller on Fri Dec 16 05:13:08 2022
    On 12/15/2022 6:46 PM, kmiller wrote:
    On 12/15/2022 2:41 PM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 12/15/2022 12:36 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, December 15, 2022 at 10:02:45 AM UTC-8, bfh wrote:
    Technobarbarian wrote:

          I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop.
    Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than >>>>> hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will
    only be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure >>>>> to sell out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will >>>>> bear. #45 only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be >>>>> making tons of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

        You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors." >>>>>
    TB
    damn. That's literally tacky, but maybe I should buy some anyway, and
    it's uniquely possible I could make a profit in a few years by
    promoting them in the context of Before-The-Spaghetti-Stuck cards.

    --
    bill
    Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

    This could be the last opportunity for a Trump merchandise
    collector's ship to come in,  at over 10 mph!   Strike now,  while
    the iron is hot!  Now,  is the time to get in,  on on the ground
    floor!   The 1st 1,000 callers, will also get an order of cyber-magic
    beans, preventing all future hair loss!  What are you waiting for?

    A fool & his money Jr.



            :-) I think we're a long way from the "last" opportunity. P.T.
    Barnum would be proud of this guy. I'll bet his family will be selling
    last opportunities long after he's gone. This is probably just the
    start of the NFT gold rush. You could sell your own digital trading
    cards. That thought is likely to occur to a lot of celebrities and
    hucksters. Some of them have already gotten a head start.

    "Celebs Are Being Sued for Shilling Expensive Bored Ape NFTs"

    "Gwyneth Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon are among those accused of urging
    people to buy "losing investments" without disclosing payments for
    endorsements.

    A class-action lawsuit was filed against the Bored Ape Yacht Club

    A class action lawsuit was filed against Yuga Labs, the parent company
    of Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), on Friday, in which investors claimed
    the company didn’t disclose celebrities’ alleged involvement in
    promoting and selling NFTs (non-fungible tokens).

    The lawsuit, seen by Gizmodo, named celebrities who were reportedly
    used to increase revenue by “billions of dollars” that were generated
    by their endorsements. The plaintiffs, Adonis Real and Adam Titcher
    claim the campaign artificially inflated the interest and price of
    BAYC, “causing investors to purchase these losing investments at
    drastically inflated prices.”

    Real and Titcher filed the lawsuit last week and are seeking monetary
    damages for themselves and others affected by the alleged scheme.

    Guy Oseary, a talent manager for stars including Madonna and U2, is
    named as the primary defendant in the lawsuit. Oseary is a partner in
    Yuga Labs and is allegedly heavily involved in managing many of the
    celebrities who promoted BAYC NFTs.

    According to the lawsuit, Oseary “entirely manufactured” a front
    operation of MoonPay, of which he is an investor, to promote and sell
    digital assets. MoonPay is a crypto payment platform that acts as a
    mid-way service for celebrities’ NFT transactions.

    The lawsuit claims BAYC relied “heavily on the perception that
    ‘joining the club’ (i.e., buying a BAYC NFT) brings investors status
    and provides them access to events, benefits, and other lucrative
    investment opportunities exclusive to BAYC holders.”

    The lawsuit continued, adding, “The exclusiveness of BAYC membership
    was entirely based on the inclusion and endorsements of highly
    influential celebrities.”

    The lawsuit names Gwyneth Paltrow, Paris Hilton, Jimmy Fallon, Kevin
    Hart, Serena Williams, DJ Khaled, and others—amounting to a total of
    37 defendants as part of the purported involvement in BAYC and for
    “promoting and selling a suite of digital assets.” The lawsuit adds,
    “at no point did any of the defendants register these securities with
    the SEC.”

    BAYC is comprised of more than 10,000 NFTs of cartoon monkeys in
    different outfits and its cheapest NFT is valued at around $88,000,
    according to CNET. Its value makes BAYC one of the most successful and
    exclusive NFT art collections.

