William H. Donaldson person
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Claims (30)
William H. Donaldson founded
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette host_asserted
“William H. Donaldson, Skull and Bones, class of 1953. He starts his banking career at G.H. Walker and Company, which, of course, is funded by George Herbert Walker, the namesake of George Herbert Walker Bush, who was a bonesman. Donaldson w…”
▶ Operation Gladio Meets Secret Societies with War Hamster Brady @ 59:35
William H. Donaldson member_of
Skull and Bones host_asserted
“Hang on. Looking for him. There he is. This is a gentleman by the name of William H. Donaldson. I know him. I thought you might. Well, why do we feature him? He's a Bonesman class of 1953. He was born in 1931 in a place called Buffalo, New …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady- Secret Societies meets Operation Gladio 250404 @ 27:02
William H. Donaldson appointed
1st Provisional Marine Air Force host_asserted
“Okay, so what's Donaldson done to make him worth our notice? Once again, we've got a bonesman. He serves as the first lieutenant in the Marines in Japan and Korea in 1953 to 55. This is right after he got out of Yale. He becomes, tell me if…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady- Secret Societies meets Operation Gladio 250404 @ 29:29
William H. Donaldson member_of
Skull and Bones host_asserted
“The rank of those people, you have to actually know something, right? You don't get that job as your first job. You are normally a junior officer, like a captain, but you don't have it as your first job, unless you're a bonesman, apparently…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady- Secret Societies meets Operation Gladio 250404 @ 31:26
William H. Donaldson founded
Yale School of Management host_asserted
“You know, I had a resume that would have matched this guy. I wonder if I would have applied for a job when I would have even gotten an interview. No, because you're not skull and bones, dude. That's exactly right. We've already done the Wal…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady- Secret Societies meets Operation Gladio 250404 @ 33:00
William H. Donaldson did_business_with
Nelson Rockefeller host_asserted
“He was also the special advisor to Nelson Rockefeller while he was occupying the BP. Yeah, he's tight with the Rockefellers. Yeah. And of course, he becomes the chairman of the Carnegie Endowment for International War from 1999 to 2003. So …”
▶ Operation Gladio Meets Secret Societies with War Hamster Brady @ 1:00:08
William H. Donaldson worked_for
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace host_asserted
“We had John Foster Dulles was the president of the Carnegie Endowment. Harvey Hollister Bundy and William Bundy of the Bundy Bonesmen. They were involved. The Harriman family did all the banking for Carnegie. One of the guys we talked about…”
▶ SECRET SOCIETIES COLONEL TOWNER with Special Guest WARHAMSTER BRADY #34 @ 3:33
William H. Donaldson headed
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace host_asserted
“He was also the special advisor to Nelson Rockefeller while he was occupying the BP. Yeah, he's tight with the Rockefellers. Yeah. And of course, he becomes the chairman of the Carnegie Endowment for International War from 1999 to 2003. So …”
▶ Operation Gladio Meets Secret Societies with War Hamster Brady @ 1:00:08
William H. Donaldson did_business_with
Walker and Company host_asserted
“William H. Donaldson, Skull and Bones, class of 1953. He starts his banking career at G.H. Walker and Company, which, of course, is funded by George Herbert Walker, the namesake of George Herbert Walker Bush, who was a bonesman. Donaldson w…”
▶ Operation Gladio Meets Secret Societies with War Hamster Brady @ 59:35
William H. Donaldson member_of
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace documented
“Some of the people that have worked for Carnegie Endowment are people we've talked about in Skull and Bones. We had John Foster Dulles, who was the president of the Carnegie Endowment. Harvey Hollister Bundy and William Bundy of the Bundy B…”
▶ Operation Gladio meets Secret Societies with War Hamster Brady 250418 @ 3:27
William H. Donaldson co-founded
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette host_asserted
“Buckley went to work for DLJ Investment Bank, which was founded by the Bonesmen. William Buckley's brother, James, went to work for DLJ, which is co-founded by William Donaldson Bonesmen. These are the junk bond kings of the 90s after Drexe…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady- Secret Societies meets Operation Gladio 250404 @ 39:13
William H. Donaldson headed
New York Stock Exchange host_asserted
