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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #150 on: December 17, 2015, 12:17:33 pm »
Then you people must've missed this news

http://www.thewrap.com/hated-drug-ceo-martin-shkreli-arrested-for-fraud/

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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #151 on: December 17, 2015, 01:54:22 pm »
Ibby ? That's why I necro-ed the thread this morning...I has a sad to know you find me too dull to read my posts anymore <sniff>
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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #152 on: December 17, 2015, 04:09:07 pm »
Lol...another winner from satirist Andy Borowitz:

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/lawyer-for-martin-shkreli-hikes-fees-five-thousand-per-cent

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BROOKLYN (The Borowitz Report)—A criminal lawyer representing Turing Pharmaceuticals chief Martin Shkreli has informed his client that he is raising his hourly legal fees by five thousand per cent, the lawyer has confirmed.

Minutes after Shkreli’s arrest on charges of securities fraud, the attorney, Harland Dorrinson, announced that he was hiking his fees from twelve hundred dollars an hour to sixty thousand dollars.


Shkreli, who reportedly received the news about the price hike while he was being fingerprinted, cried foul and accused his attorney of “outrageous and inhumane price gouging.”

“This is the behavior of a sociopath,” Shkreli was heard screaming.
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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #153 on: December 17, 2015, 04:34:13 pm »
I wish I could've been the sociopath to do it to you, Shkreli you disgusting weasel.
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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #154 on: December 17, 2015, 05:10:14 pm »
Matt Bors mentioned that Shrekli is in possession of the comic he made about him ...which Shrekli bought for the price of ONE THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS! ...Usually the originals were a lot cheaper but Bors decided to ramp up the price just for Srhekli.

And now that it is possible that Shrekli will be forced to pay heavy fines Bors is wondering if the authorities will confiscate the comic along with his other possessions and sell it to pay for the fines.

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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #155 on: December 17, 2015, 05:38:45 pm »
Shrekli also, it should be noted, is the person who bought the Wu-Tang Clan's one-of-a-kind album. I wonder if the authorities will confiscate that, too (and if they do, if they can resell it--Shrekli can't--or release the tracks before the 88-year stipulation is up)?
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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #156 on: December 17, 2015, 07:00:08 pm »
Securities Fraud and ponzi schemes are not a joke.  Shkreli is accused of stealing 11 million from a hedge fund to pay off investors in a ponzi scheme.  If convicted, he can face up to 20 years in federal prison.

Granted, schemes like these eventually fail and collapse on itself.  Shkreli didn't help himself by being such an attention seeker with his antics.

But hey, he wanted attention right?  Well, he got attention.

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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #157 on: December 17, 2015, 07:40:54 pm »
Yeah - Shkreli really needed that fix of being important, and it ultimately undid him.

Even if he manages to escape this, he's exposed as a slimy monster who can never be trusted with anything lest he plunder it for no better reason than "I WANNA!"
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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #158 on: December 18, 2015, 01:04:31 am »
I wonder if he has cried like baby yet. I bet he has, I hope the book gets thrown at the little punk.

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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #159 on: December 18, 2015, 01:09:53 am »
Apparently he did when even his Lawyer turned on him and jacked the prices up 5000%.

Well, Trust Fund Brat, crying to mommy and daddy won't save you. Unless of course my guess is right and Shkreli's dad is Mammon, the Demon Lord of Greed. In which case all he needs is a ouija board to turn the court room into a surprisingly good low budget film.
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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #160 on: December 18, 2015, 08:57:38 am »
Apparently he did when even his Lawyer turned on him and jacked the prices up 5000%.

Well, Trust Fund Brat, crying to mommy and daddy won't save you. Unless of course my guess is right and Shkreli's dad is Mammon, the Demon Lord of Greed. In which case all he needs is a ouija board to turn the court room into a surprisingly good low budget film.

That news story was satire, bro. :P

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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #161 on: December 18, 2015, 05:25:32 pm »
Shkreli has resigned as CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals.

I guess he'd rather quit before getting fired like he did at his last major job at Retrophin Pharmaceuticals.

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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #162 on: December 19, 2015, 09:36:10 am »
This news pleases me.

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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #163 on: December 19, 2015, 06:59:58 pm »
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Re: Man buys HIV drug supply and the price goes up through the roof
« Reply #164 on: December 19, 2015, 11:53:01 pm »


Eh; I wouldn't say there's no left-wing, right-wing divide.

Liberals think this guy is a douche for exploiting people at their weakest and neediest.

Conservatives think this guy is a douche for getting caught exploiting people at their weakest and neediest and, more importantly, engaging in a Ponzi scheme that targeted the rich rather than the poor and desperate.
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