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Celerity

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15. the bread and cheese is from the 2017 Fyre Festival disaster
Fri May 23, 2025, 02:37 PM
May 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyre_Festival

Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival organized by American businessman Billy McFarland and American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent. The festival was scheduled to take place on April 28–30 and May 5–7, 2017, on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma.

The event was promoted on Instagram by social media influencers, actors, reality TV stars and models including Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Hailey Baldwin, and Emily Ratajkowski, many of whom did not initially disclose they had been paid to do so. During the Fyre Festival's inaugural weekend, the event experienced problems related to security, food, accommodation, medical services, and artist relations, resulting in the festival being indefinitely postponed and eventually cancelled. Instead of the gourmet meals and luxury villas for which festival attendees had paid hundreds or even thousands of dollars, they received packaged sandwiches and were lodged in poorly furnished tents.

In March 2018, McFarland pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud to defraud investors and ticket holders, and a second count to defraud a ticket vendor (while out on bail). In October 2018, McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to forfeit US$26 million. At least eight lawsuits were initiated against the organizers for defrauding ticket buyers, with several seeking class action status and one seeking more than $100 million in damages, and a judgment for US$2 million.

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Donnie punks everyone, even those who adore him, even those who give him money. unblock May 2025 #1
Yup. Donnie's had a lifetime of practice. But this did surprise me. Sounds as if djt's crypto allegorical oracle May 2025 #3
To be fair, I read that many of the people dumped the crypto soon after they qualified for the event.... unblock May 2025 #12
It could have been worse. C_U_L8R May 2025 #2
That occurred to me, too. Left over for how many years?? Donny's a cheapskate at heart, when it allegorical oracle May 2025 #5
Just desserts. C_U_L8R May 2025 #7
And maybe some of that quality Trump "wine". Ray Bruns May 2025 #23
so, much schadenfreude, so little time... hlthe2b May 2025 #4
Sounds like they got what they paid for. RockRaven May 2025 #6
"are you fucking stupid or something?" Dave Bowman May 2025 #42
Did they get one scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert? newdeal2 May 2025 #8
Maybe, with Hershey's Syrup. haele May 2025 #9
Here is a pic: demmiblue May 2025 #10
Why is one pic on china and the other is in a styrofoam take-out container? allegorical oracle May 2025 #11
The second pic is from the Fyre Festival: demmiblue May 2025 #14
GMTA Celerity May 2025 #16
Gotcha -- thanks nt allegorical oracle May 2025 #27
the bread and cheese is from the 2017 Fyre Festival disaster Celerity May 2025 #15
I saw where he was going to do it again. Srkdqltr May 2025 #18
Saw a TV piece about that -- think it was on American Greed. A hoot of a fraud. nt allegorical oracle May 2025 #46
LOL -- 1 slice of zucchini! Pinback May 2025 #34
Old plate from his now defunct D.C. hotel grift Botany May 2025 #44
Surf and Turf From the Sixties DET May 2025 #45
Shitty host, shitty meal. Go figure. oasis May 2025 #13
WTH is a "Trump organic field green salad"? tanyev May 2025 #17
I'm sure the guests all enjoyed their "Trump Food Poisoning" the next day too. bluesbassman May 2025 #41
"Ha ha. More suckers. Krypto suckers. Ha ha." - Krasnov (R - Felon/Rapist) BoRaGard May 2025 #19
Retribution: He won't ever be invited back n/t aggiesal May 2025 #20
Hopefully that's the worst of it. TheRickles May 2025 #35
I thought the dinner was in Mar-A-Lago. Was it not? n/t aggiesal May 2025 #21
Nope. patphil May 2025 #24
I hope the attendees got the message from the "underwhelming" dinner. patphil May 2025 #22
I learned many years ago that when your potential client opens the conversation with, "how cheap can we", flashman13 May 2025 #25
Didn't meet Trump? D_Master81 May 2025 #26
He was expecting a McDonald's? - without forking over a plane? Bright side, not meeting KRASNOV/MUSKrat. UTUSN May 2025 #28
Too bad so sad fool mcar May 2025 #29
Got to get rid of those unsold Trump steaks somehow. GoCubsGo May 2025 #30
He should sue their asses. Joinfortmill May 2025 #31
I was hoping it was an influenzer, who infected everyone there. They got sick, died and we lived happily ever after. surfered May 2025 #32
Not surprising TlalocW May 2025 #33
I don't believe he has good bread and butter. dchill May 2025 #36
Got a ride from his father back to the hotel ToxMarz May 2025 #37
"field greens" aka "yard clippings" Bluejeans May 2025 #38
The press keeps calling it a "gala" or a "spectable" or some such rot... kentuck May 2025 #39
Was TSF not able to keep the McDonald's trailer from Riyadh? EarthFirst May 2025 #40
Grifter getting conned IbogaProject May 2025 #43
Trump crypto dinner plate.. on average, each guest spent $1M on the entry ticket LetMyPeopleVote May 2025 #47
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