Sunday, October 20, 2024

Sunday Trivia: What's Old -- Is New, Again?! Penn State "Speaking" Nonsense Shkreli / Milo Y. Tour Oct. 28, 2024...

Back in 2017, a much-earlier (pre-federal-prison) iteration of this event was cancelled -- and at a second "stop" on this "speaking tour", a student threw dog feces in Shkreli's face (I think that was at UC Davis, if memory serves). Hilarious, and well-deserved.

But as Milo's 15 minutes are ending, he seeks to renew his brand as a hate-provocateur. . . with a speaking gig at Penn State. The rumor is that Martin will tag along, have his flight paid for, but will not be paid to speak [since that money should first go to his fraud victims].

Here's that goofy news item, overnight:

. . .Shkreli, according to Uncensored America’s release, spent five years in prison “after making a joke about Hillary Clinton.” [Ed. Note: Obviously, this is a lie. He was convicted of felony wire fraud, for deceiving his investors, repeatedly, over many years.] Shkreli was charged with securities fraud in 2015, sentenced to seven years in jail in 2017, and was released in 2022. [That's the truth of it.]

According to University Park Allocation Committee (UPAC) minutes, Uncensored America was given $15,990.26 by UPAC to fund the event. The fee covered Yiannopoulos’ flight and speaker fees and Shkreli’s flight fees
. . . .


I think Martin still needs BoP permission to leave Queens County. So, that may or may not happen -- but it is hilarious that these two are trying to re-energize the nonsense that died out in the 2016 election cycle. For his part, Milo is no longer working on MAGA Marjorie Taylor-Green's political operations -- he's jobless; as is Martin. But Martin is also broke, and a decade out of date, on life science politics and policies.

Pretty sure there will be nothing even remotely interesting said, here.

That is, assuming the LGBTQ+ community at Penn State doesn't protest / shout them down -- with the "hecklers' veto". . .

. . .or the "Bag of Hot Dog Poop" -- in their faces (as obtained at Harvard or UC Davis -- I forget which -- in the Winter of 2017).

We shall see.

Charming.

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