• Crash and Burn

    From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to All on Thursday, August 12, 2021 15:44:06
    Today is the final day of Mike Lindell's "Cyber Symporium" and, well, it's
    not going very well.

    After delays getting started on day 1 (Tuesday), which Lindell blamed on
    being hacked, Lindell found out on day 2 (Wednesday) that Dominion's
    defamation lawsuit against Lindell, Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell will be allowed to go forward. At about the same time that news of this ruling was released, Lindell, who had previously said that he would remain onstage for
    the full 72 hours, got up and left the stage. He later returned to rant about this being the end of freedom of speech in America. Later that evening,
    Lindell claims to have been physically assaulted, although no police report
    was filed.

    On day 3 (Thursday, today, the final day), Lindell's "cyber expert" announced that the data that Lindell had provided him with could not be used to prove widespread voter fraud, explaining that the data was a "turd" that Lindell wanted him to "polish into a diamond."

    Lindell then concluded that the whole thing had been "compromised" by antifa. Reports of possible protest activity in the parking lot of the Sioux
    Falls, SD, venue turned up only a group of three people preaching and singing gospels. No antifa were identified within the venue itself, a task which got easier over time as the audience dwindled.

    Lindell's defense against Dominion's defamation lawsuit depends heavily on
    him being able to prove that widespread election fraud did occur, and he has said that this long-awaited "cyber symposium" would do just that, beyond a shadow of a doubt. It would be so successful in doing so, he said, that the Supreme Court would vote 9-0 to "re-instate" Trump to the presidency.

    Perhaps the physical assault on Lindell was the punch to the gut he felt when his "cyber expert" told him two days into the three-day "symposium" that the "proof" didn't actually exist. Perhaps it was Lindell getting smacked upside the head by the fact that he was far too gullible and got taken for a ride, only to be left tied to the tracks in front of an oncoming $1.3 billion
    lawsuit locomotive.

    Jeff.

    "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken, who indeed was a racist thereby proving himself right.

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:275/99 to Jeff Thiele on Friday, August 13, 2021 10:12:13
    Today is the final day of Mike Lindell's "Cyber Symporium" and, well,
    it's not going very well.

    Are you saying that the Pillow Guy is just a Pillow Guy? I got him tattood on my chest and everything!

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  • From Jeff Thiele@1:387/26 to Aaron Thomas on Saturday, August 14, 2021 00:22:07
    On 13 Aug 2021, Aaron Thomas said the following...
    Today is the final day of Mike Lindell's "Cyber Symporium" and, well, it's not going very well.
    Are you saying that the Pillow Guy is just a Pillow Guy? I got him
    tattood on my chest and everything!

    I'm afraid so... "Re-instatement Day" appears to be a bust.

    Jeff.

    "For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken, who indeed was a racist thereby proving himself right.

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