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calimary

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9. Hmmmmmm... good question.

Reply to TheRickles (Reply #8)

Tue Jan 6, 2026, 09:27 PM

Jan 6

Did they expect to lose and just didn’t want to pay the penalties?
Did they come up with some back-door way to win this?
Are they saving money now cuz they know they have some big financial liabilities to face later?

Could be any kind and number of rationales and/or motivations that figure in, here. We ALWAYS have to have our eyes and ears WIDE open, and our analysis skills sharp as knives.

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