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Partners often have partnership agreement requirements on advance notice to firm, capital obligations, and other fiduciary duties that may make it hard to move swiftly (and publicly).
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It's not the main point, but: The richest man in the world can't afford a coaster?
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Successful arbitrage before the market crash.
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we are detonating a bomb under the entire global economy because far, far too many people simply refused to consider the fact that anyone would ever do this
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They just made up a bunch of numbers to make the US percentages look reasonable.
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The point about these firms' clients trending towards affluence is 100% right, but notably, the PW order called out their pro bono service as well
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[if “Andor” was called “Schumer”]
Schumer: “Hey guys, we should really keep this Empire on our good side.”
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Silly me; I thought the Secretary of State's job description included talking to Ambassadors from counties who might not like America. If you're only talking to our friends these days, does that just mean N. Korea and Russia?
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This constituent cannot discern any daylight between your definition of "fighting" and your repeated actions of "voting in favor of" this radical administration's proposals.
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Chuck Schumer in SPARTACUS: "I am not Spartacus but I can provide with an extremely detailed description. He is in this crowd of runaway slaves, by the way."
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[if Chuck Schumer replaced Paul Reiser in Aliens]
[no discernable difference]
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[if Chuck Schumer replaced Sam in Twin Towers]
Frodo: What are we holding on to, Sam?
Sam: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. But it’s not really worth fighting for.
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[if Chuck Schumer replaced Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon]
"When a man's partner is killed, he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. But, in this case, I better not."
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The next president must have the courage to investigate every contract let under Trump, claw the money back, and ban those companies from doing business with the government in the future.