“He's also a special advisor to a guy by the name of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. Of course he was. As anybody who follows us knows, almost all roads end up leading to the Rockefellers in one way, shape, or form. And we're going to get…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady- Secret Societies meets Operation Gladio 250404 @ 43:10
William H. Donaldson special_advisor_to
Nelson Rockefeller host_asserted
“He's also a special advisor to a guy by the name of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. Of course he was. As anybody who follows us knows, almost all roads end up leading to the Rockefellers in one way, shape, or form. And we're going to get…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady- Secret Societies meets Operation Gladio 250404 @ 43:10
William H. Donaldson headed
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace host_asserted
“Just prior to that, he had an interesting position. In 1993, Mr. Donaldson sat on the, he was the chairman of a small little entity called the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. That's where I came across him. Carnegie Endowment fo…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady- Secret Societies meets Operation Gladio 250404 @ 50:31
William H. Donaldson member_of
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace documented
“was the president of the Carnegie Endowment. Harvey Hollister Bundy and William Bundy of the Bundy Bonesmen, they were involved. The Harriman family did all the banking for Carnegie. One of the guys we talked about was Winston Lord. And a g…”
▶ The Shadow State 35 Secret Societies 19; Jake Sullivan @ 3:51
William H. Donaldson founded
Yale School of Management documented
“And if we remember, the guy who founded the Yale School of Management was none other than Skull and Bonesman, William H. Donaldson, who we've talked about before. Yes, exactly. Oops. Okay. Next name I have is an A, Bartlett Giamatti, also k…”
▶ The Shadow State 37 Secret Societies 21; Andover Connections @ 42:17
William H. Donaldson founded
Drexel Burnham host_asserted
“A guy named McAlbreath, who was a manager director at Morgan Stanley. Oh, Donaldson, co-founder of DLJ, one of the biggest investment banks. I bring this up. It's important to Wall Street connections. The companies that get financed by Wall…”
▶ The Shadow State #18 Secret Societies Pt. 2; Skull & Bones @ 1:19:21
William H. Donaldson member_of
Skull and Bones documented
“Hang on. Looking for him. There he is. This is a gentleman by the name of William H. Donaldson. I know him. I thought you might. Well, why do we feature him? He's a Bonesman class of 1953. He was born in 1931 in a place called Buffalo, New …”
▶ The Shadow State 32 Secret Societies 16; The Carnegie Connection @ 27:16
William H. Donaldson member_of
U.S. Marine Corps documented
“Okay, so what's Donaldson done to make him worth our notice? Once again, we've got a bonesman. He serves as the first lieutenant in the Marines in Japan and Korea in 1953 to 55. This is right after he got out of Yale. He becomes, tell me if…”
▶ The Shadow State 32 Secret Societies 16; The Carnegie Connection @ 29:43
William H. Donaldson member_of
Skull and Bones host_asserted
“The rank of those people, you have to actually know something, right? You don't get that job as your first job. You are normally a junior officer, like a captain, but you don't have it as your first job, unless you're a bonesman, apparently…”
▶ The Shadow State 32 Secret Societies 16; The Carnegie Connection @ 31:40
William H. Donaldson founded
Yale School of Management host_asserted
“You know, I had a resume that would have matched this guy. I wonder if I would have applied for a job where I would have even gotten an interview. No, because you're not skull and bones, dude. That's exactly right. We've already done the Wa…”
▶ The Shadow State 32 Secret Societies 16; The Carnegie Connection @ 33:14
William H. Donaldson founded
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette host_asserted
“Buckley went to work for DLJ Investment Bank, which was founded by the Bonesmen. William Buckley's brother, James, went to work for DLJ, which is co-founded by William Donaldson Bonesmen. These are the junk bond kings of the 90s after Drexe…”
▶ The Shadow State 32 Secret Societies 16; The Carnegie Connection @ 39:27
William H. Donaldson headed
New York Stock Exchange documented
“He's also a special advisor to a guy by the name of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. Of course he was. As anybody who follows us knows, almost all roads end up leading to the Rockefellers in one way, shape, or form. And we're going to get…”
▶ The Shadow State 32 Secret Societies 16; The Carnegie Connection @ 43:25
William H. Donaldson headed
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace documented
“Just prior to that, he had an interesting position. In 1993, Mr. Donaldson sat on the, he was the chairman of a small little entity called the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. That's where I came across him. Carnegie Endowment fo…”
