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RobinA

(10,478 posts)
34. My Read
Wed Oct 27, 2021, 01:55 PM
Oct 2021

is that in the beginning Elizabeth Holmes was like a kid who coasts the family car out the driveway and thinks this driving thing isn't so hard. So she goes to the first stop sign on her street, turns right, and doesn't crash so now she is convinced she can drive. Eventually she realizes she's in over her head, but at that point she's on the Capital Beltway at rush hour with a trunk full of other people's cash, so she has to keep going so she doesn't crash. Meanwhile, a whole lot of men, rich men and famous men, have been cheering her on and they can't stop or they will look like they didn't know what they were talking about when they were cheering. Rich men, famous men, and lawyers get a lot of mileage out of soldiering on as if they are right when they know they are dead wrong. Eventually the whole mess gets too heavy and it blows its tires and crashes.

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RWers should all swindle each other as much as they can IronLionZion Oct 2021 #1
Americans gave at the office, that's how they amassed so much moolah bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #4
That's the thing - they do TlalocW Oct 2021 #11
MAGAts are still giving TFG money for various schemes IronLionZion Oct 2021 #15
I've thought long and hard about it TlalocW Oct 2021 #22
It's amusing when swine consume swine! Snarkoleptic Oct 2021 #2
DeVos is lower than the scum at the bottom of the dumpster behind the greasy spoon Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Oct 2021 #21
The only time rich people go to prison for theft is when they steal from richer people TheRealNorth Oct 2021 #5
for proof just look at DENVERPOPS Oct 2021 #18
As a scientist involved in bioanalysis, I find it hard to believe how this scam went on so long. NNadir Oct 2021 #6
What do you think of the Everlywell "food sensitivity" testing? William Seger Oct 2021 #9
I'm not really familiar with it, but a brief look at some websites surrounding suggests that... NNadir Oct 2021 #16
Yes, I also have a biomed research background... Rollo Oct 2021 #23
Agree-- the claims were laughable from the start for anyone familar with this sort of testing LymphocyteLover Oct 2021 #25
Did You Read RobinA Oct 2021 #33
Yes. My son was asked to read it as part of is undergraduate research... NNadir Oct 2021 #35
A grifter grifting grifters. Sometimes the universe does seem in balance. dgauss Oct 2021 #7
I have a bridge in Brooklyn that would make an excellent investment vehicle for the Devos's ZonkerHarris Oct 2021 #8
It's funny until you realize DeVos deducted losses on her tax returns and who picked up the slack. Marcuse Oct 2021 #10
You can always can con a conman. marble falls Oct 2021 #12
So she's not all bad then? comradebillyboy Oct 2021 #13
👆 🤣🤣🤣 Tanuki Oct 2021 #17
They say it's no crime to steal from a thief, peppertree Oct 2021 #14
Holmes isn't married and never has been obamanut2012 Oct 2021 #26
Scamway got scammed? Ha ha! East-A-Squared Oct 2021 #19
I suddenly respect Elizabeth Holmes a little jmowreader Oct 2021 #20
I figure it was always a scam... Rollo Oct 2021 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Oct 2021 #31
A convincing sales person can delude themselves into believing it IronLionZion Oct 2021 #28
My Read RobinA Oct 2021 #34
MAGAt-on-MAGt fraud. OK with me. NCjack Oct 2021 #27
Holmes avoided all sorts of disclosure by targeting private investors MissMillie Oct 2021 #29
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Oct 2021 #30
The Devos family started Amway Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #32
Scamway family scammed, karma. sarcasmo Oct 2021 #36
Of course De Vos was fooled. Theranos is exactly like Amway Hassler Oct 2021 #37
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