@edwinbarnesc@elonmusk What do you like trump? He has terrible track record as far as how his dad made his money, how he has lost his dad's money, sexual assult cases, trump university pyramid scams, and a classic flip flopper. Just wondering how he is a key piece in this.
@edwinbarnesc What do you like trump? He has terrible track record as far as how his dad made his money, how he has lost his dad's money, sexual assult cases, trump university pyramid scams, and a classic flip flopper. Just wondering how he is a key piece in this.
.@The_DTCC When counterfeits are sold, that money is now in the global financial system. How does the Clearing Corp clear transactions that shouldn't exist? Increased stock supply artificially increases volume and decreases price. How do you maintain stability based on fiction?
@citsecurities@Citadel = self reporting corrupted financial terrorists oligarchs not producing any good, siphoning off of the hard work of people all over the world. Creating highest level if bullship to destroy all resources of earth of a wealthy few. Thank you for lying all the time.
Dear Apes,
Finley and Quinn Mulligan here
We have no idea how or why, but our film APES TOGETHER STRONG has been released on Amazon a full two weeks ahead of our scheduled release date (tin foil securely fastened)
As painful as that is not to have a smooth rollout, we are beyond excited to share this with you all.
For those of you who don't know, it's not hard to find out exactly who we are, how long we’ve been here and just what my brother and I have gone through to make our little film.
Here's the story of how this shit got made:
My brother and I are blue-collar dudes from Portland, Oregon. We don't come from much, but art has always been the calling, and we've never had an option but to follow that calling wherever it leads — to that end, we've always been ones to GRIND. My brother spent his twenties playing in a band (Fanno Creek) while doing what he could to make ends meet — classic story — He's a brilliant fucking musician and performer and crushed the local scene.
I (Finley) put most of my efforts toward film. I worked up to being Assistant Director at an animation company called LAIKA, you might know some of the films we made; Coraline, Paranorman, Kubo and the Two Strings, Missing Link etc. I remained there all the way up until the pandemic hit.
Then, whilst taking a shit one day, I saw a post on r/WSB — that post happens to include snakes and bananas and finally, I understood this whole short squeeze concept I had been seeing chattered about on the sub; then I heard the tendieman song, and I was Hooooooooooked. I called up my bro, told him we gotta buy GME, and we rode that fucking rocket all the way to the top — my brother was a bit slow on the draw and bought at nearly the literal peak (ouchie). From there we bought into AMC, stayed for 8.01 and beyond. Y’all saved that movie company.
For those who weren't there, it's really hard to express the excitement, the joy and the feeling of sticking it to the man by buying and hodling but what really caught us off guard was the feeling that maybe, if this thing keeps working, we won't have to grind SO HARD to literally just survive and feel free.
Then the rug was pulled. Holy fuck we were angry. Then the Hulu doc. Then we were more angry. Then... the media would NOT STOP blabbering about how this was a coordinated effort, how somehow it was OUR FAULT giant firms got caught with their pants down. So, we decided to hop on r/GME and make a post:
https://t.co/TrhjzmOtpn
We had a couple of rules:
· We're not gonna do this unless people want it
· We're gonna crowdsource our initial lines of research
· We're gonna remain open and transparent throughout and answer everyone all the time (that shit is exhausting)
Our first question to the good folks of the sub was:
WHO HERE EVEN WANTS A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ALL THIS SHIT TOLD BY APES?
The response was a resounding FUCK YES.
Our next post was along the lines of:
"Okay, so you want a doc — WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO COVER?"
From there, we crowdsourced our initial questions and lines of research. It was/is important to us that those who we were attempting to set the record straight on felt an ownership of the project — after all it's OUR STORY TOO — WE'RE NOT OUTSIDERS — WE ARE NOT CORPORATE MEDIA/MSM
So. It was March, we knew the sub wanted to make shit happen. We now had to figure out how the fuck we were gonna get it done. We had some rules for this too:
· No corporate money or influence in production
· No investors will have creative control
· My brother and I have complete and utter say in what makes it to the final cut
It was a tall order; what investor in their right mind was gonna trust us to make am expensive, high-quality doc and not have any say in how it turns out because the filmmakers are paranoid and stubborn?
So we decided to crowdfund. Crowdfunding is not something to be ashamed of. It takes money to buy whiskey y'all, movies are expensive as fuck to make, shit legal fees are in the tens of thousands, insurance, etc etc.
Power to the Creators, right?