▶ The Shadow State 32 Secret Societies 16; The Carnegie Connection @ 50:46
William H. Donaldson member_of
Skull and Bones host_asserted
“William H. Donaldson, Skull and Bones, class of 1953. He starts his banking career at G.H. Walker and Company, which, of course, is funded by George Herbert Walker, the namesake of George Herbert Walker Bush, who was a bonesman. Donaldson w…”
▶ Operation Gladio Meets Secret Societies with War Hamster Brady @ 59:35
William H. Donaldson headed
G. H. Walker & Co. host_asserted
“And it begins a career at a bank called, a bank and brokerage firm called G.H. Walker and Company. Like in Bush Senior? This company was founded in 1900 by a gentleman by the name of George Herbert Walker. Oh, yeah. So like the Walker in th…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady- Secret Societies meets Operation Gladio 250404 @ 32:26
William H. Donaldson negotiated
Merrill Lynch host_asserted
“And most of those regulations hurt us and not them. Yeah, your cost of funds goes up for that. Yes, it does. So he's also there when they finalized the settlement with the 10 major investment firms over the conflicts of interest after the d…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner and War Hamster Brady- Secret Societies meets Operation Gladio 250404 @ 46:51
William H. Donaldson member_of
Walton family host_asserted
“And it begins a career at a bank called, a bank and brokerage firm called G.H. Walker and Company. Like in Bush Senior? This company was founded in 1900 by a gentleman by the name of George Herbert Walker. Oh, yeah. So like the Walker in th…”
▶ The Shadow State 32 Secret Societies 16; The Carnegie Connection @ 32:40
William H. Donaldson member_of
Rockefeller host_asserted
“He's also a special advisor to a guy by the name of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. Of course he was. As anybody who follows us knows, almost all roads end up leading to the Rockefellers in one way, shape, or form. And we're going to get…”
▶ The Shadow State 32 Secret Societies 16; The Carnegie Connection @ 43:25
William H. Donaldson appointed
Edward Craig host_asserted
“I'm sorry, Air Ground Task Force, which I believe was Brigadier General Edward Craig, but I can't verify that. Wait a minute. He was only in the service for two years and he's an aide-de-camp? Uh-huh. No. No. No, that doesn't happen. It's h…”
▶ The Shadow State 32 Secret Societies 16; The Carnegie Connection @ 30:12
Mentions (68)
▶ 3:27
Some of the people that have worked for Carnegie Endowment are people we've talked about in Skull and Bones. We had John Foster Dulles, who was the president of the Carnegie Endowment. Harvey Hollister Bundy and William Bundy of the Bundy B…
▶ 26:21
which for all of you guys who don't know, I did do a deep dive into that. That's another CIA front. So FYI. Well, appreciate the additional information. I somehow skipped over that. So good nuggets. Okay. Who do we want to go to next? Yeah,…
▶ 27:02
Hang on. Looking for him. There he is. This is a gentleman by the name of William H. Donaldson. I know him. I thought you might. Well, why do we feature him? He's a Bonesman class of 1953. He was born in 1931 in a place called Buffalo, New …
▶ 28:17
You know, there's a few of these places, Stanford, Connecticut, Buffalo, New York, Cincinnati, Ohio. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, um, Oh, interesting. His wife, Donaldson didn't come from a really notorious family. They were probably upper middle …
▶ 29:29
Okay, so what's Donaldson done to make him worth our notice? Once again, we've got a bonesman. He serves as the first lieutenant in the Marines in Japan and Korea in 1953 to 55. This is right after he got out of Yale. He becomes, tell me if…
▶ 29:58
I'm sorry, Air Ground Task Force, which I believe was Brigadier General Edward Craig, but I can't verify that. Wait a minute. He was only in the service for two years and he's an aide-de-camp? Uh-huh. No. No. No, that doesn't happen. It's h…
▶ 31:26
The rank of those people, you have to actually know something, right? You don't get that job as your first job. You are normally a junior officer, like a captain, but you don't have it as your first job, unless you're a bonesman, apparently…
▶ 31:55
And, of course, that means he gets to meet everybody. But why does he get trusted with all these insider jobs? Yes, because he's skull and bones. Mm-hmm. It's a point that we just keep hammering home, and it's very true. He comes back, goes…
▶ 32:26
And it begins a career at a bank called, a bank and brokerage firm called G.H. Walker and Company. Like in Bush Senior? This company was founded in 1900 by a gentleman by the name of George Herbert Walker. Oh, yeah. So like the Walker in th…
▶ 33:00
