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In response to "We'll get 10% of the retail value from the US Treasury. That way there are no non-authoritarian warrants out on our code names. -- nm" by crash davis

Historically this has gone poorly for privateers, once their sponsor decided they were ... inconvenient. -- nm

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Oct 23 '22, 11:00

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Privateers who quit as privateers did well, see Drake. Privateers who went pirate suffered. We'll be planning for when the gig ends. -- nm - crash davis Oct 23, 11:05 2
- High end private detectives/ insurance recovery stuff etc - that will subsidize the leverage style stuff for deserving people -- (edited) - crash davis Oct 23, 11:07 1
  - "It's the CIA's policy not to intervene in other countries' internal politics" -- Slater -- nm - Beryllium Oct 23, 11:14
A lot of them end up wishing they were in Sherbrooke, of all places. -- nm - Reagen Oct 23, 11:01

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