Mark Faulkner (The original ape)

If you haven't read my Past DD on Mark, it can be found here https://www.reddit.com/r/amcstock/comments/rt3tum/as_promised_from_last_night_keeps_getting_flagged/

Here is a little bit more about Mark

After graduating from the London School of Economics, Mark Faulkner spent the majority of his career specializing in International Securities Finance. Since 1987, he has held management responsibility at L.M. (Moneybrokers) Ltd., Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and more recently at Securities Finance International Limited.

Whilst occupying these different posts he has gained experience as a lender, borrower, conduit borrower and prime broker. During his career he has worked closely with the UK Inland Revenue and has represented firms at the Securities Lending and Repo Committee and the London Stock Exchange’s securities lending committees. Being an independent advisor since 1995 has provided Mark with a unique insight into the operation of the securities financing market.

Mark has authored many books and papers on the subject of Securities Finance, including “An Introduction to Securities Lending” which was commissioned by The Bank of England’s Securities Lending and Repo Committee, The International Securities Lending Association, The London Stock Exchange, The Association of Corporate Treasurers and The London Investment Banking Association. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at international conferences.

TL;DR Mark Faulkner was an advocate for fighting against naked short selling after the discoveries he had made from working in the finance industry.

Did some more digging

Found some information via our beloved SEC website. Such a welcoming site with such pretty colors and inviting information as far as the eye can see. This site looks like it was built as a 9th graders intro to web design project. Its so boring. No wonder nobody wants to dig into it, But.. piss a couple million investors off and HEY.. here we are.

ANYWAY! so there was a roundtable that the SEC held back in 2009 titled the "Securities lending and short sale roundtable"

https://www.sec.gov/news/spotlight/shortsales/roundtable092909/roundtable092909bios.htm

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I have always wanted to read Faulkner so I decided to give this book a go. Not only was I so lost trying to keep up with the family tree but the chapters were utterly confusing as well. This was not the first time I experienced this so I marched on. Then we get to the ending and I wanted to burn my house down. This is the saddest, most anticlimactic conclusion...much like real life. Perhaps Faulkner showed the fragmentation of the family with all the different chapters? Perhaps his bitter end was a warning that even in death, we might not get the love and care we wanted. Whatever the reasons, I was left so empty, sad and resentful. Thoughts?

Mods delete if not allowed, I just wasn’t sure where else to post this question. Trigger Warning: Mentions of CSA, CSAM, & Abusers.

I just got finished listening to Hunting Warhead thanks to the recommendation of another snarker. It brought up some questions about Josh specifically at the end of the very last episode. In that episode it is mentioned that Warhead (Faulkner) had done IT work for the monster who created the “worst of the worst” video Josh had downloaded. Then they say that Faulkner posted the worst video ever made by that producer on the website he got arrested for running.

So now I’m wondering if there’s an indirect connection between Faulkner and Pest’s cases. Like was Faulkner the person who first made this video available and it eventually ended up in the hands of Pest? I tried to do some googling but it didn’t want to go in too deep because I’ve been warned about googling this specific producer so I wanted to see if anyone here knew? The police ended up using Faulkner’s site as a honeypot to catch hundreds of predators and we know that the files Pest downloaded were tagged by the feds and that’s what brought Pest down in the end. Not saying Josh was ever on Faulkner’s site, but more wondering if Faulkner’s arrest indirectly led to Pest being in prison.

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After the fake out from last year with Captain Luthor, is anyone else questioning this character like I am?

So she’s got multiple degrees, she’s brought in under sketchy circumstances to work as the lead for a government contracted company that is tasked with mining X-kryptonite, and she also happens to be super interested in getting access to whatever powerful being is in the mines. In a season that also happens to involve a government sponsored meta human team.

Do we have a new post-crisis Amanda Waller?

Reading Work by Studs Terkel. Anyone else read this book?

In this month’s epic semifinal showdown, the wiley super-wino Charles “The Battlin’ Barfly” Bukowski challenges the cast-iron liver of refined rummy William “The Souse From the South” Faulkner.

