At 9.50pm AEDT yesterday, there was a sudden spike in trading on the oil and S&P 500 futures market.

6.50am New York time is an unusual time for a rush on trades on West Texas Intermediate May futures.

But it showed that all of a sudden, a substantial sum of money was bet on oil prices dropping and the stock market rising.

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      The most blatantly corrupt. They literally do not care if their corruption is on full display to the world.

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        i think they are just stupid. previous administrations were pretty bad too, but they kept it quiet, but i think they knew and told each other what they were really doing. these morons either didn’t understand or cannot follow the instructions

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    The stock market is such a goddamn pyramid scheme. The only reason it hasn’t full on collapsed is because the people running the scam get bailed by US tax payers every time it breaks. Nevermind that they tricked us into tying our retirements into the continuous survival of this casino in a trench coat.

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    Lol.

    Such a weak nation.

    Never in my wildest dreams did I think Americans would get walked all over like this.

    Right now I’m not seeing any other future for us than permanent subjugation.

    It’s almost like we enjoy the punishment.

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    Once chucklefuck is gone (rest in piss), the chickens will come home to roost. All you dickless wonders will be indicted. Be ready to fined as high as it will fucking go or face jail tome-- hopefully both.

    Fuck the lot of you selfish ghouls for ruining our country.

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    In any other country on earth, Trump would have been dragged into the street a lynched by now.

    I think the best American’s can hope for is that his own security detail order 66’s him.

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      I honestly never thought Americans were this weak.

      We’re being abused and asking our abuser for more. It’s pathetic.

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      Eh, up here in Canada we’re not too far behind. Still better, but the bar is super low and we’re kinda cowards when it comes to standing up for ourselves. Hopefully the most recent utter failure of strategic voting helps, but who knows.

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    I wonder why our representatives get so rich on such a small salary? …and not just them, but their families, too! It’s like they’ve won the lottery.

    It’s so weird. Oh well, I guess we will never know

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    I have half an idea here, but let’s say we eventually figure out President Joffrey is part of this. They’ll try some bullshit argument about “he gets away with it because he’s president” and fight about it in court. Fine. Loophole, courts will sort it out.

    What I’m interested in: Couldn’t the US government still seize the illicit money and force him to prove he earned it legally. They do that shit to other criminals in America. Why not use that legal concept on Mr Trump’s crime family?

    Use Trump’s money as leverage to get him to squeal on everyone else for criminal charges they all can eat.

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      This would be a great use of civil forfeiture. Then we’re in a win win situation… either they finally correct this legal theft policy or they take the money from those profiting insider knowledge.

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      They’ll lose their job, or worse. Trump is like a mafia boss. Difficult to go against, they will crush you

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      What I’m interested in: Couldn’t the US government still seize the illicit money and force him to prove he earned it legally

      Not when the director of FBI is in his pocket.

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        AI is happening whether people want it to or not.

        As long as people aren’t submitting AI art as authentic and profiting off it, it’s not worth raising your blood pressure over.

        The person you’re responding to doesn’t appear to be doing either.

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          Pushing back against something that’s harmful to society isn’t wrong. Deeper AI may be coming whether we like it or not, but it’s insane to discredit the idea that railing against unethical usage and implementation is pointless. Your argument that the person using it in this insurance is guiltless is just not correct. They are contributing to a product that is undeniably harmful to the environment and obliquity harmful to actual artists and content creators in general

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      Fuck ai. It took an absurd amount of water and electricity to make that generic looking shit.