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Hugin

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10. I don't know if you remember Irridium...

Reply to Johonny (Reply #8)

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 11:32 AM

Jan 2025

It had similar goals and it turns out similar flaws.

Oh, I am sure The High Maintenance Mussolini will gladly hand over other people’s hard earned money as long as he gets to dip his beak. A tithe, so to speak. Okay, so Special K allegedly paid somewhere between $250 - $500 M to install The Boomerang Buffoon and now he’s waiting for his $700 M payout. It’s no wonder he won’t let the chump out of his sight.

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