Table Side Announcers: Howard Cosell and Sir Laurence Olivier
Ref: Bill “The Fox” Foster

Tale of the Tab:

Bukowski
His is a Cinderella story — late in life he fought his way up from the the tough skid row bars of L.A. to seize international recognition as one of the finest hoochhounds of his generation. He couldn’t afford the best drinks to train with, but he did well with what he could beg, borrow and steal. There isn’t a thirstier fighter in the tournament. His only weakness is his glass stomach: while he can hold his own with the best, he has the proclivity to vomit at any particular moment.

Faulkner vs. Bukowski, as FBC audience members look on

Faulkner
Though slight in build, the southern scribe’s capacity for hooch is the stuff of legend. An accomplished master of the month-long bender, his genteel appearance belies his taste for corn liquor and high proof rotgut. The descendent of a very long and illustrious line of drunkards, he is born and bred to the art like a bird dog.

The Build Up

Howard Cosell: What a contrast: the Southern Dandy Vs. the Southern California Wino.
Laurence Olivier: If he sticks to form, we can expect Faulkner to try to rattle Bukowski early with a moonshine flurry.
HC: And Bukowski will undoubtedly counter-punch with a selection of fortified wines, in hopes of offending Faulkner’s palate.

(Faulkner wins the coin toss.)

Round One

Faulkner orders fruit jars of moonshine.
HC: True to form.
LO: Which makes him predictable. I wonder if Bukowski has worked up a strategy to take advantage of Faulkner’s patterns.
HC: They both have a civilized sip from their jars. I was watching Buk’s face for effect, but if the high-octane corn liquor fazed him, he hides it well.
LO: Just look at the two of them. If they were just two chaps sitting in a bar, you’d bet your last penny on Bukowski.
HC: Faulkner certainly doesn’t look the part of a hard pounder. And he has used that deceptive appearance to great advantage in his previous bouts.. When it comes to drinking contests, not taking your opp

Greetings FBC'rs! I hope 2022 is off to a crackin' start for all of you, like 1850 for Thomas Sutpen, and not 1869. This thread is for discussion and analysis of Chapter 7, a solid 59 page block. I have it on good authority that this chapter is very good, very intense and very exciting indeed.

As we begin chapter 7, we are still with Quentin up north in Cambridge (Harvard), going through the Sutpen Saga with Quentin's northern buddy and roommate, Shreve. Could this be the chapter when we get Sutpen's backstory? There better be a chapter with Sutpen's backstory....

This is our penultimate AA! FBC thread. Let's have this read by 1/24, at which time I'll post our 5th and final thread for the last two chapters.

Greetings all! This is the 2nd of our Faulkner Book Club threads on Absalom, Absalom! This covers chapters 4 and 5, which is pages 70-140 in my version of the book. It's a large section of reading, but to end on a clean chapter break, it was either both these chapters or 4 alone, and chapter 5 looks too good to wait on (the whole thing is in italics, which is when Faulkner is at his best IMO).

Let's plan on having this section completed by next Friday, January 7th, with discussion then, but also now, and also anytime!

The discussion thread on the first 3 chapters is still very much live, for those coming in a bit late or on a slower pace.

Greetings all and happy holidays! For our first section of Absalom! Absalom!, let's go for the first 3 chapters. I have the Vintage International Edition, Nov 1990, a pretty common edition, and that makes up 69/303 total pages.

Let's plan on everyone that is on board having this section completed by 12/29, one week from now. We can discuss in earnest then, but I know a couple FBC'rs are already into the section, so feel free to discuss that here as well!

This FBC is the perfect resource to clear up confusion while going along. Cheers and happy reading!

Greetings FBC'rs! This is the 3rd thread for discussion of Absalom, Absalom!, covering chapter 6 by itself. This will be the shortest reading section we've done (35 pages), but will set us up to do a standalone thread for chapter 7 (59 pages) and then we can finish with chapters 8-9 as the final thread (chapter 8 being 53 pages, and 9 a mere additional 15 pages).

