Trump Fans Sink Savings Into ‘Iraqi Dinar’ Scam

paxamericana:

Trump supporter Hayes Kotseos runs a North Carolina pool-maintenance company, but she’s got a side bet that she thinks might make her fabulously wealthy: the Iraqi dinar.

The currency is nearly worthless outside of Iraq, but Kotseos bought millions of dinars in April, after watching a video of President Trump at a 2017 press conference. In the clip, Trump says, with characteristic vagueness, that all currencies will soon “be on a level playing field.”

In reality, Trump was talking about trade imbalances with China. But like other Trump supporters who have fallen into the dinar investment scam, which has existed since at least 2012, Kotseos interpreted Trump’s rambling statement as proof that the Iraqi dinar would soon be worth as much or even more than the dollar, making anyone who had been smart enough to buy in early a millionaire.

“I love my president, and I was like, ‘Oh my God,’” Kotseos told The Daily Beast.

The purchase, Kotseos said, cost her and her husband somewhere between $5,000 and $10,000, counting the cut to the company that sold them the dinars. Two of her adult children have bought millions more dinars, too.

Trump Fans Sink Savings Into ‘Iraqi Dinar’ Scam

argumate:

stumpyjoepete:

apricops:

I like how the idea of “she slept her way to the top” hinges on nobody acknowledging how that means the boss who granted the position in question is a horny dipshit idiot who would grant favors in return for sex

or the possibility that maybe she “slept her way to the top” in the same way a woman forced to be a concubine for the emperor is “sleeping her way to the top.”

IT’S ABOUT ETHICS IN IMPERIAL SUCCESSION

She Slept And Occasionally Poisoned Her Way To The Top

kidinacanestore:

shoutout to the cripple punks who want to dress punk and can’t

to those whose hands shake too much to paint their nails black

to those who can’t wear punk/edgy clothes because of the texture or other sensory reasons

to those who can’t wear punk/edgy clothes because of medical equipment or mobility aids

to those who can’t wear combat boots because they need shoes with better support

to those who have allergies or sensory needs or weakened immune systems or any other reason that prevents them from getting tattoos or piercings

to those who can’t afford to buy the clothes they want to wear

remember that cripple punk has no dress code and you don’t have to fit a certain aesthetic to be badass

taraljc:

the-dirty-river-punk:

soundsof71:

amaskdescribingamask:

This is more punk than the whole of punk history.

I’ll tell you what’s ferocious. Freddie’s comeback to Sid calling him “Freddie Platinum” when they were recording down the hall from each other at London’s Wessex Studios (Queen for News of the World, Pistols for Bollocks).

Sid Vicious made the mistake one day of bursting into Queen’s control room and antagonizing their frontman. “Have you succeeded in bringing ballet to the masses, then?” he sneered. “Oh, yes, Simon Ferocious,” Mercury replied. “We’re trying our best, dear.” 

Then, according to Queen biographer Daniel Nester, Freddie rose from his chair and began to playfully flick the safety pins displayed on the front of Sid’s leather jacket. “Tell me,” he asked, “did you arrange these pins just so?” When Sid stepped forward in an attempt to intimidate Freddie, the singer simply pushed him backwards and inquired, “What are you going to do about it?” Sid immediately backed down. [x]

This is a blessed story

Freddie Mercury was the best ever