The Ledger

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why aren't all 2 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Supported
McChrystal: Lehman Brothers Excluded Its Chief Risk Officer From Investment Meetings
“And she wasn't allowed in things like an investment committee meetings where the biggest risk decisions were made.”
Stanley McChrystal Mar 8, 2022 ▶ 14:24 #132 Ret. Gen. Stanley McChrystal - The Essence of Leadership
Assertion Partly supported
Schwarzman: Lehman's 1984 sale was triggered by trading limit breaches and rate losses
“People in the trading department exceeded limits on certain type of security, and it ended up that interest rates went the wrong way, and, you know, we lost doubly on the trade, and the impact of that on a mark-to-market basis would have gotten close to wiping…”
Stephen Schwarzman Nov 12, 2019 ▶ 20:37 #69 Stephen Schwarzman: What It Takes
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