Another local Grand-Waster Snob who finds making $ too easy & needs to show it off to the working class.
Electric car Tesla slapped with $15,000 tax surcharge
" Mr Joe Nguyen, 44, registered a used Model S he sourced from Hong Kong just before Chinese New Year. He was shocked that the car - for which he paid close to $400,000 - was liable for a $15,000 carbon surcharge."
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/electric-car-tesla-slapped-with-15000-tax-surcharge
Grand-Waster:
Bloom time for kids' fashion
" Mrs Madelaine Wong buys new clothes for her three children every fortnight.
The 37-year-old, a regional director of sales, shops for them during lunch time or after work.
While Mark, six, Lauren, four, and Jude, one, are at a stage of their lives where they outgrow their clothes quickly, Mrs Wong admits that she also buys them new clothes because she feels guilty about not spending enough time with them. She thinks that shopping for them is a way for her to show affection."
http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/bloom-time-for-kids-fashion
CMI Grandmaster:
NTUC Income&rsquo s explanation for Rebecca Lim &lsquo retiring&rsquo is a problematic non-apology
Cheesy Grandmaster:
The Parmesan Cheese You Sprinkle on Your Penne Could Be Wood
Grand Douchebag and Pump & Dump:
Everything You Know About Martin Shkreli Is Wrong&mdash or Is It?
" In the spring of 2014, Shkreli began posting bullish messages online about the company&rsquo s prospects, as Retrophin&rsquo s stock was soaring, from around $3 a share in early 2013 to almost $20. On May 29, he tweeted, without explanation, that &ldquo this is one of the best days of my life!&rdquo The next day he sold almost $4.5 million worth of his own stock in the company. This infuriated investors who believed he was cashing out."
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/12/martin-shkreli-pharmaceuticals-ceo-interview
Review: In &lsquo Madoff,&rsquo What He Was Thinking (TV Series)
" In one of the show&rsquo s funniest scenes Mr. DiPascali demonstrates a computer system for a couple of hedge-fund executives, ostensibly showing them how Mr. Madoff is able to generate steady returns for his clients through any kind of market. When he types a request into the machine &mdash which is just a shell &mdash it goes to an employee at a desk two floors below, who sends back the desired response."
... most probably how your super mkt forecaster super computer works.
Interesting article on the the exploitation of human psychology by ponzi scheme operators:
The Lure of Ponzi Schemes
Victims often exhibit addictive personality traits, with the fear of loss outweighed by satisfaction in gains&mdash or anticipation thereof. &ldquo You see it at the roulette table, and you see it in victims of Ponzi schemes,&rdquo says Frankel. Our need to belong explains why Ponzi schemes are so successful among affinity groups, and our craving for social status explains why, when Ponzi perpetrators try to turn would-be investors away, they fight all the harder to get in on the &ldquo exclusive&rdquo opportunity. Sophistication is no defense: Educated investors are often too confident in their own capacity to evaluate a deal.
http://www.kiplinger.com/article/investing/T031-C023-S002-lure-of-ponzi-schemes.html
yes, exploiting Gold Bugs + human traits weakness.
sillypore, typo error, really silly,hahahaha
Our sillpore hv our vy own gold scam too.LOL
Our sillpore hv our vy own gold scam too.LOL
Investors scared of China stock markets were lured by Ezubo Ponzi scheme
" Ding Ning, 34, president of Yucheng and the founder of Ezubo, reportedly used investors' money to buy lavish gifts for Zhang Min, the company' s president, including a residential property in Singapore worth 130 million RMB ($19.8 million) and a pink diamond ring worth 12 million RMB ($1.8 million).
In addition, Xinhua said Ding paid huge salaries to the company' s employees - the company paid 800 million RMB ($121.6 million) to employees in November 2015 alone - and insisted all secretarial staff wear designer outfits and expensive jewelry to burnish the company' s image of profitability."