When we left off with Chapter 5, Quentin had just heard the 'Sutpen saga' directly from Rosa's mouth. The details of many events have been revealed, to the point that I'm wondering how Faulkner still has so much of the tale left to tell. But he sure does!

Let's complete this in a week (by 1/16).

Im currently about half way through As I Lay Dying. This is my first time reading Faulkner, and I'm struggling with the writing style. I dont enjoy the stream of thoughts type of writing, though I do plan to finish the novel and see if my opinion changes. It would be better If the novel didnt have such heavy dialects. Darl is tolerable, but reading from Dewey dell or Vardamon is just terribe. What im wondering though is if Faulkner always writes in this way? I wanted to read the sound and the fury, but if it is like this then i'm not sure I want to.

I’ve been an avid reader since I was in high school. I mainly enjoy non-fiction and books on history. However, I’ll pick up a novel from time to time. Lately I’ve been making my way through all of the so-called “classics” and really enjoying most of them. I’m now on Faulkner’s catalog and started with The Sound and the Fury… woof. One of the most frustrating reads I’ve picked up in a long time. It’s been called his Masterpiece” ??? I mean is it overrated? Am I just a simpleton? Should I try another one of his notable works? Faulkner stans please weigh in

It’s common knowledge even if you don’t read criticism that Faulkner influences McCarthy’s work. But had McCarthy ever said what he considers to be Faulkner’s magnum opus?

So I was just having a conversation with my friend on this new up and coming social media messaging app or something we do not use emojis emojis are for children anyway at some point it suddenly hit me We were literally using no punctuation whatsoever (!!!) This is exactly what James Faulkner predicted in The Sound and The Ulysses

William “The Souse from the South” Faulkner Vs. Babe “The Sultan of Shots” Ruth

(Odds: Dead Even)

Faulkner

Though slight in build, the scrappy southern scribe’s capacity for hooch is the stuff of legend. An accomplished master of the month-long bender, his genteel appearance belies his taste for bootleg liquor and high-proof moonshine. The descendant of a very long and illustrious line of drunkards, he is born and bred to the task like a bird dog.

Ruth

At 6 feet 2 inches and 235 pounds, Ruth is a deluxe model drinking machine. The epitome of the functional alcoholic, Ruth was capable of hammering down a bathtub of beer and two bottles of rye, closing his eyes for two hours, then rising up to smack three homers out of the park. None of his hard-drinking baseball contemporaries could keep up with him and he is reputed to have never been bested in a drinking bout.

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The Build Up

Howard Cosell: The difference in size is striking, you’d think this was a given.

Laurence Olivier: And you’d be wrong, Howard, as this could very easily end up a retelling of the story of David and Goliath.

HC: Perhaps. The Babe drinks like he swings at fastballs, he puts everything he’s got behind every round, and we can count on him going for a home run each time at bat.

LO: Yes, but Faulkner has some pitches that may confound the Sultan. Both claim to have never been beaten at the bar, but that is soon to become an idle boast for one of them.

(Faulkner wins the coin toss.)

Round One

Faulkner orders Mississippi moonshine

LO: Faulkner leads off with a wicked Mississippi curve ball.

HC: They settle down to drink, both choosing an easy pace. Faulkner lights his pipe and, after a taste of the shine, Ruth puts in a chaw.

LO: Ruth drank his share of prohibition rotgut, I doubt if the ‘shine will faze him.

HC: Faulkner makes idle chatter and do you see the deceptive way he drinks? He appears to be sipping like a gentleman, but—

LO: Suddenly his drink is finished and the Babe, caught unawares, rushes to knock his back on the eight count. Wiley, that Faulkner.

Round Two

Ruth orders quadruple shots of Jim Beam Rye Whiskey

LO: Quadruples! The Babe tries to knock Faulkner out of the park on the first swing.

HC: Faulkner seizes his glass and jumps to his fe