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Started by Admiral Yi, July 22, 2009, 03:15:40 PM

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Barrister

#1245
November 01, 2009, 07:59:21 PM
Quote from: Viking on November 01, 2009, 07:56:58 PM
Leviathan, Terrible, Hercules, Poweful?

Out of sheer brute-force guessing, I guess Viking gets it.

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Viking

#1246
November 01, 2009, 08:09:16 PM
The News of Napoleons death was a boon on the London Stock Market. However, some scoundrels had the news before the market did and made a killing on insider trading in government stocks. How did they get the information before anybody else and how were the scoundrels exposed?
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Viking

#1247
November 02, 2009, 07:53:46 AM
Hint, Napoleon was not dead.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Alatriste

#1248
November 02, 2009, 08:41:37 AM
Quote from: Viking on November 02, 2009, 07:53:46 AM
Hint, Napoleon was not dead.

Did they claim to have used pigeons, and were exposed because pigeons couldn't have crossed the Atlantic from St. Helena?

Viking

#1249
November 02, 2009, 08:44:19 AM
Quote from: Alatriste on November 02, 2009, 08:41:37 AM
Quote from: Viking on November 02, 2009, 07:53:46 AM
Hint, Napoleon was not dead.

Did they claim to have used pigeons, and were exposed because pigeons couldn't have crossed the Atlantic from St. Helena?

Nope.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Caliga

#1250
November 02, 2009, 08:45:44 AM
They read about it on drudgereport.com ?  :)
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HisMajestyBOB

#1251
November 02, 2009, 09:57:54 AM
Pigeons was my guess as well.

If not that, then they got the word from some sailor or officer (possibly drunk in a bar?).
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Viking

#1252
November 02, 2009, 10:03:53 AM
No drudge report

But the bar bit is part of the story. But that is not how they knew that the news of napoleons death would reach the market.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Alexandru H.

#1253
November 02, 2009, 10:29:15 AM
I don't know if it refers to the same scoundrels, but Nathan Rothschild made a killing by having a network of couriers and spies in both camps. He received a report from one of his men before anyone else and made a kill at the London stock market (it was probably the quickest way to a great fortune anyone had managed to do in history).

The way he did it was classic: his agents began selling the British paper money creating a buzz within the other businessmen who thought Wellington had lost the battle. They began to sell the paper money, which were immediately bought, at a fraction of a price, by Rothschild's men. When the news of the battle reached the Stock Market, Rotschild was a very, very rich man...

Viking

#1254
November 02, 2009, 10:32:18 AM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 02, 2009, 10:29:15 AM
I don't know if it refers to the same scoundrels, but Nathan Rothschild made a killing by having a network of couriers and spies in both camps. He received a report from one of his men before anyone else and made a kill at the London stock market (it was probably the quickest way to a great fortune anyone had managed to do in history).

The way he did it was classic: his agents began selling the British paper money creating a buzz within the other businessmen who thought Wellington had lost the battle. They began to sell the paper money, which were immediately bought, at a fraction of a price, by Rothschild's men. When the news of the battle reached the Stock Market, Rotschild was a very, very rich man...

Allways facinating. But the event I refer to was in 1814.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Alexandru H.

#1255
November 02, 2009, 10:33:57 AM Last Edit: November 02, 2009, 10:37:28 AM by Alexandru H.
You mean 1821, no?

Oh, I googled it... you're right, 1814... did not know about this event  :)

Viking

#1256
November 02, 2009, 10:35:02 AM
Quote from: Alexandru H. on November 02, 2009, 10:33:57 AM
You mean 1821, no?

No, 1814. Hint, Napoleon was not dead.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Eddie Teach

#1257
November 02, 2009, 10:41:34 AM
In that case, they got the information quickly by making it up, they were exposed by Napoleon being alive?  :lol:
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Viking

#1258
November 02, 2009, 10:43:47 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 02, 2009, 10:41:34 AM
In that case, they got the information quickly by making it up, they were exposed by Napoleon being alive?  :lol:

Hooray... Blackbeard gets it.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1931133_1931132_1931126,00.html
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Eddie Teach

#1259
November 02, 2009, 10:50:29 AM
Alright. The Song of Roland was based on which battle?
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?
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