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11-11-2020, 02:00 PM
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I'm just going to share what I found in about 15 minutes of searching with DuckDuckGo.
July 2018 - Dominion Voting Systems Acquired by its Management Team and Staple Street Capital
Dominion Voting CEO and President John Poulos said, "Our senior management team is extremely pleased to partner with Staple Street Capital, which has a proven track record of successfully investing in growing mid-size businesses. Given the opportunities on our horizon, this is the ideal time for us to add financial resources and an experienced strategic partner to help us meet market demand, better serve customers and invest in evolving security initiatives."
Staple Street Capital co-founder and Managing Director Hootan Yaghoobzadeh said, "John Poulos and his team have done an excellent job of building Dominion Voting into one of the most trusted providers of voting solutions in North America. We are excited to partner with him and the Dominion Voting team as they embark on their next phase of growth and continue their innovative and customer-centric strategy."
So I looked up Staple Street Capital...
The co-founders of Staple Street Capital, Stephen D. Owens and Hootan Yaghoobzadeh, are veterans of The Carlyle Group and Cerberus Capital Management, respectively, and first worked together in Carlyle's US Buyout Group starting in 1998.
So as soon as I saw Carlyle, that's Deep State HQ. That's where both parties converge and the color that matters is green.
Check out this write up on The Carlyle Group from back in 2004 by the Center for Public Integrity. It's a long article, but worth the time if you are not aware how the government elite world functions above the radar.
Nov 2004 - The Carlyle Group Profits from Government and Conflict
Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm that employs numerous former high-ranking government officials with ties to both political parties, was the ninth largest Pentagon contractor between 1998 and 2003, an ongoing Center for Public Integrity investigation into Department of Defense contracts found.
A dozen companies in which Carlyle had a controlling interest netted more than $9.3 billion in contracts.
Overall, six private investment firms, including Carlyle, received nearly $14 billion in Pentagon deals between 1998 and 2003.
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The Carlyle Group acquired controlling interests in several underperforming defense contractors, installed its own management teams and revitalized the companies, in part by landing big Pentagon contracts. Then, they sold the contractors to other investors for a large profit.
So former high ranking government officials - probably who still have their security clearances - can be in the loop when decisions are made from the Pentagon, and they can use that information for their financial benefit with Carlyle.
There's a section in the article about how they made a ton of money after Sept 11, 2001 when they sold many of their holdings in defense companies after their values increased.
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Now - tying that back here... someone mentioned William Kennard earlier. From the last link regarding the Carlyle Group...
Other former government officials who have recent or current ties to the firm include former British Prime Minister John Major and former Philippines President Fidel Ramos; former Office of Management and Budget director Richard Darman; former Clinton chief of staff Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty; former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt and former Federal Communications Commission chairman William E. Kennard. Former Secretary of State James Baker works for the firm, as did his former boss, President George H.W. Bush, who was an adviser for the firm's Asian investment funds until he left Carlyle in 2003.
Critics have long denounced Carlyle's practice of recruiting former high-ranking government officials at the same time as it invests in companies regulated by their former agencies, dubbing it "access capitalism." For example, Kennard, who served as Bill Clinton's FCC chairman, is now managing director for Carlyle's global telecommunications and media group, directing the firm's business investments in companies he regulated.
So maybe Dominion is just a crappy company that doesn't know what they are doing.
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Maybe there are people involved who are invested in making money from conflict.... and they see Trump reducing our war footprint and making peace deals, and now their bottom line takes a hit. And it would be in their best financial interest to get Trump out of office. So they purchase a company a couple of years ago that just happens to run the election software in 33 states. Just a coincidence, right?
Sorry for the long post. I don't do them often, but thought it would be informative. |
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11-11-2020, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by BentBow
Diane Feinstein's husband owns over 60% of the company.
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She doesn't.
But Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe own 100% of the company! 
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11-11-2020, 02:03 PM
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So as soon as I saw Carlyle, that's Deep State HQ.
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Yes. Excellent detective work. Everything is connected and it just goes to show you what Trump has been up against. |
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11-11-2020, 02:04 PM
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33 states use the system. And nobody has been able to substantiate the claims the Clintons, Feinstein and Pelosi have a stake in the company. But you know -- play --- you got nothing else to do right?
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11-11-2020, 02:05 PM
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Location: South Carolina
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the smart ones are getting plane tickets to foreign countries as we speak courtesy of bill and killiary .
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11-11-2020, 02:12 PM
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If the Clintons helped Biden cheat to win the election, why didn't they help the Democrats take the Senate?
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11-11-2020, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by DRob4JC
I'm just going to share what I found in about 15 minutes of searching with DuckDuckGo.
