Whatchoo Talkin' About, Twitter?!
Different Strokes for Different Folks
Looking. Listening. Learning (filtering the bullshit)
#Football #Finance #Networks
It's not the first time the poor DCFC fanbase have been exposed to these c*nts
I was reminded of this incredible story from the mid 2000's that had passed me by at the time... but could be instructive of things to come.
#DCFC#QPR
- MD Nissan
- Fraud/Financial Engineering
- Offshore
- Loans/Mortgages on the stadium
- Dodgy solicitors & administrators
-Kernel of a good idea & proof of concept
-Focal Point (Euan Blair - son of former PM)
-Attention of monied US Hedge Funds hunting returns 🚀 in a bubble
-Hedge Funds have influence in big Tech co's. Intro the two parties 📈
-Highfalutin aims
£130m investment ⏩ £260? in a year🎲
I got sucked into doing some amateur study of the economy of drug trafficking because of brilliant TV shows.
When you study the numbers, understand the geo-politics, social, criminal & financial elements behind the global industry... you realise just how powerful it really is!🎬
This week #EddieHearn announced the worst kept secret in sports broadcasting - He's taking his show, Lock Stock, to Mr #Blavatnik first-mover streaming service.
#Thread with a different perspective...🧐 2.
This is exciting for #Sports fans - Especially #boxing
Lower cost access
More shows
Bigger production
Interesting, it's announced a week after #SundayTimes named the owner of #DAZN as the richest man in the UK (again)!
That rich list is an good starting point to explore
A 29 year old front-man masquerading as an Instagram Billionaire (complete with macho boxing backstory & links to Indonesian investors & looted billions) #Suharto
Eg1.
- #ElectricCars are the future for the planet
V's
- Mining #Lithium batteries is destroying parts of Bolivia/Chile/Argentina
2. - Decentralised #Cryptocurrencies are the future
V's
- Mining #Bitcoin = huge energy consumption
The narrative around everything nowadays is all about #Values
Corporates latch onto every opportunity
Individuals the same (just read some of the stuff on LinkedIn) 🧐
Life & business is essentially a game #Winning is always key! (Be nice tho)
The rest is Perception=Reality
Apr 13, 2021 • 12 tweets • 21 min read
Few major headlines recently seem to be connected;
#MIT & #Harvard are in close proximity - Like #Oxford & #Cambridge in the UK (those prestigious institutions also synonymous with producing spy's & leaders)!
This is the biggest story in World #Sport at the moment
The way the narrative is starting to play out is so reminiscent of the #Trump election - It's a scary template!
Regulated media V's Unregulated Media competing to tell the story 🤯#Boxing#Tribal
bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/5…
For any #boxing / #sport fan with no previous knowledge of these characters, we should be sceptical of simplistic caricatures that are served up by Online Fans OR stenographers masquerading as journalists!
There's a lot of sh*t out there! 🤳💻
Research & Critical thinking! 🤔
Feb 7, 2021 • 6 tweets • 7 min read
Very stylish!📽️
Very gory!! ☠️🔫💉👃💸
Perfectly set up for Series 2!🇲🇽🇺🇸🇷🇺
Stark visualisation of the key zones for a massive, dark, dangerous/murderous industry;
Despite massive numbers in revenues💰💱 Football clubs are so bloated, the top guys feel they need more!
For long term planning, they need control of the rules of competition too.
The huge swathes of capital hoarded by the investment banks/rich are willing to fund this new comp
Jan 3, 2021 • 17 tweets • 16 min read
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"Life imitating art" 📽️
Saw a headline last week about the #VaticanBank being involved in some mysterious money flows, so decided to watch the newly edited #Godfather 3 #Coda
Topical
For those that don't know the connections, read on... Gives the📽️an added dimension 👀🕵️♀️ 2/ In the film, Michael #Corleone is effectively trying to break from the #Mafia life & channel his family wealth into something 'legit'
To do that, he tries to exploit an opportunity with the #VaticanBank who are attempting to plug holes in their balance sheet
I noticed the #Derby#takeover is looking on shaky legs from the reporting today - Quelle surprise!
In addition to the thread & background Offshore/Samuelson/Obolensky, thought it might be worth posing more questions
How do these people/structures work? independent.co.uk/sport/football…
I've read quite a lot about ⚽️ finances & the machinations of 💸 in the offshore world.
So, I'll try and give some crude speculation below (with a couple of factual references) & see if we get anywhere near the mark 🧐
The two 'Shadow Brokers' who get fleeting mentions over the last 15 years as the cast of foreign ownership in English football has become increasingly... 'cosmopolitan' are;
In the run up to the #USPresidentialElections2020 when the characters & stories seem more mind-boggling than ever, it can be difficult to discern...
'How the fuck did the world end up here'?
Some great answers/insight here #Kleptopia 👏📕
💸 2/ Uncivil & Outright Criminal Behaviour seems to have been normalised throughout societies everywhere;
- Politics
- Crony Capitalism
- Social Media
- Reality TV
... Even Sport 🧐
I've tried to get my head around it with the help of some good books & following smart journo's
Sep 25, 2020 • 18 tweets • 16 min read
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Reading first few chapters of @tomburgis new book #Kleptopia (very good so far!)
On the story arc, Och-Ziff Hedge Fund mentioned & their bribery for contracts/mines/elections in Africa.
Saw some interesting connections to #FinCENFiles current story...