xpost - no they only cut this guy off as of ... today
and they say they're going to accept shipment of all the arms they've already paid for from him which is like $155 million more worth of shit
― dmr, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:03 (sixteen years ago) link
yay!
xpost
― Super Cub, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:04 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck a movie this needs to become the inspiration for a CSI Miami season finale
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:07 (sixteen years ago) link
this thread already has half of caruso's lines in it! THE DIALOGUE IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE DIALOGUE
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
this is all hilarious until you realize it's...
:| B|
...not
YAAAAAOOOOOWWWWW!!!
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
comments thread on TPM raises an interesting idea: two 20-something dipshits probably don't have the wherewithal for this kind of thing, even if it was corrupt. procuring the right contracts, setting up shit between with shady swiss dealers, knowing enough to swap out the chinese packaging, etc. there have to be some real adults involved somewhere, on the US side.
xp rofl
― gff, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
by dealing chinese munitions he may have violated the federal law against...
...dealing in chinese munitions.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Umm, gff, these are kinda just mob kids, no? That's the beauty of the "this is a Gary Shteyngart novel" comment (because that is kinda in fact the plot of both of his novels, in different ways)
― nabisco, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:23 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i hate to say it but it doesn't take too much smarts to sell surplus ammo
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:24 (sixteen years ago) link
omg carso sunglass dawning emoticons!
― jhøshea, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
efraim has 1 friends. Tom
...awwwww
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Not smarts, but international connections of the "family business" type
― nabisco, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link
omg caruso would totally say that in the meanest most sarcastic way possible xp
― jhøshea, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:26 (sixteen years ago) link
connections and sunglasses, that's all you need
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:27 (sixteen years ago) link
god bless the free market
― milo z, Thursday, 27 March 2008 21:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Have any of the political blogs run his daddy's name against donor lists?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/28/world/asia/28ammo.html?sq=arms%20dealers%20afghanistan&st=nyt&scp=1&pagewanted=print
follow up article
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 2 April 2008 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
in jail mufukka: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking_news/story/577409.html
― elan, Friday, 20 June 2008 22:20 (fifteen years ago) link
word on the street = m4fi4
― elan, Friday, 20 June 2008 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
oh i see that that's already been posited here.
― elan, Friday, 20 June 2008 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
The government contracts to buy Chinese bullets from this schmuck and then busts him for selling them Chinese bullets. Well done everyone.
― Super Cub, Saturday, 21 June 2008 05:29 (fifteen years ago) link
actually they contracted for hungarian bullets.
― elan, Saturday, 21 June 2008 06:10 (fifteen years ago) link
but there is plenty of blame for everyone