You know, I had a resume that would have matched this guy. I wonder if I would have applied for a job when I would have even gotten an interview. No, because you're not skull and bones, dude. That's exactly right. We've already done the Wal…
▶ 33:41
You hear about the managerial revolution, which is very similar to technocratic party, the managerial elite that actually runs the world. They run all these NGOs, these international organizations. That's what the school of management teach…
▶ 34:09
you know, pretty much died in the 1930s, but it was very prominent in the Eastern seaboard, especially at Columbia university. So this is what the Yale school of management is all about is teaching the whole bureaucratic aristocratic revolu…
▶ 34:37
Programs like the Yale School of Management. And this is the very first one. This is the founder. And he's a bonesman. Let me make another tie there, though, real quick. So remember that all of these universities to do this stuff gets grant…
▶ 35:09
all of those types of things to justify what the government is going to do. And, of course, they also get their endowments from these foundations, which, of course, we'll get into very soon. We're going to deep dive into foundations, but ba…
▶ 35:42
He wants to form students who could easily and seamlessly flow between public and private management roles. To control the world. They left out that part. Well, that's working. They've come a long way down that path. The whole concept of fl…
▶ 36:17
And we have the most prominent universities in the world creating an entire school of management to teach people how to become good little fascists. Yes. That's a great way of saying it. And this is the father of it. So they got some intere…
▶ 36:51
Okay. Oh, and by the way, have their own Navy. Keep going. Must be a different PepsiCo. Oh, a guy by the name of John Thornton. Same class, 1980. He became the president and co-COO of a small little bank called Goldman Sachs. Of course. Yea…
▶ 37:25
once again, by our Operation Gladio. It's all about the resources. Yep. And this guy from the Yale School of Management, founded by a Cullen Bones member, basically was the president and CEO. Oh, he also is a key figure in current U.S.-Chin…
▶ 37:59
Another notable alumni, a guy by the name of Frederick W. Smith. Does that sound familiar? Yes, but I don't remember from where. Okay, he's a Yale School of Management alumni, 1966. He is the founder and CEO of a company you've talked about…
▶ 38:35
A lot of people have asked questions about Vivek's background. Well, this is another one to keep in mind. All right. So this Donaldson has done a few other things. Remember we talked about DLJ? Donaldson, Lufkin, and Jeanette? Yeah. That's …
▶ 39:13
Buckley went to work for DLJ Investment Bank, which was founded by the Bonesmen. William Buckley's brother, James, went to work for DLJ, which is co-founded by William Donaldson Bonesmen. These are the junk bond kings of the 90s after Drexe…
▶ 42:03
And they do that. They create the regulations. They create barriers for entry so other people can't come in. And then if someone does come in, they're not an insider. They don't get the favorable treatment by the regulators as the insiders …
▶ 42:35
He's been a Marine. He's founded a school of management. I found his DLJ direct. And then, of course, he becomes the undersecretary of state for international security affairs in the Nixon administration. Did anything on that resume suggest…
▶ 43:10
He's also a special advisor to a guy by the name of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. Of course he was. As anybody who follows us knows, almost all roads end up leading to the Rockefellers in one way, shape, or form. And we're going to get…
▶ 43:48
Uh-huh. It's one of the most important regulators. People think it's an exchange, but it's also a regulator. We have to follow NYSE rules quite a bit. They control a lot of the trading that goes on in the world. And this guy gets named as, …
▶ 44:19
I'm sorry. Yeah. Next, he becomes the chairman of the SEC in 2003 through five. So he was Bush's SEC chairman. And when was he at the New York Stock Exchange? Just prior to that. OK. It was a bit of an issue in 99, 2000, New York Stock Exch…
▶ 44:51
If you had a three-character ticker symbol, you were on the New York Stock Exchange. If you had four letters, like Amazon, AMZN, you were on the NASDAQ. And there was a big competition because the NASDAQ was rising really fast in the dot-co…
▶ 45:21
There's a bunch of stuff going on from 2003 to 2005. One is the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley, which is a huge bit of regulation. Go ahead. Sorry. So Sarbanes-Oxley is a huge 2,000-page bit of regulation, and it is not fun. It's created …
▶ 46:51
And most of those regulations hurt us and not them. Yeah, your cost of funds goes up for that. Yes, it does. So he's also there when they finalized the settlement with the 10 major investment firms over the conflicts of interest after the d…
