
Robert W. Mann, Jr.
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Robert W. Mann, Jr.
@RWMann
Airline industry analyst, former airline executive officer, by way of @MIT. Aerodevelopments™️ (aviation, vehicular), markets, politics (aero-, and otherwise).
Port Washington, NY 11050 Katılım Haziran 2010
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So long as BNATCS fails to address root-cause drivers of the need for ATC intervention/infrastructure/staffing, no amount of money will ‘improve’ ATC, reduce congestion/delays, operators’/customers’ costs, or adverse impacts to investors/employees/economy. meritalk.com/articles/faa-m…
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🚨 Netanyahu just expelled Spain’s diplomatic representatives from Israel.
His stated reason: Spain criticized the IDF.
His exact words: “I do not intend to allow any country to wage a diplomatic war against us without paying an immediate price.”
Read that carefully.
Not a military threat. Not a security concern. Spain called out the IDF — and Netanyahu responded by expelling their diplomats and calling it a price that must be paid immediately.
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If they have to be warned, they are the wrong people to begin with.
No taxes on 'tips', right?
thehill.com/policy/technol…
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@Acyn Came to DC, leveraging a copy of career-ending Kompromat?
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Kerry: I was part of the any number of conversations with Netanyahu.
Psaki: Pitching the US strike Iran?
Kerry: Yes, he wanted us to strike. He came to president Obama. He made a presentation to ask to strike. President Obama refused. President Biden refused. President Bush refused. The only president who has agreed to this, obviously, is President Trump
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So you’re telling me World Liberty Financial (WLFI)
a project linked to the Trump family
deposited billions of its own tokens, used them as collateral
and borrowed tens of millions against it
inside a protocol where it controls most of the liquidity
This happened on April 9, 2026
- around 5 billion WLFI tokens used as collateral
- $75 million borrowed in stablecoins
- all through the Dolomite lending protocol
- WLFI represents around 55% of the entire protocol liquidity
So how does that even work
They deposit their own token, borrow stablecoins against it and keep the position open as long as the price holds
But here’s where it gets uncomfortable
- the main stablecoin pool is used at around 93%
- meaning most liquidity is already borrowed
- retail users could struggle to withdraw
- funds inside the system start to feel “locked”
And it gets worse
Dolomite was co-founded by someone connected to WLFI
meaning the borrower and the infrastructure are linked
same circle on both sides of the trade
Then you have this
- over $40 million moved to Coinbase Prime
just hours before a major Trump-related geopolitical announcement
The team denies everything
But if it’s real
then it’s a closed loop
where the same circle is providing liquidity
borrowing from it and holding it up at the same time
Insane crime

Easy@NotSoEasyMoney
HOW IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THIS!?!?!?!? THEY PRINTED 5 BILLION OF THEIR OWN TOKENS THEN WITHDREW IT AS USDC!?!?!?!??!
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Nothing new here except which carriers are doing it, and which are in the rear view mirror, floundering.
Photo from a jetbridge in Atlanta in 2015...
What the hell happened to the former #1 and that 'on-time machine' service mark?
nytimes.com/2026/04/10/bus…

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What will the losses be in 2026 w/ @xai there the entire year? $10bn? $15bn? We are truly in the golden age of stupidity. $5bn loss = $2tn valuation. C Munger is rolling over in his grave.
Evan@StockMKTNewz
SpaceX reportedly lost just under $5 billion last year while generating more than $18.5 billion in revenue The numbers include xAI - The Information
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New Yorker drops a bomb on Altman. OpenAI insiders say the CEO of the world's most important AI company can't really code and confuses basic ML terms.
> Built influence through strategy, not technical depth.
> Sets up structures — then removes them when constraints apply.
> A Microsoft exec warned he could be remembered like figures from financial scandals.
The CEO of the company building AGI doesn't understand the G.

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Robert W. Mann, Jr. retweetledi

"A lot of people are getting rich off the Trump presidency. Trump, but also his kids and in-laws; other grifting nepo-babies; cabinet members, senior aides; and other well-connected friends, investors, and firms.
You know who isn’t on that list?
You."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark…
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CEO of Citadel Ken Griffin says that Data Center spend this year alone is set to be half a trillion dollars, $500 billion
He says that AI is useful in some areas but it’s not worth the investment, he says a lot of what it produces “It’s all garbage”
“Data center spent in the United States this year, over half a trillion dollars, like over $500 billion. You're not gonna generate this kind of spend unless you're gonna make a promise. You're gonna profoundly change the world. So is it hype? Of course
— In certain areas, we know it's gonna be profound, whether it's call centers, whether it's helping to improve the productivity of software engineers, but in a number of white collar jobs, you know, there was a, there was a recent Harvard paper on this, they called it AI work Slop, that it looks good, but if you sort of peel back the onion, the substance isn't there.
I was with one of my colleagues who runs our commodities business and they, he handed a report on that we were generated with an AI engine. Doesn't matter what the topic was, the first few sentences, like, wow, that's, that's really insightful. And then you go down below that and it's all garbage.”
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