    A Yuga Labs spokesperson said in a statement to numerous outlets
    including The A.V. Club, “In our view, these claims are opportunistic
    and parasitic. We strongly believe that they are without merit, and
    look forward to proving as much.”"

    https://gizmodo.com/board-ape-nfts-bayc-celeb-endorsements-1849884270

          I'm sure this is just a problem with the paperwork. The
    hucksters will be more careful next time. I thought I had learned
    everything I needed to know about digging for gold from Walter
    Huston's classic movie, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. In AZ I knew
    a guy who had lived it--more than once. The last time he was too old
    to dig himself out again.

         They could have a whole home shopping network for nothing but
    NFTs. Everyone's grandmother will be buying this stuff so their
    grandchildren will have money to go to college with. Be careful you
    don't get caught in the stampede.

    TB


    This is even more hilarious:

    The far-right personality known as "Baked Alaska" tweeted that he can't believe he's "going to jail for an nft salesman."

    "Baked Alaska," whose real name is Anthime Gionet, participated in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

    He pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor charge that carries a sentence of
    up to 6 months. His sentencing hearing is in January.

    The far-right internet personality known as "Baked Alaska" was less than pleased with former President Donald Trump's announcement Thursday that
    he's launching a series of digital trading card NFTs.

    "i can't believe i'm going to jail for an nft salesman," Baked Alaska,
    whose real name is Anthime Gionet, tweeted Thursday afternoon.

    Gionet participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and later pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of parading,
    demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building. The charge carries a sentence of up to six months, and Gionet's sentencing hearing is
    scheduled for January 12.

    Trump, who launched his 2024 presidential campaign last month, first
    teased his NFT collection in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.

    "AMERICA NEEDS A SUPERHERO! I will be making a MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
    tomorrow. THANK YOU!" he wrote. The statement was accompanied by a video depicting Trump as a Superman-style superhero, complete with laser beams shooting out of his eyes.

    He followed up on Thursday morning, writing on his Twitter-esque social
    media site that the "official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card
    collection is here! These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of
    my Life & Career!"

    He added that the cards, which are going for $99 apiece, are "like a
    baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting."

    Gionet, who livestreamed himself storming the Capitol on January 6,
    didn't mince words when reacting to Trump's announcement.

    "i wanted to make america great again but all i got was this shitty
    nft," he tweeted.

    https://news.yahoo.com/far-troll-capitol-rioter-baked-232053140.html

    You can't make this shit up! HawHawHaw!

    He's probably pissed because he didn't even get an NFT for his
    efforts. There is still hope. Out of the initial run of 45,000 digital
    trading cards they're only selling 44,000. The thousand that they aren't selling is pretty close to the number of people who have been indicted
    for #45's failed insurrection. They're probably saving those for a yuge Christmas surprise. lol

    TB

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  • From kmiller@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Fri Dec 16 07:04:32 2022
    On 12/16/2022 4:43 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 12/15/2022 8:17 PM, film...@gmail.com wrote:


    Yeah!  What about ol' Baked Alaska?  He was just fighting to take his
    country back...  Now,  he's headed for the slammer,  and his fearless
    leader,  is trolling out comic book inspired nfts for $100 per pop!
    Guess he'd better start looking for a better grade of fearless
    leader.  when he hits the street again,  huh?

    Blind Justice Jr.


        When you think about it, $99 a pop is actually pretty cheap. They have to come up with thousands of unique and artistic trading cards. At
    most there are only 20 copies of a single trading card. So they're
    averaging less than $2,000 of revenue for each of these artistic images
    of #45 and they have to pay the "artists" out of that.

    "Trump’s Badly Photoshopped NFTs Appear to Use Photos From Small
    Clothing Brands"

    "Betcha couldn’t get enough of this mug, huh? Only thing is, this
    photoshop job seems to be very haphazardly edited using images taken
    directly from the internet.

