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Same watershed and very similar and complimentary organizations, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay in my case. They probably don't spend 60% on fundraising, neither did the Clinton Foundation. I haven't looked at the books, but I would guess that they do spend 60% on running events to get people...

If you'd like to attend the next one let me know, always happy to sell tickets. Since about half the programs deal with farm runoff there was a pretty substantial number of farmers involved. Like I said, this was a local charity closer to Ducks Unlimited than the Clinton Foundation. Curious what...

Again, thanks. You continue to illuminate with your comments, a very interesting case study.

Actually probably not too far off. This particular organization's purpose is to bring corporations and farmers together to reduce their environmental impact in a particular area. The workshops and events they hold are the venue by which they accomplish this. They've been pretty effective at...

Well you certainly didn't disappoint. You apparently can believe that Obama "retained working control" of the banks while they "ran the place", who knew? The psychology of that is fascinating, apparently you can have this overarching meaning in your life, in your case "Obama bad" and hold any...

I think you must have little to no experience in the non-profit world? Pretty much every foundation has an annual "gala" of some sort, from the local Ducks Unlimited oyster roast and awards ceremony to the Gates Foundation annual gala which is very similar to the Clinton Foundation's. In fact I...

At this point I'm doing this only out of kind of morbid curiosity on how a mind like yours works. It's really fascinating stuff to see the mental gymnastics you go through, and I'm sure you won't dissapoint with this. Here's a quote from you, right here on ET So, which is it. "GS ran the place...

The fact that you're avoiding answering my questions says everything.

This is funny. The guys who says to me "You're off in nutsville." claims that the President who was behind/fully supported Dodd-Frank, the CFPB, and a whole litany of regulation that the banks hated is somehow being paid off by them because he helped them out so much! There was nonstop screaming...

You've got a copy of that contract? What was your role there exactly, and what was the company? In case you can't tell, I'm calling bullshit on you. We can all make things up or post what we heard from someone who heard from the CEO's admin assistant behind an anonymous account on the internet...

Generally when you admit you don't know enough about what you're talking about to comment on it, you should stop right there. But you proceed to indeed comment on it; can't make this stuff up! Clearly you didn't read a word I wrote about Daraprim, because nothing you said (after admitting you...

Not sure I understand your point? Is your point that investment bankers paying the $500,000 market rate for a Clinton speech is more liable to influence her behavior in office than a group of those same investment bankers, for example, that contributes $100M to a PAC that supported Clinton? If...

Actually I'm engaging in a rational, calm conversation. You? The problem here is this reflexive jumping on a bandwagon without actually understanding what the underlying issues are. Some intelligent people did some thinking and realized that a public employee could, for example, grant some...

Political Action Committees? Super PACs? I just think it's a little silly to get wrapped around the axle on Clinton getting $500,000 GS speech when she (and Trump) had hundreds of millions spent on their behalf by special interest groups of all colors. If you understand the underlying issue...

I'm attempting to influence policy. You're attempting to influence policy. Sean Spicer is attempting to influence policy. Paid lobbyists are attempting to influence policy. You do understand the difference between attempting to influence policy as a private citizen or company vs currently...

You folks do understand that famous people give speeches in exchange for speakers fees, right? That there's a whole industry out there around this? For example Sully Sullenberger (http://www.celebrityspeakersbureau.com/talent/sully-sullenberger/) charges up to $100,000 per speech. Would you...

Sounds like another example of this (https://xkcd.com/1570/)

So put call parity is broken on this stock? Quick, you've got a guaranteed money printing machine!

Love the not taking yourself too seriously part. This is probably the only thread of this type I'll ever follow, sounds like it will be entertaining no matter how it pans out.

He's hanging on the fact that a company he was associated with developed a drug that made into some phase of clinical trials. Apparently makes him a swell fellow just getting picked on by all these big bullies. Just ignore the whole Daraprim thing, the Facebook threats, the securities fraud, the...