▶ 47:50
grew up in the dot-com era and all the scandal and watch this stuff. So I know this, you know, this is like part of my childhood. It feels like, you know, I was working for the wall street banks watching this happen. And yeah, I mean, I can…
▶ 48:20
They also oversaw what was called a mutual fund reforms of 2003 through 2005. There's there's some issues with mutual funds at the time. But what they decided the solution would be was to require every mutual fund to have an independent boa…
▶ 1:02:16
Yes. So the war guy that is running the funneling of money into nefarious things becomes the CIA director who channels money into nefarious things. So it really wasn't even a job change. I mean, this is the same position. He was working sid…
▶ 57:21
That family gets around too. I've got a director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, a guy by the name of Kellogg. I've got another chairman of the SEC. Oh, and another chairman of the SEC, both Oreck and Donaldson. So that's p…
▶ 1:19:21
A guy named McAlbreath, who was a manager director at Morgan Stanley. Oh, Donaldson, co-founder of DLJ, one of the biggest investment banks. I bring this up. It's important to Wall Street connections. The companies that get financed by Wall…
▶ 1:19:55
So it is an old boys network on Wall Street like you wouldn't believe. And the ability to raise capital for the favored few is a big, big deal. It is all about access on Wall Street. Same thing in Silicon Valley. You see it today. And DLJ i…
▶ 27:16
Hang on. Looking for him. There he is. This is a gentleman by the name of William H. Donaldson. I know him. I thought you might. Well, why do we feature him? He's a Bonesman class of 1953. He was born in 1931 in a place called Buffalo, New …
▶ 28:32
You know, there's a few of these places, Stanford, Connecticut, Buffalo, New York, Cincinnati, Ohio. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So, oh, interesting. His wife, Donaldson didn't come from a really notorious family. They were probably upper middle clas…
▶ 29:43
Okay, so what's Donaldson done to make him worth our notice? Once again, we've got a bonesman. He serves as the first lieutenant in the Marines in Japan and Korea in 1953 to 55. This is right after he got out of Yale. He becomes, tell me if…
▶ 30:12
I'm sorry, Air Ground Task Force, which I believe was Brigadier General Edward Craig, but I can't verify that. Wait a minute. He was only in the service for two years and he's an aide-de-camp? Uh-huh. No. No. No, that doesn't happen. It's h…
▶ 31:40
The rank of those people, you have to actually know something, right? You don't get that job as your first job. You are normally a junior officer, like a captain, but you don't have it as your first job, unless you're a bonesman, apparently…
▶ 32:10
And, of course, that means he gets to meet everybody. But why does he get trusted with all these insider jobs? Yes, because he's skull and bones. Mm-hmm. It's a point that we just keep hammering home, and it's very true. He comes back, goes…
▶ 32:40
And it begins a career at a bank called, a bank and brokerage firm called G.H. Walker and Company. Like in Bush Senior? This company was founded in 1900 by a gentleman by the name of George Herbert Walker. Oh, yeah. So like the Walker in th…
▶ 33:14
You know, I had a resume that would have matched this guy. I wonder if I would have applied for a job where I would have even gotten an interview. No, because you're not skull and bones, dude. That's exactly right. We've already done the Wa…
▶ 33:56
You hear about the managerial revolution, which is very similar to the technocratic party, the managerial elite that actually runs the world. They run all these NGOs, these international organizations. That's what the School of Management t…
▶ 34:24
you know, pretty much died in the 1930s. But it was very prominent in the eastern seaboard, especially at Columbia University. So this is what the Yale School of Management is all about, is teaching the whole bureaucratic, aristocratic revo…
▶ 34:49
All the people that get hired in the government come from programs like the Yale School of Management. And this is the very first one. This is the founder. And he's a bonesman. Let me make another tie there, though, real quick. So remember …
▶ 35:23
all of those types of things to justify what the government is going to do. And of course, they also get their endowments from these foundations, which of course we'll get into very soon. We're going to deep dive in the foundation, but basi…
▶ 35:56
He wants to form students who could easily and seamlessly flow between public and private management roles. To control the world. They left out that part. Well, it's working. They've come a long way down that path. The whole concept of flow…
▶ 36:32
And we have the most prominent universities in the world creating an entire school of management to teach people how to become good little fascists. Yes. That's a great way of saying it. And this is the father of it. So they got some intere…
