Which I assume is some magic tonic which will make his face stop doing that thing his face does.
― Scott Staph (Old Lunch), Thursday, 14 September 2017 17:47 (six years ago) link
Lol
― DJI, Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:04 (six years ago) link
This one's for Ned
And Martin Shkreli is sent to jail where he will never obtain the ham he so desires. pic.twitter.com/gnm58ZOXJY— Courtney Enlow (@courtenlow) September 14, 2017
― Old Lynch's Sex Paragraph (Phil D.), Thursday, 14 September 2017 19:50 (six years ago) link
Hahah
I SO hope this is true, BTW
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-09-14/martin-shkreli-s-2-million-wu-tang-album-might-not-be-a-wu-tang-album
Martin Shkreli, who became notorious as the boyish Pharma Bro after he raised the price of a lifesaving drug by 5,000 percent, paid $2 million in a 2015 auction for the album. He owns the rights to do anything he pleases with it, except sell copies. But interviews with rappers and managers involved in the recording raise questions about its provenance and value: Is Once Upon a Time in Shaolin a true Wu-Tang Clan album? Or did Shkreli pay lavishly for the work of a little-known producer with a peripheral link to the storied rap group?Shkreli, who currently faces a prison sentence for fraud, may himself have been played.
Shkreli, who currently faces a prison sentence for fraud, may himself have been played.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:12 (six years ago) link
How's that eBay auction going I wonder?
― Mark G, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link
End of the story says it was at 1 million so he's still losing on the deal.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 September 2017 23:50 (six years ago) link
http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ShowAllQuestions&iid=132319745117&requested=martishkrel_7&redirect=0&frm=2047675&ShowASQAlways=1&ssPageName=PageAskSellerQuestion_VI&clk_rvr_id=1310442671363&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true
Gonna leave this here - The "Questions/Answers" section is, um, interesting...
― Mark G, Friday, 15 September 2017 07:57 (six years ago) link
I’m usually not surprised by these things, but nothing sets off my “It belongs on a museum!” reaction like
The feds want Martin Shkreli to fork over the https://mobile.twitter.com/stewartbishop/status/936622249431445509 million Wu-Tang Clan Album. pic.twitter.com/5QLWcJgDP7— Stewart Bishop (@stewartbishop) December 1, 2017
Motherfucker has an Enigma machine
― Google Murray Blockchain (kingfish), Friday, 1 December 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
So allegedly he's swole now:
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/americas-most-hated-ceo-got-buff-in-prison-people-actually-like-him-there-heres-what-happened.html
There are no photos, only courtroom sketches, but at least according to the Post, Shkreli looked a lot harder and stronger under his blue jail uniform. "He's got his prison muscles, the Post quotes a "source close to the defense" as saying. "They like him in there. ... They don't put their arms around him and say 'Give me your money' like they do to other new prisoners. ... They like him."
"He's got his prison muscles, the Post quotes a "source close to the defense" as saying. "They like him in there. ... They don't put their arms around him and say 'Give me your money' like they do to other new prisoners. ... They like him."
There are also two letters that he's sent that have been made public--one to a friend named Lisa Whisnant, and the other to a Brooklyn-based media company called The Tab. He seemed like he was doing OK in both letters."Jail has some redeeming qualities," he wrote to The Tab. "It's probably the most social environment I've been in. ... There is camaraderie akin to a military setting. You learn just how lucky you are, you help others out, learn cool slang, watch BET all day. Great times!"Separately, he wrote Whisnant, "Things are not THAT awful here. ... There are some bright sides. I am teaching these prisoners some new things and hopefully some ways to change their lives."
"Jail has some redeeming qualities," he wrote to The Tab. "It's probably the most social environment I've been in. ... There is camaraderie akin to a military setting. You learn just how lucky you are, you help others out, learn cool slang, watch BET all day. Great times!"
Separately, he wrote Whisnant, "Things are not THAT awful here. ... There are some bright sides. I am teaching these prisoners some new things and hopefully some ways to change their lives."
