What Should Have Happened at the GameStop Hearing

Can’t work Zoom, will fix financial markets.

Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton | 2.25.2021 11:59 AM

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Last week, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing to discuss online brokerage firm Robinhood's decision to freeze trading of GameStop after the stock's price was driven up by amateur investors on Reddit's WallStreetBets forum. Committee Chair Rep. Maxine Waters (D–Calif.) moderated the hearing, which included testimony from Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev, and representatives from Reddit, Melvin Capital, and Citadel Securities. Retail investor Keith Gill, who made millions investing against Wall Street short sellers, also appeared at the hearing.

It didn't go very well.

Starring Austin Bragg and Andrew Heaton; written by Austin Bragg, Meredith Bragg, and Andrew Heaton; edited by Austin Bragg

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Don't look at me! 4 years ago

Like any of those idiots understand the stock market.

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1. Moonrocks 4 years ago
  
  They don't need to understand it to regulate it.
  
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2. diWhite Knightoxide 4 years ago
  
  Auntie Maxine suggested people should get refunds when they lost money on stock trades
  
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  1. A Cynical Asshole 4 years ago
    
    *facepalm* She can't really be that stupid... of wait, nevermind. Yes, yes she can be, she's a congress critter.
    
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    1. WC46 4 years ago
      
      And she's a female democrat. That's strikes 2 and 3 right there. She's out.
      
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  2. Mr. JD 4 years ago
    
    Best I can tell she didn't actually say that. It was an internet rumor that was (understandably) believable.
    
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    1. Don't look at me! 4 years ago
      
      Yeah, I thought it was true, but it’s not. (Sad face)
      
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3. n00bdragon 4 years ago
  
  Excuse me, I think you mean the Stop Market.
  
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Bob1062 4 years ago

How dare you make money without including us!!! Nervy peasants!!!

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Á àß äẞç ãþÇđ âÞ¢Đæ ǎB€Ðëf ảhf 4 years ago

What is it with that guy's eye?

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Ken Shultz 4 years ago

I will never forget Maxine Waters trying to force Mr. Toyoda to admit that Americans can make cars just as well as Japanese workers. About ten years ago, Toyota was having public quality and safety issues at the time. Toyoda kept trying to explain to Waters that the cars in question were all manufactured in the United States. Waters couldn't get it through her head that "Japanese" cars are manufactured in the United States. It was like having a discussion with ChemJeff--no knowledge, no logic, no shame--and absolutely sure she was right.

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1. Chumby 4 years ago
  
  That exchange was some time ago and is now considered waters under the bridge.
  
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  1. Chipper Morning Wood-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 years ago
    
    Did she collect a toll?
    
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    1. Barnstormer 4 years ago
      
      We all pay it. Everyday.
      
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Sometimes a Great Notion 4 years ago

Well done sirs and madam.

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sarcasmic 4 years ago

Too funny!

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1. MatthewSlyfield 4 years ago
  
  If I'm not about to pass out because I'm laughing so hard I can't breath, it's not too funny. It is very funny though.
  
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Ken Shultz 4 years ago

Wait. Hold the phone.

Rashida Talib is claiming that people in her district are melting snow so they can flush their toilets?!

1) We need a fact check on aisle 6.

2) Because people in her district are poor, what, are the rest of us supposed to stop trying to make a profit?

What an idiot!

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1. A Cynical Asshole 4 years ago
  
  Because people in her district are poor, what, are the rest of us supposed to stop trying to make a profit?
  
  Apparently. That's the only way that non-sequitur would even remotely make any sense in the context of a hearing about Gamestop. I suspect she's not very bright.
  
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2. Don't look at me! 4 years ago
  
  I hope they aren’t burning fossil fuels to melt that snow!
  
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3. mad.casual 4 years ago
  
  3) Someone should probably inform her constituents that there's no need to dump snow in the urinals and dumping melted snow in a frozen toilet won't solve the problem.
  
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  1. mad.casual 4 years ago
    
    Seriously, I don't think I'm mentally damaged enough to understand the problem. They can afford heat but not water? They can afford both but can't get them to the same room? I mean the 'shitting in winter' problem has been solved since the first bear in the woods stood upright.
    
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    1. mad.casual 4 years ago
      
      I don't see how people melting snow to flush their toilets isn't either a meaningless anecdote or a testament to the abject failure of the last 5,000 yrs. of human civilization. And I say this as someone who's melted snow in order to use the bathroom.
      
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      1. Ken Shultz 4 years ago
        
        I might understand if she were representing a district in Texas suffering from a power outage.
        
        WTF is she talking about? People in Michigan don't know what to do in a snowstorm, huh?!
        
        I call bullshit.
        
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    2. Ben of Houston 4 years ago
      
      I can say that there was some of that last week in Texas. It wasn't money that was the problem, it was our hurricane-resistant water systems were very much not freeze-resistant.
      
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      1. Ken Shultz 4 years ago
        
        Yeah, she's talking about Michigan!
        
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      2. mad.casual 4 years ago
        
        I understand that, but Talib's district is in Southern Michigan, weatherproofed and largely within walking distance of a working restroom. This makes it seem like a major portion of Talib's constituency has been wallowing in their own slop for months and if they found themselves locked in a cage, wouldn't figure out to shit in the corner.
        
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4. Mark Thrust, Sexus Ranger 4 years ago
  
  How smart can her constituents be? At least the ones voting for her. If someone votes for that crazy bitch they must be a moron.
  
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OneSimpleLesson 4 years ago

Great stuff!

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Chumby 4 years ago

What should happen at the GameStop hearing? Legislators should bring in unwanted video games for store credit so they can pay less for a new game they want.

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JurisCani 4 years ago

I dunno, SMOD?

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Dillinger 4 years ago

no GameStop hearing should have ever been.

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Fist of Etiquette 4 years ago

The casting decisions here were pretty much all spot on.

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ElvisIsReal 4 years ago

The shot about savers not being able to beat inflation was on the fucking money. They have us between a rock and a hard place.

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OpenBordersLiberal-tarian 2 4 years ago

Seriously, how can anyone look at Waters and Tlaib and not see just how dumb niggers are?

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