▶ 37:05
Okay. Oh, and by the way, have their own Navy. Keep going. Must be a different PepsiCo. Oh, a guy by the name of John Thornton. Same class, 1980. He became the president and co-COO of a small little bank called Goldman Sachs. Of course. Yea…
▶ 37:40
once again, by our Operation Gladio. It's all about the resources. Yep. And this guy from the Yale School of Management, founded by a Colton Bones member, basically was the president and CEO. Oh, he also is a key figure in current U.S.-Chin…
▶ 38:14
Another notable alumni, a guy by the name of Frederick W. Smith. Does that sound familiar? Yes, but I don't remember from where. Okay, he's a Yale School of Management alumni, 1966. He is the founder and CEO of a company you've talked about…
▶ 38:49
A lot of people have asked questions about Vivek's background. Well, this is another one to keep in mind. All right. So this Donaldson has done a few other things. Remember we talked about DLJ? Donaldson, Lufkin, and Jeanette? Yeah. That's …
▶ 39:27
Buckley went to work for DLJ Investment Bank, which was founded by the Bonesmen. William Buckley's brother, James, went to work for DLJ, which is co-founded by William Donaldson Bonesmen. These are the junk bond kings of the 90s after Drexe…
▶ 42:17
And they do that. They create the regulations. They create barriers for entry so other people can't come in. And then if someone does come in, they're not an insider. They don't get the favorable treatment by the regulators as the insiders …
▶ 42:49
He's been a Marine. He's founded a school of management. I found his DLJ direct. And then, of course, he becomes the undersecretary of state for international security affairs and index and administration. Did anything on that resume sugges…
▶ 43:25
He's also a special advisor to a guy by the name of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller. Of course he was. As anybody who follows us knows, almost all roads end up leading to the Rockefellers in one way, shape, or form. And we're going to get…
▶ 44:03
Uh-huh. It's one of the most important regulators. People think it's an exchange, but it's also a regulator. We have to follow NYSE rules quite a bit. They control a lot of the trading that goes on in the world. And this guy gets named as, …
▶ 44:33
I'm sorry, that was at Stock Exchange. Yeah, next he becomes the chairman of the SEC in 2003 through 5. So he was Bush's SEC chairman. And when was he at the New York Stock Exchange? Just prior to that. Okay. There was a bit of an issue in …
▶ 45:06
If you had a three-character ticker symbol, you were on the New York Stock Exchange. If you had four letters, like Amazon, AMZN, you were on the NASDAQ. And there was a big competition because the NASDAQ was rising really fast in the dot-co…
▶ 45:36
There's a bunch of stuff that's going on from 2003 to 2005. One is the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley, which is a huge bit of regulation. Go ahead. Sorry. So Sarbanes-Oxley is a huge 2,000-page bit of regulation, and it is not fun. It's c…
▶ 47:05
And most of those regulations hurt us and not them. Yeah, your cost of funds goes up for that. Yes, it does. So he's also there when they finalized the settlement with the 10 major investment firms over the conflicts of interest after the d…
▶ 48:04
grew up in the dot-com era and all the scandal watch this stuff so i know this you know this is like part of my childhood it feels like you know i was working for the wall street banks watching this happen and yeah i mean i can go really de…
▶ 48:35
They also oversaw what was called the mutual fund reforms of 2003 through 2005. There's some issues with mutual funds at the time, but what they decided the solution would be was to require every mutual fund to have an independent board cha…
▶ 1:02:42
channels money into nefarious things so it really wasn't even a job change no i mean this is the same position he was working side by side with the bonesman uh donaldson who's been involved on this other stuff yeah uh burns has an interesti…
▶ 1:10:01
Burns is also the architect of the Afghanistan pullout under Biden. And he's also the guy that's warning the world straight from Burns that Putin's desperation because he's losing the war would lead to the use of tactical nuclear weapons, w…
▶ 3:16
But how does he relate to Skull and Bones? Well, last week we talked about the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and some of the notable names that have worked for this endowment. You know, every time they say international peace, …
▶ 42:17
And if we remember, the guy who founded the Yale School of Management was none other than Skull and Bonesman, William H. Donaldson, who we've talked about before. Yes, exactly. Oops. Okay. Next name I have is an A, Bartlett Giamatti, also k…