Crowdfunding was a way for us to raise our budget without concern over a corporate entity wanting to affect the narrative — it was a way to make this thing the way Apes would want it to be made. It was simple, those who were interested enough to back the project could do so if they chose, then we'd make a movie with that money. Easy.
By this time we had migrated to superstonk and twitter. It was incredible to watch so many move so quickly. My brother and I then put our life savings into the film. We yolod.
I quit a very high paying job that was JUST ABOUT to let me pay debt off (my wife was so awesome and let me).
We were in debt to the film and still are — chances of making our money back on a documentary are slim to none; anyone who thinks "I'm gonna make money on a documentary" needs to do a bit of research; people who make docs do it because they are COMPELLED to as we were to shine a light on something that hasn't been explored. In this case, the truth of what happened in the sneeze and what is still happening today.
We then went on the road. We paid crew, fellow artisans and technicians, spoke to experts, normal people semesters, retail investors, YouTubers, DD writers — fucking everyone. We paid ourselves less than minimum wage (that's long gone, we're broke as fuck now lol) and made sure that above all else what we were making was honest, truthful, and cinematic as all getout.
Our goal from the beginning was to tell a story about retail investors who saw a golden opportunity and took it, but decided to stay after they got fucked. We wanted the public to know that these investors are not a bunch of basement-dwelling dipshits looking to scam the system but a super diverse group of people who were all finally pulling back the curtain on our rigged, overcomplicated, compartmentalized, fraudulent, one-sided, shit show capital markets.
Even those who are invested in other stocks are a part of the broader story here; even people you disagree with, hell, even the bad guys are part of it. This isn't a hype film. It's a documentary — there will be people you disagree with and that is fucking great.
Just like our markets, disagreement is at the heart of discovery. Not price discovery in this case but the discovery of how we characterize this saga, how it should be presented and to what degree our story should be shared with the masses.
We are not a monolith — we will all have opinions on what's most vital to convey and get the general population to understand. Not everyone will agree, and that's okay; shit, we prefer it.
Cinema. Is. Powerful.
We hope we can use the tools we have, movie making, to make sure there is a truthful, eye opening, entertaining, well-researched badass documentary you all can hold up high, point to and say "THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING"
If we can't take the time to have educated discourse, critically think for ourselves and trust the Ape next to us, we're truly lost.
If you still have questions, or are curious about the filmmaking process, how we did the film, us, pizza preference WHATEVER post it on the AMA thread, we'll answer any and all questions.
Remember; Do your own DD; Ape no fight Ape; Be excellent to each other.
We ask you all to reserve judgment until you check it out. We think you're gonna fucking love it
If you have the urge to pirate it, please don't — we're just a little indie project and many of Apes like yourselves but countless hours of time and effort into telling this story right.
See you all on the moon.
IF YOU LIKE IT, PLEASE SHARE IT, REVIEW IT ON EVERYTHING!
#ApesTogetherStrong #GME $GME #AMC $AMC #wetheinvestors #finance #stocks
Citadel has been bailed out THREE TIMES: once in 2008 with taxpayers' money, TWICE in 2022 with a $1.2 billion lifeline from Sequoia and Paradigm, and then a $600 million loan. The bankruptcy of this firm is inevitable, and its investors are being lied to, falsely claiming that they are doing great when, in fact, they are not. Their accounting books are completely fraudulent. When they perform the accounting for each subsidiary company, they fail to disclose all the information. Neither the parent company nor the affiliate company is accounting for losses because the accounting is designed to show that they are covering each other's books. That's fraud.
Citadel investors need to withdraw their money and run. Let us remind you that in 2008, there were multiple reports of Citadel refusing to return investors' money when they were on the verge of bankruptcy.
3 ETH straight from THE FIRST TREE planted in total 5397 trees! Amazing work @rk5busa !💚🌳 You planted a whole forest while securing yourself a spot at the Alpha Team 7!💚🔥
@teamtreesofficl@272CONSERVATION
This is the most important comment letter I've ever writen. Please take a minute, read it, and if you agree that we need to get trading out of dark markets and on to exchanges, make your voice heard by writing a letter or filing this one.
https://t.co/f5WIhgZe1u
Lots of folks asking for this film #WSC over the last couple of years. I'm sure 🚨 they will all be happy to have access to it now! 🚨 TY @KL_Copeland
[P.S. See Ch19 in Naked, Short & Greedy for parts of my interviews that didn't make the final cut.]