    Over the last 24 hours, fans of ex-President Donald Trump have sat
    huddled in their chairs, waiting with bated breath for a supposed announcement the once tweeter-in-chief promised would blow their socks
    off. He posted a video to his Truth Social page showing an image of him
    in a kind of superhero garb, sporting pecs he most certainly does not
    have, as laser beams shoot from his eyes. What could this mean? What apocalypse was coming?

    On Thursday the grand surprise was finally revealed and it was nothing
    but another horrific NFT project that, in Trump’s words, featured “amazing ART of my Life & Career!” These “digital trading cards” are indeed just another cash grab NFT project, but the low quality images
    and the company in charge of the project are a more complicated enigma.

    Each NFT sells for a total $99, and some are limited as single copies,
    while other NFTs are available in two, five, seven, or 10 copies. There
    are a total of 45,000 cards in the initial release, but even more, one
    big fan of Mr. Trump will be “guaranteed” a ticket to some future gala dinner with him, ostensibly at his Mar a Lago residence in South
    Florida. The auction even promised to pay for transportation. So yes,
    spend $4,455 and you too can have a sit down with the former president himself. Although we can guarantee you he will not look nearly as slim
    as he does in these trading cards.

    The images were so lazy that based on reverse image searches they were
    edited photos scraped off the internet. It’s unclear if they were edited
    by hand or perhaps crafted using AI image generation, though the one
    image of Trump in hunter garb bears a very distinct resemblance to
    waders crafted by Banded, a hunting apparel company."
    [snip]

    https://www.yahoo.com/now/trump-badly-photoshopped-nfts-appear-223000580.html

    TB


    Spaghetti bounces harmlessly off his yugely manly chest (even the
    experts say so) while his laser vision blasts them pesky Capitol Police attempting pointlessly to keep his beloved tourists away from their
    appointed visit. "Stolen election!", his electronically enhanced voice
    booms while Brad quivers and begins searching for those 11,780 votes. He clutches phoney ballots in each hand waving them up and down as a
    counterpoint to his awesome chant! In the background is a ting (of
    course) image of JohnGeorge creaming his pants.

    HawHawHaw! They should be charging waaay more!

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  • From Technobarbarian@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Fri Dec 16 15:38:00 2022
    On 12/15/2022 9:03 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:

         I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop. Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than
    hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will only
    be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure to sell
    out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will bear. #45
    only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be making tons
    of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

       You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors."

    TB

    "Donald Trump NFT Collection Sells Out, Price Surges"

    "Donald Trump NFT Collection Sells Out, Price Surges
    According to data from OpenSea, the collection’s floor price is about
    0.19 ETH, or $230, more than double the original mint price."

    "Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s non-fungible token (NFT) digital trading card collection sold out early Friday, the day after its initial release.

    According to data from OpenSea, at time of writing, the collection’s
    trading volume is 900 ETH, or about $1.08 million. Its floor price is
    about 0.19 ETH, or about $230 – more than double the original price of $99.

    Some tokens are selling for much higher prices. The one-of-ones, the
    rarest of the NFTs, which comprise 2.4% of the 45,000 unit collection
    (roughly 1,000), are selling for as much as 6 ETH at the time of
    writing. One of these rare trading cards, of the 45th president standing
    in front of the Statue of Liberty holding a torch, is currently listed
    at 20 ETH, or about $24,000."

    https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2022/12/16/trump-nft-collection-sells-out-price-surges/

    "Trump's NFT Rollout Went Exactly as You'd Expect"

    "But it didn't end there. There are also a number of scammy “terms and conditions” and clarifications.

    Wall noted that after finally accessing his NFT card (a kind of 8-bit
    rendering of Trump being rained on by gold bars) he read in the small
    print that the promised chance at “dinner with Trump” was actually a
    Trump “gala dinner” (i.e. fundraiser), and the “Zoom call with Trump” was actually a “group Zoom call.” The word “won” in the sentence “you have won a 20-minute group Zoom call” referred to a footnote detailing further nuances: “Subject to validation and eligibility verification; screenshots are not proof of winning.”