There's just one small problem, per news from earlier today:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-shkreli/pharma-bro-shkreli-to-be-held-responsible-for-10-4-million-in-losses-u-s-judge-idUSKCN1GA2DB?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social
The ruling from U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto could mean more prison time for Shkreli, since the amount of financial loss plays a major role in federal sentencing guidelines. While Matsumoto must consider the guidelines at the sentencing, which is scheduled for March 9, she is not bound to follow them.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 February 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
IOW, pretty much just need a batch of super serum or something and then we'll have the supervillian for the second series of The Defenders.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 26 February 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
lol
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/03/politics/trump-maralago-remarks/index.html#
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 March 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
wtf wrong article
http://money.cnn.com/2018/03/05/news/martin-shkreli-wu-tang-forfeiture/index.html
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Monday, 5 March 2018 23:47 (six years ago) link
How many times they gonna take away this dude's wu-tang record? Feel like I was reading that same exact article years ago
― Dan I., Tuesday, 6 March 2018 17:23 (six years ago) link
Aw.
shkreli is crying at his sentencing right now— allie conti (@allie_conti) March 9, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 March 2018 17:36 (six years ago) link
what a fuckin snowflake
― I’m 16 and a member of UKIP’s youth wing, young independence (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 March 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
Getting weird over there
"There's no conspiracy to take down Martin Shkreli. I took down Martin Shkreli with my disgraceful actions." lol damn dude— allie conti (@allie_conti) March 9, 2018
lmao the judge is talking about lauren duca— allie conti (@allie_conti) March 9, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 March 2018 17:56 (six years ago) link
Oh my god.
oh also earlier shkreli's own lawyer mentioned wanting to punch him in the face so there's that— allie conti (@allie_conti) March 9, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 March 2018 17:57 (six years ago) link
And bye!
martin shkreli was just sentenced to 7 years in prison— allie conti (@allie_conti) March 9, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 March 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
wow, that is unexpected. I didn't know people actually went to prison for this shit
― frogbs, Friday, 9 March 2018 19:08 (six years ago) link
bernie madoff? ENRON men? shkreli followed their lead, made a high profile "example"
― flappy bird, Friday, 9 March 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
Now I'm crying. With laughter.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 9 March 2018 19:11 (six years ago) link
I didn't know people actually went to prison for this shit
They never do in the UK, they know how to treat rich scumbags over here.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 9 March 2018 19:13 (six years ago) link
federal time has minimal parole too. he'll be in for at least 6 years. only ways out early is exemplary behavior (lol) or a drug treatment program
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 9 March 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link
xxp well yea but his crimes seemed relatively minor when compared to Bernie Madoff or Enron. what was the grand total of prison years served in the subprime mortgage collapse?
obviously a well-earned sentence either way
― frogbs, Friday, 9 March 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
[Outro: Judge]Guilty, next case
― omar little, Friday, 9 March 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
xxp well yea but his crimes seemed relatively minor when compared to Bernie Madoff or Enron. what was the grand total of prison years served in the subprime mortgage collapse?obviously a well-earned sentence either way― frogbs, Friday, March 9, 2018 7:17 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― frogbs, Friday, March 9, 2018 7:17 PM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the key way to do time is to be flagrant as fuck about it. enron was made an example of because it was super public, had a ton of photos of people on the street with their boxes and shit - but no other company had similar circumstances (there were other prosecutions of vile CEOS like adelphia, etc but not as high profile I guess).
