Appeals court upholds ‘pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli lifetime ban from drug industry::Martin Shkreli served a criminal sentence for securities fraud related to a pharmaceuticals company he founded.

  • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Supposedly this was because he realized mid-sentence that he was about to hand his opponents a nice clean “shame on me” soundbite to use in all of their smear campaigns. So he panicked and had to make up the second part on the fly.

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      10 months ago

      God, Republicans being worried about sound clips being used against them. What a quaint time the early 2000s was.

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        10 months ago

        Now they out here running against Obama and fighting against democratic speaker of the house Nikki Haley.