July 2018 - Dominion Voting Systems Acquired by its Management Team and Staple Street Capital
Dominion Voting CEO and President John Poulos said, "Our senior management team is extremely pleased to partner with Staple Street Capital, which has a proven track record of successfully investing in growing mid-size businesses. Given the opportunities on our horizon, this is the ideal time for us to add financial resources and an experienced strategic partner to help us meet market demand, better serve customers and invest in evolving security initiatives."
Staple Street Capital co-founder and Managing Director Hootan Yaghoobzadeh said, "John Poulos and his team have done an excellent job of building Dominion Voting into one of the most trusted providers of voting solutions in North America. We are excited to partner with him and the Dominion Voting team as they embark on their next phase of growth and continue their innovative and customer-centric strategy."
So I looked up Staple Street Capital...
The co-founders of Staple Street Capital, Stephen D. Owens and Hootan Yaghoobzadeh, are veterans of The Carlyle Group and Cerberus Capital Management, respectively, and first worked together in Carlyle's US Buyout Group starting in 1998.
So as soon as I saw Carlyle, that's Deep State HQ. That's where both parties converge and the color that matters is green.
Check out this write up on The Carlyle Group from back in 2004 by the Center for Public Integrity. It's a long article, but worth the time if you are not aware how the government elite world functions above the radar.
Nov 2004 - The Carlyle Group Profits from Government and Conflict
Carlyle Group, a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm that employs numerous former high-ranking government officials with ties to both political parties, was the ninth largest Pentagon contractor between 1998 and 2003, an ongoing Center for Public Integrity investigation into Department of Defense contracts found.
A dozen companies in which Carlyle had a controlling interest netted more than $9.3 billion in contracts.
Overall, six private investment firms, including Carlyle, received nearly $14 billion in Pentagon deals between 1998 and 2003.
...
The Carlyle Group acquired controlling interests in several underperforming defense contractors, installed its own management teams and revitalized the companies, in part by landing big Pentagon contracts. Then, they sold the contractors to other investors for a large profit.
So former high ranking government officials - probably who still have their security clearances - can be in the loop when decisions are made from the Pentagon, and they can use that information for their financial benefit with Carlyle.
There's a section in the article about how they made a ton of money after Sept 11, 2001 when they sold many of their holdings in defense companies after their values increased.
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Now - tying that back here... someone mentioned William Kennard earlier. From the last link regarding the Carlyle Group...
Other former government officials who have recent or current ties to the firm include former British Prime Minister John Major and former Philippines President Fidel Ramos; former Office of Management and Budget director Richard Darman; former Clinton chief of staff Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty; former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt and former Federal Communications Commission chairman William E. Kennard. Former Secretary of State James Baker works for the firm, as did his former boss, President George H.W. Bush, who was an adviser for the firm's Asian investment funds until he left Carlyle in 2003.
Critics have long denounced Carlyle's practice of recruiting former high-ranking government officials at the same time as it invests in companies regulated by their former agencies, dubbing it "access capitalism." For example, Kennard, who served as Bill Clinton's FCC chairman, is now managing director for Carlyle's global telecommunications and media group, directing the firm's business investments in companies he regulated.
So maybe Dominion is just a crappy company that doesn't know what they are doing.
- or -
Maybe there are people involved who are invested in making money from conflict.... and they see Trump reducing our war footprint and making peace deals, and now their bottom line takes a hit. And it would be in their best financial interest to get Trump out of office. So they purchase a company a couple of years ago that just happens to run the election software in 33 states. Just a coincidence, right?
Sorry for the long post. I don't do them often, but thought it would be informative. |
It's not informative. The software didn't glitch. A human being "glitched", and the error was corrected. All this blather about Dominion is blather. |
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11-11-2020, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by phonelady61
the smart ones are getting plane tickets to foreign countries as we speak courtesy of bill and killiary .
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That's hilarious. Got any more funny fantasies to share with us? |
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11-11-2020, 02:17 PM
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Location: The Republic of Texas
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11-11-2020, 02:18 PM
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35,213 posts, read 18,683,672 times
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Originally Posted by illtaketwoplease
Yes. Excellent detective work. Everything is connected and it just goes to show you what Trump has been up against.
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Basically, Carlyle bought Dominion using a front company.
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Originally Posted by DC at the Ridge
It's not informative. The software didn't glitch. A human being "glitched", and the error was corrected. All this blather about Dominion is blather.
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Software that had adequate security designed into it would not allow any glitches. There's a reason that Texas did not use their equipment.
Last edited by DRob4JC; 11-11-2020 at 02:29 PM..
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