the financial crisis perps had the advantage of cover. EVERYONE was guilty as fuck so it was impossible to make an example out of anyone in particular. the enron trial was also time consuming, expensive and not a guaranteed win. no ambitious prosecutor was going to take all that one and risk losing.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 9 March 2018 19:36 (six years ago) link
lmao omar
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Friday, 9 March 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
yea that makes sense
hard to imagine Shkreli's persona didn't come into play here
― frogbs, Friday, 9 March 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
imagine being such an asshole that even being rich and white couldn’t save you from a hefty prison sentence, that’s like fuckin super-saiyan levels of unpleasantness
― I’m 16 and a member of UKIP’s youth wing, young independence (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 9 March 2018 21:56 (six years ago) link
By the way:
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 9 March 2018 22:08 (six years ago) link
he did make a really powerful point in the midst of his tears, though
#MartinShkreli is dabbing tissue at his eyes now, his voice wavering and choked with emotion."Many of you who love me, support me and look up to me should reassess your position," he says.— Stephanie Clifford (@stephcliff) March 9, 2018
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 March 2018 23:02 (six years ago) link
no one has really addressed how the masses who love him and look up to him should feel. this is a tough time for shkreliNation
― and in my opinionation, the sun is gonna surely shine♪♫ (Karl Malone), Friday, 9 March 2018 23:03 (six years ago) link
going to jail probably sucks
― brimstead, Friday, 9 March 2018 23:04 (six years ago) link
if only opera man were still around to give us "Shkreli in jaili" tomorrow night
― the poster's anxiety at the suggested ban (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 9 March 2018 23:16 (six years ago) link
https://slate.com/business/2018/03/martin-shkreli-is-going-to-jail-for-the-wrong-reasons.html
― DJI, Saturday, 10 March 2018 01:11 (six years ago) link
yep
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 10 March 2018 01:23 (six years ago) link
a comeuppance that's hollow, really.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 10 March 2018 01:56 (six years ago) link
The RZAThe GZAThe SKZA
― calstars, Saturday, 10 March 2018 02:02 (six years ago) link
Here's the thing: I can happily agree with the larger premise of that piece and yet still be quite happy he's going to prison for a few years. The guy was clearly a showoffy, heartless dick to *everyone,* treating absolutely nothing seriously beyond his ranty power trip, and this is what it got him, and that's a chunk of his life gone and a permanent record to boot. Reform the system and target some even more egregious criminals by all means, but c'mon.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 10 March 2018 02:02 (six years ago) link
Oh for sure. Dude is a scumbag.
― DJI, Saturday, 10 March 2018 02:29 (six years ago) link
― I’m 16 and a member of UKIP’s youth wing, young independence (bizarro gazzara), Friday, March 9, 2018 4:56 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
again it was the fact that he was a public figure, easily one of the most widely reviled people in America in 2015, and was made an example of. see again: Skilling & Lay, Madoff
― flappy bird, Saturday, 10 March 2018 02:48 (six years ago) link
Kinda increasingly feeling like people who exist just to smugly wipe their asses with the social contract should be locked up on that basis alone. Or like banish him. Why don't we banish people anymore? I guess I don't know where we'd banish him. Locking him up works for me, sure.
― Ape Wipes (Old Lunch), Saturday, 10 March 2018 03:02 (six years ago) link
madoff stole from, and embarrassed, rich people. that's why he's in prison for 150 years.
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 10 March 2018 04:48 (six years ago) link
Think this sentence is proof that we will basically accept people being evil predatory fucks, but have zero tolerance for people publicly gloating about it like cartoon villains.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 10 March 2018 09:32 (six years ago) link
i think this sums up the reasons for the lengthy sentence quite well
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/09/martin-shkreli-sentence-jail-arrogance-sentencing-fraud
― mark e, Saturday, 10 March 2018 09:50 (six years ago) link
Yes, but think it has wider implications that the article doesn't cover
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 10 March 2018 11:51 (six years ago) link
― omar little, Friday, March 9, 2018 1:21 PM (yesterday)
aw fuck yeah
― j., Saturday, 10 March 2018 15:16 (six years ago) link
yea even the Daraprim thing was hard to get too worked up about - pharma companies do evil shit like that all the time, Shkreli's job is to make money for his investors and we live in an idiot country where you can do stuff like this (besides, were any patients actually affected by the price hike? I honestly don't know). he's a fucking idiot for continuing to act like a total dipshit even after being nabbed. I know people who've been in legal trouble like this and the #1 priority is to convince the judge that you're not going to be a risk anymore - one guy who probably deserved a 6-year sentence got off w/ 7 months + work release because he was so damn sincere throughout the entire process (plus being a white guy helped). maybe he really wasn't gonna clean up his act but he damn well believed it at the time. Shkreli on the other hand has that Deathdr0ne thing where his entire persona revolves around his open, unrepentant repulsiveness, as though acting like a normal human being for an entire day would cause him to lose his sense of self. it's like Mr Dilbert where he finally found an audience that accepted his awful personality wholesale and thus felt no choice but to dial it up at every opportunity. he fuckin' earned it.
― frogbs, Saturday, 10 March 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
it was very easy to get worked up about the price gouging I completely disagree with you and am kinda shocked to read you say hey it's his job in
― It's not delivery, it's Adorno! (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 10 March 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link