    Elsewhere, blockchain sleuths who looked more closely at the
    Polygon-based mint itself noted that the launch address also pre-minted
    a hefty portion of the rarest NFTs in the collection, apparently keeping
    them for the project's own benefit."

    "Un Known
    @unknown_uman
    ·
    Follow
    Interesting Trump NFT admin wallet pre-minted 1000 (2%) but has 25% of
    the 1/1s and 33% of the autographs. Go Trump go."

    https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-nft-rollout-went-exactly-203446707.html

    TB

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  • From filmbydon@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Technobarbarian on Fri Dec 16 17:52:00 2022
    On Friday, December 16, 2022 at 3:38:05 PM UTC-8, Technobarbarian wrote:
    On 12/15/2022 9:03 AM, Technobarbarian wrote:

    I love this grift. #45 is selling almost nothing for $99 a pop. Limited edition digital trading cards. Hey, this is even better than
    hard copy baseball cards and just in time for Christmas. There will only be 45,000 digital cards in the initial offering and they're sure to sell out fast. You can sell your cards for whatever the market will bear. #45 only takes 10% off the top of those sales. Everyone will be making tons
    of money on this. And you can win prizes too!

    https://collecttrumpcards.com/

    You can "instantly become part of a new league of collectors."

    TB
    "Donald Trump NFT Collection Sells Out, Price Surges"

    "Donald Trump NFT Collection Sells Out, Price Surges
    According to data from OpenSea, the collection’s floor price is about
    0.19 ETH, or $230, more than double the original mint price."

    "Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s non-fungible token (NFT) digital trading card collection sold out early Friday, the day after its initial release.

    According to data from OpenSea, at time of writing, the collection’s trading volume is 900 ETH, or about $1.08 million. Its floor price is
    about 0.19 ETH, or about $230 – more than double the original price of $99.

    Some tokens are selling for much higher prices. The one-of-ones, the
    rarest of the NFTs, which comprise 2.4% of the 45,000 unit collection (roughly 1,000), are selling for as much as 6 ETH at the time of
    writing. One of these rare trading cards, of the 45th president standing
    in front of the Statue of Liberty holding a torch, is currently listed
    at 20 ETH, or about $24,000."

    https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2022/12/16/trump-nft-collection-sells-out-price-surges/

    "Trump's NFT Rollout Went Exactly as You'd Expect"

    "But it didn't end there. There are also a number of scammy “terms and conditions” and clarifications.

    Wall noted that after finally accessing his NFT card (a kind of 8-bit rendering of Trump being rained on by gold bars) he read in the small
    print that the promised chance at “dinner with Trump” was actually a Trump “gala dinner” (i.e. fundraiser), and the “Zoom call with Trump”
    was actually a “group Zoom call.” The word “won” in the sentence “you
    have won a 20-minute group Zoom call” referred to a footnote detailing further nuances: “Subject to validation and eligibility verification; screenshots are not proof of winning.”

    Elsewhere, blockchain sleuths who looked more closely at the
    Polygon-based mint itself noted that the launch address also pre-minted
    a hefty portion of the rarest NFTs in the collection, apparently keeping them for the project's own benefit."

    "Un Known
    @unknown_uman
    ·
    Follow
    Interesting Trump NFT admin wallet pre-minted 1000 (2%) but has 25% of
    the 1/1s and 33% of the autographs. Go Trump go."

    https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-nft-rollout-went-exactly-203446707.html

    TB

    Pray tell what is that "Open Sea Data" touting the success of Trump's important "offer"? The poor fan spilling the beans, seems to have been diddled - Yet again? Every step leads to another shakedown... There should be a clause for "winners" where
    they forfeit their prizes, if they attempt to rat off the operation! HawHawHaw!

    The Oracle of Creston

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